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    that explores the story of the protagonist‚ Aminata‚ who is separated from her home‚ family‚ culture and faith. This book demonstrates the effectiveness of Hill’s ability to portray imagery. Hill uses effective imagery to emphasize the fact that often loss is worse than death itself. This is shown through the book when Aminata loses her parents‚ her child and her home. These losses are worse than death itself. Aminata losing her own parents shows how losing them is worse than dying herself

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    I know that when I would lose in hockey‚ I would hate it‚ and be very down on myself when I was younger‚ but now that I have been through it many times I have built up character to be able to handle the loss‚ and push it aside and get ready for the next game‚ or to talk to people after the loss and not be mad and take it out on them. You are not born with character‚ you

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    cries is the loss of something. In this case‚ it was not his loss‚ it was Phoebe’s. Phoebe gave him the Christmas money that she was saving. Holden saw it as generosity‚ but I think at the same time he saw it has Phoebe losing something which makes him sad. The second example (when he leaves Pencey) once again displays loss. In this situation Holden is losing a school‚ he’s losing a place to call “home” (despite his hatred for the school). The whole idea of losing something and loss can be connected

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    such as how when they slid the pig’s body into the grave they were both shaken to the core‚ he said and I quote “The loss we felt was not the loss of ham but the loss of pig.” This statement shows how he thought of the pig‚ for he did not think of as food or meat but as a pig an animal who just wanted to live. It was a tragedy not because of the loss of food but because of the loss of an animal in his care. As the farmer says in the

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    center let alone a small detachment of personnel. When an individual is absent for whatever period of time it puts the work center or detachment at a deficient for the not only the loss of manpower but also especially if there is a need for an individual’s qualifications of skill at with certain tasks or events. This loss can have unknown consequences in the form of not being able to complete a mission or vital event which can lead to anything from personal embarrassment to endangering lives. Dependability

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    event. Frost conveys the theme of his poem in the form of a story: a boy is working with a buzz saw‚ when he cuts his hand off with it when his sister calls him for supper. The loss of blood results in his unexpected death‚ and his family returns to their daily lives. The tragic event shows the boy’s sudden and premature loss of innocence‚ While narrating the story‚ the speaker implies that he sees the boy’s work as inhumane‚ especially with the buzz saw. Robert Frost critiques society in its way of

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    “Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -- Ambrose Redmon Consequently‚ the soul stirring and heart wrenching motion picture of “Remember the Titans” depicts so eloquently the sacrifices one has to make to stand up firmly in support of their most cherished‚ morally sound beliefs‚ and for some it causes him or her to examine whether their beliefs are worth preserving. Thus‚ this tale of tremendous victory against overwhelming

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    Instead her life changed in a sudden slam of a door when her country was invaded by a foreign army. Ellie had to learn how to survive in the war situation in a short period of time‚ to be able to transform her guilt into acceptant and to face the loss of her friends. First of all she had to learn to survive in the war situation. At the beginning of the novel‚ she was capable at doing almost every farm work. “chopping wood‚ using a chainsaw‚ driving‚ riding the horse‚ being a rouseabout‚ marking

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    the attached documents in Nervous Conditions and show how they relate to issues of identity. Three notions of differences : 1. The act of veiling 2. The use of silence 3. The question of subjectivity 1) The act of veiling will result in loss of identity as the people choose to remain oppressed by the so called more superior people. These people chose to stay veiled by the more superior and fighting against because they somehow felt comfortable and is alright with the current situation

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    the danger lies. If our young generations take buck-passing for granted‚ it may generate destructive results in their future life. Let’s explore the two following cases. Stricken by the terrible earthquake in May 2008‚ our country suffered a great loss of her beloved children. The collapsing buildings‚ the frightened screams and the helpless tears can never be erased from our memory. Yet when it comes to the identification of the catastrophe‚ the government and the construction companies acted a

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