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    The depiction of women: The Thousand and One Nights In the summary these are great fascinating stories from the ancient world and all the way to the 14th century. The first old Syrian stories are said to be found as early as 879 CE, and actually discovered till 1948 in Cairo (1743). Most of the collection of these stories were actually found in the 10th century. Surprisingly enough this collection is not 1001 stories but far less, and said to be a symbol of everlasting abundance (1743). These…

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    across after leaving Rivendell and crossing that threshold. The third belly of the whale Frodo becomes the master of two worlds in two separate scenes of the movie. The first time is when Aragorn says to the hobbits, "My friends... you bow to no-one." He then bows and the rest of Gondor follows suite. This shows the true respect and gratitude he feels for all of their honorable work. The second time is when Frodo finishes writing his book. He is not home mentally and even tells Sam, "We set…

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    in many dangerous challenges, wins an award and comes home into a different personality. The main character, Bilbo Baggins, is a typical hobbit who enjoys a muted environment, hates traveling, and is shy. One morning, he receives a knock on the door from Gandalf informing him he was the chosen one for an adventure. Baggins gave him an attitude to make sure Gandalf knew he don't want to deal with any adventure. As he was apprehensive about adventures. That night, Gandalf threw a surprise party at…

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    Project- Level One Prompt A “Let's have no more argument. I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you.” Bilbo Baggins was an earthly hobbit with a genuine heart. When a task of such ingenuity was at hand, he took a step out of his hobbit hole to help on an adventure of a lifetime. During this adventure, this hobbit proved to be a leader like none other. Bilbo Baggins was a forerunner in this journey, and is definitely a leader when Gandalf is away. Selfishness was never…

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    happens in the book, ‘The Hobbit’. The author of ‘The Hobbit’ is J.R.R Tolkien and the movie director is Peter Jackson. The Hobbit is about a little hobbit living a very comfortable, calm, and simple life, that goes by the name Bilbo Baggins. Until one day he was chose by a wizard, Gandalf to go on adventure with him. A small hobbit that has no experience going on adventures and facing prettified adventures.The two majors differences that happened from the book to the movie are the scene where…

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    Words spoke by one of Hip-Hop culture’s philosophers and celebrated artists, KRS-One nearing the end of what is considered the genre’s golden age of its creativity and influence in the mid-1990s. For some, the statement is self-explanatory and almost reverent in it pronouncement. For others on the outer periphery of rap music and its associated culture, the delineation between the two may be murky. Nonetheless, the statement has much to do with identity, authenticity and how one associates…

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    Willow Creek Architecture

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    I have chosen to write about the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. The place in question is a large, modern building. Its exterior has a looming presence, as though it were a stadium or a shopping mall rather than a church. The abundance of entrances and sections make the church a difficult place to navigate. Each entrance has its own parking lot, leading to a separate wing of the structure. Surrounding the building is a beautiful landscape, with lawns, pathways, and…

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    in the functional seaside town of Storybroke - Maine in the present, and in Camelot in the past (six weeks ago), which residents are actually characters from various fairy tales and other stories transported to the real world.Episodes usually have one segment that details the characters' past lives that, when serialized, adds a piece to the puzzle about the characters and their connection to the events that preceded the curse and its consequences. The other, set in the present day, follows a…

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    Secrets In The Hobbit

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    Found in normal discourse, entertainment and literature, secrets damage relationships, further plots, and cause conflicts. J.R.R. Tolkien fabricated a character with such a secret in his novel The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins, his character, found Sauron’s One Ring of Power in a cave and hid its existence from all other characters throughout the book. Bilbo’s secret concerning the Ring of Power significantly furthers the plot through his relationships with Gandalf the Grey, the Company of Dwarves, and…

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    him up wide in a splintered second, and when the goblins came to grab him, there was a terrific flash like lighting in the cave” (Tolkien 56). This action is particular is what, once again, displays Bilbo 's heroism. By being smart enough to forewarn one of the most powerful companions at his disposal of the oncoming ambush, he ends up saving the whole company and, as a result, proving to behave heroic with more than pure brutish strength and brawn, but rather a cunning intelligence. As the…

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