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    audience that age is not the deciding factor of individual capability. That is why the similarity of adolescent characters works brilliantly. In the book and the movie, the main characters remain in the story, such as, Ender, Maezr Rackham, Bean, Petra, Valentine, Peter, and Colonel Graff. This worked very well because it was easy for the audience to pick out the main characters that were in the movie, after reading the descriptions of the characters in the…

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    non-profit organization, The Water Project, which has been able to provide cleaner and safer water to the people of Haiti by providing training, expertise, and financial support for water project construction through their staff. Celebrities like Petra Nemcova, Sean Penn, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt have also extended their assistance by opening up schools, managing a camp of over 50,000 people, and donating money to…

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    Osama On Refugees

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    seek Asylum in Germany. “It wasn’t an easy trip" With these words began Osama, 52, his speech to the "Huffington Post Arabic," pointing out that what has increased the difficulty of his journey, “[the] foot trip made by the Hungarian Camerawoman [Petra László] in an attempt to stop me and my child Zaid from fleeing the [Hungarian] border police, she got us to the ground [and we were arrested] and that was the reason that we were fingerprinted in Hungary, "he said. [According to Dublin…

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    Discrimination making People to separate from their families, suffer, migrate and die which most people in Waknuk don’t give attention to it unless they see it in their life because they are close-minded and want no change in their life. Discrimination is common in Waknuk, especially people who are normal, highly discriminate others who are different or deviations because they wants to stay as they are in the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. Sophie the little girl with only one pair of…

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    Alexander’s empire spread out from the main land, from Macedon, through Greece, Egypt, Persia, to India. Across this vast area Alexander, “founded cities, some 70 of them”. Alexander the Great’s take on Hellenistic culture was the version of Greek culture that would ultimately influence his vast empire outside of mainland Greece at the time. Alexander and his men helped spread Greek culture, language, and Grecian school of thought through logic and reasoning. These contributions from his army to…

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    Ender’s Game is a fascinating story of a boy, Ender Wiggin, facing a multitude of mesmerizing dilemmas, which he brilliantly solves with his own unique and genius mind. In the story, Ender encounters many different characters with different characteristics. Most of those in which Ender encounters can be seen as a good or bad character. The author reveals these “good or bad” character traits through their thoughts, words, and actions throughout the story. There is a vast contrast between Ender…

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    Beta Vulgaris Lab Report

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    INTRODUCTION A membrane of the cell is the defensive wall that protects, controls and regulate the amount of ions and water that enter and exit it. While some substances, such as, water, can enter and exit the cell through osmosis, others have to be transported more in some systematic ways, such as, packing or transporting different ions through protein molecule. (Flinders (2016)) Knowing the permeability of a cell membrane helps scientists on many circumstances. One of them is how much…

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    Michelle Kim 2/8/19 Six Generations of Solitude The word 'solitude' embodies a wide array of interpretations that translate to meanings unique to each individual. For some, solitude means isolation, loneliness, and rejection. For others, it means the greater acceptance and understanding of the reality, the society and the fate. Thus, the recurring mention of the word 'solitude' and the ideas associated with it in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is that of a deliberate…

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    Rock Jesus had twelve particular apostles to whom he entrusted his ministry, including Matthew, Thomas, and Simon Peter (356). Simon was a fisherman who left his life to follow Jesus. Jesus gave him the name Peter, which comes from the Latin word “petra,” which means rock (Matthew 4:18). Jesus told Peter that he was the rock upon which Jesus would build the Church (Matthew 16:18). Mark, one of the four Evangelists, was a disciple of Peter. Mark’s gospel was written based on the stories that…

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    subject to discrimination because of his ability to communicate via thought shapes. Because of David, Rosalind and Petra’s differences they are forced to flee from the district of Waknuk to the Fringes. Sophie, Aunt Harriet’s baby, David, Rosalind and Petra are subject to discrimination and unjust treatment for their seemingly minor…

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