had stolen it‚ so they went and took it back. This newly found greed was no good for the group as it caused trouble. The first time Thorin’s greed caused trouble was when he was captured by the Elves. He decided it was better that they don’t know their plan‚ mostly to keep more of the treasure to himself. As they venture onward to the Lonely Mountain alone‚ the mission
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WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION: MEDIA When the media first arose‚ the media were only used to provide communication and information. But‚ development of technology and life conditions affected the media. Today‚ media have a new concept including different purposes like entertainment advertisement. This newness contributed the effects of the media on people. Today‚ in every house parents and children use TV‚ newspaper‚ PC‚ radio‚ so‚ the most important factor affecting people is the media. The media
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Night of Destruction In the early hours of Sunday 25 January 1959 a fire broke out in the sewing room in the west wing of the building. There were sixty-eight occupants in the building at the time. Thirty-six nuns‚ including four elderly nuns who had been invalids for some years‚ thirty students aged between seven and seventeen‚ and two lady mistresses were sleeping in their beds. Everyone escaped however a lot of damaged was done to the interior of the building. It took a couple of days for the
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ADVANTAGES OF BIODIVERSITY By adopting a different‚ more positive‚ and more proactive approach to the challenges that environmental issues pose‚ Indian enterprises will greatly benefit in this millennium. The prevalent attitude today‚ with some exceptions‚ is that environmental concerns impose costs that are best avoided. This is natural since these are costs which can fairly readily be externalised and imposed on somebody else. Thus‚ when industrial effluents render river water unfit for drinking
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sounded familiar. I personally loved the story for its genre‚ but I wouldn’t know my parents like it for the same reasons too. This story over a 100 years old‚ and still has people loving it globally. This story follows a father that is consumed by greed‚ but is indubitably blind-sighted that he wishes away his life. Mr. White and his son are playing a casual game of chess whilst waiting for Sergeant-major Morris to arrive. Mr. White gets distracted by the nature‚ and his son got his father’s king
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On May 7th Germany had surrendered unconditionally but the war with Japan raged on in the pacific. The Americans were war weary. They had seen the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Kamikaze attacks‚ and horrible casualties in Okinawa and Iwo Jima. There had been reports on things like the Bataan death march. Newspaper photos had shown American POWs beheaded by Japanese soldiers. Ending the war and preventing further loss of life is all that mattered at this point. With the surrender of Germany at the beginning
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In the short novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ some people are willing to do some very bad things all because of greed. People are willing to burn down homes and even kill‚ all because of a poor man’s pearl. In the beginning of our story our main characters (Kino‚ Juana‚ and their son Coyotito) are Native Mexicans who are very poor and living in a hut village on the Gulf of California‚ near La Paz (otherwise know as the town of stone and plaster). They wake up one morning to find a scorpion on the
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from the story "The Pearl‚" is a prime example of a developing character. From the start through to the end‚ he develops drastically. At the beginning‚ he was thought out to be a good loyal husband but as time went on he became a selfish‚ greedy person who would do anything for money.<br><br>When the story began Kino seemed to be a good husband who wanted nothing more than to be able to support his family. After a scorpion had stung Coyotito‚ Kino prayed that he would find a pearl not to become a rich
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successfully struck‚ and triumphantly destroyed the naval base Pearl Harbor‚ which left many Americans dead or wounded. The United States had allied with China and due to the imperialistic views of Japan. China was always a place that Japan saw valuable due to natural resources and the large population. Japan had invaded and gained control
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“This pearl has become my soul‚” (Steinbeck 65)‚ said Kino‚ the main character in John Steinbeck’s wondrous book‚ The Pearl. Kino is a lowly‚ poor brush house villager given a chance to become rich and accomplish feats that only a wealthy white man at the time could do. When he found a pearl that could make him rich‚ everything changed. Greed overcame Kino and lead him to hope and wish for things no brush house man would think of. Greed can lead us to do many things‚ even when people try to stop
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