In Native American culture, many stories teach a lesson. ... There is often a trickster figure that learns the lesson for the child, but the child learns the lesson through the trickster's mistakes. ... It was the year that my parents died and my sister's husband had a heart attack. ... Native American myths teach lessons to their people. ... It just so happens that Native Americans have realized the joy and importance of stories long before the rest of us. ...

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Confucian expectations made a major role in the film of Mulan, and also the Ban Zhao's lessons for women in some many types of ways. ... They would die just to bring honor. ... Lastly the Ban Zhao's lessons for women, was almost similar to the movie of Mulan, but this was an article. Women were generally not equal as men were like I've mentioned before. ... Sadly, her husband died young making her the lowest rank in her family. ...

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When she died she was folding a little towel' typifies the mother's life. ... It also holds greater significance along with the belief that what we die becomes what we are remembered for, Gwen Harwood will remember her mother for being tidy and that was what she died doing. ... An adult realising her irresponsibility as a child and the many lessons she failed to learn; Forgive me the wisdom I would not learn from you. ... A child once quick to mischief' has grown into a contemplative adult who has a greater understanding of life picking the last fruits of the temporal...

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You weren't there when she died! ... As a child, her mom took her to dance and piano lessons. ... Therefore, both Boy and Diana have different styles of individuality and each we can learn a lesson from. ... She disobeyed her mom and had a boyfriend before after university. ... As soon as he reached his dad, he placed his hands on his dad's forehead until the sparkler died out. ...

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My first reaction was to hug her and tell her that whatever was wrong it would be ok, but as I did she said that her oldest brother was in a terrible car accident the night before. ... Her brother died later on that day in spite of all the prayers and hope everyone was giving to him. ... But the lesson I learned on that day, I will carry forever....

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Suyuan died before she could reach her daughters although she found the address of her lost daughters. ... The other members of the club "Lindo, Ying-ying, and An-mei "were three of Suyuan's best friends and fellow immigrants before she had passed on. ... An-mei realizes that Rose has not completely understood the lessons she has intended to teach her about hope and faith. ...

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Antigone's goal of bringing her family together also helped other people learn valuable lessons. ... We die forever- With this, Antigone proved that her mind was made up and her heart was telling her that the burial of her brother was a necessity. ... Born into the family of Cadmus, Antigone fate was doomed to end in tragedy, and as those who had passed before her she fought each moment for what she believed in-the unity of relatives. ... The son steals a ham to bring home to his dying father. ... Family above all else should come before law because laws can be changed and edited, or even...

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He never knew her in his older years, however, because she died when he was only seven or eight. ... In slavery it was very common, before puberty, for a slave child to play with the master's children. ... He ordered her to cease these lessons at once. ... Douglass later had this to say of her, Nature made us friends, but slavery made us enemies.# this taught Frederick a very valuable lesson. ...

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"Ten days," he told her, "If you outstay the time, you die." ... On his first visit, he was late and received a scolding, which surprised him, at the end of the first "lesson", he promised to be back at 2 o"clock. ... All was restored to their rightful owners and they indeed returned to live their proper lives happier than ever before, but always with golden memories of the happy, carefree days in the Forests of Arden. ...

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Right away, a few songs came to mind, "Drive", by Alan Jackson, "Live Like you Were Dying", by Tim McGraw and "Cats In The Cradle", by Harry Chapin; however, while searching the lyrics on the Internet, I came across the song, "The Best Day" by George Straight. I actually had never heard this song before. ... I will carry these memories that my dad and me have, and the life lessons he has taught me. ...

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As I watched my grandfather die, less than a foot away from me, I realized that he had taken with him my fear of dying and replaced it with a peaceful understanding and acceptance of death. ... When the doctors first told my family that my grandfather had terminal cancer they said that he had at least six months to live; that was two weeks before he died. ... I knew that he understood that he his memory and life lessons would help us through our own future, personal struggles. ... Moments before his death, my grandfather was held hostage by his own sickness. ... Dying is not something that...

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I believe that Satrapi intentionally presents specific lessons that she learned through a series of events and relationships that fully transformed her into a woman of power. ... With rebellion in her blood and the world before her, she did not let this episode stop her. ... Marjane's mum interrupts the group before they can attack they boy with nails between their knuckles, and gently tells Marjane, "It is not for you and me to do justice. ... " Now Marjane was torn between believing her mum's lessons in the power of forgiveness and accepting a new idea that not all peo...

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It is uplifting to see someone with a troubled past end up a better person than before. ... Likewise, Berniece, in August Wilson's Piano Lesson, was focused on the tradition of the family. ... She felt that her and Boy Willie's dad died for the piano and they owed it to his memory to keep it in the family. ... He had never seen them before so the thought of meeting overjoyed him because he then knew that he was a part of a family. ... Troy not once gave Cory any kind of encouragement which is why Cory had such resentment towards him even after Troy died. ...

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If Hamlet had been able to make he decision to murder his uncle when he had the chance, the whole play would have ended before it truly had begun. That would have been the climax of the play and no one else would have died. ... Whether it is a lesson on how to behave in a tough situation or a new found love, Shakespeare has the ability to intertwine so many different themes and ideas in this play. ...

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While these experiences have been hurtful, they also have taught me an important lesson about life; that people are not always welcoming and sometimes people deliberately exclude others from a group. ... A few days before Carol finished, I noticed the team gathering in her office, one by one, with bags and a large gift. ...

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These people before hand, especially Sethe, dealt with prejudice, but that was just a little aspect of it. ... She knew living meant hell on earth, so dying was the only way for her children to know freedom. ... I knew this before, but I honestly didn't put it together until I began writing this paragraph. ... We learn a lot of life's lessons through others and not just books or lectures. ...

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Because Stephen Blackpool was see by many people around the bank several nights before the robbery, and was now no where to be found, he became the prime suspect along with an old woman that he had been seen with around the town. ... Gradgrind tells her in a round about way that she is sorry that she was never taught the real lessons in life just science. She died only a short time later. ...

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Although Wes Moore's father died when he was very young, and was not around to parent him, the few memories he had of him gave him an idea of what it meant to be a good man. ... Wes's father taught Wes an incredibly important lesson that day, that helped him keep his cool in future situations and not react with violence. ... Tony, the other Wes Moore's brother became involved in the drug game long before Wes, but wanted Wes to have nothing to do with it. ...

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