“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” (Kierkegaard). In the great debate of “Knowledge vs Experience”‚ each side of the story has its pros and cons when applied to the real world. Where knowledge allows its user to recall vast amounts of information about any learned subject‚ it fails to be able to apply that information quickly in the real world. Conversely‚ with experience‚ there is generally a lack of information from the get-go‚ however the lessons learned
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“In great literature no sense of violence exists on its own sake”(College Board). The scenes from the novel‚ The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien will be used to explain violence in literature.Violence can show many different things in literature‚ for example‚ how cruel people can be. It can be towards a friend‚ an enemy or even oneself. Not all violence is intentional‚ one may not have a choice when harming one’s life. In the novel The Things They Carried‚ there are many examples of violence
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Terrance and Michael were best friends‚ they have been best friends ever since they were in diapers. Terrance and Michael recently just started a job together at this construction company. On July 5th‚ one day after the Fourth of July‚ Terrance and Michael were on their way to work. It was about 9 o’clock in the morning. It was Terrance week to drive to work. So‚ they had the music just blasting on their way to work‚ just cruising. All of sudden‚ Terrance sees flashing lights behinds him‚ and he’s
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I totally understand what you are saying. It disgusts me that people leave all the SICK AND BRUTAL things these animals commit and shove under the comment‚ but then raise hell cops killed a single CRIMINAL. People don’t want to admit. I see it all the time. ’White people can’t be ’victim.’ It’s impossible to be racist towards a race that systemic racist society.’ Whatever. Black people are the most racist assholes in this country. They’re not just being ’prejudice’. They’re actually being racist
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Monta and I were closer than I believe my husband and I were‚ literally. We did everything together‚ as our kids were the same age and we just happened to live in the same neighborhood with just two houses between us. She was the wife of a dentist and I‚ the wife of a railroader. While both our husbands made good money‚ their income was substantially larger‚ but this would never be a concern for either of us as our relationship grew. We were total opposites in every way; I expect this was why
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Catcher in the Rye Conflict Response Jorge Andres Salgado Oct-7-2010 Holden‚ the main character of the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ had to face many conflicts during the story. These conflicts connect to him either by secondary character or by himself. Not only do this conflicts affect Holden‚ but if affects the people around him as well. Holden’s attitude became negative because of all the conflicts he faced. “The first thing you’ll probably ask is where I was born and how my
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In some respects Creon is seen as a positive character‚ in others as an antagonist. However‚ if one sees it from a different perspective‚ it’s obvious that Creon is the victim of fate and his own flaws‚ making him a tragic hero. His first misfortune was to fall from the grace of his people when saying that Antigone should die for her actions. "Your people are beginning to question your judgment and are beginning to side with Antigone." (256-257) This scene is very ironic! Creon is actually trying
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Twelve Angry Men The American legal system‚ based on the ancient idea of “innocent‚ until proven guilty;” has its share of advantages and disadvantages. They all serve to build a system that has suffered years of trials and tribulations‚ having lost much of their usefulness in today’s world. The cornerstone of the American legal system is the “trial by jury‚” in which a citizen who has been accused of a crime‚ has the right to be judged by a group of his fellow citizens‚ who will have the evidence
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Once upon a time there was an angry dinosaur‚ who always stomped the flowers. His name was Hopping Henry and he had huge feet. Every day he would have a big plate of huckleberries and he hated it! Every day‚ he ate the same horrible huckleberries. Hoping one day his happy friend Harold would give him some ham. One day‚ Henry got up from his hammock and saw someone hurting Happy Harold‚ it was a Harpymimus. Then he got horrifically angry. He was so hateful of the Harpymimus that he howled at
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A House on Blackjack Mountain My father was twenty years old when he met my mother. On horseback‚ he and his brothers were making their way home from a hunting trip. Riding through the forest and meadows‚ they came to a house just north of Cedar Creek and about a mile east of the Tom Covington place. The house was less than two miles from where the Rodgers family lived and although my father knew the occupants of the house well‚ he had never seen the girl who was sitting on the front porch; yet
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