Things we do everyday in our normal routines can have superstitious meaning. ... Things in our normal routines and lives can have their own superstitious meaning, but my boy Stevie Wonder said it best: Very superstitious, writings on the wall Very superstitious, ladders" bout" to fall Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin" glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past When you believe in things that you don't understand Then you suffer Superstition ain't the way! ...

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In Shirley Jackson's 1948 short story, "The Lottery", the text shows that superstition and narrow-mindedness can lead to dangerous behavior of those who aren't superstitious. ... Literary devices are strongly used to show evidence of manipulation through the setting and clever signs of foreshadowing, which are based upon supporting superstitious acts and the set up of the main character Mrs. ... This suggests a specific and clear meaning to her arrival, but the fact that the laughter is soft indicates that there is something amiss. ... Unfortunately, when superstitious acts take pl...

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The people in Israel Potter tended to be somewhat superstitious. Because there were few scientific facts to base the unknown upon, many Americans and others were very superstitious. ... Mellville was trying to show the people the value and meaning of the true American spirit. ...

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Jim, a superstitious runaway slave, eventually becomes Huck's "real" father and influences Huck's moral improvement. Therefore, by observing the changing of Huck and Jim's relationship, the reader would understand the underlying meaning of Twain's writing. ... Using his superstitious and unreliable knowledge, Jim predicts and avoids disasters that could have caused a huge damage to both of them. ... This has a significant meaning. ...

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Other classes fall under NOS, meaning "not otherwise specified". ... They also function inter-personally, meaning they confide in themselves. ... They also have impulse control, meaning they do things without thinking. ... They are extremely superstitious and tend to share a bond with immediate family members rather than close friends. ... They experience social anxiety and tend to be "metaphysical" meaning "more abstract". ...

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In spite of having well-developed brains, multifaceted technologies and centuries of technical development, the human species still are a frightened, superstitious lot. ... Like every other race, the Victorians were a superstitious set of people too. ... Historians argue that the Victorians had always been superstitious even prior to the industrial upheaval. ... "The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her [Helen] suddenly acquired a bea...

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In the story the black box from which the slips of paper are selected holds a meaning of tradition.There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village there (367).? ... When other members in the town discuss getting rid of the lottery, Old Man Warner seems superstitious because he states,Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon (369)?... Through the symbolism of the black box and the characters opposing sides to the lottery, Jackson creates an underlining meaning tha...

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This is the practical definition of the word "dream" dreams, to dream, dreaming with eyes open of a different world In time, people acknowledged the more metaphorical side of this term when referring to goals they have put up for themselves for the future; Even though we are conscient of the elusive character of these wishes, of these illusions which had been given form and temporary meaning in order to prolong the make-believe state of well-being we still let go in complacency. ... They convey illuminating insights, warn about danger, predict future events, and hint at a deeper meaning ...

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Many who were involved in this event were good, innocent Christian people who were caught up in their own web of superstitious and fanatic religious beliefs. ... Love is a big part of integrity, meaning loving yourself as well as the people in most importance in your life. ...

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Human Habits People and their strange habits. Where does this strange behavior come from? During this past week, I was able to observe many of my peers. From this, I noticed some unusual habits of theirs. While sitting in my speech class at Harbor College, I watched my classmates give introdu...

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The very names of the characters in the story are laden with meaning. ... The irony here is that even though the old are know for being wise, Old Man Warner seems to be a very ignorant and superstitious being who blindly follows tradition. ...

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"The Yellow Wallpaper": In the Mind of a Disturbed Wife "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is told from a feminist point of view, but I believe the story has a deeper meaning when read through the disturbed wife's eye. ... She shows us that her husband does not approve of her feelings or beliefs because he is not superstitious, and being a doctor, John only believes something if it is documented. ... A complex meaning lies within these next lines, which begin to show us her abysmal thoughts. ...

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Although superstitious people are usually regarded as gullible and insecure people, Twain portrays religious people as even more gullible and insecure in his story. ... Far from being a children's novel, Huckleberry Finn is a story with much hidden meaning. ...

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The meaning of wisdom is "the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; brains or insight." ... *s like you 5 feet high and use them for sandbags" and when he had a go at Father J he didn't swear or anything just used words that would affect a priest "I think you're an overeducated 27-year-old virgin who likes to hold the hands of superstitious old ladies and promise them everlasting life." ...

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The very names of the characters in the story are laden with meaning. ... The irony here is that even though the old are know for being wise, Old Man Warner seems to be a very ignorant and superstitious being that blindly follows tradition. ...

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Although there are many superstitions in my religion, I still believe in most of them because it seems like I was brought up to be very superstitious, and I find them very interesting. ... If I never learned Chinese, I would've never been able to understand the true meanings of the literature. ...

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The very names of the characters in the story are laden with meaning. ... The irony here is that even though the old are know for being wise, Old Man Warner seems to be a very ignorant and superstitious being who blindly follows tradition. ...

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Freud's work made interesting contributions to general psychology because, in offering the idea that dreams have meaning that could be comprehended and interpreted, he was taking the side of the ignorant and the superstitious against the positivist philosophy of early psychology. ... His own method of interpretation, founded on contextualization of each dream element, cannot support an array of fixed symbolic meanings. ... Nevertheless, Freud ultimately creates a variety of common examples of fixed symbolic meaning in dreams, usually sexual in nature. ... Inaccuracies can again occur b...

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He doesn't completely understand the meaning of Tom's romantic views that he gets out of robber and gang books but he goes along with it, because the rest of the gang does. Additionally, with an adolescent train of thought, Huck has superstitious thoughts. " One morning I happened to turn over the salt-cellar at breakfast. ... On the river, Huck comes upon good luck, and is still superstitious, but really he is just finding that when he is away from the dirty people of the novel, he is able to have a somewhat good life. ...

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I always questioned meanings of stories told to me, but I was never given the answers I was looking for. ... I will not use this story though, for purely superstitious reasons (just in case). ... In a dream context, the rich symbolism of Cinderella's story clearly has meanings lurking beneath the surface of her unconsciousness. ... In dream analysis the animals have significant meanings. ...

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Another important trait of Huck"s that we learn about quickly is that he is superstitious. ... My first impressions of Jim are that he is completely uneducated, very easily fooled, and extremely superstitious. ... As we learned about Jim in the earlier chapters he is very superstitious and is scared because he thinks Huck is a ghost. ... The river has a meaning beyond its physical presence. It has a deeper meaning to both Jim and Huck. ...

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Some might even say that the Mesopotamian concept of dream interpretation continues today amongst the superstitious. ... One ancient book classified dreams and their symbols into different meanings. ... Carl Jung, a one-time colleague of Freud's, rejected his theory of the hidden meaning of dreams. ...

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The Ukrainians eggs and baked foods are full of meaning and are made with much care with skilled hands. ... When Ukrainians converted to Christianity in 988 AD they kept all the original designs, but changed the meaning. ... In the following example, you will see how superstitious thoughts are played Incantations for a successful paska. ...

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Another element that makes Buddhism a philosophy is that it does not obligate one to have faith or be superstitious. ... The Buddha taught that it is only through Complete Understanding and Wisdom that one can understand the meaning of life. ... The philosophy is beneficial since its founder was an intelligent man with many creative concepts that explain the meaning of life. ...

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Stonehenge followers and archeologists believe that the Windmill Hill people constructed and gave meaning to Stonehenge through their genius and primitive tools. ... Even if the Druids did not actually assemble these ruins, they may well have executed rituals there and comprehends its astronomical meanings and purposes. ... This unfathomable theory is based on religious and superstitious beliefs, and it is hardly based on research concluded by astronomers and archeologists. ...

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