While he never focuses on his own behavior as especially humane, Frankl does note that quality in others. ... This book showed the reader that the mind can make your life more suitable for your lifestyle. ... "Man's Search For Meaning" is a short book and a worthy read. ... This book has made me want to seek out what my meaning in life is. ... This book has made me want to be a better person, and love every day I live on this earth. ...

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Throughout the book, Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison, the image of flight is a major symbol. ... The first instance of Morrison's use of the image of flight is at the very beginning of the book. ... As he says in his note, he had become one of the Seven Days for love of black people, not for any hate of whites. ... Near the end of the book, just after Pilate's death, Milkman makes another discovery. ... The most poignant and meaningful line in the book is the last sentence, which expresses the complete image of flight carried through the book. ...

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When one reads a book the names of the characters don't often stand out as anything of particular interest. ... Golding has several characters in the book that fit under each broad category and as the names show, have specific traits that put them there. ... It is interesting to note, therefore, that the meaning of the name, "Ralph- symbolizes: good, positive leadership, responsibility, dedication, survival, and means counsel'. ... Jack and Roger, together, are the ultimate display of evil that Golding is trying to show in the book and their names are very accrate to their char...

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Much like today, euphemisms are used heavily in the book to cover the harsh realities of life. ... Judith Herman notes that when people experience trauma and begin to tell their story "far too often secrecy prevails" (Herman 49). ... In her narrative, Kathy notes the intricate detail of each drawing. ...

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In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, he explains the long journey of a young adult named Chris McCandless. ... He left a note on the back of a poem in the bus where he was found dead that read, "I HAVE FOUND A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. ... In this note, McCandless puts to rest all suspicions that his adventure did not pay off. ...

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A good example from the text book was according to natural disaster communication expert Peter Sandman notes that "Public affairs need to acknowledge people's fear immediately in a crisis situation before presenting clear, concise information regarding what steps to take to deal with disaster". ... That was a good example from the text book showing interpreting response, since you are explaining the meaning of the situation for the other person. ...

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As the book proceeds into Part 2, Meursault begins to develop meaningful memories about his life. ... In his prison cell, he begins, out of boredom, to think about his room at home, "mentally noting everything there was on the way" (78). ... As the book progresses, Meursault develops meaningful memories. ...

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Meursault, hero of The Stranger, is not a person one would be apt to meet in reality in this respect; Meursault does not achieve the awakening of consciousness, so essential to freedom and to living Camus" philosophy until the very end of the book, yet he has lived his entire life in according with the morality of Camus" philosophy. ... Finally and obviously, since the present is his sole milieu, Meursault takes note of each moment of life; since there is no outside value system, no complex future plan, to measure against, and as a result of his passion for truth and consequently justice, h...

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He was always top of his class, and rather than spending his time out with friends or with his family he spent his time with books and notes. ... Richard Hoggart, author of the book Working with the Past, states that a scholarship boy "is at the friction point of two cultures" (840). ...

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In the sentence prior to this I want you to take note of the fact that I said "two positive statements." ... Dissonance is a conflict in tonality between notes. ... In our text book Crito follows the Apology. ...

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"Trials are lessons that you failed to learn, presented once again. So, where you made a faulty choice before, you can now make a better one and escape all pain that you chose before has brought you" – A Course in Miracles. In our minds, all people construct "story of their lives" based on their l...

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Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp. ... And he himself was noting but a prism that refracted their lives. ...

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Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current s...

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