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    the other gentleman covered the woman face so he would put cotton balls in her mouth to make her cheeks fuller like they did in her picture. After everything was finished all the body they prepared would be cremated. Finally, it shocked my how disgrace of a job everyone make this to be. Daigo’s friend and wife would both be bothered with the fact he is preparing the dead for funerals. His wife would make statement like he was unclean because of this and that this was a not a real job. Daigo…

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    ambiguous moments arise within the text through an actual or implied reader interpretation. Through imagery, Aazhir paints the reader a portrait of how Afghan women are belittled in the country. Using figurative language, the reader can interpret the disgrace that the Afghan women face. The Afghan woman ponders about the rational thought of what the man was thinking…

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    In his letter to his son, Lord Chesterfield reprimands his son’s behavior and nature. While doing this Chesterfield explains how he believes his son should act, ultimately revealing his values in life. He uses a stern tone to convey this message to his son. Chesterfield opens his letter by emphasizing the importance of his son heeding and listening to his advice. While doing this, he displays his values of respecting wisdom and knowledge. Chesterfield tells his son that he does not wish him to…

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    This is because they are honorable; they do not lie and cheat unlike the Ewells. Atticus explained to Scout that “the Ewells had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations” (Lee 33). The Ewells were considered white trash because Mr. Ewell wasted his relief check on whiskey, let his children go hungry, his children did not go to school, and they lived in complete poverty. Even though…

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    Swifts And Walden

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    Not everyone feels that nature and humanity should be viewed as a combined need, but in reality, what is humanity without nature? Some people understand that nature is a way of life, and they choose to go out and discover new things. For some, it is just simply relaxing, and for others, it is of high interest to know what Mother Nature has in store. In Henry David Thoreau’s story, from Walden, he realizes there is a lot more than what meets the eye between nature and humanity. He decides to find…

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    You’ve never heard of them of course.’ ‘It’s an absolute disgrace-that bandolier of mine.’ ‘Such are the advantages of a really scientific education.’ ” (Huxley 38). As you can see the dialog switches without letting the reader know who is speaking. I just think we could have had a better book to read in the same…

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    The Best Man To be the best we can be is one of the calls of humanity. Booker T Washington embraced this call while Fredric Douglass rejected it. Two of the great anti-slavery activists of the 19th century were Booker Washington and Fredric Douglass. In their autobiographies “Up from Slavery” and “Narrative on the Life of Fredric Douglass” they both wrote about their hardships and how they overcame them. The both of these superlative men started out as slaves. However how they dealt with this…

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    defies this decree, sneaking past the guards and performing funeral rituals for her brother. This act seems wrong on the surface, since she was going against her king, but it was really an act of loyalty towards her family. Her intent was never to disgrace her king, but to pay tribute to Polynices. Therefore, her purpose is…

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    The small town of Maycomb is filled with people struggling with their appearance and what people think of them such as Aunt Alexandra and Stephanie Crawford. These two ladies are among many wo gossip about all of the towns folk and no one even themselves could escape their rumors. Along with these over conscious busy bodies lay a rare breed of people, the mockingbirds. Atticus, Miss Maudie, Boo, and Tom Robinson are just a few of these beautiful people who don’t care what is said about them at…

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    The Sinful Martyr

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    The Sinful Martyr: Sonia’s role as a religious figure in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment From Rodion Raskolnikov’s psychological struggles to the turmoil of the socio-political influences exerted on Russia by the Eastern and Western world, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment deals with dualities of many natures. Religion, a prominent motif in the text, also has duality, as portrayed through Sonia Marmeladov. Through Sonia’s characterization as a religious figure, her actions and…

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