An important coming of age passage from the novel is one in which an already educated alcohol and drug using Mary completes the request of not so drug savvy Meredith to "corrupt- her. ... The passage of Meredith's first venture into drugs and alcohol shows how Mary's eyes are opened for the first time to the true emptiness that comes from drugs, which was assumed up until now as being fulfilling. When the idea of Meredith letting down her guard and taking drugs first hits Mary, she believes that it will somehow make the two closer friends. Despite the fact that Mary is delighte...

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As a teenager I drank alcohol and did drugs, but I never believed that I had a problem. ... I never listened to them because I truly believed my lie. ... I believed this myself, so that made it easy to convince others. ... There was a problem, I refused to admit or believe that I had a problem. Now looking back I get upset that I didn't believe I had a problem. ...

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For example, if someone is a drug dealer and trades in illegal stuff then his dream is of course selling as much drugs as he can so that he could get more and more money probably becoming the richest drug dealer. His ambition is selling the drugs but is it ethical and would it lead to a positive result? ... However, ambitions and dreams may leads to negative results and so ambitions might be destructive. 4) I believe that a citizen's first responsibility is his country. This is however a very difficult decision to make but I believe that his responsibility for his country is the best ...

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Also you don't know where your money you give them is going, it may not be for their sick child but for drugs or alcohol. ... However, I believe they are wrong and they makes they streets look dirty, crowded and personally myself I find them quite scary. ... However, I believe they are wrong because if they were really serious and wanted to get a job to get money they would try to get help. ... Some would disagree with me, they would say that if they were to use the money for drugs or alcohol they would just do petty theft, or if into the hard core drugs maybe robberies or hold ups. Ho...

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I once was arrested for trespassing in my own building, and I couldn't believe the consequences I had to face. ... The second female who was still inside, couldn't believe she actually done such a thing. ... I couldn't believe that they would even see her peek her head over the ledge of the roof. ... Were we doing sexual activities and drugs? We all nodded no to sexual activities, and drugs. ...

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The memories began when the narrator of the story, the brother whose name is never mentioned, reads about his brother getting caught in a drug raid for using heroin. ... He began struggling with the game of drug addiction and living his life "on the edge," as some would call it. ... He has several things that he is trying to escape: by joining the military, but fails, he tries to escape through drugs and fails. The drugs become another thing to try and escape but they only compound his problem. ... The narrator believes Sonny's passion for Jazz music will only be a short-lived, five-m...

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He felt that it was in the best interest to give Juliet the drug, so perhaps the families would stop fighting, but that was not to be. ... So why do people believe that Friar Lawrence is an accessory to these two horrible murders? ... I ask you this jury, put yourselves in Friar Lawrence's shoes, and tell me that if you believed you could help someone you really cared about, you wouldn't have done the same thing. ...

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He felt that it was in the best interest to give Juliet the drug, so perhaps the families would stop fighting, but that was not to be. ... So why do people believe that Friar Lawrence is an accessory to these two horrible murders? ... I ask you this jury, put yourselves in Friar Lawrence's shoes, and tell me that if you believed you could help someone you really cared about, you wouldn't have done the same thing. ...

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Lyman is a young man trying to figure out who he is and what is important to him. His rite of passage involves his movement from youth to adulthood. The environment in which he lives offers him two alternative lifestyles: his own native culture and the white culture. Lyman begins by favoring the ...

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I believe there should be no question on whether or not cryonics should be considered an illegal practice or an immoral practice. ... Also the person should be injected with a drug called heparin, which is an anti-coagulant that prevents the blood from clotting. ... Legally, for the moment, it is fine, but many different churches believe cryonics is wrong. ... I believe that any science that can save lives without killing another is moral. In closing I believe cryonics can save lives....

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I think it is an amazing film with some of the most realistic war footage I have ever seen but I do not believe I can watch it again. ... I believe he made this film as honest and graphic as he could because he wanted his audience to know the true pain of war and man. ... He started as a laid-back surfer who slowly began to abuse drugs to escape from the hell they were stuck in. ... He became a man full of narcissism believing he was godlike figure no one could judge because of the psychological damaged he suffered throughout the war. ... I believe that is what Francis Ford Coppola wante...

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Many times, we assume improvement and/or approval comes from an origin beyond ourselves (i.e. friends, significant other, children, drugs etc.) and we overlook the internal power that each one of us maintains to alter self-perception. Throughout Lucy's life she has countless operations to "fix" her broken, abnormal appearance, believing that through outward assimilation she will discover an inward peace. ...

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I couldn't believe it: but what I mean by that is I couldn't find any room for it anywhere inside me. ... Sonny had fallen into drugs at a young age and has had an ongoing problem with heroine. ...

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Robertson 1 Nicole Robertson Elaine Walden English 102 10 September 2001 A life of increasing Dementia in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" A compelling story of a young woman's life by William Faulkner in a "A Rose for Emily". Miss Emily ...

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True role models are those who posses the qualities that we would like to have and those who have affected us in a way that makes us want to be better people. My mother is my role model and she has impacted my life immensely and many others' lives. My mom is always there to help me, and those who s...

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Sonny on the other hand is a drug addict who seems to have no focus in life. ... He progresses from being a drug addict to finding order in the navy and then finally finds a way to release his emotion through the art of music. ... The narrator does not see the benefit of Sonny's desire to be a musician and believes that Sonny could be much more successful in life. ...

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This film is about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he believes that it is was his fate to make it out. Young Dito was played by actor Shia Labeouf. He was trying to escape. It seemed to me that he was the target of bullying. He ...

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Can ignorance be bliss, "I couldn't believe it: but what I mean by that is that I couldn't find any room for it anywhere inside me. ... Having promised his mother, letting her down, now must face his brother who is in jail for drugs. ... Sonny's blues is more than a tale of a brother's struggle with drugs, but one of self-healing and redemption of the narrator. ...

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I believe Rashad had good intentions for the banner as a gift but it didn't turn out that way. ... But I believe his mother in law wanted the banner to have a good meaning and intentions but didn't work out that way. ... For the mother in law it was a sad reminder of Rashads drug abuse and fighting with her daughter Shirley. ...

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I believe the openness was in part due to the drug, but also because of the characters need for self disclosure and a want to relate to someone with a similar situation. ... Allison felt that her parents ignored her, and she also tricked Clair into believing she was a nymphomaniac in order to get Clair to admit to being a Virgin, Allison then revealed she was just a compulsive liar. ...

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I believe it is a lot of wasted time and energy that you could have been putting into other aspects of your life. ... Two attempted suicides, drug overdose, alcoholism, institutionalization, depression, drop outs, stealing, lying I"m sure you can see how fun we were. ... It you try to hard they become perfectionists and they believe they are never good enough. ... I believe all of my parents did a wonderful job; they had very difficult children to deal with. I can only hope that they believe they are better people for it....

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In 1991 my hometown only had one and a half Mexicans in it. My mother was one, making me the half. She's not like other Southwest Minnesota Mexicans. She didn't come up here looking for work, she moved here from California when she married my father. As far as I know, her family has lived in Sother...

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From changing our diapers to feeding us baby food and taking us for a ride in a car, some parents believe that there wouldn't be much hassle in their teens. ... Parents need to be aware of their children's involvement and associations with things such as drugs and smoking. ...

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Right before he is to be tortured, he is offered some kind of drug, from one of his friends, that will make him num., but he doesn't want it, because he wants to make sure that he won't scream during the torture, showing any disloyalty to Scotland. ... If you believe in what you"re doing, you will carry it out until the end. ...

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"Tears from Heaven" 4 AM. Not a normal time you would think of if someone asked you to pick a random time. I know I wouldn't. Usually I am asleep at 4am, but this fateful morning for one of my classmates, I was woken up by my coach's 3-yr-old son just long enough to look at the clock. Shannon D...

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