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  • Life of Pi

    Life of Pi

    The Life of Pi is a story about the life of a young Indian man named Piscine Patel, whose short name is Pi. Pi has an incredible sense of religion. He was born faithful to Hinduism, and later discovered Christianity, and then Islam. On my visual, I have the word “Allah”, which means “God” in Arabic to represent Islam. I have a picture of Vishnu, a god in the Hindu religion, and a picture of

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mike
  • Death

    Death

    There are many different points of view on the topic of death. One such view comes from a man named Nagel. Nagels point of view on death, is death is bad or negative you might say, and its ok to fear and not wish for your existence to end. The reason Nagel believes that death can be a negative experience, is because he believes, and follows a theory called the deprivation theory. This theory states

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Death Penalty: Just or Unjust

    Death Penalty: Just or Unjust

    Death Penalty Introduction: The most severe of all sentences: that of death. Also known as the death penalty, capital punishment this is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. It has been banned in many countries, in the United States, an earlier move to eliminate capital punishment has now been reversed and more and more states are resorting to capital punishment for serious offenses

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Early Monastic Life

    Early Monastic Life

    The monastic life was a meager and humble existence. Monks were men who originally lived alone as hermits and eventually banded together to form tiny spiritual communities. They were twelve or more pious men who abandoned all of life’s luxuries which were said to bring “evil or impurity” to the hearts of men. Simple, somewhat redundant lives were lived this way because it was believed to be the way to ensure a pure and holy

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Masque of the Red Death

    The Masque of the Red Death

    THE "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Life Lived Happily Ever After

    Life Lived Happily Ever After

    Life Lived “Happily Ever After” A Twist in Endings Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a widowed gentleman and his lovely daughter, Ella. Ella was a beautiful girl. She had golden hair, and her eyes were as blue as forget-me-nots. The gentleman was a kind and devoted father, and he gave Ella everything her heart desired. But he felt she needed a mother. So he married again, choosing for his wife

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Max
  • Work Life Balance. What Does This Term or Concept Really Mean? What Is It Trying to Achieve?

    Work Life Balance. What Does This Term or Concept Really Mean? What Is It Trying to Achieve?

    Work Life Balance. What does this term or concept really mean? What is it trying to achieve? It is a term commonly used and discussed these days. Places of work often refer to people having or needing to have a Work Life Balance, giving the concept a very organisational feel. But in reality, it is a term whose meaning and relevance is indeed unique to a person’s specific circumstances and needs, thus intricately personal. While

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Case Against the Death Penalty

    The Case Against the Death Penalty

    THE CASE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY It's dark and cold, the fortress-like building has cinderblock walls, and death lurks around the perimeter. A man will die tonight. Under the blue sky, small black birds gather outside the fence that surrounds the building to flaunt their freedom. There is a gothic feel to the scene, as though you have stepped into a horror movie. Unfortunately, this is not a scene in a horror flick; these are

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Yan
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    So Singapore takes away a life, again. The life of young Van Tuong Ngyuen, who died at the end of a rope in Singapore for drug trafficking 25 times the amount of heroin that attracts an automatic death sentence. Someone commits a crime, and then they are killed. Can someone explain the point of this? This is particularly silly. Because someone commits a crime, that person is punished by being executed. So Singapore believes that

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    The Bataan Death March started on April 11, 1942. It was a result of over 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendering to the Japanese on April 9. The Japanese were surprised by this number, having only expected about 30,000. According to soldier Lester I. Tenney, who experienced the Death March first hand, it was brutal for the prisoners of war. "Japanese soldiers hollered and would prod us with their bayonets to walk faster(on a short

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: July
  • Life Enriched

    Life Enriched

    Life Enriched The children are a wonderful gift. Children are the heart of a family. They bring joy, happiness, love, warmth, and maybe a few unpleasant moments, which can make the family stronger. For most people, life without children is incomplete and they will take alternative measures if they are unable to have children because of biological circumstances. Though there are a few methods to having children such as the Alternative Reproduction Technologies (ART), not

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Social Commentary in Dutch Still Life Paintings:

    Social Commentary in Dutch Still Life Paintings:

    An adequate theory of representation must take into account the culturally specific circumstances in which visual images function. . . . Works of art embody the collective psychology of entire nations and epochs in perceptible form. --Claire Farago The topic of Renaissance art often draws to mind the master figures of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; with their sweeping effects on their own time and influence on artists who followed, they left behind some of

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Masque O the Red Death

    The Masque O the Red Death

    Edgar Allen Poe's The Masque of the Red Death is an elaborate allegory/microcosm that combines objects in the story with visual descriptions to give focus to the reader's imagination. In the story, a prince named Prospero tries to dodge the Red Death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind seemingly impenetrable walls of his castellated abbey and lets the world take care of its own. However, no walls can stop death because it is

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Edward
  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty

    Death Penalty The idea of a person being put to death, no matter what the reason is, is not a light topic, nor a pleasant thing to think about. But the fact is, more than half of the world's countries and 38 U.S. states have a death penalty, so this topic is going to come up. The form which prisoners are executed is changing day to day. In American and a growing number of many

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Yan
  • Death of a Salesman V.S. the Crucible

    Death of a Salesman V.S. the Crucible

    The Death Of A Salesman v.s. The Crucible In The Death Of A Salesman, the main character, Willy Loman, is a unsuccessful salesman caught up in high hopes for his sons, Biff and Hap, who both also soon become failures. Willy's flaw is that he has filled his sons up with so much hot air that he is not satisfied when they do not succeed, and regrets to believe where they stand in life now,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • Study of Social Critcism in "perfume" by Suskind and "a Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    Study of Social Critcism in "perfume" by Suskind and "a Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

    The Criticism of society and human nature implicit in “Perfume” by Suskind And “A Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich” by solzenitsyn The criticism of society and human nature found in these two novels, is extremely subtle. The criticism in the novels differs through the difference in era. “A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” is based on a prisoner of war camp in Russia during the Second World War or right after

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • War: Death, Suffering and Destruction

    War: Death, Suffering and Destruction

    War: Death, Suffering and Destruction War. A common term heard nowadays. But what is the true mening of war? Is it the correction of what someone thinks is evil? Is it the submission to someone else’s point of view? Is it the autodestructioin of human kind? There are a lot of meanings to war. It is up to each person to give the term war a meaning. Many people are forced to leave their homes,

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Nanotech and Life Extensions

    Nanotech and Life Extensions

    Introduction This chapter is not really about life extension. Instead, its focus is on health extension: keeping the body in a state of good health. This is a simpler topic, because we can ignore several philosophical questions. However, as the chapter unfolds, it will become clear that life extension is a natural consequence of health extension. As diseases are cured, causes of death will be avoided; as people make use of technology to improve their

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Frost on Death

    Frost on Death

    Frost on Death Robert Frost, born in the late 1800’s, wrote many poems over his long life. Most are considered to be very profound works that show the true talent of their author. If Frost isn’t speaking on about the less tread path, he is remarking on life’s oddities. In the poem Design Frost comments on several anomalies in nature that lead to death of an insignificant insect. Frost also remarks on what could be

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: July
  • Death Vs. Sacrifices

    Death Vs. Sacrifices

    Death is one of the most terrible things we humans have to go through. Where do we go after death? Is there a Hell or a Heaven? These are questions that still remain without answers. Since remote times, men have wondered about this, but not even technology as helped us find answers. Some poeple are said to have answers; it is true they do have answers, but answers that are mainly fixed on their religious

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Tasha
  • At Death Our Bodies Should Not Be Considered Public Property

    At Death Our Bodies Should Not Be Considered Public Property

    Public Property Property owned by the government or one of its agencies, divisions, or entities. Commonly a reference to parks, playgrounds, streets, sidewalks, schools, libraries and other property regularly used by the general public. The Human Tissue Act 2004 The current law regarding the use of any tissue or organ is the Human Tissue Act 2004. This has replaced the Human Tissue Act 1961, the Anatomy Act 1984 and the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989.

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • The California Gold Rush

    The California Gold Rush

    The California Gold Rush In this world, there are many countries. Every country has its own people, culture, riches and its very own special history, yet every country has had its own citizens immigrating to the United States to seek the “American dream.” In 1848, the “American dream” was a reality for many in the form of the “gold rush.” I will further discuss the beginnings of the gold rush gold rush starting with its

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: regina
  • What Is Life Without Ignorance?

    What Is Life Without Ignorance?

    What is life without Suffering? We all suffer from being ignorant. Is it possible to end your ignorance? According to the Buddhist theory it is. It is possible to end your ignorance and all personal desire to eventually become enlightened and reach Nirvana, which is utter peace. Ending your ignorance will in turn end suffering. The Buddha taught that there were many natural occurrences that led up to ignorance and that we all are capable

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Value of Human Life in Utopian Society

    Value of Human Life in Utopian Society

    Value of Human Life in Utopian Society Sir Thomas More's depiction of a supposedly perfect society in Utopia portrays a quasi-socialist community that has grown under ideal conditions into a successful and working country. It is a society that is drastically different from any society in history, both in the past or present. While the principals of the society may be very similar to those espoused by communist doctrine, in practice they have worked out

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Janna
  • Our Town: A Look at the Small Things in Life

    Our Town: A Look at the Small Things in Life

    Our Town: A Look at the Small Things in Life Our Town, by Thornton Wilder is a well-known drama and a classic piece of literature around the world. The play has three main acts, each of which focus upon a different aspect of life. Wilder portrays the importance of the small, often unnoticed things in life throughout the cycle of life, starting in the morning with birth and ending in the evening with death.

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Mikki