Within Books IX-XII of Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey‚” the main character‚ King Odysseus of Ithaca‚ describes his life following the Trojan War. After leaving Troy victorious‚ Odysseus cannot return to Greece quickly because Poseidon‚ God of the Sea‚ promises to make Odysseus suffer‚ preventing a speedy trip home. Following a decade of adventure and woe‚ Odysseus narrates his experience to King Alcinous of the Phaecians‚ as a guest in Alcinous’ palace. As Odysseus explains the previous ten years
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Pain and Gain Love is something we all feel. Towards family‚ lovers‚ or friends‚ it is always there‚ no matter how hard you try to push it away. Siddhartha felt much love on his way towards enlightenment. He loved Govinda‚ so he set him off to be on his own with the Buddha. He loved Kamala‚ even though it wasn’t LOVE love‚ he respected her so I believe he had a sort of friendly love of Kamala. He also loved his son‚ and the pain he went through in letting his son go and live his life got him
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Dear Lara‚ I received your letter describing the difficulties you are facing. I felt compelled to write this reply to you today regarding the subject of overcoming adversity and my experiences with survival and beating the odds in doing so. As you recall in 1985‚ Simon‚ one of my good friends‚ and I went on a journey to conquer the Western face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. However‚ everything did not go quite to plan. Simon and I made it to the summit with no great
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Globalization: Prosperity or Poverty Introduction Globalization is a word that has recently become a commonplace in two different ways. Firstly globalization inspires visions of global village‚ a place where by all citizen of the world is linked together with high technology system. On the other hand‚ globalization is the one of the consequence that local factory closed down and re-open at another corner of the world where the country with cheap labor and weaker environmental law. Globalization
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Dealing with Adversity Telicia Hood English 125 Brendan Praniewicz 9/25/2011 Dealing with Adversity In the mid-1960’s‚ going from a girl to a woman was hard‚ but if you were black and going through‚ it was much harder. In the poem “What it’s like to be a black girl” Smith (1991) depicts this transition as very challenging. In comparison‚ “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker (1970) depicts life through the eyes of a black woman. This paper discusses the content‚ form‚ and style of each poem
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has own style of architecture. Buildings actually is a face of every country and city. Of course‚ in every city there are old buildings and new ones. There is a question‚ whether a city should preserve its old‚ historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings. One group of people is sure‚ that government has to save old buildings. The other group of people thinks‚ that it is better to build new buildings. I have to say‚ that relate myself to the first group of people. However
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Friend in need is a friend indeed There are people who like to have many friends. But this should not be so. We should have only a few friends‚ but they must be our true friends A friend is one who can share your joys and sorrows Rich people may have many friends in their prosperity. All like to enjoy themselves at the expense of those who are rich. Most of them are only fair- weather friends. If the rich man loses his money‚ all his friends will leave him. This shows that they are not true friends
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started to squat jump on an elevated platform. “Add another one‚ add another one” they said. Trying to keep up with them I started to add more. Until the one fatal moment when I jumped up and fell right on my butt. I wanted to curl up in a ball and cry but that would have just made me look soft. I mean the boys already looked at me like I was soft because I was a girl. I wanted to prove them wrong but for someone on top‚ that fall made it seem as if I had plummeted into the depths of the abyss.”I told
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No Pain‚ No Gain Moving into another state was harder than what I thought. When your family tells you it will be just for a few months‚ it can turn out to be even more than that. Not being able to talk to my friends and loved ones as often as before made me feel out of place. Being in a position where becoming stronger the only option. Having to leave the past and begin to look into the future. I had to search what was best for me regardless the limits or obstacles. July‚ 2009 a hot night in
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Business Report Prosperity Without Growth Author : Michelina Janet Wiyana 3385044 Executive Summary The aim of this report is to provide future vision and strategy for a sustainable Colourful Corporation to counter any potential issues that could arise in regards to the analysis of future prospect of sustainability (economy and environmental). Using theoretical frameworks and available information‚ analysis will be provided based on these factors: • Sustainable Investment
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