I read “Removing Barriers to Happiness” given by Richard G. Scott. Elder Scott talked about how we should give the Lord’s teachings first priority within our lives. If we put the Lord first above everything else including our cultural heritage then we will remove barriers to our happiness. We have been born into earthly families and have been given unique cultural identities. Elder Scott states‚ “Appreciation for ethnic‚ cultural‚ or national heritage can be very wholesome and beneficial‚ but it
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Question: Base on what have learned in this course‚ your textbook and any reference books that you may have read‚ what are the problems that the main character has? What possible solutions would you suggest to solve the problems? Introduction: After my in-depth study of Sammy’s case‚ I think Sammy has three main problems and each of them will produce some negative consequences at the same time. In this essay‚ I will try to point out the three problems in details. Then‚ I will suggest some possible
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family‚ every man and every woman‚ every child and every elder‚ the future generations‚ the society…--and the pivot of Amy Tan’s life and novel. A Pair of Tickets is a short memoir of Amy’s first encounter with her homeland and her two twin sisters that her mother abandoned forty years ago‚ because of the destructive war. The passage (“Finding my mother in my father’s story…”) of Amy’s mother’s miserable story triggers me‚ it reminds me of my elder family members. Though I have never tasted the bitterness
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A fragment of Pliny’s Natural History from book XXI Sections XXI. XV. 28 –XVII 31. To Book XXI. XIX . 40—XX.43 In the recent discover I made‚ I found few pages of the Natural History by Pliny the Elder，the very first thing that Pliny the Elder described in the section we found is a plant called baccar or what we called nard. And the scent from baccar is similar to the smell of cinnamon‚ which the scent only comes from the root of baccar. The root has been used to produce a kind of urguent
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big family is people can help each other. For example‚ in the free time‚ the elder brother can teach his younger sister how to do her homework‚ housework or the grandparent can share their own experiences to their children. Besides‚ having a lot of members in a family can often create a fun atmosphere. In fact‚ when you go back home with a sad mood‚ people in your family will ask about what you are sad‚ especially‚ your elder brother will tell jokes for you or do some stupid and funny things to make
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on 3 girls: Molly‚ 14 Daisy‚ 8 and Gracie‚ 10. who have to find their way back home to Jigalong after being kidnapped and taken to an institution in Moore River. The story is narrated by a much older and wiser‚ Molly herself. It shows how she‚ her sister and their cousin escaped Moore River and returned to their families. The movie focuses a great deal on characterisation applying clothing and props‚ camera angles and sound and music affects to nearly every scene to give the audience an ambience‚
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Younger tells the story of the demise of his uncle‚ Pliny the Elder‚ to his historian friend‚ Tacitus. Throughout his story‚ Pliny makes his uncle seem like a larger than life hero who can do no wrong. Pliny the Younger uses a laudatory and slightly boastful tone to show his respect and reverence for his uncle‚ who Pliny believes should be immortalized in history forever. Pliny the Younger first begins to show his respect for Pliny the Elder as soon as Mount Vesuvius erupts. When Pliny the Younger’s
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During my childhood‚ reading is my biggest passion. I delve into this habit since I was 8 years old. My elder sister played a prominent role in developing my passion for reading. I like to read both fiction and non-fiction books. I realized the importance of reading books as it helped me to develop my vocabulary‚ knowledge and gave me new ideas. I was a librarian in the primary school and this further helps me to develop my passion. I have to admit that there are few factors that motivate me to
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Each of the Families and villages within the Shaker community consisted of approximately a hundred members‚ who were governed by elders and eldresses. The Shakers were highly organized people‚ and they set up a system of people inside their “tribes” so that each person has their own position and label. They were stroke with heavy responsibilities to care for the spiritual needs and became bastions for young Believers‚ maintaining the order and union of Shakers. The Shakers all believed and hoped
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Parallel Brides A berdel‚ or double marriage‚ is the marriage of a brother and a sister to another brother and sister. It is a very elaborate matchmaking process which involves two families essentially swapping daughters to marry each others sons. It requires several meetings of both families to discuss many marriage details like when and where the daughters shall meet to switch families and be brought back to their new homes to be wed. It is a very intricate and stressful procedure and if not
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