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    that have been around them nearly their whole life. But overarchingly, love is known as the reason to live. Many books and movies implement love into their texts, as it enhances the book’s plot and hold peoples’ attention. However, books rarely show different contrasting types of love, like selfish or selfless love, instead they concentrate on the passionate kind of love where there is equity. One book that shows both companionate and passionate love, along with their extremes is Till We Have…

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    The book Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis is based on myths. To be able to determine how this text is a myth, one must look at a specific element in particular. The element of myth that is brought up numerous times in the book is the struggle with the quest of the meaning of life. This element occurs when a character has trouble understanding what is the meaning of life and goes on a journey to figure it out. They have a hard time choosing if they should believe in a higher power (god). The…

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    Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis contains Themes and symbolic events that occur several times during the novel. Many of them revolving around Love and Relationships. A story of a princess, named Orual, who writes a complaint towards the Gods. She feels an immense responsibility to be both the fatherly and motherly role model to her youngest step-sister, Psyche. While, she must struggle with her father, King Trom, and living with misfortune in the kingdom, she has conflicted feelings of love…

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    Movement which sought to improve the rights of African Americans, but even these improvements were not instantaneous. Decades later we see that racism still continues to have a strong presence in our society. John Edgar Wiedman is a writer who used his literature to expose these issues. His essay “Looking at Emmett Till” is about a young black boy named Emmett Till who was murdered at the hands of white racists. Wiedman uses Emmett Till’s as a platform to…

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    African Americans we will continue to face different obstacles resulting from racism, cultural movements, and important events that helped change the nation. Nearly six decades apart, Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin would never know that would be the day their actions affect their presence on Earth. They each walked into different stores, purchasing candy, and were unarmed. These individual stories marked pivotal moments within society. As history repeats itself, stories like these will have an…

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    Faceless Book Report

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    blocks from her house a tree gets struck by lightning and hits her while she is running. She doesn’t get found till a couple hours later when her dad finds her laying on the ground. 3. Motivation: Maisie just wants to go back to her normal life. She wants to go run and be at school with her friends but being in the hospital is not helping her. She had to get a face transplant and get a face from a girl who died in a car accident. 4. Setting: The setting takes place at the hospital for…

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    Four minutes till action and I can feel the bile rising in my throat. The acid scorching my my throat, making breathing more than a chore.My body is in limpo as every inch of my muscles twitch in anticipation as my body is immobile. My short breaths are helping the adrenaline courses through my body faster. My eyes are going blurry from lack of blinking. I can smell the crisp air on my face, thats just cool enough to keep an igloo fresh. The humm of the air conditioner above is the only thing…

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    Love does not have any clear definition, everyone has a different perspective about love. The concept of love is totally different to Carver and Shakespeare, as they both lived in different eras. Shakespeare praises the love and says that the relationship is based on trust and understanding. He even says that there won't be any alteration till they die, whereas, Carver on other hand is a modern writer. Carver thinks that people change, they marry and get divorced even after having children.…

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    on the brutality being perpetuated on my people and find a solution to this issue. White violence was first met with black resistance during the era of Jim Crow Laws. This resistance eventually led to the Civil Rights Movement. The murder of Emmett Till was pivotal in the fight for Civil Rights. The brutality demonstrated then is unfortunately still prevalent…

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    Five Essential Truths

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    with. First, Life is Hard. I would have to say I agree with this one because not everything in our life is easy. It may be easy when you're still young - perhaps under 5 years old, but after that you have to build everything till you old; you have to face with many obstacles which are not easy to deal with. From primary school to high school till the college, that is the first basic education that most people have to deal with and it's not simple. Then you have…

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