This is a lesson in disguise. ... It's when you know you are licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. ... " (Lee 39) Scout learns from Atticus to think about people's situations before judging them, like Walter Cunningham. ... This lesson is important because it teaches the children to take the time to be aware of other people and to learn about their way of life before condemning them. ...

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Albom details the six months he spends with Morrie Schwartz, his former sociology professor from Brandeis University who is dying of ALS, and the life lessons he receives. ... The book is full of lessons. ... I guess I would say good bye too all my friends and family members, but I would probably want to do some of the things that I hadn't done and would want to do before I left. ... I like the idea of knowing that you are about to die now that I have read this novel. I would want to know when I am going to die, so that I would be prepared. ...

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His father died as a loyal servant leaving Lazarillo orphan and his mother a widow when Lazarillo was eight. ... With every step Lazarillo took towards the "real world," he learned a new lesson, and the first lesson he learned from his first master, the old blind man, was to be sharp and shrewd. ... (27) delivering Lazarillo's first lesson from his master. ... His miserable experiences then make him think that "if [he] leaves this one and finds one who is worse, all [he'll] be left is to die"(41). Hence Lazarillo learned another lesson from his experiences and that was to analyze the...

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Tuesdays With Morrie is the true story of the remarkable lessons taught by a dying teacher to his pupil. ... He had died a slow, painful death from pancreatic cancer, and watching him die had made Mitch feel helpless. ... "Instead, I buried myself in my accomplishments, because with accomplish- ments, I believed that I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of happiness before I got sick and died, like my uncle before me, which I figured was my natural fate." ... Morrie died, so that Mitch could live. ... Tuesdays with Morrie truly is the story of "an old man, and yo...

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While young, he started taking piano lessons, but these lessons dulled him. ... In 1935, Daisy Ellington was dying. ... Duke's father died two years later. ... Before that, he played for a short time with Louis Thomas. ... Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974 of cancer. ...

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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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Because of the pride these characters hold in their houses, they are willing to die. ... In 'The Conscript' Wilfrid Gibson writes of a man 'Standing before them wearily'. ... These four wartime poets may differ in their beliefs about war, but the lesson learnt could not be more similar. ... This lesson is one not learnt even by some who have seen it happen themselves. ... All of these pieces of literature are not too dissimilar in the lessons we learn about conflict. ...

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He also gave Pip lessons to becoming a gentleman himself. ... Dickens believed his stories should teach a moral lesson. Describe the lessons which GE teaches. ... Though before Abel dies, Pip puts Abel's heart and mind at ease when he tells him that his daughter is alive, beautiful, and Pip is in love with her. Abel is able to die peacefully. ...

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However, the tale, though funny, also contains a significant amount of instances where a lesson seems to be being conveyed to the reader. ... It may also be the first expression of a lesson. ... If not given adequate reason before, this last taunt was enough to make one of the muleteers approach the knight and kick him in the ribs, break his lance, and further beat on him until one of his companions finally called him off. ... In addition, this publishing also devotes most of the story to the curing of the hero's mental illness, while teaching a lesson based on the life of Sr. ... A ...

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However, the tale, though funny, also contains a significant amount of instances where a lesson seems to be being conveyed to the reader. ... It may also be the first expression of a lesson. ... If not given adequate reason before, this last taunt was enough to make one of the muleteers approach the knight and kick him in the ribs, break his lance, and further beat on him until one of his companions finally called him off. ... In addition, this publishing also devotes most of the story to the curing of the hero's mental illness, while teaching a lesson based on the life of Sr. ... A ...

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He died, and when Calogero was at his casket he told him that he was wrong when he said nobody cares. ... The conflict between the Lorenzo and Sonny never ended, but when Sonny died at the end of the movie, Lorenzo was at his wake. ... The movie also told a lesson that came out of the conflicts between the characters. ... Another lesson about the conflicts that I like was the Bronx Tale. ... This is a lesson that all people can live by. ...

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The next year, and on July 2, 1961, Hemingway took his own life, something which his father had also decided to do some time before (Quote of the Day). ... But so many good young men went to war and died, or returned damaged, both physically and mentally. Their faith in the moral guideposts that had given them hope before, were no longer valid they were "Lost"" (Hemingway??). ... Hemingway's nurse did not die, though. ... Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls is an American who dedicates himself to the Loyalist cause during the Spanish Civil War and ultimately dies for his convictions....

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Job then ask forgiveness of God and was given twice the wealth as before and the ability to live to an old age. ... For doing this, he receives twice of what he had before, which sparks hope into the lives of these less fortunate people, and teaches them a new lesson in faith. ... Kwasi Benefo went through some difficult times early in his life with three of his wives dying. ... Everything started to work out again until his fourth wife became ill and then eventually died. ... He experienced the major downfall of his wives dying and still managed to continue on with his life. ...

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Jesus is viewed as the son of God, sent by God to teach us his lessons. ... Christians believe Jesus died for our sins. ... Christians pray before dinner, before bedtime, or important events. ... Just seven days after his birth his mother died. ... Each figure then took the lessons they learned and taught it to people thus creating each religion. ...

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One spiritual lesson I become aware of is the respect for life and the creatures of the earth. ... The land that Dora-Rouge was from and wanted to go home to die. ... The came the lesson of bargaining with water. ... Yet the lesson of death was not a bad thing but that life is a cycle. ... The dream of Angel's mother Hannah and her finding her just before she died to finish making peace (p 248-250). ...

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In fact, he only saw her a handful of times before she died. ... Auld had never owned a slave before and was initially much k! ... She had covered only a few letters when Hugh Auld became aware of her lessons and he became infuriated. ... He obtained from them lessons in reading, which he deemed much more valuable than the food. ... This book in particular served not only as a lesson plan, but also as a new viewpoint that put the slave in a position of power. ...

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Morrie demonstrates tremendous caring in this book and expresses his never-ending wisdom in teaching people life lessons. ... He once said that you must learn how to die, before you learn how to live. ... An analogy he gave was one of Buddhist knowledge; one must ask the bird on his shoulder if today is the day you die. ... One of the greatest lessons Mitch learned through death was material items aren't everything. ... It is important to understand that everything dies away naturally. ...

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He ends with the line, "For I have heard the siren song of the slug, and I shall hold that garden in my arms until I die, and thereafter" (130). ... This lesson is applicable to many aspects of life. ... Every generation is marked by different styles, views, and experiences than the one before it. ...

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At promptly 7 oclock, Rypma began her introduction about the book Sewing Lessons, which she would be reading from that evening. ... Rypma read 14 of the 19 poems in Sewing Lessons. ... Without knowing what a singer is, and how it applies to sewing, before listening to this poem, you are sure to be familiar by the end. ... Ray also enjoyed The Spoils of Death, which brought to his mind the thought of [w]ho does the benefactor become when someone dies? ... Before reading this poem to the audience, Rypma said that her great aunt who d...

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A prominent example is when he teaches his son Jem a lesson by insisting that he go and read to the sardonic, ageing neighbour, Mrs. ... This excerpt from the novel illustrates the lesson he was trying to teach:..She had her own views about things, a little different from mine maybe. . .son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I?... re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. ... Another very important lesson that he teaches his children occurs during the time when he ...

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She was too weak to do much of anything, and right before she died, she had developed a high fever and it took away what was left of her mind. ... Tom McCall gave proponents their ballot title long before the issue went to voters. ... Rasmussen has acknowledged helping two patients die in the last year. ... Others died before the waiting period elapsed. ... "It's still a remarkable thing to watch a human being die." ...

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He speaks carefully, weightily, and has a disconcerting habit of looking hard at the person he addresses before actually speaking to them." ... She's here in Brumley too." meaning that there is no point in hiding her from it, she is living in the 'real world' as well, and needs to learn the lesson just as much as the rest of the family. ...

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"The Leiden miller's son is greatly praised, but before his time" (White 19). ... In July of 1663, Hendrickje Stoffels died. ... Sadly, the marriage lasted approximately seven months before Titus died. Titus died in September and was buried in Westerkerk as well. ... Works The Night Watch, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. ...

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It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. ... According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. ... Despite her doctor putting her on the drug, she wanted to die, as Atticus would say, free. Before she passed, she requested that her caretaker fix up a box for Jem. ... Perhaps Atticus's background in law gives him the edge of comprehension and therefore helps him to be an exceptional father by continuously teaching his children life long lessons; Joe South also teaches lessons that people should re...

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He traveled by foot across the lands, people spat at the disgrace before them, than one day he ran into Isawa Kaede (mighty sorcerous from the phoenix) his former fiancee, who took pity and offered him sanctuary... Before the Scorpion party mobilized to Otosan Uchi, they honored Dairu (Shoju's son) with his Gempuku, and explained how they will use magic so others wont detect the attack. ... Emerald guardsmen who were realxing at scorpion controlled tea houses were now dying at the hands of Katchiko's ninja-ko geisha. ... Daimyo-pg1 paragraph2 leader of a great house or clan "...

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