Anaya, is about a young boy named Antonio who comes of age through troubling ordeals throughout the book. ... The Golden Carp is a symbol of Tony's uncertainty toward religion and morality. ... The Golden Carp represents all the questions Tony has about religion and morality. ... When Cico first introduces the Carp to Tony, he is forced to make a tough decision -- "Do you believe the Golden Carp is a god?" ... Because of all the violence and death, Tony's perspective is different, as a young child, then other children his age. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As children, one is always told to be like a lily and emit fragrance than to be like an oak. I acknowledge the fact that life is meant for us to be lived, to be enjoyed and like a philosopher may say," this is just a resting place." Nevertheless the analogy from nature is not relevant to human life...

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We live in a society consists of people vary from ages, from the little toddlers to aged grandparents. ... Young people are in the golden age of their life. ... From the above analysis, we can see that people of different ages have both joys and troubles in life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Kierkegaard) Freedom, its meaning is golden to an individual who came from a once communistic country. ... we may find ourselves confronting certain facts - poor health, advancing age, loss of a loved one - but it is always up to us what to make of these facts and how to respond to them. ...

• Word Count: 562
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The golden rule, as well as many other lessons that children learn, is one thing that I still cherish and attempt to use daily. 2 Remembering all the things that life has shown me up to this day, one experience stands out in my mind far more than any other. ... I have learned many valuable lessons from working hard at a young age. ...

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Emily Dickinson is one of the best poets of all time. She wrote many great pieces that everyone should read. This poem is one of my favorite poems by her and one of my favorite poems of all time. She was a great poet that who tried to observe other people's behaviors and the way they lived. Som...

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Approximately six billion people inhabit the earth, and with each person come a new philosophy on the meaning of life. Some are based on reason and logic while others are simply sewn together with ones dreams and imagination. The beauty is, no matter how fantastic each one is; it carries just as ...

• Word Count: 653
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Chapter three in Harmony is titled: The 'Golden Thread'. ... "It may seem an odd thing to say in this day and age," Prince Charles writes, "but Pythagoras taught that number expressed a divine quality. ...

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School