He accepted a piece of half-raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf' (73). ... "But I tell you the smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one- (81). ... "You cut a pig's throat to let the blood out otherwise you can't eat the meat- (31). ... If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he's all right really, an' then when you see him again; it's like asthma an' you can't breathe- (93). ...

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Like most of the western farmers, they pack up and move to California. ... "Pa sniffled, " Seems like times is changed,' he said sarcastically. ... Seems like women is tellin' now." ... Unfortunately, the deputies don't like this and he is killed. ... It also shows that no matter what you do, or where you are you have your family behind you no matter what....

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I am now going to give you a summary of the book. Second I would like to discuss how this book relates with society today. ... Brave New World starts you off in a laboratory where they are making artificial babies or what I like to call them test tube babies. ... Bernard is always curious of what it would be like to fall in love. ... Then I though about whether or not I would like to live in a perfect world where you are not subjected to the harsh ways of life and you cruise gently through life with no problems, because all your problems can be solved by anti-depressant drugs. ...

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In my opinion the more you know the better you are in life. ... Luke didn't like the idea of transferring schools at all. In fact in the novel he say's "It didn't sound like fun. ... I guess if first you don't succeed you must try again. ... Ivory 4 When you"re uneducated and broke theirs not a lot you can do. ...

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Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked you up and lifted you into the chopper ." ... In a time of war you should have no friends. If you take the time to know the person then you are only getting yourself emotionally attached to that person, and when it comes time to act with your mind not your emotions you will hesitate therefore putting all of your men's lives at risk. ... Everyone in the story had there own things they carried, some carried lucky pebbles like Jimmy and others carried the New Testament like Ki...

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Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked you up and lifted you into the chopper. ... In a time of war you should have not friends. If you take the time to know the person then you are only getting yourself emotionally attached to that person, and when it comes time to act with your mind not your emotions you will hesitate therefore putting all of your men's lives at risk. ... Everyone in the story had their own things they carried, some carried lucky pebbles like Jimmy and others carried the New Testament like Ki...

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Yet these small changes are like ripples that soon become waves that are like tides that carry us. ... It is a very bitter feeling, but Holden makes himself understand this, he comes face-to-face with the fact that if you are different you are an outcast, people hate you if you are different and they aren't. ... "You always do everything backasswards." ... "No wonder you"re flunking the hell out of here," he said. "You don't do one damn thing the way you"re supposed to. ...

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The very word itself grates on the brain, and makes you cringe. ... Now this statement seems very obvious, but once you take a step back, you start to wonder why it's so obvious. ... The class has just been assigned to use the computers, and as the students scramble like dogs after raw meat, you push your way to the computer with the biggest monitor, and the best high tech digital dual optical extra sensitive responsive mouse. Although someone would say this is a lesser sin, greed is greed, just like a white lie is still a lie. ... Besides, if you happen to get that nice shiny new box of...

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In Webster's dictionary, "popular" means, "liked by the people" or " very well liked by ones friends and acquaintances". ... Finny is comfortable enough with himself to say to Gene, "Proper person is your best friend" "Which is what you are" (pg 48). ... To be able to tell someone that you love them, especially from a guy to a guy, describes that person as a self confident person. ... Him believing that everyone is like him makes him have no doubt about anyone. ... You never know maybe he will do it this time""(57). ...

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"Guys like us, that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. ... Because because I got you to look after me to look after you, and that's why- (Steinbeck 14). ... In the book other people quote on George and Lennie as being friends they say things like it is weird that you don't see people usually walking together. ... Finally, he also says that "Funny how you an' him string along together."" ... At the end of the novel after George had shot Lennie you see Slim walking down with George. ...

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Do you know where your towel is? You"ll need to find it if you plan to join Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect on their crazy adventure through space in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ... The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith and without faith I am nothing." ... It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. ... It's a bit challenging in that many of the terms are made up alien slang like "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? ...

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His triumphant success was due in part to his ability to shock his listeners with his politically incorrect lyrics; but more importantly the manner in which these lyrics later came to be recognized as honesty at its best when so many young lives were affected by Eminem's music because it spoke to them like a diary. ... Critics concentrated heavily on the offensive aspects of Eminem's lyrics and in effect, some of the underlying themes in his songs like: poverty, abuse, and teen struggles, were overlooked. ... "But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you,...

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A friend is someone you can talk to when you"re going through hard times. A friend is someone that is willing to lend you a shoulder whenever you need one. A friend is someone that will cry and laugh with you. ... Jus" talks on an" you don't know what the hell he's talking bout? ... George will have new burdens such as hopelessness and loneliness like all the other homeless ranchers. ...

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By this I mean that people of the minority race feel and act like they are being discriminated against and they teach these ideas to their children through their actions and words. ... If something happens to you, don't automatically assume it is because of the color of your skin. ... By this I mean the minorities feel that they have to talk like a white man, smell like a white man, laugh like a white man, feel like a white man in order to fit in with the white race. ... As you can see all these theories have good points and bad points. ... We will have to compro...

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But, as a wise man once said, "A life isn't determined by how many years you have lived, but rather by how many lives you have touched." ... Tucker certainly didn't need to do any of this; like I said, he was one of the most well-liked kids at school. ... You could see in his eyes how badly he wanted to fight to live. ... I love you Tuck and will never, ever forget you. Thank you....

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The Film draws you into the Lakota lifestyle and makes you feel sympathetic toward the Native Americans by having them speak in their native language. This made them appear as if they were ordinary people like a person from today's world. ... He acted like he was a king and there were no consequences for his actions. ... You could often see in his facial expressions that he despised some of the actions of his fellow soldiers. ... It was like he adapted to the Indians beliefs instantly, which is very hard to believe of a person from the nineteenth century. ...

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Before we went to war the number of jobs that had been created were in or around a thousand jobs now that may sound like a lot of jobs but take that and divide it by 50 states and then it doesn't spread very far. Now bush has supporters and constitutes that would argue that more jobs were created but when you take the number of jobs created and then subtract the number of jobs that were cut by big business you will see that the actual number of jobs will correspond to what I stated earlier. ... Now mind you a lot of the pharmaceutical products that we buy are ...

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This may offend religious people by saying that someone like Becket can turn into a leader of religion overnight. ... As you read the story, one finds out that the fairies use potions to make the people fall in love with each other. ... Furthermore, Theseus threatened Hermia and told her she must marry Lysander like her father told her to or she would have to suffer the consequences of never having contact with men again. This presents the idea that there is no choice in who you want to love, and that it is out of your hands to decide who you want to marry. ...

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Socates was no liked by all. ... To think like Socrates thought you have to be willing to never stop asking questions or settle for one answer. ... I know from experience that standing up for what you believe in is not an easy thing. ... It is hard to say how the world today would accept a man like Socrates. ... He was a man of great virtue and should be looked upon like a hero. ...

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Willy teaches Biff at a young age that stealing is all right as long as you don't get caught or your well liked. ... However he soon changes his mind and tells Biff: "Caoch"ll probably congratulate you on your initiative!" Since Biff is the starting quarterback Willy teaches him that it was all right because he is now popular and well liked by the coach. ... "Howard: I don't want you representing us." ... Jay Gatsby is a prime example of someone who gained the American Dream through personal attractiveness and being well liked. ...

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Charlie on the other hand, has dreams of being smart just like everyone else. ... Charlie lived in a paradise-like world, he though he had many "friends". ... When he was offered the chance to become 'smart' he jumped at the chance to be like everyone else. ... When he realizes his 'friends' don't actually like him they just liked to make fun of him. ... It seems to be the more innocent you are the more you lose....

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Furthermore, his soldiers were taught the golden rule- to behave to others the way you want them to behave to you, which is the basic law of life. ... When Shi Huangdi received news that scholars were using records of the past to criticize the emperor's policies and undermine popular support, Shi Huangdi ordered the burning of all writings that were not on useful topics like agriculture, medicine, and divination. ... Asoka believed in the ideal of do onto others as you would want done onto to you whereas Huangdi ...

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Being well liked, Slim shows everyone this kind of respect. ... You see George has Lennie and Lennie has dreams. ... So you can now see that there is always a way to overcome loneliness if you want it enough. ...

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One can learn from this by knowing to respect those who are in command of you or whom you are to obey, such as parents, teachers, and elders. ... Responsibility is something everyone needs, having responsibility means that you are able to take care of things no matter what pressure you are under. Having responsibility will also help others trust you. ... Caring for people is good because you would want them to care for you. ... In closing I would like to say that I think Joseph lead a remarkable life and should be commended for his character. ...

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It was exactly like it would have been during that time period, with the taverns, huts, properties, and houses. ... He is quieter than Sam who is loud and bold like his father. ... The plot is very believable and is very much like how people would have felt and lived during the war. ... There are many challenges you will face in life, and by trying to overcome them it will help you later on in life. Tim faced many challenges like getting past the cow - thieves, maturing and taking care of the tavern, and many others and he overcame them. ...

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