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Left Me Pain Left Me Pain And Sorrow Love
966 wordsAs Aristotle once said: but only does so (love) when he longs for him when absent and craves for his presence. When we look at this definition it seems to be timeless and holds true even today, Love is that longing for someone in his or her absence. This theme of love can be seen in both the lyrical and epic poetry of the Greek. Though at first look the epic work the Odyssey by Homer and the Lyrical works of Sappho are strikingly different in not only length but also in theme, homer accounts for...
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Kingdom Of God Kingdom Of Heaven
1,133 wordsFellow world kings, presidents, and leaders: In a time of despair and emptiness, the world we knew has changed forever. Perhaps in this day and age, it is difficult to fathom why anyone would mastermind the attacks of September 11 th. In the time that has followed that fateful day, news organizations have ingrained into our brains images of planes crashing into buildings, people jumping from windows many stories up, abandoned shoes among the rubble, and -- of course -- images of the victims and ...
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The Origins Of Hip Hop And Rap
983 wordsIn the late 1970 s a new, popular form of urban youth culture emerged in the Bronx, New York that changed the face of popular music and American culture. Throughout its development, hip-hop has become a vastly commercialized, inextricable component of popular American culture; however, it took the efforts of many pioneers and innovators to shape modern hip-hop culture and music. By exploring hip-hops origins, one can better understand its evolution and its influence on different social groups th...
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Beowulf One Shield
836 wordsI had slept in a vast stone tower, and there was a hidden path beneath it. One day a man came upon this path and found the entrance to my tower. He entered, and discovered my ancient treasure. This was not just an ordinary treasure, my father had defeated 12 Viking ships with thousands of men to get to this treasure, in which was passed down to me. Treasures, of Pagan jewels and gold that I have been guarding all my life. They were mine, and no one was to take that from me. Little did the man kn...
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Beauty And Her Father Return In A Week Beast
1,221 words... must himself return in three months. Even though the merchant had no plans to send one of his own daughters back to the beast, he agreed to the deal thinking he could at least go home and see his children before returning to his death. The beast told the merchant to go back to the bedchamber where he would find a chest; he was to fill the chest with all it could hold so that he would not return to his home empty-handed. The merchant took the chest and his horse and headed home to his family....
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The Janissaries Of Ottoman Turkish Empire
955 wordsThe Janissaries was an elite corp. in the standing army of the Ottoman Empire from the late 14 th century to 1826. Highly respected for their military prowess in the 15 th and 16 th centuries, the Janissaries became a powerful force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, and in government administrations. The janissaries were organized into three unequal divisions: the combat, b"ol " ukhalki, and sean. The Janissary corps was originally staffed by Christian youths from the Balkan provinces who ...
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Whore Giggle ' Ratz Case
1,083 wordsThis is for the Net. Enjoy. - Red Dragon Neuromancer by William Gibson Dedication: for Deb who made it possible with love PART ONE CHIBA CITY BLUES 1 The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. 'It's not like I'm using, ' Case heard someone say, as he shouldered his way through the crowd around the door of the Chat. 'It's like my body's developed this massive drug defi- ciency. ' It was a Sprawl voice and a Sprawl joke. The Chatsubo was a bar for professional exp...
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End Of The World Waiting Room
870 wordsJulule is kneeled down in the dirt of her backyard, crouched over her blood stained hands. Scared. Too afraid to call her depressed husband. All she can do is cry and remember what the doctor promised. Julule and her husband Shamaul had sat in the cramped waiting room overwhelmed with joy and hope. Shamaul had performed all of India's standard rituals and had prayed for a healthy baby. The waiting room was crowded with pregnant women, but Julule was next after already waiting for over an hour. B...
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Nelson Mandela South Africa
758 wordsThis matches the book dramatically with the end of the novel being a new sunrise, symbolizing a new rebirth. In both circumstances, some one has came in as an unlikely leader and lead the group into a new way of life. Mandela assumed leadership by being a humble, modest man who the people could respect and admire. He also never let his own success come before his leadership role to his country (Dugard). One of the reasons he was such a leader was because he never held himself to a higher status ...
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Falling In Love Big Deal
1,616 wordsYou don't come across that many people that give you butterflies, you just dont 'If two past lovers remain friends, they are either still in love, or never were. ' 'You always overlook the little things in a relationship. It's the times when you wake at 4 am and smell his cologne when you know you have made a mistake. ' 'Isn't it funny how you can think you " re completely over someone, but if you drive past his house, stumble upon a meaningful song you both shared, or even catch a glance of him...
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Humans And Animals Jeremy Bentham
1,872 wordsAnimal Rights From the earliest times men have been co-existing with animals. Their relationships had several stages of development. At the beginning, animals were food and clothes for men. Later, animals guarded people and were their helpers. It is evident that these changes have been depended on mans perception of the surrounding world together with the development of his consciousness. Nowadays, people take a lot of animals at home. Animals have become mans pets. Recently, psychologists have ...
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Date Rape Rape Crisis
1,012 wordsDate Rape by Katie Roiphe and On Not Being a Victim by Mary Gaitskill debate the issue of date rape. Both authors, with the use of personal opinion and other women s opinions, state their views on the subject. While Katie Roiphe argues that rape should be limited to physical force, Gaitskill criticizes that opinion. According to her, any woman with psychic disorders after unwanted sexual experience can be considered raped. Although the writers use a similar structure in writing the articles and ...
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Bad Luck Strong Character
563 wordsTo some people, high school is a fun and growing experience but for me, it was four years that I could have lived without. My memories of high school consist of a few smiles tangled with an abundance of silent solitude and heartbreak. I understand now, three years later that people make their own happiness within themselves. It is all a matter of the right mindset to pave the road to a satisfying lifestyle. But as a teenager, all I resorted to was the belief that lifes contentment would find me ...
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Dont Talk Left
592 wordsI need to talk to someone. dad left... he left a fax... i cant believe this... he gave me money this morning. i knew something was wrong. i had a feeling hed leave. i just knew it, in my head you know. sixth sense or something. Im so sad i guess. I feel like its my fault. We were so low to him. maybe i feel worse about this thing because i kind of know how he feels i heard them fighting. i heard him crying. i feel so bad. he was doing so much work for us. we didnt even thank him for it, nothing ...
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Death Penalty Deterrent Effect
1,502 wordsExecutions of juveniles began in 1642 with the execution of Thomas Granger, from Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, his age was not stated in the reference. (Minimum Death Penalty Ages) Three hundred and fifty years later, Twenty-Three states have legalized the execution of juveniles. Eighteen of those Twenty-three states have lowered the legal age of execution to sixteen. (Minimum Death Penalty Ages) For reasons unknown the public has supported the death penalty since this countrys existence. In t...
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Jay Gatsby Believes Fitzgerald Describes
1,703 wordsOur great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity (Harnsberger 14), is what Lyndon B. Johnson had to say about materialism. He knew the value of money, and he realized the power and effect of money. Money can have many effects, however money cannot buy happiness. Many people disbelieve this fact, and many continue to try and actually buy articles that make them happy. In F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Gre...
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Jay Gatsby Believes Daisy
1,390 wordsThe Great Gatsby? Buying the American Dream Our great cities and our mighty buildings will avail us not if we lack spiritual strength to subdue mere objects to the higher purposes of humanity (Harnsberger 14), is what Lyndon B. Johnson had to say about materialism. He knew the value of money, and he realized the power and effect of money. Money can have many effects, however money cannot buy happiness. Many people disbelieve this fact, and many continue to try and actually buy articles that make...
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Jay Gatsby Believes Jersey Prentice Hall
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Gross Rosen Start One
528 wordsLife has never been this hard. Sitting in a cattle car, dont know where youre going. You have ideas, youve heard stories, but you dont really know. No food, no water, shivering. Everyone is quiet, some are sleeping, some are crying. Its been a long ride, and I am weak, but I can feel the train slow down. Some men start waking others up, one is not waking. He was wounded earlier in the battle for our capital. Most of us knew this young boy would not survive, but we were hoping. We hear noises out...
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Told Him Mom Lying Here Dying
454 wordsDEATH OF AN INNOCENT I went to a party, Mom, I remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom, So I drank soda instead. I really felt proud inside, Mom, The way you said I would. I didnt drink and drive, Mom, Even though the others said I should. I know I did the right thing, Mom, I know you are always right. Now the party is finally ending, Mom, As everyone is driving out of sight. As I got into my car, Mom, I knew Id get home in one piece. Because of the way you raised me, So responsi...
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