What exactly makes a world and it's people ordinary? In the spellbinding novel Ordinary People, Judith Guest gives readers a taste of life after having to deal with a terrible crisis, and introduces us to an ordinary family living in an ordinary world. The novel's descriptive nature highlights the main character, Conrad's, struggle in maintaining sanity in an ordinary world. ... Even though the content might require a mature audience, it is not limited to particular types of people. Everyone ages sixteen and up should read this book in which one can realize that a so-called ...

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What exactly makes a world and it's people ordinary? In the spellbinding novel Ordinary People, Judith Guest gives readers a taste of life after having to deal with a terrible crisis, and introduces us to an ordinary family living in an ordinary world. The novel's descriptive nature highlights the main character, Conrad's, struggle in maintaining sanity in an ordinary world. ... Even though the content might require a mature audience, it is not limited to particular types of people. Everyone ages sixteen and up should read this book in which one can realize that a so-called o...

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For a farmer it is the work he does to grow healthy crops, for a student it is the time and efforts he puts to get good results and for a sportsperson it is the time he spends and the energy he uses to do his daily practice but unfortunately hard work is bitter to most people. ... Abraham Lincon was an ordinary man who met repeated failures but perseverance and self-confidence eventually made him one of the greatest presidents of America. ...

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Cleopatra rules her people but has to answer to Rome. ... The opening scene of the play shows that she is a woman to be feared and represents the common people's views. ... This helpless ordinariness suggested by "whistling" only accentuates Cleopatra's triumph over him. ... Cleopatra is shown to be no ordinary women. ...

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Also, an important part of this theme was the effects love may have on people such as fear, joy, pride, vanity and obsession as demonstrated by the speaker. ... "Porphyria's Lover" is not a sensitive love poem; it is a poem that shows what love can sometimes do to people. ... The third B flows with the poem, yet appears slightly out of the ordinary. ... This is another way Browning helps the reader understand that the speaker is out of the ordinary. ...

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Just as we talk about philosophy and related matters and principles in class, this book opens us up to new thoughts and ideas relative to management and philosophy such as this inspiring quote, "There are no ordinary moments!, and that razor sharp attention must be paid to every moment requiring much more patience than the ordinary person. ... For everything in the workplace and every employee to be ordinary, would be impossible. ... We as managers and as people are all guilty of this. ... In living these emotions and feelings we become more complete, better managers and people. ...

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If two peoples" love is so strong, no distance should be able to come in their way. I recently experienced a long distance relationship and I learned that the distance makes the relationship more unique and special than the ones that most people would think of. ... Unlike ordinary relationships, not only must there be trust between the two, but also within one's self. ...

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This intelligible religious imagery depicts, through the death of the flea, the destruction of a union between two people. ... Donne's use of intricate language allows for the use of wit to breakdown the barriers ordinary language imposes. ... Although it was common for the "poem to partake in the extensive tradition of erotic poems centred on flea's", and was not entirely innovative, it still seems odd that a base insect could be used as ordinary imagery of love. ...

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It shows us an upside-down world, in which people are disposable, morals inapplicable and love becomes the biggest danger of all. ... The life of a spy is very different to the life of ordinary people. They live in a world where the rules and laws of ordinary life do not apply. ... If they do not, they become emotionally vulnerable, and vulnerable people get caught. ...

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It shows us an upside-down world, in which people are disposable, morals inapplicable and love becomes the biggest danger of all. ... The life of a spy is very different to the life of ordinary people. They live in a world where the rules and laws of ordinary life do not apply. ... If they do not, they become emotionally vulnerable, and vulnerable people get caught. ...

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Some people spend their whole lives feeling sorry for themselves. ... No one likes people who are full of self-pity, they are no fun. ... Morrie is not your ordinary man though. ... They discussed how people today don't take marriage seriously. ... Most people don't care how sacred the vows of marriage are. ...

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This is not your typical love song, although nothing Ozzy does is considered ordinary. ... People will always be there, they will always be around and we should learn to accept one another. ... People do not respect Mother Earth and most of us don"t even notice that we are killing her. ... If we don"t take better care of our earth it won"t be a good place to live for the people who come after us. ... Maybe we should all start living out Ozzy's dream, and start helping to make the world a better place for us and for the people who come after us. ...

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Govinda knew that [Siddhartha] would not become an ordinary Brahmin, a lazy sacrificial official, an avaricious dealer in magic sayings, a conceited worthless orator, a wicked sly priest, or just a good stupid sheep amongst a large herd. ... "He had considered himself rich and happy when the boy had come to him, but as time passed and the boy remained unfriendly and sulky, when he proved arrogant and defiant, when he would do no work, when he showed no respect to the old people and robbed Vasudeva's fruit trees, Siddhartha began to realize that no happiness and peace had come to him with ...

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It speaks of political, sexual, and artistic endeavors within two divergent assemblages of people. ... Rufus discerns that his yearning for a blissful and ordinary life is not being fulfilled. ... After Rufus" departure, many people's lives begin to change. ... Theme: The theme Another Country conveys is lucid: People must witness the world with incontestable viewpoints. ... The "other" country is defined not as an existent place such as Europe, but a dream innumerable people hope for. ...

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Also, it conveys that people are willing to cross boundaries to be with somebody they love and desire to be with. ... In addition, he appreciates the mechanics effort in the play-within-a-play, and the sincerity of the ordinary people. He lets his imagination turn good people's sincere effort into a good performance. ... Shakespeare uses love in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a source of comedy, potential for tragedy and to convey that people of different backgrounds, social class and people who are opposites can fall in love together regardless of these barriers. ...

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It attempts to steal the very concept of personal distinctiveness from mankind so that all humans can be truly equal, resulting in no superiority or discrepancy among the people. The society's collectivist ideals are ever present and constantly reinforced into the minds of the people, as seen from the required plays about the goodness of work performed by groups rather than solo actors, to the pledge demanded of all children that forces them to affirm, "We are nothing. ... The Council forbids people to prefer one brother to another brother, considered as the Transgression of Preference. ....

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Only later in the novel when he falls deeper in love with Catherine, does he actually see the war as people should see it. ... Of course, during the course of the novel, Frederick does fall in love with Catherine which in turns gets him to view the war from a perspective like ordinary people would see it... How many people have you ever loved?" ... He knows that he now has a place where he can succeed in the world and help people at the same time. ...

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He was never the expressive type -- except when he's in the pulpit and with a lot of people. ... He loves it when people listen. ... I didn't know at the time the people he was with as he went underground against the dictator, as he spoke in street rallies and lived with the masa, as he sang "Kanlungan," "Ugat," "Karapatang Pantao" and "Tatsulok." ... I texted him one ordinary birthday greeting last year, and he told me that his officemates stared at him perplexed. ... Somewhere in that cold room of torment, where people wait for judgment, is my love struggling for his life. ...

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Beth owns the house and people from all over the world come to visit it. ... One day, out of the ordinary, Jake sends Sigrid a card telling her he has decided to leave the country and to take care of herself because he is going to be out of her life for good. ... He then tells her before they both die, that they both will yell out everything they had ever wanted to, tell all the people who have ever hurt them, what they always wanted to tell them. ...

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She spent her life helping other people - visiting the orphanage, helping the elders, tutor unfortunate kids and other bunch of community service. ... 'A Walk to Remember' is not just an ordinary romantic fiction. ...

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Themes Picked for the Audience People of current culture have trouble digesting a biblical movie. ... People in general have different takes upon the movie. ... They are placed throughout it in order to get the difficult concept of the movie across to people. ... In this part of the Bible, Peter is approached by, what to most people would seem, an ordinary man. ... In order to find an escape, people choose all different roads. ...

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As I look into the stands while I am on the field I picture people chanting my name and yelling with full happiness. ... The Smell of this weight room smells like your ordinary basement. ... A lot of people walk and workout in that stadium so it's real friendly. When games aren't happening people gather at that stadium with a group of friends and just hang out. ... More people love being at a turf covered football field with bright lights and with a nice 400 meter track going around it. ...

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Is it because love is an innate feeling that we express for people like our family and friends? ... However Cecy is unlike other girls due to the fact that she possesses magical powers that allow her to travel anywhere and everywhere through other people and things. ... This feeling of entitlement as well as Cecy's disregard for other people implies that the pursuit of love is truly an act that is completely self absorbed and opportunistic. ... Ann is one of the few people depicted who does not have any interest or desire to fall in love, evidence seems to support that she has already exp...

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seemed like we had become more intimate, although of course we still did not know each other in the ordinary way This explores the psychology of the abductor, enabling readers to make observations about the criminal mind. ... It also reminds the readers that judging people from the outside is superficial, and that looking beneath the surface and having an insight on their motivations, desires, and emotions is where the true beauty lies. ... In society, we value people who try and do not give up. ... This introduces the theme of the problem of love, establishing the idea that love is not one-s...

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When a relationship is new, people tend to be on their best behavior. A person may be quite different after the relationship is established and has become ordinary and routine.... The long searched for soul mate, is created when both people experience all four types of chemistry....

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