He began writing poetry by the age of 13. ... He received only enough for two college courses, but not enough for his basic needs. ... He became a "cutthroat critic, writing vicious reviews of his contemporaries". ... He began to move from one place to the next, meeting several women all at once, and sent them the same letter with the same phrases. ... He explored the darker side of humanity by presenting his concepts of fear, obsession, and suspense. ...

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It is called Hindu as opposed to Sindhu because the Persians found the letter "s" difficult to say. ... The basic belief of Buddhism is that all created and manifested existence is an underlying unitary reality. ... Although Gautama left nothing in writing his beliefs were later put in writing by Buddhist followers. ... (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming desire and selfish cravings (4) The path that leads to freedom is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right understanding, right intention, right speech, right conduct, right occupation, right endeavor, right contemplation ...

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From ancient Grecian labyrinths consisting of a single straight line to the very name of god himself, volumes could be written on the philosophical contents of Borges' unique style of writing, yet he himself only uses but thirteen pages to simply tell his story, without utilizing literary devices like tension, and character development, opting, instead, to simply say what he has to say, and leave it up to the reader to think what he will of it. ... Both are quite different from each other, yet still adhere to the same basic plot structure as Borges' original story. ... The four-let...

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On the other hand, it was during Jefferson's presidency that the basic decisions were made that required the deportation of massive segments of the Indian population to land west of the Mississippi..."... "Aboriginal Homeric concepts of human behavior had early become real and concrete to him in the simple dignity of American Indians." ... In the course of excavating an Indian mound on his property he invented the method of "stratigraphical" observation, which is the basic principle of modern archeological investigation. ... Jefferson, in a lengthy letter to William Henry Harrison, milit...

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In fact, at the beginning of his career Douglas' oration and writing were so practiced and professional that many doubted his claim that he was a former slave. ... Likewise, Wendell Phillips in his letter pledges "the most entire confidence in [Douglass'] truth, candor, and sincerity" (p. xiv). ... Now that we have the necessary background about the autobiography we can move on to our topic which the making of self in the narrative The concept of "knowing one's self" is one of the basic tenets of western civilization. ...

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