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    The Outsiders Essay A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Anyone can become a hero through perseverance from any point in society. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are like criminals known as the Greasers‚ who are poor and live on the east side of town. The Greasers are a gang that have Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ Steve‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Two-bit Matthews. The Greasers are hated by the Socs‚ the Socials‚ who are the west side rich kids in the town. In the

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    character. The character has the desire to change the present situation. A tragic hero‚ therefore‚ is the character who experiences a conflict and suffers catastrophically as a result of his choices and dies. One of the essential elements of a tragic hero is the tragic flaw – a set of inherent personality traits that inevitably dooms the character to destruction. Hamlet is an example of Shakespeare’s tragic hero. His tragic flaws are his indecisive nature‚ his inability to act‚ and his misogyny

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    JODHAA AKBAR (Hindi‚ 2008‚ 209 minutes) Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker Produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker Story: Haidar Ali; screenplay: Haidar Ali and Ashutosh Gowariker; dialogues: K. P. Saxena; lyrics: Javed Akhtar; music: A. R. Rahman; cinematography: Kiiran Deohans; production design: Nitin Chandrakant Desai; costume design: Neeta Lulla Ashutosh Gowariker’s sumptuous tribute to the Mughal Empire at the height of its culturally-syncretic glory unfolds with the leisurely

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    Ordinary World. The Seven Character Archetypes: 1. Hero: “The Hero is the protagonist or central character‚ whose primary purpose is to separate from the ordinary world and sacrifice himself for the service of the Journey at hand - to answer the challenge‚ complete the quest and restore the Ordinary World’s balance. We experience the Journey through the eyes of the Hero.” 2. Mentor: “The Mentor provides motivation‚ insights and training to help the Hero.” 3. Threshold Guardian: “Threshold Guardians

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    stand out and help when needed or called to action. Heroes should be people that all cultures/people all over the world can look up to and have a good example no matter how bad their life is. A hero puts others before himself‚ loves to give back and not take‚ and one who stands out and sets a good example. A hero puts others before himself like doctors and firefighters. Every day their life is put on the line to save others’ lives. They wake up and make the choice to save and heal the hurt. For example

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    Pearl S. Buck - A Modern Day Hero Introduction A friend of mine gave me a copy of The Good Earth as a birthday gift. Until then‚ I had never heard of the literary masterpiece or the author‚ Pearl S. Buck. The story captivated me. I found myself engrossed in the story of the poor farmer Wang Lung whose love for his land allowed him to overcome many odds including famine‚ flood and a revolution. Through hard work and dedication‚ Wang Lung became one of the wealthiest landowners in the Anweih

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    In the book The Outsiders‚ written by S. E. Hinton‚ Ponyboy‚ a fourteen year old boy who is a part of the “Greasers‚” a gang that exists to help each other in the east side of Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ lives with his two older brothers and encounters both sides of the bitter rivalry between the “Socs” and the “Greasers. The novel focuses on the conflicts that arose among both gangs. The book also centers on the narrator‚ Ponyboy‚ and his journey with the “Greasers” and the “Socs.” The three topics addressed

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    DL101 Introduction to logistics management 2. Course of Study: Diploma in Logistics Management 3. Year of Study: Year One 4. Year and Semester: Semester 2‚ 2014 5. Reading List: Main Text: 1. Paul R. Murphy‚ Jr‚ Donald F. Wood‚ Contemporary Logistics‚ Pearson education 2. John J. Coyle‚ C. John Langley‚ Jr.‚ Brian J. Gibson‚ Robert A. Novack‚ Edward J. Bardi (2011)‚ Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective‚ 8th Edition‚ Cengage Learning Additional Text : 1

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    FRICK FINE ARTS LIBRARY ART HISTORY: CONTEMPORARY ART Library Guide Series‚ No. 9 “Qui scit ubi scientis sit‚ ille est proximus habenti.” -- Brunetiere* This bibliography is highly selective and is meant only as a starting place to aid the beginning art history student in his/her search for library material. The list does not include materials on individual artists. The serious student will find other relevant sources by noting citations within the encyclopedias‚ books‚ journal articles‚ and

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    The Contemporary Self The self is an individual person as the object of his or her own reflective consciousness in which‚ a range of behaviors are influenced by culture‚ attitudes‚ emotions‚ values‚ ethics‚ authority‚ persuasion and/or genetics. In A Short Quiz Walker Percy guides the reader through a variety of questions‚ that when attempting to answer those‚ makes the readers become deeply consumed in a search for a true inner self. Percy does not give a definite answer to the questions he asks;

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