A Series of Unfortunate Events

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    After the event that lead to their parents death the Baudelaire children became very depressed in book 1 The bad beginning it states “It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever…

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    providing individuals with opportunities for multiple ways of learning, and means for self-expression. A particular piece that effectively portrays complex ideas by the use of creative methods is Morning Light, which is the last component of a seven piece series (The Killing Cycle). Alfred Leslie, the artist of this oil on canvas, 72 x 192 inch work of art, is a renowned artist of the Abstract Expressionist Era. This era was especially prevalent during the mid 20th-century that keenly focused on…

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    Levee screams right before plunging the knife into Toledo’s back. How can a pair of shoes trigger a murder? In August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Levee Green’s explosive personality tie to his black experience combining with a series of unfortunate events cause a pair of shoes to catalyze a deadly altercation resulting in the murder of Toledo. Shoes are usually considered as a regular part of a daily wardrobe or the finishing touch to an outfit. However, the shoes symbolized a…

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    to Titania, “Give me that boy and I will go with thee.” (II. i. 148). This demonstrates how jealous of a person he is by nature. Titania has something that he wants, and he cannot stand that. By acting off of his emotions, he sets a series of unfortunate events into motion. In addition, while arguing with his wife, he asks her, “Why should Titania cross her Oberon?” ( II. i. 122). This also demonstrates how Oberon desires and craves power. He is, in a way, offended that Titania would even…

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    “Let months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more” (Remarque 295). This sentence is one that may have passed through the minds of many soldiers during World War I. This war was a transformative event that stripped these soldiers of their humanity, shifted their thoughts on nationalism, and it eventually killed most of them. This “Great War” was anything but great. These young men were often tricked into volunteering for the war without any knowledge of what…

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    “Don’t Be Sorry for Yourself,” a thought-provoking essay written by A. J. Cronin. It deals with the problems of anxiety and trepidation in our life. In this age of competition and rush, everybody seems either afflicted or knows someone who is afflicted. The highly competitive and material culture undermines our nerves. Anxiety and self-pity are due to the fear of failure and doubt in various professions, different relationships, achieving success and other materialistic things which may lead us…

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    Placelessness is a repressed occurrence that co-exists with numerous issues and matters involving social norms, socio-cultural systems, ideologies, and interactions in our modern society. It can be comprehended as either a phenomenon where a place loses its local meaning or identity, or as its literal meaning, the act of lacking a fixed location. Both meanings are evident in “The Quiet Ones”, where Diaz exhibits placelessness as an underlying occurrence behind issues in modern society, observed…

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    I truly believe that our nation has definitely made progress in the area of racial injustice. One aspect that clearly demonstrates my belief is the fact that segregation and restrictions no longer exist in public. For example, our schools, workplaces, hospitals, basically any functional facility, is freely open for anyone of any race to use and we can all sit together in one room; this is something that never happened in the past and was a critical issue for the longest time. For me to look…

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    his journey to achieve his goal no matter the pain he suffers. The old man gives everything he has to capture the Marlin, as the fish was an incentive to push through at hard times in life. Although the man fails to catch the fish after a series of unfortunate events, the fish still is a symbol for the Santiago’s rebirth, as it offers him numerous lessons in the process of fighting the ideal…

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    Workflow is a term used to describe the action or execution of a series of tasks in a prescribed sequence (McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K., 2015). Preventable medical errors kill and seriously injure hundreds of thousands of Americans every year. Workflow is essential to prevent these errors; thus, allows proper use of…

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