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    This final event that would lead to Temujin’s naming was the last encounter between the two rivals. When his rival was finally presented before him, Temujin actually wished to make amends with Jamuqa and rule together, as they would if they had never broken their bond. Jamuqa’s response was that of a man full of regret. He responded with only a request that he be killed in the most honorable way recognized by the Mongols, rather than make up with his old friend. He told Temujin that if he were…

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    research paper; rather, it is one woman, broken down by trauma and time, recording her life, emotions, and thoughts years after the event occurs. She hopes for an ending--clean-cut and put away--throughout her retelling of her story. She states, “I would like to believe this is a story I’m telling [...] If it’s a story I’m telling, then I have control over the ending [...] and real life will come after it” (Atwood 39). An ending like she wanted would end with her family, perhaps a picnic with…

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    The theme of Leila Hall’s short story “Girls in the Rear-view Mirror” concentrates mainly on the lives of the common truck drivers who have to spend weeks and months away from their families which not only makes them physically tired but also they become mentally and emotionally weak thus falling into circumstances that makes them engaged in immoral activities. The story even describes the tragic life of the prostitutes who need to face so many struggles throughout their lives. The struggle not…

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    Into A Hundred Thousand Pieces Like any living thing, a partnership needs care to survive. In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, what Nora and Torvald do not realize is that their marriage didn’t deteriorate because of Nora’s lies. The relationship was broken from the start, which is a fact the couple only realizes at the end of the play. For example, in the beginning of the play, Torvald refers to Nora as a “squirrel” (3). He continually addresses her as anything but a human. He treats her like a…

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    Diamant's The Red Tent

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    We have been lost to each other for so long. My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust. It is not your fault, or mine. The chain connecting mother to daughter was broken and the word passed to the keeping of men, who had no way of knowing. That is why I became a footnote, my story a brief detour between the well-known history of my father, Jacob, and the celebrated chronicle of Joseph, my brother. (Diamant, 1997, p. 1) This is the opening of the book The Red Tent, the story of Dinah,…

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    The movie “Crashed” by Paul Haggis is a movie based on very strong racial issues when in about three days and three nights multiple families of many different backgrounds clash in a theoretical “crash of conflicts”. It all started in an altercation with the persian family in the gun store and the daughter buys ammo for her father but they are blanks. The scene switches to the two african americans i know one is ludacris and his partner in crime both are discussing why they are always stipulated…

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    Salesman,” questioning if Willy’s attempt to save his family from all their problems was the right decision. It wasn’t; all he did was leave his sons without a father and his wife without a husband. If anything he made things worse by taking his life, they had just finished paying off the house and both his sons were home. This was the time for a new beginning a time to fix his wrongs but he can no longer help since he lost himself and his family. Starting with Willy getting home after a long…

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    The betrayal between two lovers and a broken promise result in the murder of Mrs. Drover. The murder demonstrated just how far human nature will go to obtain revenge. Works Cited Bowen, Elizabeth. “The Demon Lover.” 1945. Print. Calder, Robert L. “A More Sinister Troth’: Elizabeth Bowen’s…

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    On https://africanamericanhistoryprofolio.weebly.com/michael-jordan.html, it states Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the fourth child of five in his family, and the youngest of three boys. Jordan’s family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. His mother, Deloris, worked as a teller in the bank, and his father, James, was an equipment supervisor who had served in the Air Force. His dad taught him to work hard and not to be tempted by street life.…

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    Dysfunctional Families

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    Although children in dysfunctional or divorced families can have advantages such as developing independency and learning responsibility, it is obvious that the negative effects from divorce outweigh the positive ones: generational repetition from inner wounds to parents and children, and the moral decay in our society. The seriousness of divorced was reveal in 2012, when there was a surprising rate of divorce in Belarus by reaching 68 percentages of divorce rate (“Worldwide Divorce…

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