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    examines how family interactions cause problems for individual family members. Experiential family therapy may be used in addition to one-on-one sessions. Experiential family therapy is a school of family psychotherapy developed by Carl Whitaker in the 1960s. It seeks to help individual family members feel more fulfilled and self-actualized by building levels of intimacy and cooperation within the family unit. This kind of therapy does not typically blame the problems of the family on the…

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    while Holden himself is the biggest phony—the biggest hypocrite—there is. The real adventure, and therefore problems, begin when Holden flees Pencey Prep (his school),…

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    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, the third novel of Mark Haddon, tells the story of Christopher, an autistic teenager who decides to find out who killed his neighbor’s dog with a pitchfork. The investigation of Christopher soon turns into a journey into the recent history of his family and a difficult initiation into the world of so-called "normal", with lots of up and downs while wandering through London. The outline of the story is simple, traditional at best, but solved in a…

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    A leader can be many thing for example the definition of a leader is a person who guides or inspires others within an organization or community to achieve a goal. But there is more to being a leader than you think. I believe anyone and everyone can be a leader because to be a leader all you have to do is inspire. And I believe everyone has at least once in there life been a leader. For example in everyday life anyone can be a leader. Like when you are a part of sports team, because when you are…

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    I would be prepared to travel in a device that ‘destroyed’ me and built only one copy, because I believe that the persistence of identity over time is implausible in any circumstance. Subsequently, I find nothing so unique about the device that I should fear its usage – it would not ‘destroy’ me in a way that is different from life itself. I shall demonstrate why such persistence is implausible by examining two ‘persistence conditions’ (Olson, 2002, edited Zalta, 2016) used to prove it, namely…

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    character of Finny can be shown, as it is the only time in the novel in which he is truly content. Phineas and Gene cohabitate well for much of the session, especially as there is nothing substantial to cause a rift in their friendship; together, they adventure to the beach, create a secret society, and invent a sport. Something curious happens, though, towards the end of the summer session. Neither Phineas nor Gene seemed to harbor ill will towards the other, nor had either caused significant…

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    E: Non-Violent Video Games

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    a liberal think tank in Washington, calculated that over 80% of most popular video and computer games of the past five years were rated “E” for everyone or “T” for teen (Visscher). From this information, one can assume that they should not have a problem finding a game to play, but a game rated “E” would probably have a better outcome. One popular family game is the colorful game Splatoon. This game is a non-violent alternative to shooting games, for it puts players against each other…

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    Introduction: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a film based on the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a very tragic event that happened from 1933-1945. The Holocaust was the mass murder of six million Jews. The Nazis believed that the Jews were a problem and that they needed to be removed. Adolf Hitler then came up with idea to build concentration camps. Many Jews were taken from their homes by German soldiers and were forced onto trains to be taken to concentration camps. Once at the concentration…

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    On The Road

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    When Sal meets her on a bus for the first time, he falls for her almost immediately by her beauty. Once arriving at their final destination, Sal conjures up the idea that the two should travel and live their lives together in New York where he brings up another girl while she is still in the room. Terry stands up for herself defensively when she does not want to be told about…

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    Friendship In The Hobbit

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    Often time’s soldiers in war create special bonds with each other, which often times seem to be a necessity of survival. In the book “The Hobbit,” Bilbo Baggins goes on a perilous journey with a party of twelve other dwarves, and during this journey a brotherhood is created between these two very different peoples. This may just be comradeship, because Verweii, a writer on military ethics, notes that “comrades in arms come to feel an intense love for one another.” The connection between Bilbo…

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