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    get challenged by the change of the aforementioned categories‚ referring to the individual person‚ such as nationality‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ family status‚ etc. Moving to another country‚ converting to another religion‚ strolling along the street and noticing that one is not exclusively attracted to the opposite sex‚ marrying (maybe beyond or above one’s own social class) – all these incidents put one’s identity to the test and‚ mostly‚ require a new formation process of one’s identity. With

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    House Thingie

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    main reason I love this town is the house I grew up in. When I was four my family moved to Amherst from Georgia. We stayed in a little house and then a couple months later moved into the house I live in now. It is a large old house that sits adjacent to a farm‚ a forest and a street. It has always been a comforting environment full of family friends sports teams and other people who stop by. What has been even better though is the neighborhood around my house. Especially the farm and forest. My brothers

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    Haunted House

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    there was a house that everyone knew was haunted. It was an old neglected house on a side street in the oldest part of town. Sometimes‚ the most wonderful smells issued from the house and filled the street with the heavenly odor of fresh baked bread. Whenever that happened‚ people would say that the old house must have been a bakery or‚ at the very least‚ the former home of a fabulous baker. Sometimes‚ the neighbors would hear the sound of music and laughter coming from the empty house as if there

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    Illegal Street Racing

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    One of the fastest growing sports in the world is racing. Racing in general can consist of many different types such as: Drag Racing‚ NASCAR‚ Indy‚ Motor Cross‚ Truck Rally. The topic of racing that I am chose was street racing. Street racing originated from drag racing on the quarter-mile strip. The concept of drag racing is when two racers in different cars would line up at a white line‚ and in the middle of the two cars would be a light post‚ called the Christmas tree for its red‚ yellow and green

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    The House Party

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    The house party This book was very interesting‚ I was very intrigued. I like it because it really related‚ and it did teach me stuff. It showed me that I shouldn’t give in to peer-pressure. Just because your friends say you should do something‚ doesn’t mean it’s always right. Maybe they are telling you to do it‚ so they don’t have to? I suggest that teenagers from grades 8-9 should read this book‚ it could teach them a lot for future experiences. In this book there were to main characters

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    Abandoned House

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    enter the realm of an abandoned house left many years ago‚ and discover what secrets might be held inside. Before entering‚ I took a good observation of the outside. Vines had clung itself to the outer walls of the house‚ while the top floor window looked as if a baseball had been thrown through it. The roof was tattered‚ and a whole was present beside the chimney large enough for the neighborhood birds to nest. Around the house was unkempt undergrowth as if the house had grown up from the very earth

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    A Doll House

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    A Doll House Throughout the play A Doll House‚ Ibsen plays with the concept of appearance versus reality. Nora appears to be childish and irresponsible while she really she has taken upon herself a very large weight and has saved her husband’s life. Torvald seems to be a very moral man and very selfless when actually he is a coward and only thinks of himself. Krogstad appears to be a villain but changes his heart and is indeed a very understandable man. Each of these characters were given a certain

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    Illegal Street Racing

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    Introduction Street racing has been identified as a threat to civil society with significant social and economic impact . Street racing is illegal in Malaysia ‚ as reckless stunts on public roads endanger the lives of many . One of Malaysia ’ s subcultures include the ‘ Mat Rempit ’ biker gangs ‚ estimated to be over 200‚000 which comprise of bikers who either take to illegal racing in large numbers or perform extremely dangerous

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    House Of Asterion

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    House of Asterion‚ written by Jorge Luis Borges‚ is a short story that takes a first person point of view of a Minotaur named Asterion. The story is about Asterion’s life style and how he occupies his time. However the reader doesn’t find out that Asterion is a Minotaur until the very end of the story. Without this key piece of information the reader cannot view Asterion as a regular person. Another important part of the story that is left out is how his house is labyrinth. This again makes it easier

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    I am reading “Coming out of Shame: Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives” by Gershen Kaufman. This is one of the first books I picked up when I was in the mist of dealing with my sexuality. The first shame‚ inferiority‚ and guilt I felt concerning homosexuality were as a young child growing up in a Black Baptist church. “Organized Christian Religion‚ in particular‚ has been a major source of shame and contempt for homosexuality” (Gershen‚ p. 9). The pastor would preach many sermons on the sinfulness

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