That quote sets the scene for the rest of the essay, by giving a hint of his thesis. ... King's vivid use of word choice helps the reader to really imagine what life would be like during those times. ... One example of word choice is the line, "Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice" (King 616).I would like to focus on two parts of that line, first starting with the word "seared." ... Including 2 truly good examples of repetition. ... His use of word choice, examples and italics, and repetition helped him convey that message to his readers. ...

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Homosexuals must contend with Homophobia too. ... The word we are looking for is "sex." ... Whether it is the use of the word fag or an instance that happened five years ago with an assault there is homophobia here" (Suss). ... With time hopefully we can heal our society and make them understand, not necessarily agree with, homosexuality. The basic knowledge of the homosexual world is a good starting point. ...

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What is the Good Life? ... She was quoted to love sex and did not care for what others thought. She also seemed to have a temper with her. ... "In Greek, the word philosophy means love of wisdom, and it was with this love that the Hortensius inflamed me" (III, 4). ... These potentialities can be identified by rational choice, practical judgment, and recognition of the value of choosing the mean instead of extremes. ...

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"How to deal with myself" This week's topic for SAT Guidance is "How to deal with yourself". ... The way I arrived at the first conclusion was through this quote I had heard: "Look at the sunset... it may be your last, as the world around you ends forever... denial is useless, acceptance is weak. ... That really, the only choice you do have is to just simply go on in defeat. ... As I have mentioned before, in Romans 7 it says "So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me, for in my inner being I delight in God's law; But I see another l...

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In Latin, we can break up the word into 'omni + scire,' which means 'one + to know,' or one who knows all. ... In these former quotes it is clear that they mean: God is omniscient. ... Bert's action was already decided long before Bert was faced with he decision. ... So here, we are left with a decision to make, each choice with very problematic consequences for religion: either God is not omniscient or we don't have free will. ... Well, cannot be judged on whether we have been good or bad, since it is beyond our control to choose to be good or bad. ...

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The following quotes will explain what a rave is in general terms. ... At a rave, the DJ is a shaman, a priest, a channeller of energy - they control the psychic voyages of the dancers through his choice in hard-to-find music and their skill in manipulating that music, sometimes working with just a set of beats and samples, into a tapestry of mind bending music. ... " but what struck me more than the immense sensory bliss was the amazing group of people who shared this experience with me-six thousand young, beautiful, high humans having one HELL of a good time together. ... At a rave, th...

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Although it is good that we have such a variety of choices, some of the ideals in our culture are pressed upon us so heavily and our sometimes even demanded of us that they could leave us with no choice at all. ... You can put yourself in the movie to feel good about yourself or even live in the life of a celebrity for two hours. ... The downside to this is that aside from fun or factual learning, movies can set trends and instill values that are taken on with almost little choice by the mind-numbed viewer. ... The movie quoted him saying that, "Viewers of sitcoms are already dead." ... Word C...

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The term is called Life chances which states, ALife chances refer to the chances throughout one=s life cycle to live and experience the good things in life.@ The good things in life to me refer to 1. money 2. money 3. and more money. With money a person in this word could achieve anything he wanted to, that is if he=s a white male. ... Women hit the Aglass ceiling@ when it comes to pay, but the males seem to pass this barrier with grace while the women get smacked in the face. ... The book quotes that if your parents are poor and you are brought up in poverty m...

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Harvey: This character's major actions were moving back in with Paul, drinking, and getting caught up with his relationship with his on-again off-again girlfriend Addie. ... The following quote shows how the water symbolized his life and his life to come, "In an infant's unborn d! ... Everything in the book seems to be told exactly how it happened with no interjected opinions or bias word choice. The narrator describes everything just as it is, its never stated whether it is good or bad. ... The story is told to give you information, not to be bias and convince you that the characte...

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Well, the Western Shoshone tribe has to deal with this in their neighborhood. ... Yucca Mountain has many characteristics that make it a good place to store the HLW. ... This is not a good plan. ... My favorite quote of his was when he promised that the federal government would be "as flexible as the wind and the sea (Hernandez par. 2+)."" ... Even with the Yucca site, they won't be rid of it all. ...

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Which paths and choices are taken to reach this goal, however, are entirely dependent upon the individual. ... Found in the opening paragraphs of the novel, this quote introduces Gatsby to the audience as an almost God-like, mysterious man. ... This quote was taken from the second to last page of the novel. ... He fully believed that happiness could be reached if he was just good enough. ... He would continue to dwell in his mind, in his own utopia; a word in which happiness was not just a faint rumour, and in which hope was not scorned. ...

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The quote "Stars' hide your fires let not light see my back and deep desires- shows Macbeth begging to be able to get thru these treacherous acts. ... He continually uses the word blood in full descriptions, in bloody events, and by repeating the word blood in unlikely parts of the play. A bloody man with many wounds tells the story of a hero whose "brandished steel smoked with bloody execution,' 'carved out a passage' to his enemy, and 'unseam'd him from the nave to the chaps."" ... There is a conflict between fate and man's choice. ... The gods' re...

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When these methods of advertising are created, adequate consideration is put into the layout, color scheme and choice of words used in the advertisement. ... Her tattoo is a quote from a poem (intertextuality) which links the same context from the poem to the text. ... In the ad the text only shows the word "reveal" because it relates to the models reveling seductive features such as the collar bone, the males' muscular back and her coral lips. ... This is also a good strategy in advertising because it makes the reader want to buy their product. ... Occasionally ads will put mor...

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(II.ii.43) Upon hearing this, Romeo, who reciprocates the romance, replies belligerently "Had I it written, I would tear the word." ... Stated early in the movie and repeated for effect, the quote of Jack, when Rose was close to committing suicide was "You jump, I jump" which begins the story where Rose and Jack fall in love. ... Similarly with Frost's poem, the persona is presented with two choices to make. ... It can be said that in the earlier times, honour was a word, which meant a lot to the people, whereas it is now looked upon these days with less gratification. ... The love for ...

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It is a mere name, a mere word to me, and yet it clings." ... Morality is based on thoughts of what is right and wrong, while ethics is based on morality and moral choices. ... Everyone was created with there own characteristics. ... Again science deals with ethical issues. ... Anything that does not make one feel good or comfortable with there decision is unethical. ...

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Although he studied under Plato, he disagreed with Plato on almost all issues. ... Today, the word means the study of weather, but he used it in a more general sense and included "all the affections we may call common to air and water and all kinds and parts of earth and the affections of its parts.... He applied his laws of logic to come up with new ideas about how things change. ... He believed the soul was a part of the human body and died with the body. ... He saw that too much or too little of anything could be bad, so then every good thing exists between two bad things or extremes. ...

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She couldn't live with herself anymore. ... All the Greeks know that their actions are not by choice, they are by fate; actions of the Gods. ... Such quotes show that he had no control over his behavior, it was all up to the Gods. ... She had so much more good than bad in her life, and instead of thinking only about the bad, she should've remembered all the good things she had before giving up. ... Relating back to the slaves, one word could easily describe that entire time period; unfair. ...

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Dual heritage is most often looked at as different, good or bad. ... She said that she had an argument with one of her friends, and the word got out and the whole school was calling her names such as: pick and mix, mixed blessings, breed and "Your dad comes from the jungle". ... Some of the factors that contribute to a bi-racial child's identity are: A bad or good relationship with one parent influences the race in which the child identifies the most with and the appearance of the child also has an influence (Tizard and Phoenix 162). ... Furthermore, 86 per cent of young people from mixed...

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In our fight for life, and to create an ongoing human race, we struggle between the good and bad, moral and immoral. ... When Crake a former Pro-Choice advocate realizes this reality, it was too late. ... Although Crake was, a researcher he was also a pro-choice activist during the time when the earth was full of human life and no one cared to wonder what exactly was going on in the research labs. ... She had her life together, surprisingly, since she did not have a traditional life in any sense of the word. ... Perhaps Oryx had been right; we cannot play God and expect to get results that a...

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This quote by General MacArthur gives some indication of the high regard that Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke was held in by the senior men of World War II. ... He was soon commanding the Brigade on exercise with little difficulty. ... This is a good example of his dedication and willpower and his desire to see what he believes in come together. ... Alanbrooke was a man of his word, even with something as inconsequential as a fly for fishing. ... Another is the ability to use good judgement and know when to show humanity and compassion, as he did when asked to deal with Montgomery over an incid...

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War's Ability to Self-Discover In The Things They Carried Many characters have their unique ways with dealing with war. ... This quote shows how O"Brien's conscience will not rest until he admits that he is afraid of how people will perceive him. ... He does not even have to say a word to let O"Brien know he understands. ... He was a witness, like God, or like the gods, who look on in absolute silence as we live our lives, as we make our choices or fail to make them (60)." ... Whether the outcome is good or bad, the experience of war plays a major part in the path to self-discove...

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I just want you to make your decisions based on facts, and your own personal choice, and not on a warped sense of social fitting in. ... I"m just a normal college student who enjoys the occasional refreshment and having a good time. ... Besides the fact that I don't want to see people paying hard-earned money to kill themselves, it is a nuisance in every aspect of the word. ... I get a little nauseous when I come in direct contact with cigarettes. ... To quote the late great Smokey the Bear, "Only you can prevent forest fires." ...

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What is the REAL meaning of the word? ... Mom is that person who gives of herself for no really good reason for the benefit of another person. ... The mother is filled with high expectations for the daughter. ... These hopes are met with expectations from the wondering daughter. ... This quote by Suayan shows her immigrant belief in the perfect American Dream and all her hopes for future daughter. ...

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I think this can be seen through a quote from the speech he gave after his election in November of 1932. ... In order to get an understanding of the great Depression we first need to know what the word depression means. ... To be low in spirits; dejected, suffering from psychological depression, social depression or economic hardships are all definitions of the word depression. ... This was a good procedure because once the stock made money they could pay the loan back with interest. ... Of course the only other choice was to default on their loans (Tuleja, 159). ...

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Humans may enjoy good times and satisfying relationships but as a whole the good times never last, relationships will all come to an end, and the sense of unhappiness is felt throughout life. ... As quoted earlier in the essay, in order to procure freedom of rebirth and untimely gain nirvana, the four noble truths must be exercised and perfected. ... He must make a conscious decision that this is the best choice for them and that they will complete and maintain this step in order to gain full benefits from it. ... If the meaning of a thought or word is not positive it is up to them to change a...

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