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    characters have a dream. However‚ there have been obstacles that sometimes hinder these American dreams. These obstacles range from internal conflict to society itself. Is it possible for these dynamic characters to struggle with obstacles and overcome them to reach their dream? Americans in our society have a dream that consist of a vivid plan and multiple goals. Often times this dream has a realistic goal but may not be fulfilled due to obstacles created by antagonist. The dynamic character in

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    Ways to Overcome Stress

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    Stress is a person’s response to a stressor such as an environmental condition or a stimulus. Stress is a body’s way to react to a challenge. According to the stressful event‚ the body’s way to respond to stress is by sympathetic nervous system activation which results in the fight-or-flight response. Stress typically describes a negative condition or a positive condition that can have an impact on a person’s mental and physical well-being. Life can be stressful; sometimes you’ll have to deal

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    Time and Distance Overcome

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    Time and Distance Overcome Eula Biss discusses in her essay "Time and Distance Overcome" how the invention of the telephone ultimately resulted in one of the many racist acts in history. Black men were hung every day without even being guilty of charge. She certainly puts a lot of emphasis on describing these hangings which sort of makes her essay quite monotone‚ but in the end definitely makes this essay a lot more personal. I think that the purpose of this essay is to bring back the racial question

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    The two women in the interviews came to Oklahoma under different circumstances. Katie Day‚ who was a Delaware Indian‚ was transferred to the Indian Territory along with the rest of her family during the Indian Relocation of the 1800s. Katie stated that her parents from originally from the east but were brought to Kansas and eventually forced to relocate to Oklahoma. In contrast to Katie Day’s family‚ who did not come to Oklahoma on their free will‚ Lula Starr Holden and her family chose to relocate

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    will have either puny or tremendous obstacles which will be agonizing to deal with. However‚ you can make your obstacles and disadvantages into something favorable. An obstacle can block people from something‚ but any obstacle can be dealt with. An obstacle is a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress. Some people say that obstacles are nothing but a disturbance that prevents people from doing or being what they want. Everyone looks at an obstacle as something negative and tries

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    Jane Austen Obstacles

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    considered an obstacle or a tool to make relationships stronger? While many have undoubtedly heard of the old adage‚ “Money cannot buy you happiness‚” money certainly results in a more comfortable lifestyle. The need for financial security could be a factor in some relationships today‚ but back in 18th century Georgian society‚ this kind of security was a necessity. In Austen’s society‚ the woman is dependent on the man. Men have power because of money and only when the couple can overcome this imbalance

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    Women played a critical role in democratizing our nation”. It is often overlooked that women played a very important role in the struggle against apartheid. Today when we think of the leaders of the struggle we tend to think about Nelson Mandela‚ Walter Sisulu‚ Oliver Tambo‚ Albert Luthuli and other prominent men. It is not often that people remember to look at not only the wives of some of these men‚ but also other women who got deeply involved in fighting apartheid. Black women faced three forms

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    Oedipus' Obstacles

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    punishment. Oedipus was unaware of his reality so when this dreadful news was brought to his attention‚ he needed some way to aid his grief and did so in an unruly manner. Oedipus’ ignorance came directly from the fact that he had no truthful knowledge of who he really was. He had left Corinth to escape the chance of letting the prophecy come true‚ but unbeknownst to him‚ it would come true because of his departure. The previous knowledge that Oedipus

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    Time and distance overcome

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    Time and Distance Overcome The text "Time and Distance Overcome" deals with race struggle in the southern United States‚ in the early nineteen century. Eula Biss starts the text with telling the story of the phone’s origin and development and deployment of the telephone network. The racial struggle was a subject that preoccupied many people‚ especially in the southern states there was cruel scenarios that you cannot even imagine in today’s America. In the first part of the text‚ it is especially

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    During the late 19th century‚ much of society held on to the belief that women were inferior to men and should remain dependent upon them. In The Story of an Hour‚ Mrs. Mallard represents repressed women of the time period who desired freedom from their lives due to their unhappiness within their marriages as a result of the restrictions placed upon them. The story starts with Louise receiving news that her husband has been killed in a horrendous railroad disaster. Due to her heart condition‚

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