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Julius Caesar: An Interest Inventory
What’s the Big Idea in Julius Caesar? – An Interest Inventory Name
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Date What big ideas from Julius Caesar interest you? Let’s find out by working through these directions. Look up words as needed. Step 1. Favorite Ideas: Circle your favorite ideas below. These may interest you because they relate to your life or to favorite books, films, and other works of art.

AMBITION
CONSPIRACY
DECEPTION
FEAR
REVENGE
APPEARANCE
DOMINANCE
HONESTY
MANIPULATION
PERSUASION
TRUST
ENVY
FREE WILL
LOVE
POWER
CHAOS
FATE

Step 2. Big Idea: Choose one idea from Step 1 to discuss. Explain below why this idea matters to (a) you right now, and (b) others you know, including world events.

Chaos: this word relates to
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It is the definition of my daily activities as it is for everybody at some point in their lives. But the thing that makes my chaos unique; that makes how I define my life different is that I perceive having a chaotic life as a good thing. I believe that you aren't really living life if you are not living it with a little disorder and complications. I don't want everything to come served to me on a silver platter, because it would defeat the purpose of learning. When i have to work for something, I'll probably appreciate it more, and I'll have the learning experience of finding out exactly what is needed to accomplish the things I want in life. I also learn about what I can and can’t handle, and when I fail, and especially when I succeed, I need the chaos to bring me back to reality. I need it to slap me in the face with the next problem, and give me a chance to fix it. Chaos is directly related to how much control I have in my life, and it forces me to make the decisions that define who I am as a human being. We all need to chaos to come in our lives. It brings love, and hate, and many other emotions for is to feel. It tests our abilities. It defines our characters, and it takes those choices we'd rather not make and the problems we'd rather avoid and throws them in our face and forces us to deal with them. It makes life interesting, and worthwhile. many people need to realize that without the chaos, the resulting

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