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    then that Mrs. Danvers was no friend of her. The Narrator wishes to fit in with Manderley and wants to make it home but she feels that she is constantly being compared to Rebecca. When Beatrice and Giles came to Manderley to meet the new Mrs. DeWinter and Maxim, the Narrator thought to herself as she saw Beatrice examining her; “I read in everyone eye, on every tongue- “She’s so different to Rebecca.” (124). The Narrator is very insecure and young and feels as if everyone is judging her which in…

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    earth. All, the course, one is oblivious too due to the ‘feel-good’ feeling. “Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” (Shaw) This quote depicts how alcohol numbs one's sense of reality to escape the hardships of life. In Beatrice Mosioniers novel, April Raintree, Cheryl is, unfortunately, a victim of alcohol abuse, which foreshadows a series of events the ultimately led to her devastating suicide. Cheryl’s childhood was filled with abuse…

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    The film A Civil Action is about the court case of multiple families that have lost their children to leukemia. These families believed that the city’s tap water was contaminated with trichloroethylene which ultimately lead to these children’s untimely death. The main family that brought this concern into light was Anne Anderson, when her toddler died of leukemia. The lawsuit, which was made by the plaintiff’s law Jan Schlichtmann, was against industrial operations. Even though only one out of…

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    Louis Armstrong Biography Louis Armstrong was born August 4, 1901. His parents were Mary Albert and William Armstrong. He had one sister and he name was Beatrice Armstrong Collins. Louis Armstrong attended Baptist and Catholic churches and Baptist Sunday school as a child. He had to overcome a lot of segregation but he also did it very well. He was skilled at singing playing the trumpet. Louis did attend school so he did get some education. Louis had four wives and two children. During his…

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    Macbeth:Deep Thoughts To answer this prompt I have chosen three examples, all in books: The selection, Divergent, and the hunger games. With the decision of putting her name into the drawing of the selection, America singers life that she had imagined might not be the life she will have. For several years America had always thought she had her entire life thought out, she would marry Aspen and her status would transition from a five to a six. But one letter changed all of that. When the letter…

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    being candid, she has people that look up to her and want to be like her when they grow up because they see her success. She empowers women of all ages by saying that they too can accomplish whatever their hearts desire. Another example of a hero is Beatrice “Tris” Prior of the Divergent Series by Veronica Roth. Tris is a fictional character that struggles through many challenges emotionally and physically. In the series, she believes that she doesn’t belong in her home of Abnegation, a place…

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    severe considering the situation as well the fact they were murdered. However, since they could not control their lust and committed adultery they were still condemned to the second circle. Dante relates to their deep love with that of his love with Beatrice, whom is his reason for traveling into Hell. Dante’s experience meeting Francesca and his experiences through the second circle cause the transfer from pilgrim to…

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    History is filled with famous individuals some that made their voices heard and others that influence people to believe in them. There are the individuals that are self-reluctant and guide themselves as leaders whom goals are to create a better society. By choosing this position to take on a cause bigger than yourself, you prove yourself sufficient to take on the world. No matter how big the problem withstands there are grounds for justice. In the novel “ Night” written by Elie Weisel, There was…

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    Wiesel was born on September 30th, 1928 in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, now a part of Romania. His father, was an orthodox Jew and had a grocery store while his mother, was a daughter of a farmer. Wiesel had three sisters, Sapora, Hilda, and Beatrice. Growing up in a small village in Romania, Wiesel's world revolved around family, religious study, community and God. His father instilled a strong sense of humanism in elie, encouraging him…

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    Never to be Unstuck, Always to be Eaten Away at “Midway along the journey of our life / I woke up find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path / How hard it is to tell what it was like, / this wood of wilderness, savage, and stubborn / (the thought of it brings back all my old fears) / a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitter” (1.1-6) In these very first lines of Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Dante, there is a foreshadowing of another dark wood to come…

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