Her mother is so full of pride until Ni Kan played her first wrong note and every note following was wrong too. ... Kids like me were looked at as the kids who would never be successful or be great at anything. ... Unfortunately they were not great expectations. ... Great examples of the different paths expectation can lead to are the Amy Tan story as well as my own. ... I however wanted to live above expectations. ...

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On Christmas Eve a 7-year old orphan known as Pip' visits his family's graves in a Kent churchyard. It is early evening and fog is drifting in from the nearby marshes. Suddenly a terrifying escaped convict, with shackles still on his leg, seizes him. He threatens to kill Pip if he does not return w...

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Role expectations have been a part of our society for hundreds of years. ... The role expectations of the children in the story are greatly influenced by tradition and by the setting of the story. ... Alma and her friends got ink balls in their hair, nasty notes, were tripped while going down the aisle, and locked in the outhouse. ... At the end of the week's baseball game, Ernie gloats about the game from the pitcher's mound, saying, "And [it was] real great, eh? ... The water conflict is such a small matter in itself, yet the children take it so seriously that it leads to great ch...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE FAIRY TALE In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the main character is Philip Pirrip (Pip). ... "A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. ... I've put away money, only for you to spend.""18 "Pip does not owe his great expectations to the fairy godmother Miss Havisham, but to the ogre Magwitch.""19 Magwitch risks his life and comes back to England to see Pip, even though he takes all the risk of being caught, killed, or losing all his property. ... "If the danger had been fifty times as great, I should ha' come to see you, m...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE FAIRY TALE In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the main character is Philip Pirrip (Pip). ... "A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. ... I've put away money, only for you to spend.""18 "Pip does not owe his great expectations to the fairy godmother Miss Havisham, but to the ogre Magwitch.""19 Magwitch risks his life and comes back to England to see Pip, even though he takes all the risk of being caught, killed, or losing all his property. ... "If the danger had been fifty times as great, I should ha' come to see you, m...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE FAIRY TALE In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the main character is Philip Pirrip (Pip). ... "A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. ... I've put away money, only for you to spend.""18 "Pip does not owe his great expectations to the fairy godmother Miss Havisham, but to the ogre Magwitch.""19 Magwitch risks his life and comes back to England to see Pip, even though he takes all the risk of being caught, killed, or losing all his property. ... "If the danger had been fifty times as great, I should ha' come to see you, m...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE FAIRY TALE In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the main character is Philip Pirrip (Pip). ... "A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. ... I've put away money, only for you to spend.""18 "Pip does not owe his great expectations to the fairy godmother Miss Havisham, but to the ogre Magwitch.""19 Magwitch risks his life and comes back to England to see Pip, even though he takes all the risk of being caught, killed, or losing all his property. ... "If the danger had been fifty times as great, I should ha' come to see you, m...

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE FAIRY TALE In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, the main character is Philip Pirrip (Pip). ... "A fearful man, all in coarse gray, with a great iron on his leg. ... I've put away money, only for you to spend.""18 "Pip does not owe his great expectations to the fairy godmother Miss Havisham, but to the ogre Magwitch.""19 Magwitch risks his life and comes back to England to see Pip, even though he takes all the risk of being caught, killed, or losing all his property. ... "If the danger had been fifty times as great, I should ha' come to see you, m...

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Specifically, Martin portrays Jekyll on a much more personal level, instead of from the public expectations. ... The "great Dr. ... These expectations dictate them to be public and civilized figures, sometimes necessarily actors. ... The Victorian hypocritical expectations spark the conflicts of trying to satisfy both a high standard public image and a normal individual life. ... Jekyll as a great master and the other servants' total devotion to Jekyll reflect this idea, a feature Stevenson's text falls short in clarifying because of the absences of the servants' viewpoint...

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Ibsen expertly leads the audience into accepting that these social expectations are foolish and wrong. ... Nora, as a woman, also has many expectations she must try to live up to. ... Yet even though the weakest characteristics were attributed to women, great responsibility was put on them as regarding the raising of their children. ... Helmer comments on this fact and notes that "every lawyer is quite familiar with it (Ibsen 1587)." ... the expectations of society to try to be true to themselves (Meyer 1567). ...

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"Yes", he answered without budging, not meeting my expectations. ... Before this answer I didn't think of my dad as great student, or a student period. ... He said he woke up early, studied after every lecture, got enough sleep, and took notes from the textbooks. ... "How was university different from your expectations?... He said "My college experience was great. ...

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I had some great teachers through out my education that taught me to enjoy reading and not be intimidated by it. ... I would go to class and take notes on the lecture. When it was time for the test I would study my notes. ... For the most part though I passed the class by studying the notes. ... I felt I comprehend material much better when I listen to a lecture and take notes. ...

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Holding back an attack requires a great deal of self-control, discipline and practice (Middendorf, par. 10). ... Most schools have an orientation of sorts where the expectations are reviewed with the student. Failure to comply with these expectations will usually result in a reprimand of knuckle push-ups, running laps, remaining in a squatting position for a set amount of time, among others. ... Not only do the children see the change, but the parents also note it. ...

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He had too high of expectations of a woman. ... " I must marry her and in doing so I will surely be doing far more good than many of those who marry their housekeepers and often even the most contemptible creatures. - (Gogol 22) He even thinks that he is doing a great deed for society... In Dostoevsky's "The Underground Notes-, the underground man was way too crazy to fall in love with someone. ... They put it before their marriages, before their children (Dmitri's, maybe Anna's), and before society's expectations of them. ...

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A great example of Abstract Expressionism is Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist. ... Andy Warhol said "The pop artists did images that anybody walking down Broadway could recognize all the great modern things that the Abstract Expressionists tried so hard not to notice at all." ... In 1962, he produced his silkscreen prints on canvas of dollar notes, Campbell's Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and other popular culture figures. ... Pop art did not lower standards, they changed expectations and blurred lines to what was really high and low art. ...

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"The Wolf of Wall Street's," Jordan Belfort is a prime example of someone that is constantly desiring more in life and going great lengths to get it. ... Epictetus notes, "If you kiss your child or your wife, say that you are kissing a human being; for when it dies you will not be upset," (Epictetus 12). ... He points out, "It shows lack of natural talent to spend time on what concerns the body, as in drinking a great deal. ... If people today were more focused on achieving tranquility for their souls, they would spend less time focusing on the external world meet...

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Lately, a topic of great controversy has been whether or not athletes should be looked upon as role models by their fans. ... There are many who claim that it is wrong for a sophisticated society to impose a set of behavioral expectations on fallible people who just so happen to excel in sports. ... Thus we look up to great superstars as celebrities. ... All one has to do is examine the chronology of the 20th century in America's history to note the interrelationship between athletic heroes and the influence they have had on the masses. ... His strength was prodigious to the p...

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According to Canter (2004) these individuals could create great guidance and leadership in their communities and have an average IQ. ... There are photos of a young Gacy looking to be a normal individual with high expectations in life. ... The students at Radford (2005) note that Chase had been sent to a mental hospital and was not granted release due to the nature to commit harm to others. ...

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Mike was a great individual, but his life took a turn for the worse when his girlfriend broke up with him. ... Mike had written a note before he shot himself. The note had read, "I wish I could have learned to hate. ... The note was signed, "love, Mike 11:45pm." ... A lot of times parents can put pressure on a child to try and live up to high expectations set by another sibling. ...

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She calls a wrecked ship "[a dismal witness of the destruction, and a boding prophet of which is to come,]" not a great start to a voyage. ... No note of sarcasm, no bitterness, just the facts. ... She travels because she loves it and describes her surroundings as they are without the tint of Victorian expectations. She describes a moment in her cattle driving experience where her mare is keeping up with this great horse being ridden by the finest rider in the west at a speed that makes her "dizzied and breathless." ...

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This starts the poem on a mysterious note, leaving readers asking: What has she done? ... Finally, in more seriousness, she reassures him that she knows he is trying to do what he thinks is best for her: "Do not think I underestimate your great concern" (line 72). ... In an approach of anger, she warns the great powers from above and below: "Herr God, Herr Lucifer Beware Beware" (lines 79-81). ... Finally, with her last line, "I eat men like air" (line 84), she proclaims that she has defeated all of her enemies, who can be assumed to be all the men in her life: the doctors who kept reviving he...

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It is full of great advice on how to live your life in such a way that you are regarded as a highly favorable person with impeccable morals. ... The person looking for power and respect must exceed the public's expectations. ... Cicero also notes that if you want to help one group it is imperative not to offend the other group. ... Cicero also believes that it is a great duty of ""everyone who holds a high governmental office to make absolutely sure that the private property of all citizens is safeguarded" (161). ...

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Furthermore, Sylvia Plath's imagery is used to help paint the picture of just how determined Esther is to meet her own expectations as well as societies. ... I felt part of a great tradition"" (Plath 229). ... It's here that Esther's, not only physical but psychological conflict, is addressed as she strives to meet the expectations of a typical 1950's woman. ... There are many places throughout the novel that Esther makes note of being a mother. ...

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Psychoanalytic Pioneer: Karen Horney Brandy Bruner and Rennae LaPan Indiana Tech Author Note This paper was prepared for Theories of Personalities, Psychology 2760, Session 1-2014. ... Not being able to live up to the ideal self, breeds self-hatred, which is rage of the idealized self toward the real self for not living up to expectations of what should be, this is Horney's concept of the "tyranny of the should" (Smith, 2007). ... In a perfect situation the real and actual selves are close to each other, however, in a far less than perfect situation there are great differen...

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But is the future dependent on our expectations or someone can make us expect the future the media describes? ... We report what is said, we provide some context and we may occasionally note where some leaders are economizing on truth as happens all too often." ... This imperfect necessity is found to be the hinge of democracy, as it discovers things that, sometimes, even the people of great power do not want to be discovered. ...

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