Most of all I do not like patriotism very much because I have some negative associations with it. It reminds me of flags‚ war and football. I have to think about people being proud and admiring their country – sometimes in a quite naive way. I do not think that pride is completely bad. Pride is good for one’s self-esteem and so is patriotism. Pride is alright if it improves the own self-perception. But I don’t like it as soon as pride makes people look down on others. This is arrogance. Sadly
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Pi has always been a firm believer in Hinduism. As the devoted believer he is‚ Pi has only been involved in that one specific religion as he says‚ “I owe to Hinduism the original landscape of my religious imagination‚ those towns and rivers‚ battlefields and forests...” (Martel 50). He describes his feeling “at home” when in a Hindu temple‚ and enjoys the unique parts about this religion‚ whether it is sculptured cones of red kumkum powder or baskets of yellow turmeric nuggets (Martel 47). When
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membrane used in the lab. The dialysis membrane used in the lab is permeable to small ions like Na+ and Clˉ. The experiment was also performed in a “closed system” which is not reflected in the statistical test. The results of the statistical test does however support our hypothesis because it shows that as water is moving into the cell constantly while salt is leaving the cell. There was an average weight change of 0.00042379 and 0.000407908 and an average conductivity change of 0.320388434 and
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symbol of her sin‚ but there is much more to Pearls character‚ than just being a symbol. Throughout the book‚ Pearl is portrayed as very perceptive; she sees and‚ for the most part‚ understands everything that is happening. Using this‚ Pearl pushes other characters in the story to think about things in a different way‚ or remind them of something. Most of the time‚ she does this in the form of reminding Hester and others about Hester sin. Let’s delve deeper into Pearl’s character and her role in The
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Death is a very subjective topic and in the poem “The Last Night She Lived”‚ by Emily Dickinson the speaker reveals attitudes of realization and melancholy towards the woman’s death. These attitudes are revealed through the author’s use of figurative language‚ tone and diction. Throughout the woman’s death process the speaker comes to a great realization‚ becoming more aware of herself and her surroundings. According to the speaker the night was a “common night‚” but the woman’s death “Made Nature
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American values would become an outcast. The expansion of America through freedom of speech provided opportunities of growth within different social norms. Emily Dickinson provides a distinctive consideration of the 19th Century through her unwittingly published words. She presents a stance of modern turmoil against women’s societal positions and religious views. Dickinson shares with us a way of thinking even today some cannot contemplate. The understanding of the “average life” as a woman in the 19th
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people act in an unprincipled manner when there is no authoritarian figure watching over them. In most cases‚ people will be disorderly or even become rebellious without some sort of hierarchy and social rule to follow. A perfect example of this is what often happens when a teacher leaves a classroom‚ some students will start talking‚ getting up and moving around‚ or even throwing items to each other‚ all actions they would normally refrain from when the teacher‚ an authoritarian figure‚ is present
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fake. Jay Gatsby- Both the racketeer and romantic idealist. He was a high-class rich man. He loves to show off and have parties. He was a fake person because he pretended to be something he was not. He does not tell the truth about his parents being wealthy and where he is from. His parents were actually poor farmers. He was in love with Daisy and wanted her to leave her husband Tom. Gatsby would do anything for Daisy. He think that he is wealthy Daisy will want to be with him. Gatsby was
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“Possibly it had occurred to [Gatsby] that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever” (93). The truth that Daisy does not act to Gatsby’s hope is evident‚ making it hard for Gatsby to achieve his dream. “Gatsby believed in the green light‚ the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then but that’s
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represent Caesar. The color purple is associated with royalty and Caesar wanted others to know this by wearing this color. I gave Caesar a purple cape that wraps around his red uniform. The words on his cape say “BETTER THAN U” because that represents Caesar character throughout the play. He was very hubris and the citizens of Rome loved him‚ putting him on a pedestal. The uniform is red because that is what Roman soldiers wore since Caesar was a military leader‚ it made sense to make his uniform
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