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Made The Decision Discharged Abby Elizabeth
784 words
A crucible, as defined by the Merriam-Webster
Concise Electronic Dictionary, is the state or
fact of being tested (as by suffering), which
attests to what Elizabeth Proctor is going through
exactly. Elizabeth has quite a crucible to
struggle through. The infidelity of her husband is
a major element in her being. Her struggle
includes staying true to both her husband and her
God. Another is the persecution by Abigail Warren,
a former employee and assistant. Elizabeth also
has to suffer through th...
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Return To Ithaca Mortal Man Odysseus
1,046 words
... that at times could overcome even his
strongest heroic qualities. Calypso would often
observe Odysseus, sitting in his usual place on
the stone, wearing out his soul with lamentation
and tears. (63). Being held prisoner on an island
made Odysseus very upset. Feelings of helplessness
and missing his family drained him of any heroism
and left him very much an ordinary man, giving in
to his emotions. There were times when Odysseus
wanted to give up. Before arriving in the lad of
the Phaecians, ...
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Cold Blood Ten Minutes
1,202 words
Lucy Wainwright Roche September 2000 Contemporary
American Fiction In Cold Blood Beloved These days
when a reader settles in to read a book, it is
hard to know what to expect. In the past, there
may have been a more rigid idea about what makes a
novel or a story, now, there are many ways in
which a modern writer can choose to portray a
happening or a feeling. This development in
fiction writing creates an exciting concept. It
turns reading into a wonderfully intriguing
activity where nothing can...
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Organ Donation Organ Donor
1,191 words
Holistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the
Condition? Holistic Care Are we Treating the
Patient or the Condition? In today's fast-paced
world where technology rules, the medical
profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2, 900
liver transplants were performed in the United
States while there were 30, 000 candidates for the
procedure in the United States alone (Heffron, T.
G. , 1993). Due to shortages of available organs
for donation / transplantation , specifically
livers, once again Although...
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Death Be Not Proud Reading This Book
1,644 words
Death is a creature that takes the life of an
individual. The book Death Be Not Proud by John
Gunther tells a story of a young boy's life facing
death. The reality is that everyone is born and
everyone must die. Life for everyone is hard and
no one said that life was going to be easy. Johnny
Gunther, John Gunther's son, a young boy and he
experienced death in a very cruel and painful
ordeal. Death is nothing we can hide from and
because of that we must face the fact that Death
will appear in our...
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True Love John Donne
1,134 words
True love is something hard to find. Some people
doubt if it even exists. Throughout time people
have been forever searching for that perfect soul
mate to spend the rest of their life with. John
Donne and the musical band Foreigner are both
artists who have put their thoughts for their
quest of true love into words. John Donne
expresses his search in time in his poem, The
Canonization and Foreigner does so in their song,
I Want To Know What Love Is. In John Donne's poem
The Canonization there is...
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Jean Paul Sartre Human Beings
1,161 words
Thrown into the world, and condemned from freedom.
(web). Existentialists believe that every action
they make they will have some kind of action
returned. (web). Therefore, the person must be
accountable without excuse. (web). Existentialism
is not its own philosophy but a vast world in
itself. A world filled with many philosophies
sharing many of the same traits. Existentialism is
the world of existence. Existentialists believe
that a personality will develop best if left
alone. Existence consi...
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Lesbian And Gay Men And Women
799 words
Our society is composed of homosexuals. We often
see them walking on the streets or maybe sitting
right next to us. However, do we really know what
are homosexuals? People have always been taught
that if a person is attracted of the same sex, he/
she is to be consider homosexual. Although the
definition is valid, there is still important
things we should know. As a matter of fact, the
law should protect Gay rights because homosexuals
are experiencing enough difficulties as the
situation stands. ...
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Power And The Glory Whiskey Priest
855 words
In todays society, people often picture their
heroes as flawless characters with superhuman
strengths and powers, such as the Superman and
Batman types. Others picture their heroes as
ordinary individuals who have great talents, such
as the Michael Jordan type. During ancient
history, the Greeks recognized their tragic heroes
as those who possessed four essential qualities: a
man noble by birth and talent, possessing a tragic
flaw, having a recognizable downfall that is
partially his fault, and ...
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Nature Of God David Hume
2,184 words
"I was from the beginning scandalized, I must own,
with this resemblance between the Deity and human
creatures. " -- Philo David Hume wrote much about
the subject of religion, much of it negative. In
this paper we shall attempt to follow Hume's
arguments against Deism as Someone knowable from
the wake He allegedly makes as He passes. This
kind of Deism he lays to rest. Then, digging
deeper, we shall try our hand at a critique of his
critique of religion, of resurrecting a natural
belief in God. ...
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Teenage Stress Peer Support Teenagers
670 words
According to a high school psychology textbook,
stress is "a particular pattern of disturbing
psychological reactions that occur when an
environment event threatens important motives and
taxes one's ability to cope. " In plain English,
stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies
experience as we adjust to our continually
changing environment. However, not all stress is
bad. Some stress is good. In fact, everyone needs
stress in his or her lives, because without it,
life would be dull and unexciting...
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21 St Century Tourism Industry
1,064 words
Quintana Roo, Mexico has become an internationally
acclaimed tourist development area over the past
six years. This may be a difficult concept to
grasp considering the states economic condition at
the end of the 20 th, and the first decade of the
21 st century. The current status of a tourism
haven was not easily accomplished. It took many
years of cooperative tourism planning amongst the
state, national government officials, and most
importantly, the local communities of the areas
being develop...
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Computer Games On Young People
680 words
The effects computer games have on young people.
Good or bad? Effects of computerised gaming have a
wide range on young people today and like anything
else the effects you get out is in the way they
are used. If we look at how computer games are
made and what they are intended for we can get a
better understand for the effects that come out of
them. Computer games today are created on a bases
of entertainment but what are computer games? They
are most commonly a simulation of a real life or
exag...
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Short Period Of Time Luke Skywalker
784 words
People are always looking for a good way to escape
the pangs of work. Since work is so important in
society today that it is almost impossible to
avoid doing work without having to pay the price
in the future. The perfect escape would be one
that alleviates the strain of work yet does not
incur any future expenses. Many people have found
science fiction novels and movies to be great
escape mechanisms. Science fiction is such a
perfect escape for many people because it allows
its audience to vica...
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Huck Finn Life On The River
860 words
The difference between life on the river and life
in the towns along the river is an important theme
in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Mark Twain. Twain uses language to draw the
contrast effectively as well as through the
atmosphere that has been created, the diction, the
punctuation and the figures of speech employed.
The two paragraphs, which most effectively display
this contrast, refer to the peaceful life on the
river and the vile nature of the streets and lanes
of a town....
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Stricter Laws Fraternity Members
1,105 words
Hazing (subjecting newcomers to abusive or
humiliating tricks and ridicule) has always been
seen as a secretive campus activity when it comes
to fraternities and pledging. As a result, Dr.
Mark Taff resorted in his article that, .".. a
series of 168 cases of injuries and deaths related
to fraternity hazing activities... [occurred] in
the United States between 1923 and 1982 " (2113).
Young college men are being hospitalized and even
worse, dying, just for a couple of friends that
give them a sens...
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Crisis Situations Coping Skills
1,094 words
Disturbing, resilience, and courageous are merely
a glimpse of how impacting the story of Mary Karrs
life was growing up as a child in an unpredictable
home life. Reading about situations that Mary and
her sister experienced made me think about my own
childhood with its crisis and misfortunes. I
myself have never come close to experiencing
anything in my life like she had, but how she
described the situations she endured made me feel
her frustrations and vulnerabilities. Even with
the difference...
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On The Profound Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse
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... ild cannot always avoid sexual abuse, children
who are well prepared will be more likely to tell
you if any abuse has occurred (child Abuse. html).
Prevention activities should include concepts of
body ownership, the right to control and access of
your own body. Touch continuum, which includes
discussion of okay vs. not okay touches, confusing
touches, ect. Secrets, intuition, and telling are
others that are important (Conte, 35). Children
should be taught to feel good about themselves,
know...
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Yoga Meditation Techniques Destructive Thought Forms Attention
989 words
Psychedelic Yoga The Application of Yoga
Meditation Techniques to the Use of Psychedelic
Sacraments By Sri Brahmarishi Naked The fact that
psychedelic drugs induce a greater sensitivity to
subtle spiritual and psychic energies, and speed
up the influx of impressions from deeper levels of
consciousness, raises the immediate question of
how these energies can be properly understood and
handled. Obviously, if these energies are not
guided, they can do more harm than good. The
application of traditi...
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Life After Death Sense Of This Word
1,975 words
Loss of Significant Person (1) The death of a
loved one often constitutes a shocking experience,
on the part of just about anyone. This is because
people have a hard time, while rationalizing the
fact that the death of individual means the death
of his or her individuality. Only the people
entitled with the sense of intellectual honesty
are capable of perceiving death as being
absolutely natural in its essence, which in its
turn, allows them to cope with the loss of a
family member with apparent...
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