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    There are many definitions of love in this world‚ and each has its own reason behind it. Fatima defines love as many things‚ here are some examples below. Fatima defines love as trust. She says that as she is" a part of your(his) dream"‚ "I(she) want you(him) to continue towards your(his) goal." She thinks that if she is really part of his dream‚ he will "come back one day" for her. She does thinks that love is trust as if there is no trust there will not be a strong bond between them. Fatima defines

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    The gift of magi is a love story of the well-known American writer- O.Henry in which the true love is challenged by the poverty. The love of Della and Jim is apparentlty revealed by the ways they think for each other‚ get ready to sacrifice the most valueable possessions for each other. Especially‚ the devotion of Della is the evidence of intense love she spends for her Jim. Della’s love demonstrates partially Shakespear’s point of view. No matter how poor the living condition is‚ it can not

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    suspense that builds up the tension. And why you suppose? Well‚ in this story the "lottery" there wasn’t any winning of money or a gift‚ this story was about a sacrifice the people of the village did to get good luck on their crops and harvest of the year. Yes‚ I know strange right? There are culture and traditions behind this sacrifice. Well‚ the next paragraphs will be about how the author made suspense as well with the pacing of events throughout the story. I first want to talk about the pacing

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    In the short story “Ashes for the Wind”‚ Hernando Tellez uses Juan Martinez to show that sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to fight corruption and injustice. Through Juan‚ his wife Carmen and their baby‚ the author tries to show that people should not be pushed around and intimidated‚ which is why I think that Juan is a hero. To me being a hero can mean many things‚ wether it is to inspire‚ help or even take a stand and a first step towards something better and good; a hero is a hero

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    isolation when she climbs a tree ‘but for now‚ the whole world is contained’. The use of memory is used to explore ‘how she lay with her mother’. These memories of the past are happy ones‚ as she is constantly reminded of her loss and her mother’s sacrifice with the pirates in the present. ‘The reality that awaits her on the ground’ is sad reminders of her loss and isolation. Vivid description is used to explain the plight of Phuong and Ling who lost their mother. Phuong seeks out Cang because both

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    century B.C. these gods Jupiter (Zeus) Juno (Hera) and Minera (Athena) were worshipped at the grand temple on the Capitoline hill. The Romans worshipped their gods in a temple. They made sacrifices of animals and precious items to their gods. They believed that when their emperor died he became a god and sacrifice was also made to the emperor. The Romans believed that if they appeased their gods and goddesses the divinities would help them by blessing the crops to make them fertile or by watching

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    today‚ and I shall die at the same time.” These words literated by jonsy again show her desperate and chaotic state of mind. She has supposed the things which have no logic and waiting for her death‚ or waiting for the last leaf to fall. Self-Sacrifice: Mr. Behrman risks his life for Johnsy. He has sacrificed

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    cemented with teares" (“Alter” line1). This is similar to a psalm of David in the Bible‚ where David sings‚ "For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart‚ O God‚ thou wilt not despise." (Psalm 51:17-18 KJV) In this respect‚ Herbert is building a sacrifice that is pleasing before God...an altar made of broken material‚ but the brokenness is from within‚ and the altar and offering are

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    independently in the air. We all know and have studied umpteen numbers of times about it in our History books. We studied what all “Our Father of the Nation”- “Mahatma Gandhi” did. We all our aware of the Jaliianwala Bagh tragedy and many such sacrifices. We normally say that British ruled our country – they exploited us. But‚ what they have given us is unity. They united our country. However‚ we remained united till their time only‚ what happened after that? Today in most of the families the two

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    Therefore‚ I do this for business and for business purpose only. There are times in life when you have to make difficult life-changing decisions to make money and being a slave trader is thought-out to be one of those things. Sometimes we have to make sacrifices in order to succeed and fulfill our needs. In my perspective‚ slaves are considered as people but are still a property. As a slave trader‚ it is my task to trade slaves. The process includes them being sold and are later assigned to continuously

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