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    Jeff gets in contact in Joe only to find out that he doesn’t really keep up with his old football buddies anymore and this shocks him. Joe says it is because it’s a “pseudo-community” not a real community where friendships come out of it. It was a community because of the environment they were in they were forced to be together so from that these fake like friendships came out of it. Where they would party and hang out but it was not like a true friendship. Because of this Joe has not had any…

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    Leadership is a quality that enables an individual to thrive in a group setting, making rational decisions that have tangible consequences (Nahavandi, 2016). It means a bad leader can destabilize a well-performing team using ill-equipped techniques and strategies while an exceptional leader embraces challenges as a learning experience in the course of becoming an even better leader. Scar’s leadership style demonstrates that of a bad leader; specifically, a transitional leader. His kingdom…

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    The Tell-Tale Heart, a story about a man who kills an old man for his vulture looking eye. The speaker tries to prove he is not insane for the murder. He is not successful. The argument is to explain why the speaker was insane and he was not convincing. "Madmen know nothing." Was he really insane? Or just a smart man. Well, according to the Jamesmustang.blogspot "The narrator begins the story by admitting that he is nervous, yet keep on denying that he is insane, but wise and sharp…

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    Women’s Rights For years women have not been given the right to, educate, vote for election, fight, work and represent. Women’s rights is the fight for the idea that women should have equal rights to men. Until 1935, married women in Australia did not have the full rights to own property.The effort to equal rights for women to remove gender from laws, and behavioral patterns. Nineteenth century The women rights movement began in the nineteenth century, by some women reformers for the…

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    The novel, “Things Fall Apart” is practically a reflection of the author Chinua Achebe life. The author teaches lessons and morals all throughout the novel, which is parallel to his own story (life). He uses the protagonist Okonkwo as a symbol of himself to show the reader similar obstacles that he went through like for example, exile. In the novel, “Things Fall Apart”, Achebe depicts that Obstacles can Determination through the protagonist, how religion affect lives through the plot, and how…

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    Where the rain falls down on the shadows of an insignificant town, people squirm inside their homes to take shelter from the rain. This dismaying observation displays a manor of ghoul and delight, broadcasted onto the dark souls of many people comprised with twisted minds. In the Edgar Allan Poe short story, “The Black Cat”, the traits relayed by the fallen rain are permanently resided inside of the mind of the unnamed narrator. In “The Black Cat”, the unnamed narrator is a psychotic and cruel…

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    Okonkwo Vs Unoka

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    Have you ever met someone who’s the complete opposite of you? In the novel, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo and Unoka are completely different in strength and success with Okonkwo being strong and successful and Unoka being weak and a loafer. Though they may be very different they both share a common similarity, belief in cultural tradition. The differences and the similarity between them is what makes them unique characters. First of all, the characters Okonkwo and Unoka are…

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    Okonkwo’s violence is starting to impact not just himself but the ones who are around him. He is committing crimes that may be accidental but in others eyes they may not feel that way. He wants to be the odd one and feels as if he has more strength and is much stronger than others. So he’s trying to prove his point but he’s proving it the wrong way. First , Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna which was more like a son to him . Ikemefuna depended/counted on Okonkwo for protection and he completely…

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    Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe in 1958, tells the story of the Ibo people. The main character Okonkwo is an example of how strong men are represented and treated. The traditions, customs, and culture influence the people's behavior towards the men of the tribe. Gender plays an important role in the novel. It characterizes the genders structured roles and expectations according to what they have been taught by the Ibo culture. Everyone has a role and contributes to the benefit of the…

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    Societyś message that men are tough pressures the characters in the things they carried to hide their actual feelings. Curt Lemon is one of the men stationed in Vietnam and one day the military sends a dentist to do quick repairs and all of the men are fine with it besides Curt. He is the type of person that hated the dentist and didn't want to get any work done. But when his name is called he goes into the tent and he sits on the desk and then he faints.. This then caused him to wake up the…

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