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    ‘educating rita ‘ is a play about 26- year old woman‚ Rita‚ who feeling excluded from her restricted working class life‚ decided to attend an open university course. her tutor is frank a board cynical academic. because this is a play dialougue‚ setting‚ and structure are the most prevalent techniques used to represent the development of the protagonist sense of identity. The consequences of moving into the world may or may not be beneficial. Social and cultural backgrounds complicate the process

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    How do we define ourselves as Humans? Name: Instructor or Class: September 10‚ 2009 This paper discusses what it means to be human‚ and the importance of the human’s responsibilities in life. It is important to fulfill the responsibilities as humans‚ and to explore all of the options and possibilities that the human’s short life has to hold. Plato saw man’s true nature as rational and believed that civilized society must be organized‚ and civilized life conducted according to

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    Why We Tell Stories As many will probably tell you stories have existed even before humans created language. It seems every day as humans we learn‚ discover‚ or create a new story‚ whether small or epic. Stories have existed in society for millions of years‚ even before there was society. They range anywhere from Harry Potter to something funny that happened at school‚ from the Bible to the daily news. Stories are everywhere‚ whether factual or fictional‚ whether long or short‚ English or Greek;

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    We find strength where we belong: Little Mike is only five years old. Clenching onto his mother’s fingers‚ he stands intimidated in front of a confronting building‚ which is seemingly to be called his School for the next thirteen daunting years of his life. Not wanting to leave his mum‚ his sharp screech breaks through the usual drone of the passing crowd‚ accompanied by the crocodile tears trickling down his blushed cheeks. It is rather his fear of being separated from his parents which troubles

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    A Short Summary of "Shall We Tell the President" by James Archer.       The novel starts with the inauguration ceremony of Florentyna Kane‚ the forty third presidents of America and also the first women. She defeated Ralph Brooks in the election. Her husband was Richard Winchester and she had two children William and Annabel. In her first speech she talks about the ‘Gun control bill’ and declared the war against the disease‚ discrimination and poverty. March 3 Thursday Evening: Nick Stames‚ the

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    Through Others We Become Ourselves Rachel Sealy-Fisher In this essay‚ I will be discussing how people create identities for others through propaganda and language usage‚ perceptions and first impressions and how we accept these identities because of fear. I will use the films: Avatar and Memoirs of a Geisha as well as the novel: We Shall Not Weep by Johnny Masilela as references. Everyone creates identities for others. Often this is sub-conscious or unintended. We sometimes create these identities

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    Why We Conform To The Groups We Are A Part Of Matt Gerry 14040633 4/2/13 Most people on this Earth are part of some group‚ whether they believe it or not. They have a group of friends‚ family‚ or co-workers whom they share a lot of time and space with. These groups that we are part of in our daily lives have a huge impact on our decision making. Chances are high that if the group an individual is a part of feels that option A is better than option B‚ the individual will think as their group

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    The need to belong is a fundamental need within all of humanity‚ and has played a key role in society since the beginning of time. The novel by S.E Hinton‚ ‘The Outsiders’ conveys this need and the yearning to feel social acceptance within us all. ‘The Outsiders’ comments on this inherent part of humanity through its realistic portrayal of teenage gang life‚ centering on the dependency of the gang members to feel a sense of inclusion and support from their gang. Insert The Outsiders plot line

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    Speech: Why We Should Not Compare Ourselves With Others? A very good morning to our teacher ‚Madam Teoh Ai Leng and my fellow classmate .I am very honoured this morning to be given this opportunity to speak on a very important and interesting subject entitled‚ “Why We Should Not Compare Ourselves With Others?”. As you know‚ a lot of times people advise us to compare ourselves with others but this is not always the best way of thinking. There are many reasons to change this way of thinking and

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    Should we always tell the truth? Have you already told a lie to somebody? Everybody has already lied to someone. After that‚ most of the time people have felt guilty or bad if they expressed their own opinion. But sometimes‚ people don’t tell the truth just to avoid hurting others because they act like that for the good of others. However‚ always telling the truth is necessary for us in everyday life in order to feel good about ourselves‚ to be trusted by everybody and to be able to support our

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