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    100 Years of Solitude Journals #1 Important Events: 1) Colonel Aureliano Buendia is remembering the foundation of Macondo (Marquez 1) 2) Melquiades dies (16) 3) The book goes back further in time and talks about the story of Jose Arcadio Buendia and Ursula (19) 4) Jose kills Aguilar (21) 5) When Ursula discovers the path to civilization the village grows (37) 6) The whole town becomes insomniacs (45) 7) Aureliano sleeps with Pilar Ternera (67) 8) Melquiades dies AGAIN but

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    Andres Bonifacio‚ the Real National Hero A Term Paper Submitted to Mrs. Erlinda A. Quirap Department of English Cagayan de Oro National High School In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements in English IV – Newton By Vincent Jay C. Bacor February 15‚ 2011 Sentence Outline: Thesis Statement: Andres Bonifacio y de Castro is the real national hero based on a clear action against Spanish colonization‚ good leadership and governance among revolutionaries‚ and a great inspiration

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    Years of Solitude Take-home Essay Throughout time‚ authors have used the literary device‚ symbolism‚ to give objects or characters of their stories an underlying meaning that may not be easily figured out without reading between the lines. The novel‚ One Hundred Years of Solitude‚ written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is full of objects and characters that are used as symbols to represent something more than just their existence in the book. The symbols within One Hundred Years of Solitude almost stick

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    Solitude  and  Leadership   If  you  want  others  to  follow‚  learn  to  be  alone  with  your  thoughts   By  William  Deresiewicz   The  lecture  below  was  delivered  to  the  plebe  class  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy   at  West  Point  in  October  of  last  year.       My  title  must  seem  like  a  contradiction.

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    feeling of solitude can bring out the emotions in anyone good or bad. In Mary Shelly ’s “Frankenstein”‚ Shelley conveys the theme of solitude and loneliness through the featured characters and their actions. Throughout the duration of this novel‚ we see Shelley using the characters Victor Frankenstein and his creation to introduce and emphasize this theme of loneliness and solitude. Victor goes through periods of solitude‚ but his creation lives a life of solitude. Throughout the novel solitude brings

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    YOUTH TODAY Tradition vs Modernity We are used to thinking of traditions as something old and stable‚ whereas the creative forces of people are directed towards the making of “new” forms of art and music. Nevertheless in our view‚ and according to our experience‚ new forms should not be sought in a cultural vacuum‚ without any connection to the past experiences of people and societies. Similarly‚ the “old” musics should not be approached with the attitude of preserving or mimicking other people’s

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    Solitude has a more optimistic sense. Solitude: A Return to the Self by Anthony Storr states that solitude can be perceived as refreshing and calming‚ and can be regarded as respite. He even suggests that it can be very useful in coping with loneliness. He concludes that “solitude‚ unlike loneliness‚ is often referred to as a positive‚ pleasant experience that is conducive to replenishing

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    Defying Roles of Sexist Stereotypes The book 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is centered around an eclectic family living in the solitude of Macondo for seven generations. As the members of the Buendia family live their lives‚ they find themselves in a repeating cycle of sins committed by the original Buendias. Out of everything the family does to escape their troubles‚ nothing seems to work. In and around the family there are only few individuals who keep them from completely

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    like character sin the Bible did. The events that mirror the Bible the most are: Macondos incest‚ the great flood‚ and Jose Aureliano Buendia as Abraham. Within One Hundred Years of Solitude man is not able to redeem themselves. The last line of the novel‚ “Because races condemned to one hundred years of solitude [do] not have a second opportunity on earth” (417) shows that from the beginning of time the Buendias family history was predetermined and they would never be able to be forgiven for their

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    Solitude is the state‚ one-time or permanent‚ of a single individual who is engaged in any relation with others. Loneliness has a different meaning depending on whether it is chosen or endured. Thus‚ the isolation or others concerning state distancing can have beneficial effects on the individual‚ but also harmful. Loneliness has also been described as a social suffering - psychological mechanism alerting an individual to an unwanted isolation and motivation to seek a social connection. First of

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