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    of friends‚ and family‚ with his only worries being school exams. But after his town was “nationalized” by the red army‚ they moved‚ fearing that they would be sent to Siberia‚ into the ghetto of another small town named Rohatyn. They lived there between 1941 and 1943‚ watching the Germans kill almost all of the Jews in that area. Out of 10‚000 people living there only 100 survived‚ luckily Alexander was never sent to a concentration camp. But on March 21‚ 1942‚ their ghetto was

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    closer bond between the character and the reader than was presented in the Odyssey (Brooks 9). The Romans valued a hero who was inspired by his heart while the Greeks

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    When wondering whether England was “[his] prison or [his] palace‚” he could not come to a consensus because his life was defined by moments whose worth was dictated by stories and peers. However‚ the author does not blatantly condemn youthful romanticism‚ describing that perhaps “the thirst for adventure and excitement” so characteristic of young men and woman “ought to be in all at twenty-one.” Through a rhetorical question he displays both the selfishness and drive of inspired young people — “why

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    society‚ Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s 1984 (1949). These two texts‚ when studied in comparison‚ I believe‚ enrich our understanding of the significant values presented in each due to the intertwining themes; and the differences between texts arise from the differing perspectives of both composers. I believe Authority & power and Sex are two of the most dominant themes explored in the in the texts‚ because even 87 years after

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    Dusk of July 1st another brutal brawl between the feuding families of the Capulet and Montague unfolded on the streets of Verona. Tybalt Capulet and Mercutio Escalus were found dead. Since their deaths‚ Romeo the son of Montague has been banished. When both households came to know‚ they were filled with anger and grief and swore revenge against each other. On Tuesday the 1st of July at noon‚ an 18-year-old named Mercutio - a close companion of Romeo Montague- was stabbed with a 67 cm sword in

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    The danger‚ however‚ was at present unperceived‚ that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her”. The promised “evils”‚ “disadvantages” and “misfortunes” itemised‚ foreshadow Emma’s unsuccessful attempt at arranging marriage between Harriet Smith and Mr Elton. Foreshadowing has been employed by Austen to predispose to the readers‚ the faults Emma allegedly possesses allowing for her to expose the shortcomings in Emma’s persona prior to these expected acts. Further‚ the technique

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    Kennedy and Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America. He served as President when the country was under war. Abe Lincoln was born in 1806 and grew up in the countryside as a pioneer. His mother died at a young age and he had a sister. His father married a widow that had three children and Abe Lincoln liked her very much. Every day he attended school and worked very hard on his father’s farm. John F. Kennedy was born in 1917 and died in 1963. John

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    sovereign had complete control of an entire empire and they were not accountable to anybody but God. The ethical belief of absolutism was that certain standards were established against what moral questions could be judged and there was a fine line between right in wrong no matter what the situation was. Locke had very different ideas that established the political system of constitutionalism. Unlike absolutism‚ constitutionalism established a government where instead of the rulers having total control

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    that both texts are influenced by‚ and reflect the values of their respective contexts. Emma is set in the isolated‚ rural town of Highbury‚ England in the early 1800’s‚ at a time where society had placed value on social hierarchy. This distinction between classes was largely determined by family lines and inheritance. It is in the upper class of society that Jane Austen places her protagonist‚ Emma‚ “handsome‚ clever and rich…with very little to distress or vex her”. Emma’s desirable situation had

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    The concept of education system refers to the overall structure by which teaching is organized in a country. Between the United States and Venezuela there are numerous differences in the education system from different aspects such as size of school‚ dress code‚ classes‚ grade system‚ laws among others. The United States of America has always been characterized as one of the freest countries in the world and that includes freedom in the education system. In the United States homeschooling is legal

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