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    The tone that is established is mystery and suspense. In “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet‚ on page one paragraph one‚ John says many things are forbidden. Also on page one paragraph three‚ it says that the priests are strict. When John says that many things are forbidden‚ it makes the reader wonder why. Also‚ when you read that the priests have to be strict it makes you wonder why. Therefore the reader is trying to solve a “mystery” as they continue reading the story. On page

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    The Valuable Lesson In the story “By The Waters of Babylon” author‚ Stephen Vincent Benèt‚ talks about a man by the name of John‚ and how the decision he made changed his life forever. John had to make a decision when he came across a river. You could not cross it if you were purified. However‚ John was not‚ but he still made the decision to cross the river. John comes to learn that some things happen for a reason‚ but it can only make you stronger. John came to learn a very valuable lesson

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    The 4P ’s Classification of the Marketing Mix Revisited This article‚ addresses the prime classifications scheme in marketing‚ the 4P configuration of the marketing mix. The marketing discipline needs a strong classification of the marketing mix‚ not only to stimulate conceptual integration and purification of the discipline‚ but also for meaningful measurement of marketing mix efforts and their effects. Also‚ managers need a clear classification of all instruments at their disposal in order

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    Throughout John’s quest in the short story‚ “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet‚ the consequences of knowledge are reflected by the setting. Set in the future‚ John’s homeland is disguised to lead the reader to believe the story is in fact‚ in the past. East of his home‚ “Dead Places” are considered dangerous and must not be entered unless the character is a priest or the son of a priest. The bones and barren materials of these “Dead Places” keeps the people at bay and stuck in a

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    Describe Alecs journey and discuss the valuable insight or lessons that you gained through the study of the theme of the journey? The novel how many miles to Babylon by Jennifer Johnson highlights Alec Moore’s tragic journey. We see his journey true childhood to adulthood. Interestingly‚ the novel begins at the end of Alec’s journey as he waits execution “because I am no officer & a gentlemen they have given me my notebook‚ ink‚ pen‚ paper” and comes full circle. Immediately we wonder how

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    Angeles Rubio Ms. Helen English 10 September 11‚ 2013 Knowledge In Society In the stories Harrison Bergeron and By the Waters of Babylon both present a similar plot about society in the future. Both main characters‚ John and Harrison‚ question the beliefs and knowledge in their society. For example‚ Harrison does not agree with the system of everyone being equal; and John’s journey to the Place of Gods lets him gain the knowledge and truth about these places and people to help the people in

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    CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE: REVISITED I. INTRODUCTION This paper primarily aims at revisiting‚ rectifying and restoring the Christian understanding of eros as a form of love. It aims to redeem the wrong notion that Christian tradition still holds the comprehension that eros is the worldly and possessive love as compared to agape‚ as the heavenly and oblative love grounded in and shaped by faith. Secondarily‚ this paper attempts to propose through phenomenological and metaphysical reflections

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    In the passage “by the water of Babylon”. (Stephen Vincent Benet) I think during the story the author explains the main characters feelings‚ “This is a very strong dream‚ it may eat you up”.(benet) meaning that the son has very strong feeling towards going on this journey. He explains what type of precaution he has to go through to get his destination meaning saying chants‚ praying and looking for signs of good luck or bad luck. I knew prior to reading this passage that there was a lot of death during

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    “How many miles to Babylon?” Alec Moore - Narrator Frederick Moore - Father to Alec Mrs. Moore - Mother to Alec Jerry Crowe - Friend to Alec Mrs. Crowe - Mother to Jerry Major Glendinning - Commending Officer to Jerry and Alec in the army. General Points - § Main Theme: Love vs. Hatred § Reflects different stages of Narrator Development - There’s a continuous stream of consciousness‚ no chapters § Ireland § France § Love - of country - passionless love of duty - of power and wealth

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    SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF NONPARAMETRIC METHODS & IMPROVED WELCH METHOD VIA CIRCULAR OVERLAP Svs Gopala Krishna‚ S.Mujassim‚ Prof.D.Ramachandra Reddy School of Electronics Engineering‚ VIT University‚ Vellore- 632014‚ Tamilnadu‚ India. gopal.svsemails@gmail.com; mujassim@rediffmail.com Abstract The objective of this paper is to overcome the drawback in the Welch method. The major problem with the Welch method is that the variance is not monotonically decreasing with respect to the amount of fraction

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