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    does not care about what happens to the girls, and scoffs at himself for ever getting involved. Dostoevsky uses this event to reveal the two characteristics that Raskolnikov often switches between: being a morally good person who helps others, and a cynic who cares only about himself. Dostoevsky shows Raskolnikov’s complex and quick changing character through the literary devices of tone, diction, and point of view. Raskolnikov’s hopelessness throughout this passage displays his rapidly…

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    Personal Narrative: Jacob

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    In Genesis 27, verse 35-36, “But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!’” Jacob tricked his father into giving the blessing, that originally belonged to Esau, to himself. He did this out of self-gain. “37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white stripes on them by peeling…

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    philosophers emphasis on the polis; which is a city’s contingency in ancient Greece, and specifically considered for philosophical purposes. An idea like this isolates the conventional ties of politics and the natural ties of humanity. These two views are cynics and…

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    Philosopher and Apologist. He argued that pagan philosophy is not entirely wrong but is a partial understanding of the truth and serves as a “schoolmaster to bring us to Christ”. St. Justin opened up his own school. Shortly after that he debated against the Cynic Philosopher Crescens. Righter after that St. Justin was arrested for practicing an unauthorized religion. The Prefect, Rusticus asked him to denounce his faith but St. Justin refused to reject Christianity. As a result of that, St.…

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    In the essay “Why Schools Should Start Later in the Morning”, author Emily Richmond argues to persuade the public to begin school at later times. Richmond is passionate about her cause and manages to create a strong argument by using expert opinion, refuting the counterclaim, and compelling consequences to strengthen it and create a more persuasive tone. Ms. Richmond uses expert opinion throughout her argument to assist her by providing facts that help her make her point. Ms. Richmond begins by…

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    A Trip To America Summary

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    It’s a book written with the intention to be a letter or guide to the author’s teenaged son Samori and talk about the subject of fear & race and what it means to be black and what to do to simply survived in the contemporary United States. Coates tries to explain it with his own experiences and his journey to search the truth about history and race in different states in his life like the hardness of the streets in Baltimore, when he was young in high school, his love of history and poetry, his…

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    ideas on how to live their lives and conduct themselves. “Various hypotheses about this teaching identify its adherents as syncretists who incorporate elements of mystery cults, Gnostics, Jews who claim superiority over the church, and non-Christian cynics” (Sumney 10) One of the biggest threats that the church in Colossae faced is believed to be that of the Gnostics. The mystical cult believed in salvation through asceticism, which is not how salvation is found in Christian faith. There was a…

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    Hawthorne is a man of loaded words and vague, yet meaningful, expressions. Within his works, are a plethora of lessons to be taken away and messages to be reflected on. One such message being his reference to enjoying the good and the bad life has to offer. On the surface the meaning comes across as nonsensical ramblings, however when thought about for a short period of time, one can easily understand the power behind the phrase. “There is no fate in this world so horrible as to have no share in…

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    view its wonder. I joined in on the mob of people online criticising this town for its disappointments, when deep inside I knew that had nothing to do with it. Nobody had hurt me but my own expectations. The truth behind it all is, I pretend to be a cynic, but in reality, I’m really just a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something I may never…

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    The year 2016 is one of the worst and stupidest years in American history, but at least frail, sickly, and old Hillary’s recent collapse helped restore America’s faith in the power of love. The moment Bill heard that she was sick he rushed to his woman’s bedside. And then, as soon as he was finished, he picked up the phone and called Chelsea’s apartment to see how Hillary was doing. Where was Bill in all this anyway? Even if some media hack had suffered an unexpected bout of Sudden Onset…

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