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The Advantages Of Stupidity

Admittedly, stupidity has certain disadvantages. Life isn't a bowl of cherries. And being stupid doesn't make it any fruitier. Being stupid can annoy even the most sensitive people. If one acts stupid, and does it in the wrong crowd, like a group of adults, it will seem more immature than ...

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Harriet Tubman

Freedom was a brave woman, she managed to take eleven slaves to Canada, with no one noticing anything. She also did something that was surprising, she took the gun that she had with her to make a slave stay or to die, \"We got to go free or die.\" She didn\'t allowed a slave to go back while they ...

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Irony, Characters, And Foreshadowing

Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” is about a family taking a trip to Florida that all get killed by an escaped convict, how calls himself the Misfit, and two of his friends. In this story the reader may assume some of the men in the story is the man the title refers to, but ...

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The Story Of Medusa Ilana Elir

There are many variations of the story of Medusa. Yet, I find this one more detailed and precise. Medusa is apart of the chain of Greek Mythology, these stories, or legends are not real and usually said to get a point across, or entertainment. Medusa also shows the relationship the society had ...

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Jurassic Park: Comparision Between Book And Movie

Michael Crichton, a master of suspense, has created a novel for your imagination. This book involves prehistoric animals and plants from the Jurassic era. Steven Spielberg took on this book, as a movie project to add to his collection of visually mastered Science-Fiction motion pictures. Both ...

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Last Days Of Socrates

Plato. The . London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1993 Imagine the time just after the death of Socrates. The people of Athens were filled with questions about the final judgment of this well-known, long-time citizen of Athens. Socrates was accused at the end of his life of impiety and corruption of ...

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August Tubbe

paid his taxes every year until he was exempted by his age to pay the poll tax. He also cheerfully performed every duty to the best of his ability of a citizen of the United States. He served on juries, voted in the various elections held in his county, and held several positions of honor and ...

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The Mafia And Street Gangs

Throughout history, crime has existed in many different forms and has been committed by not only individuals, but by groups as well. Crime is something that knows no boundaries; it exists in all cultures, is committed by all races, and has existed in all time periods. Crime exists as a part of ...

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Prescribed Burning

It's a promising tool, this idea of to defuel forests and help restore ecosystem health. But it's risky business, too, and smoke clouds public acceptance. I THOUGHT FIRE SEASON HAD ENDED. BUT THE SCENT OF PINE SMOKE IN MY NOSTRILS LATE LAST OCTOBER TOLD ME SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Deep in Oregon's ...

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Candide

In these two literary works, Voltaire’s “” and Alexander Popes “A Modest Proposal” They use satire in a different way. One to entertain the upper class and the other to show us the harsh realities of the world. Swift's "A Modest Proposal" In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote ...

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The History Of Greek Theater

Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was ...

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The Temple Of Zeus

at Olympia was built in the mid to late fourth century BC. It was built using funds from the “Elean defeat of neighboring Pisa, an example of the ongoing struggle for power in ancient Greece” (Furer). The architect of the temple was Libon. Libon built the structure with limestone and white ...

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Hubris And Prudence

Dante wants two things: immortality in art and in heaven. But he realizes that he might not have the necessary ability to write his Commedia and still go to heaven. Despite his criticism of those figures who attempt the impossible, Dante may be one of them. He may be blasphemous, fraudulent, ...

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Constellations

Every culture known to history and anthropology has seen in the heavens distinctive patterns, called , and formed by the stars. are usually comprised of bright stars that appear close to each other. Oriental cultures (the ancient Chinese, for example) formed intricate patterns from some of the ...

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Song Of Solomon

" is a novel by Toni Morrison, the very famous and very popular Nobel laureate for literature. It's the story of a young black man named Milkman and his journey towards redemption and enlightenment from the twisted Michigan environment that spawned him. It's one of Morrison's most popular books, ...

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Animal Farm: Animalism Vs. Marxism

Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book with similarities found in the Russian ...

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The Life Of Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming lived a remarkable life in a world full of compromises. To sum up his life in the short space available would be an impossible task even for me, so all that follows is a simple outline. I would recommend further reading Ian Fleming was born in 1908 as the son of Valentine ...

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Reading The Light

The story that is most significant to me is "" by Roger Pfingston. This story felt like it was written from the heart. It is filled with emotions, ones that the author caught in his story very well. Even though I could not empathize with Brian, I did feel sympathetic towards him. ...

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As For Me And My House And Surfacing: Heros

The heroes of both As For Me And My House and Surfacing exist within dualistic realities; there is a constant tension between the rational and religious realms. In both books, this duality creates extreme emotional consequences that threatens the quality of life for both heroes. The hero's must ...

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Of Mice And Men

, was a disturbing tale of friendship, and animosity and immoral nature of the human race. Along the Salinas River and underneath the Gablian Mountains of California during the Great Depression of the 1930’s this novel takes place. A famous writer by the name of John Steinbeck, who was also ...

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