Before the creation of Enkidu, Gilgamesh is a man without an equal match. ... Not only is he miserable over the loss of Enkidu but also over his own death, which he knows will come some day: "I shall die, and shall I not then be as Enkidu? ... He learns a valuable lesson through his search for immortality. ... People want to live longer, healthier lives, but dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed, everything that lives will at sometime die. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The author Shirley Jackson, who died in 1965, was one of the most brilliant writers of her time. ... The last example of how society's views on a person can lead them to do things they would have never thought of before is when Eleanor became more open. ... Before she would have never asked her or even thought of confessing about where she lived. ... It can also serve as another purpose by teaching the reader that society's views on a person can lead that person to things they would never have thought of before. ... The character that gave examples of this lesson in the story was...

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This paper is not meant to be a history lesson in cloning or to explain all the scientific terms that are related to cloning. ... Before Dolly, cloning had been studied since the 1950's. ... The other patient does not have a clone and must wait for another person to die and donate their liver to them. ... Before cloning the term used was eugenics. ... The reason to look at the second reason before the first is that the second reason would take more time to explain. ...

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Before this, Jim "had been merely drifting." ... During "a long afternoon unloading ammunition-boxes," the men in "D company" learn the cruel lesson that "even an invisible enemy could kill." ... A few days later Jim goes to visit Eric in hospital, where he is confronted with the truth that not everything "has a place in the world," as he believed before the war. ... They are born, they flourish for a moment and then die. ...

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If the task given by Kurtz was to die, the Africans died; if the task was to wage war against other tribal groups, so as to enlarge ivory hunting grounds, the Africans killed; if the task was to fend off approaching Europeans, the Africans followed this and every other order with draconian obedience. ... The intricate woven fabric, with each tiny fiber being a thread of knowledge, experience, and lessons learned make up the blanket of our personality. ... He was the African's God, able to do as he pleased, he, and he alone, decided who shall live and who shall die. ... I can imagine a man...

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In university dog labs, numbers of dogs are anaesthetized, normally before the students see them. ... Observing human surgery also gives students a lesson in human anatomy that they could never learn from dissecting a dog. ... ("Dog Labs" 2003) The position being made is that millions of animals suffer, and die each year for no better explanation than material gain and the taste of their flesh. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School