The book, "Bless me, Ultima", by Rudolfo Anaya, has been described as part of the magical realism genre in literature. ... Long before Antonio arrives home to tell Ultima about Lupito's death, Ultima is completely aware of the event, a fact that leaves young Antonio astonished. ... In the dreams about his brothers, Anaya provides a subtle commentary on the nature of Antonio's identity, and ultimately underscores the book's main theme of moral independence. ... Antonio is a man of learning since he understands that his experiences are lessons about life, and he knows that he...

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It is important for us to learn from the mistakes from the past because it provides lessons for the future. Studying the deeds of great men before their time, a ruler can learn the reasons for victories and defeats in order to avoid imitating the wrong ways. ... In the book, Fortune Is A River, Masters writes about how Machiavelli strongly supported the project of diverting the Arno River because after so many years of war and negotiations, nothing was resolved with their enemies. ... So how does this project become a reason for his book? The reason comes from the lessons learn out of the ...

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Bless Me, Ultima At the beginning of the Book, The author associates Antonio's concern about the changes in his life to his culture. ... The author shows Antonio's feelings about change by depicting his nervousness about beginning school, separating from his mother, and his future. ... Ultima also tries to teach Antonio a larger moral lesson regarding salvation and damnation. ... Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. ... It could also mean that they are dying because they have changed too much to settle seamlessly into their old lives. ...

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Repeatedly throughout history, there have been periods of unwarranted discrimination, severe catastrophes and immoral acts of prejudice - remembering these periods helps us ascertain a more powerful understanding about our history which allows us to apply the lessons learnt to both the present and the future. ... Because we take time to remember the past, when a person dies, we do not let their personal stories, histories, traditions, morals, or values die with them. ... It should be noted though, that some people may wish to forget things from the past for example, no one would want to rem...

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John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, makes reference to Esther Earl when showing the isolation of serious illness, "we have a habit of imagining the dying as fundamentally other from the well. ... Hazel has one and used it as a child before she was "diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen.... Like Anna, the main character of An Imperial Affliction, Hazel is terminally ill, and as Hazel says, "it's not a cancer book, because cancer books suck.... " Also, in An Imperial Affliction, the novel ends mid-sentence, making it unclear whe...

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Hachiya recorded from a colleague related the story of four middle school students who huddled together in the street, and were so badly burned from the blast that they themselves knew that they would soon die. ... What I had believed before was that, like mentioned above, people too close to the hypocenter immediately died, and all others suffered prolonged internal effects later in life, years after the bomb, like tumors or terminal diseases. ... America was responsible for the destruction of his home, and the death of many people that he cared about! ... I received yet another life lesson ...

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He made the lessons fun, but also insisted on a strong work ethic and perfection. ... The lowest point of the trip was when his mother fell ill and died on July 3, 1778. ... He was treated as a mere servant, quartered with the help, and forbidden from performing before the Emperor for a fee equal to half his yearly salary in Salzburg. ... He also began writing an opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio). ... Theater space for rent in Vienna was sometimes hard to come by, so Mozart booked himself in unconventional venues s...

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If she wasn't able to convince them outright, she at least gave them a good cause to start thinking about their situation and the government which she was positive was the reason for society's many failings. ... Another important thing to mention is the fact that as a Jew, she was born into a religious environment that was very concerned about social equality, but on the other hand lived in the Russian society, which viewed Jews as a second-class people. ... The reality of work in the factory in which she first worked quickly disillusioned her about the American political system. ...

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Schumann soon moved to Heidelberg for a change of scene, but started to dismiss law for music even more than before. ... Suddenly, Schumann had to accept that his virtuoso career had finished before it even began. ... Before he left, he took Clara into his arms and kissed her. ... To spite Wieck, the two married on September 12th, 1840, one day before Clara's twenty- first birthday. ... It was a day without a jar, and I may thus enter it in this book as the fairest and most momentous of my life. ...

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Schumann soon moved to Heidelberg for a change of scene, but started to dismiss law for music even more than before. ... Suddenly, Schumann had to accept that his virtuoso career had finished before it even began. ... Before he left, he took Clara into his arms and kissed her. ... To spite Wieck, the two married on September 12th, 1840, one day before Clara's twenty- first birthday. ... It was a day without a jar, and I may thus enter it in this book as the fairest and most momentous of my life. ...

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Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? ...

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