1. To me the past does matter because that makes you who you are now even though sometimes you try to ignore it your past will always stick by you. For example I didn’t have a happy childhood‚ it was full of arguments and abuses. I learned from my mom’s mistakes to not stick around and let a man abuses you in anyway. Another example losing my brother was probably the worst way to learn to cherish those you have today but that’s the past and somehow some way you learn from your past. 4. According
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empasizes the importance of the present to the future‚ and consequently the past to the present as well as the future. What we have done and what we do affects what is in store for us. Different people have different ways of defining and looking at the past. For some‚ “Past is past.” It is something that already happened. As Mr. Hundert put it‚ “We cannot step into the same river twice. An opportunity lost is lost forever.” The past is something we can not do anything about but which should not affect
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Loria Both the novel The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini portray a similar theme about the persistence of the past is able to affect someone’s life in the future. In general‚ the past might turn out to be something nice and memorable for some people‚ but some people might think that the past is something that will haunt them and they just want to forget all about it and start a new life. It is scientifically proven that repression is one of the most
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1-night time Act 2-various times the next day Act 3-several days later The play is largely a representation of what takes place in his mind during the last two days of his life. In fact‚ Willy’s reminiscences allow us to understand what happened in the past‚ and why things are how they are now in the present day. Miller says: “The salesman image was from the beginning absorbed with the concept that nothing in life comes next but everything exists together and at the same time within us.” The story is
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Languages Discipline‚ Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education Lesson 5: Body of a Persuasive Presentation (1) Learning Objectives: By the end of this lesson‚ you should be able to: organise the information in the body of a presentation effectively; use both logical and emotional appeals in persuasion; describe the background of a presentation; and recognise the disadvantages of reading from notes or reciting a speech. ORGANISING THE INFORMATION IN THE BODY The body of a presentation
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one fine morning---- So we beat on‚ boats against the current‚ borne back ceaselessly into the past. (ending paragraphs‚ Chapter IV) Fitzgerald’s last words of the novel sum up the ending and clearly convey the idea of human nature yearning for the past. Commenting about Gatsby‚ color imagery is used to symbolize the American dream in the 1920s. Establishing the theme of the significance of the past and dreams for the future‚ the “green light” at the end of Daisy’s dock stands as a symbol of Gatsby’s
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Reflection Paper 1 Dec. 5‚ 2012 Thesis: Past is both past and not past. How we perceive and act in the future is completely up to us. If I was asked to describe studying history‚ all I can say is one word‚ Déjà vu. Déjà vu is a French word meaning “already seen”. This phenomenon strikes when an occurrence you are currently experiencing seemed to have occurred in the past. It is that moment when an event flashes back right in front you and you seem to know what was going to happen next. However
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Dealing With Uncertainties of the Past “Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief‚ regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.” -Swami Sivananda. In the poem Itinerary‚ speaker Eamon Grennan demonstrates the ways in which individuals deal with the uncertainties of the past. The past has the ability to influence an individual to either move on despite the uncertainties and worries of the unknown‚ or to not move on at all. However
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people need to look to the past or the future when making decisions? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading‚ studies‚ experience‚ or observations. Do people need to look to the past or the future when making decisions? Today there are many obstacles to success‚ and the decisions you make‚ whether you succeed or not. Now the things we have done on the past will influence what people
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It is always enjoyable to take a visual journey back in time‚ to view what was considered advanced and what thoughts of future times represented. A time capsule stored with precious documents and possessions from a past era can serve as a visual and material presentation of what past times were like‚ and put in prospective the accomplishments that have changed human lifestyles for better or worse. If I were invited to participate in the planning of a time-capsule‚ I would include items that depicted
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