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    THE POWER OF DREAMS

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    THE POWER OF DREAMS What makes that difference between you and Bill Gates??? What made difference between Mark Zukerberg and his friends??? Think for a while… Do you got it??? Its not their ability to do things‚but its their dare to dreams and their commitment to achieve their dreams.Most of the people in the world are doing things blindly and they don’t even know the purpose of their living‚infact most of them don’t know what they even want. But all these guys are not lagging in their ability

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    Americans want to find a sense of belonging and independence. John Steinbeck shows the reader these ideas throughout the novel Of Mice and Men. This also is a goal that everyone in the world can relate too. In the novel‚ George and Lennie share this dream through their hopes of owning land and enjoying freedoms that they have not experienced before. Although they share this dream together‚ both view it very differently. George is the only one who thinks about what owning land could actually mean

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    American Dream John Steinbeck‚ author of many classic American novels‚ greatly influenced modern American literature. Steinbeck often referred to the Salinas Valley of California in his writing. He often referred to the settlers and the adversities they had faced during the migration to the Salinas Valley area. With novels such as Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath‚ Steinbeck explained the harsh reality of the severe hardships the settlers faced to accomplish the American Dream. These novels

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    hero of the novel‚ Oskar Schindler‚ is complicated because he seems to be at once virtuous and immoral. Schindler is married but keeps house with his German mistress and maintains a long affair with his Polish secretary. He is outgoing and generous but has even greater personal indulgences‚ including good cigars and cognac. He excels in profiting from shady dealings‚ procuring goods from the black market and bribing officials‚ through which he saves his

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    How Does Steinbeck hint and trouble to come later in the novel in Chapters One and Two of Of Mice and Men? On several occasions throughout Chapters One and Two in the book of Of Mice and Men‚ the author- John Steinbeck- hints at trouble to come. Whether it’s Lennie and his animalistic characteristics or George and his short temper‚ some how there is an alarming sense of trouble to come. The character of Lennie‚ who is viewed as an outcast due to his appearance and small mind‚ fails to know

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    In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch shows courage by standing up for his beliefs and by respecting values that he does not share. “To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in 1930’s Alabama‚ where racism and segregation were accepted as social norms. Lawyer Atticus Finch defended “Negro” Tom Robinson in court‚ whom Mr. Ewell accused of raping his daughter. People considered defending a black man in court against a white man as a disgrace to the lawyer‚ his family and community

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    Dominance is the power and influence of others. It is a characteristic of highly social animals‚ such as humans‚ in which individuals compete intensely with one another for food‚ mates‚ territory‚ or any other resource‚ including money. This is evident in social relationships between family members‚ friends‚ and even enemies. This relationship is perfectly showcased between Montresor and Fortunato in Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Cask of Amontillado.” Montresor recalls the events of a murder that happened

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    Despite this declaration of his courage‚ we can see his desperation. When a servant enters with news about the English force‚ Macbeth shows his courage the way a bully does -- by picking on someone weaker. Even before the servant has a chance to speak‚ Macbeth shouts‚ "The devil damn thee black‚ thou cream-faced loon! / Where got’st thou that goose look?" (5.3.11-12). The servant is only a boy‚ and he is pale with fear‚ which enrages Macbeth. Macbeth calls him names and mocks him‚ then says something

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    demonstrates courage in many ways. He shows courage when he learns to read and write‚ when he stands up to his master(s)‚ and when he escapes slavery. Not a lot of people can say that they truly have courage‚but Douglass is one of the few that can. Here are a few examples of how he shows courage. The first way he shows courage is when he wants to learn to read and write. In chapter nine‚ his master’s wife‚ Mrs. Auld‚ starts teaching him the ABC’s and teaching him how to spell three or four letter words

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    you imitate‚ a prudent man should always enter by paths beaten by great men and imitate those who have been the most excellent‚ so that if his virtue does not arrive there‚ at least it gives off some scent of it. And he should do as the prudent archers do when the place they wish to strike appears to them too far off. Since the archers know just how far the virtue of their bow reaches‚ they place their aim much higher than the intended place‚ not in order to reach a place so high with their arrow

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