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    on the account that they were taking away local jobs‚ which the Maharashtrians (local public) deserved. He also referred to the South Indians often as ‘lunghiwalas’ and ‘yandugunduwalas mimicking their culture‚ clothing style and language. Bal Thackeray caricatured the south Indians as ‘madrassi’ in his publications in the newspaper‚ thus publicizing his opinion which was‚ surprisingly‚ widely accepted by the Maharashtrians and the Marathi population had expressed its xenophobia to the migrants

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    Vanity Definition

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    meaning of vanity is as follows: excessive pride in one’s appearance‚ qualities‚ abilities‚ achievements‚ etc.. I learned the true meaning of vanity when I was a junior in high school. A mere week after my 17th birthday I shaved my head to a short buzz cut. I experienced all sorts of rude looks and remarks from people I had never even met. The hardest part of learning vanity at such an awkward stage was the rude remarks from people who I thought were my friends. But the true meaning of vanity came to

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    The Vanity of Today

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    The Vanity of today. The vanity of today is everywhere in peoples lives whether they admit it or not. Either it’s what their “friends” do or even just classmates that are next to them‚ either way there is no escape from it. For so many reasons‚ people always have “followed the crowd”‚ or in another words “The Vanity” of today. For those who wonder why people has always done this and why‚ it’s quite simple. People follow the vanity because of not wanting to be an outcast but to just simply to fit

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    Jack's Vanity

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    Being stuck on an uncivilised island affected all the boys individually‚ in different ways. However‚ it affected Jack the most. Being the type of person he was‚ Jack acted inhumanely without the social concepts of society on how to behave. He became cut-off and distracted from the main goal of being rescued‚ he became increasingly more vain and power-hungry‚ and the lack of civilisation allowed him act on the anger and violence he felt inside. Jack started drifting off from the boys (especially

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    The Rise of Male Vanity

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    The Rise of Male Vanity By Erica Anne B. Santiago Men are from Mars‚ Women Are from Venus. This is the title of the 1990’s Best Selling book which tells that Men and Women are different in their own natural ways. But nowadays‚ most of the people think that sometimes this is not applicable to both genders. Dual Personality is very common and frequently seen in these days. In fact‚ Male Vanity is widely experience by most of the men. They are typically described as ’vain’ in the way they

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    In his poem “To a Louse”‚ Burns reveals the extent of damage that vanity inflicts socially and personally on women (Burns 1). An exaggerated feeling on personal appearance that comes with excessive pride can damage a woman’s social perspective. A poor personal perception can bring about a wrong presentation to the public. The aspect of considering personal beauty over other important aspects in life can be dangerous to the extent of damaging social image. It is this aspect in women that has fueled

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    "driven and derided by vanity." One meaning of "vanity" is that state of being empty‚ idle‚ valueless." Another meaning is "exaggerated self-love." Still another is "hunger for praise or admiration." Each of these definitions of vanity could apply to the narrator. The definition of vanity meaning "exaggerated self-love relates to the narrator because at a point in the text‚ the boy realizes that his romantic feelings for Mangan’s sister are a delusion. The definition of vanity meaning "a state of being

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    2nd Order Vanity

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    2nd Order Vanity Rick Vigorous is a very jealous finance and pays his therapist‚ Dr.Jay‚ to find out everything Lenore thinks. Rick believes this is helping him in his relationship but it’s actually causing conflict and loss of money. This is the typical case of jealousy doing more harm than good. Rick and Lenore are engaged. Rick is 18 years older than Lenore‚ is divorced‚ has a son‚ and is also CEO of Frequent and Vigorous‚ where Lenore also works. The two met at Dr. Jays. Rick is extremely

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    Fair or not Fair

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    Fair or Not Fair As once said by Nelson Mandela “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly‚ knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer‚ and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant‚ superficial‚ and uninformed.” Only when you meet that criteria can you be considered a good leader‚ however in Sophocles’ book Antigone once a crime has been committed not only is the guilty killer put on trial but whether or not Creon is a good leader is

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    Physical beauty is a transient‚ and often highly valued feature of society. Allegory of Vanity uses connotated imagery to symbolize vanity and the transience of beauty. Skulls scattered among the painting symbolize the inevitable event of death. By specifically including skulls‚ the carriers of the face‚ it represents the loss of physical beauty and the transience of physicality as a whole. The large‚ extravagant clock surrounded by riches is another element of transience as worldly riches will not

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