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    How far does Fitzgerald allow us to sympathise with Gatsby? Throughout the novel Fitzgerald allows our sympathy to increase as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy falls apart. I will be looking at and analysing the techniques used by Fitzgerald to allow us to sympathise with Gatsby. Even from the very beginning of the book on pg56‚ the reader begins to sympathise with Gatsby when he is described as isolated in society: “...with complete isolation the figure of the host‚ who stood on the porch‚ his hand up

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    Why does God allow natural disasters? This is a really good question indeed. When we start to think from this perspective‚ we begin to learn about the wisdom behind the actions happening in the world. First of all‚ what does natural disasters bring? Death‚disease etc.Yes‚that’s true. However‚ death‚disease and other calamities already exist. Do you know how many people die every day? How many people are in hospital now for seeking remedies? Many many people are dying or suffering every single

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    Does the book of Job‚ in your view‚ answer how God can allow there to be suffering in the world? The book of Job deals with a question which has troubled people time and time again: “Why do bad things happen to good people?. Society questions Why God allows us to suffer if we are faithful to him and we love him. In the book of Job it is taught that human suffering may be caused by many things. Just because we suffer does not necessarily mean God is angry with us. It also does not necessarily mean

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    Why Does God allow suffering? This question is probably as old as religion itself. It is a stumbling block for some of us‚ and for many more at given moments of tragedy. There are as many answers to this question as there are people who care to engage in theological dialogue. One understanding is that yes‚ God allows "bad" things to happen; God does not cause them to happen. Most "bad" things which happen do so because God gives a radical freedom to God’s people; we are free people‚ not puppets

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    search engine may have one or multiple features. Does it: _Yes__ Search the web? _No__ Search other search engines? _No__ Act as a directory (lists of categories to select from)? Does it: _Yes__ Have an advanced search option? _Yes__ Have “Help” options? _Yes__ Use Boolean Logic (and‚ or‚ not)? _No__ Use Truncation/Wild Card Characters or Special Characters (*‚ ?‚ ~) _Yes__ Translate web pages? _Yes__ Allow field limiting searches (can you search for filetypes

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    Why God Allows Evil Swinburne defends the view that the existence of evil in the world is consistent with the existence of an omnipotent‚ perfectly good God. Not only are they consistent‚ he argues‚ but the amount of good in the world requires the possibility of substantial evil. He begins his argument by distinguishing moral evil (which comes from humans acting in morally bad ways) from natural evil (pain and suffering that comes from anything other than human action with predictable outcome)‚

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    Should Women Be Allowed on Military Combat Teams? In primitive age‚ most societies were matriarchal; people would introduce themselves with their mothers. However‚ human society changes like everything else. The importance of physical strength in solving heavy tasks or defending external attack has made the men’s dominance in society over years. Today‚ women are most likely equal to men‚ and in mostly every field‚ they can do whatever men can do. The world has witnessed many heroic actions from

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    http://www.idealibrary.com on Does Language Shape Thought?: Mandarin and English Speakers’ Conceptions of Time Lera Boroditsky Stanford University Does the language you speak affect how you think about the world? This question is taken up in three experiments. English and Mandarin talk about time differently— English predominantly talks about time as if it were horizontal‚ while Mandarin also commonly describes time as vertical. This difference between the two languages is reflected in the way their

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    Shaped by Language: What Comes First the Thought or the Language Language‚ due to its specific properties‚ is one aspect that makes human beings unique in comparison to other animals and species. The fact that different languages can alter the way we perceive the world‚ and objects we view. From the perception of space‚ time and even nouns‚ languages changes the way we think. Countless studies show that linguistic processes effect even down to the most fundamental thought processes‚ which unconsciously

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    T.O.K. Essay To what extent does the scientific method allow us to uncover truth? The scientific method consists of five steps: first‚ observing and recollecting information. Second‚ creating or formulating a hypothesis. Thirdly‚ scientists experiment‚ with the information and the observations they have made so as to reach to a conclusion‚ which is the fourth step. Finally‚ the last step consists in the communication‚ which is when you tell society about a new discovery or theory and the

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