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    overcome with power and greed. Although Thorin thought he had good intentions gold and his lust for power caused his demise. In The Hobbit it Shows that Dwarves Gold and Treasure. The dwarves created a song when smaug took over Erebor and the wanted‚ “To claim

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    Family Pride

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    February 5‚ 2013 Subject: Family Pride I know that everyone has some form of pride. Whether it is national‚ personal‚ cultural‚ or family pride‚ we all show it and have different reasons that we do. Some people have pride for their country‚ or their culture. I have pride for my family. My family is so great! I love them so much. I want to talk to you about some of the things that make me proud to be a part of my family. First‚ most of my family are Jehovah’s Witnesses. Second‚ my family comes

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    extrinsic motivating factors. When they keep coming‚ you stay motivated; however‚ if due to some reason‚ you fail to get these‚ it could de-motivate you as well. Intrinsic: Intrinsic motivation is that which comes from within. It is the interest you have or the enjoyment you experience with the work you do on a day-to-day basis in the quest for achieving your goal. In other words‚ enjoying each task as it comes. That enjoyment keeps you motivated to go on and on. Research has found that intrinsic motivation

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    Elizabeth’s Pride and Darcy’s Prejudice? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a timeless social comedy which is both satirical and full of sentiment. The title refers to the personalities of the two main characters and cues the reader to Austen’s broader thematic purpose: to satirize nineteenth century manners and morals‚ especially as they relate to courtship and manners. Although both characters contain both these traits‚ it is mainly Mr. Darcy who exemplifies ‘pride’

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    are strong feeling presented by the writers in these extracts? In Act 3 Scene 5 strong feelings are portrayed through out the scene. One example of this is at the start of the scene Juliet shows strong feelings of grief towards Romeo’s departure. “Yet let me weep for such a feeling loss.” This shows that she misses Romeo although he has only just left. The word ‘loss’ gives off the impressing Juliet feels she will never see Romeo again and that he is no longer hers. Another point in the scene

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    were bought and hung everywhere out of pride. The flag represents our country and all of the rights and privileges that we have in the United States‚ hanging it gave us the strength to move on. People see the flag everyday‚ yet how many of them actually stop and think about what the flag really represents? People do not realize that just last year Congress voted against a constitutional amendment that would protect the American flag from desecration. Many people may not consider this a very important

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    Greed and Jealousy

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    either passive or aggressive. Passive jealousy is limited to the boundaries of one’s mind‚ whereas aggressive jealousy translates into physical action. In the short stories "Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚" Robert Olen Butler and Raymond Carver focus on different forms of jealousy. Through the perspective of a parrot‚ Butler focuses on passive jealousy. When the parrot sees his human wife with a man‚ he explains‚ "I flap my wings and I squawk and

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    Pride And Prejudice

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    Pride and Prejudice: Gender Roles The book Pride and Prejudice is a story about love‚ ambition‚ pride‚ and first impressions. Ironically the book was initially named First Impressions because of the way each character in the book viewed others based solely on their first encounters. The book takes place in the 19th century‚ and within this time period women were not exactly treated equally by society. Men were considered more superior than women‚ and men were also considered to have more rights

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    Why Do People Fall in Love

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    Why do people fall in love? A question many of us find us asking ourselves in today’s society. Many of us have been hurt by love and therefore have refused to neither use nor believe that there is such a word or feeling that exists in the universe. People fall in love for many reasons; some don’t even know why they end up in love. I believe people fall in love for three life-based reasons‚ to expand the self and to increase our abilities and our effectiveness in other words self-expansion‚ lack

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    The Necklace Greed Essay

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    Loisel thinks she is on the low end of the class because her husband is a ministry clerk. Throughout the story Mme Loisel continuously looks at what she has and thinks it’s not good enough. The short story “The Necklace”‚ by Guy De Maupassant is about greed‚ perception and how Mme Loisel doesn’t feel accepted unless she is to be depicted in a high class society. To begin‚ Mme Loisel should be grateful for a lovely husband she has and not focus so much on money and class rankings by society. Her husband

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