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    Dr. Mascio has taught 14 completely distinct courses with separate preparations in the last 9 semesters, 8 in the last two semesters while carrying a 15 credit load each semester. These courses include disciplines as wide ranging as literature, etymology, history, philosophy, mythology, religion, and film. Courses not taught in the last two semesters include the following: Roots of English, Journey of Transformation, Classical Mythology, Modern Theater, and Film, Advanced Greek: Aristotle, and…

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    Caravanning Essay

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    someone developed the idea of creating a luxury caravan. This leisure trailer was created by the Bristol Carriage Company and was around 5.5 metres and designed similarly to a Bible Wagon. It was built for Dr. W. Gordon-Stables and named by them as, “Wanderer”. After this, caravans started to become seen as a form of ultimate luxury for the upper class and continued to increase in popularity amongst the wealthiest of society. They became so highly regarded in the UK, that a club was created in…

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    Extremely Close Isolation

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    Isolation is a human condition that exists worldwide. People have the power to distance themselves or be distanced by others. Some of symptoms found in people that have isolation include “living alone, having a small social network, infrequent participation in social activities, and feelings of loneliness” which some of the characters have . It is difficult, much like the protagonists in Heart of Darkness and Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud, to overcome isolation caused by oneself as it may…

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    Anne Dix Biography

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    some sort of mission out of her life, hungering to find a cause to devote herself to. Without any solid purpose in her life, she floated, untethered. In 1838, in response to a letter that Dix had sent her, Dix’s friend Anne noted that Dix was a “…wanderer, doomed to know many a thing of grief and pain” (qtd in Gollaher, Voice for the Mad 118). Despite her despair in 1838, her mental state then was better than it had been in 1836, when she had entered a depression. In 1836, her search for purpose…

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    As popularized in the 1955 movie and song, “Love is a many-splendored thing.” In the grand scheme of things, this magnificent feeling of affection can lead an unsuspecting wanderer down many different paths in life. Whether the path will end happily or fall into despair depends on the situation and those involved. The archetype of a perfect love story is as follows: Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy proposes to girl, girl says yes, the couple gets married and lives happily ever…

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    it's just another label somebody else placed over you. I was born in small town, Kaneri 1968, named after a secret society that existed before the World War I. Back then the land was deserted and lost in the maps, hence the favorite destination for wanderers and the once who seek to flee but now decades later every crack and corner you can spot here is something every painter would crave to capture on a canvas. In this town, most people earn their livelihood out of the land. Our family belonged…

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    Empire was brought about by their money related issues. It did not have the assets to bolster its troops and experienced the expansion that was created by the spread of shoddy silver into Iran. Likewise, after the realm lost its support from the wanderer bunches, it was excessively powerless, making it impossible to battle against the Afghans, who wound up overcoming Isfahan and consummation the run of the Safavid Empire. 25. The Mughal Empire varied from the Safavid and Ottoman Empires in…

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    Philip the II of Macedon came to the throne after a colossal defeat within a year of him coming to the throne by his brother Perdiccas III, within a year of coming to the throne Philip began to evolve a new Macedonian way of war. One of Philip’s great contributions was to create the army with which Alexander conquered the Persian Empire. He was the first Macedonian King to rearm the Macedonian infantry with a sarissa a long spear 18 feet long, nearly twice as long as the usual spear carried by…

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    The Family of Bell Woods Beware, boys and girls; beware Bell Woods. It is not a place of fun for young children. Creatures are lurking in its shadows. Tall and small, evil and kind. Their is a family that roams those woods five of them. looking to either help or slay their travelers Heed my warning and you might live. Don't and I hope they end you quickly. At the outskirts stands the oldest, the Laborer The smartest and meekest of the family He who towers over all manner of man and beast Yet is…

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    There’s a knock on your cabin door. You open it to find a man, dirty with disheveled clothing, and he offers you some apple seeds. He tells you that he has been walking for days, and asks for nothing as restitution for his seeds, but that he may be able to tell his story. Despite his appearance, his tenderness comforts you and you invite him inside. Seated by the fire, surrounded by your children listening diligently, the man begins with his name: Johnny Appleseed. Long ago, a boy named John…

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