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    DAVID COPPERFIELD 1. Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Plight of the Weak Throughout David Copperfield‚ the powerful abuse the weak and helpless. Dickens focuses on orphans‚ women‚ and the mentally disabled to show that exploitation—not pity or compassion—is the rule in an industrial society. Dickens draws on his own experience as a child to describe the inhumanity of child labor and debtors’ prison. His characters suffer punishment

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    The power of determination True story about athlete Glenn Cunningham who was horribly burned in a schoolhouse fire at the age of 8. Doctors predicted he would never walk again. Determined to walk‚ Glenn would throw himself off his wheelchair and pull his body across the yard and along a fence. Twenty-two months later‚ he took his first steps and through sheer determination‚ learned to run despite the pain… The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned‚ pot-bellied coal stove. A

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    the sea let themselves think it was an enemy ship. Then they saw it had no flags or masts and they thought it was a whale. But when it washed up on the beach‚ they removed the clumps of seaweed‚ the jellyfish tentacles‚ and the remains of fish and flotsam‚ and only then did they see that it was a drowned man. They had been playing with him all afternoon‚ burying him in the sand and digging him up again‚ when someone chanced to see them and spread the alarm in the village. The men who carried him to

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    Academic Plagiarism

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    College Plagiarism in AU and U. S Universities Currently‚ academic journals are increasingly seeing submissions which most of the details have been copied from the same author. In a word‚ plagiarism is act of fraud. But it’s not to deny that student plagiarism is a serious problem on many college campuses. For instance: Hiring “ghost writers” to finish their essay assignment; Copying and pasting other people’s intellectual property without giving sufficient credit; Miss citing resources not under

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    Hard Engineering Seawalls How it is designed to overcome the problem Sea walls are usually built along the front of cliffs‚ often to protect settlements. A seawall is a structure constructed parallel to the coastline that shelters the shore from wave action. This structure has many different designs; it can be used to protect a cliff from wave attack and improve slope stability and it can also dissipate wave energy on sandy coasts. Challenges /Limitations /Disadvantages  However‚ a seawall may not

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    Penology

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    https://www.facebook.com/nadeem.sharif.3367 Preliminary Nate: The sociology of punishment seeks to understand why and how we punish; the general justifying aim of punishment and the principle of distribution. Punishment involves the intentional infliction of pain and/or the deprivation of rights and liberties. Sociologists of punishment usually examine state-sanctioned acts in relation to law-breaking; why‚ for instance‚ citizens give consent to the legitimation of acts of violence. Two of the

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    Perfect storm

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    Book ’The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea’ SUMMARY: Author Sebastian Junger Country United States Language English Subject Andrea Gail‚ 1991 Perfect Storm‚ shipwrecks Genre Creative nonfiction Publisher W. W. Norton & Company Publication date May 17‚ 1997 Media type dvd and cd Pages xii‚ 227 ISBN ISBN 0-393-04016-X OCLC Number 35397863 Dewey Decimal 974.4/5 LC Classification QC945 .J66 1997 The Perfect Storm is a creative nonfiction book written by Sebastian

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    A4 PREVIOUS CAT QUESTION PAPER CAT 2007 Before the Test: 1. DO NOT REMOVE THE SEAL OF THIS BOOKLET UNTIL THE SIGNAL TO START IS GIVEN. 2. Keep only a pencil‚ eraser and sharpener with you. DO NOT KEEP with you books‚ rulers‚ slide rules‚ drawing instruments‚ calculators (including watch calculators)‚ pagers‚ cellular phones‚ stop watches or any other device or loose paper. These should be left at a place indicated by the invigilator. 3. Use only HB pencil to fill in the Answer Sheet. 4. Enter

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    The Evolution

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    The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth Why do we start the discussion of biology with a discussion of geology? Here are some reasons why one would do this: * All life on earth is linked to geology; likewise‚ many surface geologic features and processes have been influenced by life on earth. The origin and early evolution of the earth are especially important when looking at the origin and early evolution of life on earth. * Life chemistry had its origin with the elements available to

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    Reading Delirious New York ­ PROFESSOR: Felicity Dale Scott STUDENT: Fu Ran NY/Paris GSAPP Final Paper for AA4705 Architectural publication is certainly a good way to know about one architect and his or her works. However‚ to know about different architects‚ you may need different types of publication. To know Frank Gehry‚ you need an album of his Bilbao Guggenheim Museum while to know Sejima Kazuyo‚ you need one issue

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