many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself‚ or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known for the sake of something greater.” This quote by Veronica Roth is true‚ however‚ the greatest act of bravery is giving up everything for someone lesser than yourself‚ like in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The story revolves around an Afghan named Amir and the son of his father ’s servant
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Sometimes‚ when we grow up‚ we may neglect human affection and simply concentrate on the human brain‚ thus losing the balance. It is then that disasters and unwelcome things happen” - The Dalai Lama (The Dalai Lama Little Book of wisdom pg.20) The Quote displayed above was stated and written by the current Dalai Lama‚ Tenzin Gyatso‚ whose destiny was to share his prodigious wisdom pertaining to the satisfaction of life. This specific saying Tenzin believed philosophizes that us humans must be open-arms
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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“There was only the smell of smoke.” This quote ties in with the theme because stephen didn’t really keep the things that are close to him close because his mom died and she was really close to him. Taban is from South Sudan’s capital‚ Juba. He said his neighbors were attacked by militants in July. His family
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accused people a fair trial. “I cannot say he is an honest man; I know him little. But in all justice‚ sir‚ a claim so weighty cannot be argued by a farmer. In God’s name‚ sir‚ stop here; send him home and let him come again with a lawyer”(99) This quote from The Crucible proves that Reverend Hale is starting to retaliate against the court and is trying to give the John Proctor‚ an accused person of witchcraft a fair trial. It’s obvious in the sentences above that Hale is starting to go against the
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August’s experience in the book Wonder was a positive and a necessary journey in his life. In the story August Pullman goes through bullying‚ betrayal‚ friendship. This quote from Wonder‚ ”I did notice as I walked that Amos had stayed right next to me. And Jack was close on the other side of me. And Miles was in front of us and Henry was in the back of us… I had my own emperor’s guard.” This shows that people can be friends and don’t have to be complete imbeciles like Eddie and his friends in
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F-Scott-Fitzgerald once said ¨I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich and it colored my entire life and works.¨ This quote says that being rich is the promise life and the key to happiness. To the people the ´´American Dream´´ means that if you are nothing or poor you can pull yourself up and work hard to become rich and famous. In his novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F-Scott-Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream is something that could be achieved‚ but not easily and has died through
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quote Work Quotation Number One "When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly‚ leaving greasy sweat steaks on the wall‚ and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A strange small spasm shook him‚ as if he heard fingernails scrape slate‚ but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile‚ and our neighbour’s image blurred with my sudden tears. ’Hey‚ Boo‚’ I said." Page 270 Analysis Here‚ for the very first time‚
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before handing him the potion saying‚ "She will be afraid of the pretty girls you may meet. She will want to know all you do. All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are thinking about." This quote explains the feeling the girl will have once taken the potion. She will be greatly obsessive‚ wanting to know every little thing not trusting him. The boy is still ignorant all he can seem to care is about the love potion saying such things as‚ "But
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it.Like which father posts every update about his moment with his daughter right from shoppinng with her to missing her while away for a trip? It is always said that a relation of father-daughter is the most adorbale one and Dana lives up to this quote completely. Rather he simply is inspired by it and undoubtedly he takes away the "Best Daddy Trophy." Recently surviving the Nice attack while shooting with the FSOG stars- Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson ; Dana has uncoditional love for his duaghter
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