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    did it but him; he was his own person that made a choice for himself. In the last quote the words “his hands” and “his brain” represents how authority did not make the choice for him, changing him into a different person over time. Montag is now begging to have questions for books and even is starting to hide books for himself. Montage said, “the he reached up and pulled back the grill of the air-conditioning system and reached far back inside to the right and moved still…

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    Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” uncovers the laxity of British and Irish Gentry towards the increasing poverty in Ireland and the exploitation of the Irish. With its metaphors that depicts cannibalism as an acceptable solution to hunger, ‘modest’ can only be seen as an euphemism for this egregious suggestion. This satire dictates an economically insightful proposal that alleviate poor parents of their ‘bastard children’. As a result of this proposal, the outcome suggests to hinder children…

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    The end of the line is just the beginning. As a multitude of people swarm, all wanting to the get to a limited number of places, the minutes begin to add up. My focus only on the tick-tock echoing in my head. Each trip is a cost benefit analysis: each second waiting and the value of money versus in the moment and happiness. Six Flags — the ultimate math problem. The very first variable I run into is parking. There’s no close spots because everyone managed to get there the second the park opened.…

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    Lucksian Short Story

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    One morning as he rose with the sun, he noticed a four leaf clover next to his make-shift bed. He plucked it from the ground and tucked it behind his ear. As he headed out of the forest on his way to the Acropolis for his daily routine of begging, he stumbled across something poking out of the ground. It was a rabbit’s foot. Lucksian thought that was very odd, but he picked it up and slipped the rabbit’s foot in his pocket in the hopes that perhaps he could barter it for a scrap of…

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    she will actually leave him or not. So far it looks like the 19 Kids and Counting star is standing by her man, but the rumors are flying that she might still decide to leave him. Hollywood Life just shared that Josh Duggar is now freaking out and begging Anna not to leave him. The couple has 4 children together and if she leaves him then Josh will be all alone. After this cheating scandal, it would be hard for Josh Duggar to find someone new that would ever want to be involved with him. News…

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    Why Is Hamlet Evil

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    In the play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, the young prince Hamlet is looked upon from many perspectives to be evil. Hamlet does kill, and cost many people there lives through his outrageous plan of restoring his country and honoring his dead father. Hamlet never committed any crimes or harmed anyone in his country, before he was told by his ghostly father to avenge his killer. The young prince is an admirable man for giving everything up including his own life, to retaliate…

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    “Your gifts are not about you, leadership is not about you, your purpose is not about you. A life of significance is about serving those who need your gifts, your leadership, your purpose.” I live in a bubble: wealth, comfort, education, and love. Not everyone in our world lives like this, not even everyone in our country lives like this. I knew there were people that were starving, homeless, abused, or ignored; what I did not know was how many. I had never been out of the country until last…

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    I scan through the score; my eyes rapidly swing back and forth like a metronome. With precision, I place my warm fingers on the cold black and white keys and, in an instance, I’m enraptured only with what is in front of me to begin Honeysuckle Rose by Louis Armstrong. As soon as I strike the keys, the balance of melody and base ring through the air in a symphony of sound. In my head, the cramped, but lively speakeasy erupts in an indulgence of dance. Sweat drips down the back of my neck, while…

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    “The 12 Olympian Gods were begging for mercy.” This quote comes from a book found in a hidden cave. The book is believed to be written around the year 1000 B.C where most of mythological stories about the gods took place; but this story is nothing like we have found so far about the Greek Gods, Goddesses, and Titans, this story is about the human created god named Ale. Ale is said to be the reason why the Olympian gods stopped interacting with humans. Ale was never born, he was created by a…

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    in different ways. While Andromache's effects are seen almost as a byproduct of her existence as a wife in the warrior culture, Rebekah’s effects appear through direct action. When Andromache first appears in the Iliad, readers see a woman who is begging her husband, Hector, to stay behind the gates of Troy in hopes of shielding him from the dangers of war. In this scene, Andromache’s role as the wife in a warrior society is introduced. In…

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