Essentially, Henry interprets his luck as good or bad as it occurs in the heat of the moment to him. ... He outlines resultant luck, circumstantial luck, causal luck, and constitutive luck. ... It is not whether murder is bad, but whether the murderer is bad. ... Both men had the same intent, and therefore had the same fundamentally bad moral character. ... Resultant luck and circumstantial luck are both negated by the good or bad will of the person being judged. ...

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The Joy Luck Club is a story about four Chinese friends and their daughters. ... June sat at the East where it all starts "The Joy Luck Club-. ... She is moved to realize this dream, that she is not even aware of the potential bad outcomes. ... Another symbol in the Joy Luck Club happens between Ying- Ying and Lena. ... In China Ying- Ying was married to a bad man who was what she dreamed for, but ended up to be very bad. ...

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Without a shaman, many Hmong believe they cannot appease restless spirits that can cause illness and bad luck. ... Sending bad luck/bad things away (xa syob txhiaj) is perform when a person has been somewhat frightened of what hey have seen that is rarely seen like seeing flies laying eggs or snakes shedding skins. The purpose of this ceremony is to send the bad luck away. ...

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The family lives of the characters from Nights Below Station Street and Joy Luck Club demonstrate that children's behavior is directly affected by the misunderstanding of their parents" love for them. ... She tells her friend, "Joe's a big stupid drunk [ ] Too bad, but that's the way it is- I never mention her as you can see- but it looks pretty grim"(11). ... In the second section of Joy Luck Club, the problem of communication and lack of understanding between mothers and daughters is emphasized. ...

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He has had streaks of bad luck in the past, and he is hopeful that the next day will bring him better luck. In fact, he makes up his mind to go far out to sea and try his luck, optimistic that he may catch a really large fish. ... After not catching fish for forty-four days, they have decided the old man is bad, and they do not want it to rub off on their son. ...

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Most think that these birds bring misfortune, doom, or bad luck to those in the area that they are in. ... Some say that if a crow is the first bird that a person sees or hears out their window, they should turn over and go back to sleep cause something bad is going to happen to them on that day. That is why they were flying around Caesar that morning cause something bad was going to him. ... This is because most people would often not split a pole cause they think that it brings bad luck. ... Most of the people think that the weather is a bad omen." ...

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We take permission to laugh at this person because, he seems so far out there that no one could really be that bad. ... Take for an example a person with terrible luck, luck so bad that nothing ever goes right. ... Yet, we are compelled to laugh because no ones life could be that bad, its unrealistic at least to us. ...

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May is reserved for the veneration of the Virgin Mary and August was thought to invite bad luck and sickness. ... Some superstitions still believed in today by many include the following: o When entering someone's home, always leave through the same door you cam in from, otherwise you will have bad luck o Never put a new pair of shoes on the kitchen table o Put brand new shiny coins on the window sill before midnight on New Year's Eve- place them heads up for good luck o Bury a mini plastic statuette of St. ...

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With the narrator describing Santiago's situation as "salao... the worst form of unlucky" (9), he shows that the man lives with a huge burden of carrying this type of luck and that he still goes out determined to change it. ... This theme is repeated with the image of the rocking chair whose owners have died the same way; the townspeople threw it into the ocean to get rid of the bad luck and prevent anything bigger from it. ... This causes momentary doubt in Santiago but is then taken over by his drive to catch the fish and bring it in to change his luck around. ...

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Kicking the Habit Everyone has some type of bad habit. ... So how does someone break a bad habit? ... That's right, some people want bad habits to stick around. ... These people really don't want their bad habits to stop. ... Good luck! ...

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He was very down on his luck and had much hopelessness during this. ... Even though all this bad fortune happened to him, he still held on to the belief that Pangloss taught him that is this is the "best of all possible worlds." ... Candide and Cacambo then even get more good luck when they stubble upon the great city of Eldorado. ... Candide and Martin then went to Venice but had no luck in finding Cunegonde. ...

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Instead of wrapped gifts bidding the bride good luck, all gifts are unwrapped and displayed as necessary. ... All these things are believed to bring good luck for the bride including prosperity and fertility. ... If no bad omens occur from this, the boy's parents give the "go-between" the boys" birthday for the brides" family to go through the same process. ... After the bed is in place, children are invited into the bed in hopes of bringing luck of fertility. ...

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The $200 didn't last long, I got cocky and pushed my luck and lost the $200. ... He was truly pushing his luck, after spending a great amount of money he had to gotten into an argument with my mother and also blamed the machines. ... It is accurate to say that gambling is one of the most expensive games to ever invest on, the person will bet and push their own luck and at the end of the stick they may get lucky but there is a big chance of losing it all. ...

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"Then what is luck, mother?" ... Paul rocking-horse, was the key element to getting his "luck". ... The uncle's words of hypocorism, subsequent to his bid: "My God, Hester, you"re eighty thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. ...

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The old man Santiago from The Old Man and the Sea is a character seen in many perspectives, as a hero, an ordinary fisherman, an unlucky old man, and a wise man. Throughout the novella he is made out as a person of motivation, passion, and hope. Despite what others do or do not think he is a man of ...

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The U.S. government, like the majority of its residents, is more than willing to provide help for folks down on their luck, or unable to fully support themselves. ... While responsible Americans who are having a run-of- bad-luck accept help, improve their situation and get off of welfare, there are those that take advantage, and do nothing towards being independent of the government's help. ...

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And the mussel dreams that of all the mussels in the world for some reason, for some bad luck reason or other, he was chosen for this awful adventure."" (587). Lou seems to connect her mussel to her own life, considering her family to have been pried apart and what bad luck she has received. ...

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He saw that there were good people stuck in bad situations, and bad people stuck in even worse situations. ... Marius also saw those who had bad intentions and were not looking for ways to help themselves, let alone anyone else. ... Each person has a good and bad side, and must choose which is to rule his life "whether to live in the shadows cast by a destructive force or to let yourself be seen and judged by your peers. Lady Luck casts humans into the "wonderful and terrible trial, from which the feeble come out infamous, from which the strong come out sublime. ...

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These things made the animals followers on the farm trust in their leader Napoleon and blame all their hatred and bad luck on Snowball even more. ... Even the simple phrase of "four legs good, two legs bad" has been changed in favor of the pigs. ... The advertisement makes you want to see the movie even though it actually is a bad movie. ... He always comforts the animals after something bad has happened. ...

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Widowed Loretta Castorini (Cher) feels she has bad luck because she eloped instead of a Catholic Church wedding, so she agrees to marry a man she does not love, Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello). ... At the kitchen table Cosmo replies, "A man understands one day that his life is built on nothing, and that's a bad, crazy day" (Gardenia, V. 1987). ... "Haven't spoken in five years" (Aiello,D. 1987) as he looks at his left and cringes; "there is some bad blood.... After a conversation of life, loss of love and luck, they end up sleeping together. ...

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We had called my uncle that morning to wish him luck and that we would see him close to the finish line. ... The whole time I just had my eyes closed, praying that nothing bad was going to happen. ... I knew that something bad was happening but I didn't know how serious it was. ... My mom finally got a hold of my uncle and he said that he was on his way back to the finish line when he felt the explosions and just started running away from it all cause he could tell it was something bad. ...

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Whenever times were good enough to put a little money in the bank, times would be bad a gain and the account would soon be emptied. ... Luck was on his side and without that he never would have become an entrepreneur. ... But luck is a much more essential factor when striving for success in a society where the circumstances which you live are not ideal for someone of your race. ...

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Keaton shows us two stories - "the outer story" where we see Sherlock, Jr's. bad luck in being a detective who thru a fantasy leaves the outer story and enters "the inner story" of his fantasy thru his dream. ... Unlike Franklin, Dick's transformations are not from "virtues" but from his own luck. ...

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Edgar's luck in the first part of the play was very bad. ... Even though he was down on his luck, he still had hope, "The lamentable change is from the best / The worst returns to laughter" (Act IV, scene 1, 5-6). ...

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bad diseases, where they didn't understand the cause, magic spells were mixed with the potions. ... For ordinary families most important in their daily lives were the household Demigods: Thoueris the hippopotamus, and the little frog Hetak, who helped at childbirth; the seven Hathors who protected children; Renenvet, the cobra goddess of the harvest; and, most of all ugly dwarf Bes, who brought good luck to everyone. People painted images of these gods on their walls or wore them as good luck charms. ...

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