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    Can one undoubtedly give an answer to one of the most obvious examples of rhetorical questioning?. Throughout the six thousand words that make up this complex, sprawling mystery not once was there a statement that truly answered to the question Who is John Galt?. Perhaps what seeks to be done cannot be done with words alone to produce a unified definition which only a narrative can can provide, through the series of events and their impact on me as the reader For the protagonist, Dagny Taggart, she is at the core of a very distasteful slang, nothing but an empty question synonymous with despair and the ineffectuality of questioning that which cannot…

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    In Atlas Shrugged, many individuals of ability faced obstacles that threatened to destroy everything they stood for. John Galt gave them a way to live their lives without those obstacles. Ragnar Danneskjöld was one of John Galt’s close friends making him one of the first to hear John’s plan to take the world back from the looters. Danneskjöld said to Hank Rearden that he loved that which had rarely been loved, namely, human ability. When he said this, he meant that many individuals in the book…

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    “Who is John Gault?” Shall this phrase be considered as a figure of speech, or even a rhetorical question? Yet while read on, readers come to realization how the expression has a more simple meaning with the answer; that John Gault is an actual man who plays an important part in the story of Atlas Shrugged. In this book, we get the answer to said question in the beginning of Part 3. Here, a lady named Dagny Taggart crashes her aircraft into Galt’s Gulch of Colorado; and meets John Galt in…

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    Can one give an answer to one of the most obvious examples of rhetorical questioning? Throughout the six thousand words that make up this complex, sprawling mystery, not once did a statement completely answer the question "Who is John Galt"? Perhaps what seeks to be done cannot be done with words alone. To produce a unified definition which a narrative can provide, through the series of unfolding events and their impact on me as the reader. For what seems like a simple query, so many answers or…

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    written by Ayn Rand in 1957, one rhetorical question is proposed on multiple occasions. In a world where businesses are failing at every turn, this question serves to embody the very essence of the hopelessness and the defenselessness of an entire nation, as well as their utter loss of human spirit. This question, however, appears to be so simple on the surface, seeming to seek the identity of a mystery man. It is asked by homeless men, businessmen and diner patrons alike. Furthermore, the…

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    over Canada to the Pacific Ocean. To lay the track, teams needed to cut trees and clear a wide range of land along a way made by surveyors. Groups assembled extensions and trestles crosswise over streams and canyons. Additional teams utilized explosives to blast their way through the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. The procedure of building the CPR can 't be depicted in a single word. It was a long and hard process for both the administration of Canada and for the specialists building it.…

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    or large. At the Boys and Girls club I was thought varies ways to overcome my anxiety, things like: hosting events (MC) and even talking in front of small audience. As of right now I am very proud to say I no longer have stage fright. I am proud to say that I host (MC) all the events that is going on at the Florence Degeorge Boys and Girl Club. There was a boy name John, who was very timid to the point he was afraid of interacting with the other kids around him. I took the…

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    universal themes worth investigating theatrically. Bibliography Ellis-Fermor, Una, trans. Ibsen: Hedda Gabler and Other Plays Penguin: London, 1983 Fjelde, Rolf, ed. Ibsen: A Collection of Critical Essays Prentice-Hall International Inc: New Jersey Mayerson, Caroline W. “Thematic Symbols in Hedda Gabler” 131-138 Lucas, F.L. The Drama Of Ibsen & Strindberg Cassell: London, 1962 McFarlane, James and Jens Arup trans. Henrik Ibsen: Four Major Plays Oxford University…

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    Of Mice and Men Essay - Fate or Choice? Choice is defined by the ‘Shorter Oxford Dictionary’ as; “The act of choosing; preferential determination between things proposed.” It also states the definition for fate; “The principle, power, or agency by which events are unalterably predetermined from eternity.” Is our life choice, can we determine our fate by choosing our path or is our destiny determined for us? John Steinbeck puts forward this question in his novella Of Mice and…

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    At first, he is bored and dull, no better than one of the "sheep" he makes fun of. Later, as he watches McMahon, the butcher, "Patting his mouth and looking after them, sizing up their joints,”Sammy begins to sympathize with the girls. Then when Lengel scolds the girls and falsely tells them that it's store policy that they have to have their shoulders covered, Sammy realizes, "That's policy for you. Policy is what the kingpins want. What the others want is juvenile…

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