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    2016. Television. The main claim from this episode is that although Petra should not be ashamed for experiencing negative emotions following the birth of her two daughters, she has been repeatedly exposed to the same dialogue that states motherhood is the most magnificent blessing in the world and nothing compares to raising a child, therefore Petra feels the need to be alone in her “shameful” postpartum experience. Since Petra has not been educated on the very real, and common occurrence of…

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    Every person in the world can say they have experienced a tragedy. Whether it big or small there are events in our lives that will never leave our everyday thought. There are people who we may never be able to find the strength to forgive for bringing pain upon us. Occasions in which challenge our minds to their breaking points. “The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return” by Kenan Trebincevic is an autobiography about his personal experience of surviving the ruthless war and ethnic…

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    they plan to send Sophie to the fringes. Everything is fine until the arrival of his little sister Petra. David finds out that Petra can also make thing picture, only stronger than David. When Petra’s think pictures…

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    Question 5 a) In the text it was mentioned that the Waknuk women had a cross stitched to their dresses, and the women believed strongly in religion they also practiced it. Their hair and clothes were clean, pretty and not sterilized. But the Fringes Women were the rejects of Waknuk, as most of them were sent away because of a discovered deviation. Those women had tattered clothes, wore no crosses, did not practice or believe in religion as the Waknuk people did. They were described as “dirty”,…

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    Enders Game Hero's Journey

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    alone, he wants practice because he feels he should be learning things but Bonzo did not want to accept a launchie in his army. Ender meets a friend in that army, Petra. After befriending each other, and observing each other’s skills, Petra directs Ender, “Petra taught him to hold his arm straight, to aim with the whole arm” (83). Petra then became one of his friends at battle school for a while, which was rare for Ender to have at that…

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    For instance, three characters who are Alai, Petra, and Valentine always stand by for Ender even through his toughest times. Firstly, Alai sticks by Ender throughout the whole novel. Alai says to Ender “always my friend, always the best of my friends” (Card, 69). This is one of Ender’s first true friends at battle school. Secondly, a girl named Petra befriends Ender even though the rest of her army dislikes Ender. For one thing, Petra says to Ender “If you want I’ll take you in the off hours…

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    The Leadership Qualities of Ender Wiggin Ender’s Game by Orson Card has been a popular science fiction novel for the past three decades. Since its inception the book has claimed two highly respected awards. In addition it has even become a highly recommended reading material for several military education facilities for new officers. This novel highlights four basic qualities that make up the basis of a good commanding officer. The first quality needed for a leader to succeed is gaining the…

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    similar to those of Joseph Strorm’s and Petra is powerful like Rogue. The events that take place in each story makes these pieces of literature decidedly compatible and comparable.…

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    contrasted? THE LOST CITY- MACHU PICCHU, PERU & THE HIDDEN CITY OF TOMBS - PETRA, JORDAN Similarities The book that I have appointed, exhibits various ruins throughout the globe which even observers today can’t reason about. Two of these wretched ruins come together to debate its similarities and differences. The…

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    Ender's Game Themes

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    I consider Ender’s Game to be a modern-style romance of the medieval-style. To prove my point, Ender’s Game has a plotline in which a teenage boy must unknowingly take on and defeat an alien race that presents a possible threat to human life. Throughout the plot, Ender must make several moral decision that greatly affect him and those around him. These decisions are drawn from his personality which derives he himself derived from his brother and sister. In the beginning of Ender’s Game,…

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