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    Wild Embers Essay

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    “Wild Embers” is a concise, first-person poem written by Nikita Gill. Throughout the poem, she speaks siding with the feminist movement. Society has put women down for generations nevertheless feminism has brought gender inequality to the smallest it has ever been in history. The author calls out the people who supported and worked to keep men superior. When saying, “We are the descendants of the wild women you forgot,” Gill speaks on the behalf of all of society. In other words, we’re all…

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    Yuming Kuo Biography

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    Yuming Kuo, who was an industrious and earnest organizer, was an investment adviser in a stock broker company. He researched and analyzed the business conditions of both listed and OTC companies, and gathered the world-wide news about everything, especially put close attention to the government's trading and economy policies. Although investing in stock market could not guarantee always making profits, his still reasonably estimated both the risks and the profits under the legitimate company…

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    When I look back, it is funny how in my most unhappy memories, I also recall that I was not carrying out my faith as I should. Therefore, it makes me conclude that my joy comes from God when I look to him in earnest. Hope is a major cause of my happiness. I have the hope that mortal life is not the end of life itself but only the beginning. In effect, this gives me a lot of motivation to direct myself in the ways of a disciple of God. It is easier for me to see…

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    complete chapter and multiple scenarios of concrete examples: separated but equal societies, schools, neighborhoods, stores, and even morgue services. In the contrary, the movie shows a few illustrations of black characters as Grant, and Jefferson being reminded they were black, whether they were in jail or were educated. For instance, at the beginning, Grant is forced, by guiltiness from his aunt and from Miss Emma to visit Jefferson, who is sentenced to die for the death of a white man; act…

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    Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. The second, Benedick, comes from Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing. The two have their fair share of differences as well as similarities, but analyzing them side by side reveals both to be complicate people whose characterization goes far beyond their exteriors as…

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    This is ironic because Jack was intentionally lying the entire time in order to pursue a double life; however, it is a coincidence that his real identity abides by the name of Ernest. Jack’s lying ending up being the best scenario for him, because on a technical level he was not lying, but merely and blindly speaking the truth. Despite this, Wilde illustrates that lying is never a resolution in realistic matters; however, that is also ironic to his own personal…

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    temporal, immediate need and as well a long term progressive approach that builds upon Christ’s victories in our own personal lives. Being a Christ follower, as I have learned from this study, is as much about helping others to put on their armor as it is remaining firm and “standing fast” (Holy Bible 2011) in the full armor. Dr. Lawless asks in review about the importance of understanding the inter-dependency of all of the armor, a seemingly direct and simple point that many times, at least…

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    is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” This TedTalk was given to educate people on the importance of creativity in education from toddler through adolescence, Robinson is attempting to change the education system so that creativity is nurtured as much as math and being literate. It was…

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    In theatre, repetition often insinuates value. The reiteration of certain ideas, actions or objects in drama is never coincidental, but rather symbolizes a motif that links with the theme of the play. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams presents Blanche Dubois, the embodiment of a typical Southern Belle: dainty, vain, and very feminine. After moving in with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley, Blanche finds herself caught in a spiral of alcoholism and stupor. The fallen and…

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    world-shattering activities such as doubt, experimentation, inquiry, and individualism. It took place between 1900 and 1950, and reached its peak in the 1920s. There are famous authors from the modernism age, like Oscar Wilde who has written "The Importance of Being Earnest", T. S. Eliot with his famous work "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and James Joyce writing "Ulysses.” All three writers disrupt the relationship through their use of themes, language and structure techniques that marked…

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