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    hour. Still after two weeks of fighting in France one thing that haunts me one the numerous corpses littered around the trenches. It’s the smell that stays with me; the mixture of faeces and decaying bodies seemingly blinding my nostrils from anything else. If only the French were to have moved the bodies away from the trenches before they buried them. The corpses have become a part of the trenches. It really doesn’t help the state of mind being reminded you could die and be tossed away like…

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    because it consists of things many people fear. According to Freud, “Many people experience the feeling [of the “uncanny”] in the highest degree in relation to death and dead bodies, to the return of the dead, and to spirits and ghosts” (Freud 13). In other words, it is common for people to have a fear of death, dead bodies, the return of the dead, spirits and ghosts. Many people fear death and do not want to die, but biology has not been able to come to a conclusion as to whether death is the…

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    Scarlet Letter Book Report

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    The bodies were up shore and it looked like no one touched them since last night. He came back but on his way back, he saw Aunt Scarlet standing there, like he just got busted. Eli said "Hi Aunt Scarlet, why are you out here?"Aunt Scarlet said " Did you see the dead bodies in the lake?" Eli said "What dead bodies? I haven't seen anything." Aunt Scarlet said "First Warning. Did you see the dead bodies?" Eli said "I didn't see anything." Aunt Scarlet said…

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    deal with, i think, and then realize - their son is dead. they're busy people, but they're bound to notice soon. that's when i crack. i have a family. either they'll see me like this - roadkill in the middle of nowhere - or - where do they put dead bodies, anyways? i can hear the ambulance rushing down the road. they'll definitely pronounce me dead on the scene. how long will it take till they find out who i am? how much longer till my parents find out? how will i get home - can i get home? or…

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    correct when he says that it is better to be free from bodily desires than to indulge them. The term free refers to acting as one chooses without being restrained by an authority figure. A bodily desire is defined as a want taking control of a person’s body. Indulge means to give into desires in an overly disproportionate way. Cephalus’ best argument for my thesis is that leaving bodily desires behind brings peace. Cephalus states, “the majority of our members lament, longing for the lost…

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    In Epstein’s writing, he mentions that sports are not ideal for a child’s growing body. Conversely, choosing a sport that provides an outlet for a child’s energy can greatly beneficial even for children as young as four. Sports like soccer and basketball provide an excellent aerobic workout by strengthening muscles and increasing heart…

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    Black Death: A Short Story

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    her a small bowl of her favorite soup, and packed my stuff and headed out the door. Although we lived in the luxury rich part of london there were dead bodies everywhere. Everybody just got used to walking down the street and having dead bodies around the corner. There was no more room for graves so they ended up just taking the piled up bodies and tossed them in a giant hole and added a small layer of dirt over the top. There wasn't even priests to say prayers for the people, and even if…

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    Eulogy For Emily

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    In a small residential community of Jefferson, Mississippi, there is a woman resides in the community named of Miss Emily Grierson. Emily seems to be a very strange woman to people in that community. She lived there for many years and never let anyone enter her home. The people in the community knew something strange about her because she was not the only person that lived in that house. She never had any one to come see her in years but she wasn't the only one in the house, she had her hireling…

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    One Corpse Too Many is a mystery book by Ellis Peters and is the second book in the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael. The book is a murder mystery centered around an extra dead body amongst other dead bodies about to be buried. As there is no specific moral or theme highlighted in the book, I would say it’s not a great book for teaching a lesson. However, with the great characterization and way of immersing the reader into the setting, it is definitely a great book to read just for the sake of…

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    Ordinary Body Image

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    media anytime and anywhere. With technology, we are bombarded with ads fill with pictures of thin models and beautiful celebrities. Thus, people get pressurize from the ads the media has created. The media drives ordinary people to dislike their own body image. This is illustrated by looking at the models and the magazines the media is portraying. Models like Kate Moss, Tyra Banks, Cara Delevingne and Miranda Kerr, you see them all over the media. Media portrays them as thin, beautiful and…

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