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    The Giver Book Report

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    If we were to live in a world where choices are already made for us, then we would live in a world similar to the community of The Giver. The Giver is a world created by Lois Lowry. She is a two time John Newbery Medal winner. The Giver is a story about Jonas, becoming the next receiver of memory and learning the truth of the world. I believe that we should be able to make our own choices. It may lead to mistakes, but if we learn from them then we will know not to do that mistake or accident…

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    Libby Rianda English 102-3008 Instructor: Cheryl Cardoza October 12, 2015 What choice will you make? Poem Comparison: Robert frost and Stevie Smith In the Poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith, they both talk about their struggles and situations in life. In the first poem, Frost (the speaker) has come to a fork in the path in the woods. The speaker becomes unsure which path to take and wants to go both ways. He eventually chooses the path…

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    Now that Mr. Howell has pasted it is Mr. Rubbles’ responsibility to either decide to keep the Kodak for the X ray film or change to a different X ray film supplier. What needs to be kept in mind is that Kodak was also offering Pacific Healthcare discounts for furnishing X ray equipment along with maintenance and service. This was all because they were their only X ray film supplier. If Pacific Healthcare switches to a different X ray film supplier they will lose those discounts. Obtaining the…

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    Reflective Response Paper Depending on your religious beliefs there could be many different answers to the question of how free are the choices that we make and is it really our choice to make or is it predetermined by some higher power. My personal belief is that you have the freedom to make choices that you see as what’s right for you or want you want at that point and time but I also see it as we are all put on this earth for a specific reason or purpose that is greater than we know. When we…

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    of making choices. In the poem, the speaker comes across a fork in the road when walking in the woods on an autumn day. Presented before him are two alternatives, with one option reasonably obvious and the other more subtle. He anticipates that one path has been traveled on more often than the other; however both paths are equally untraveled. While the speaker desires to follow both routes, he can only choose one, thus he arbitrarily makes a choice and hopes to make the best of that choice.…

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    brain telling letting you know you’re fulfilling your destiny. Although, the last option assumes we all have a destiny to fulfill. Destiny is the belief your life has a certain path to it, no matter what; however, life is really made up of individual choices from free will. Destiny is defined as the predetermined, usually inevitable, course of events (Dictionary.com). Destiny plays a huge role in mythology, religion, and media. Greek heroes and demigod stories often included them fulfilling…

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    Power In Antigone

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    oneself. However, no matter the source of ones downfall there is no influence over the inevitable. Throughout the play Antigone many of the characters are confronted with situations that lead to their downfall. Most of the characters actions and choices are the source of their ultimate demise. According to Aristotle, a Greek tragedy must possess a protagonist that contains a harmatia, or tragic flaw, that leads to their own downfall. Aristotle believed that the protagonist of a true Greek…

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    to make their own decision, is important as people should have control of their own lives so they don’t feel as if someone else is controlling their life for them e.g. making their own decisions in the activity. If they aren’t empowered in their choices then it would lead to the individual being left behind in the activities carried out and therefore be unable to enjoy the activity to its maximum extent. The individual may face barriers in the activity due to their lack of ability for example…

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    It wasn’t until after classes started that I started questioning my choices. I asked myself if I made the right decision by choosing this school, whether or not Biology is the right major for me, and I even went as far as questioning if I still wanted to go into dentistry. I’d always see my friends, who were Business majors…

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    One of the most shocking element of “The Pillowman” was when Katuria noted, “it isn’t about being or not being dead, it’s about what you leave behind.” The shocking element of this quote is the psychological mentality you would have to have in order to believe such notion. Only an individual with such passion with leaving “something” behind would follow this suicidal method. Maisie is not that individual who would take on The Pillowman’s advice. Though not all children (whose parents are…

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