Every time he hears that someone else has died, secretly congratulates himself on his own escape. ... Long before death actually overtakes him, he has already suffered its pangs many times over. ... So this famous line from Shakespeare contains a profound lesson. ... It is the thought of dying before time that strikes terror into most people. But if one is to die prematurely no complaining or self pity can alter the fact. ...

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His life was has been turned upside-down since his mother died and now he's living in poverty, he was a father who is mostly absent and a little sister to care for. ... Before his mother died, Robbie began to take an interest in the violin. ... He was thinking about his first violin lesson.' ... The reader is most sympathetic here because it is the point where all his hopes and dreams are crushed before his eyes. ...

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A knowledge that others before them had but never followed with the recreation of it. ... You don't have to die. ... Henry did not suffer as bad but he did learn his lesson. ... And at the end of the movie when Victor dies the claims him as his father and goes off to die with his "father". ...

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But I will kill you dead before this day ends," (54). ... Slowly and conscientiously he ate all of the wedge-shaped strips of fish,"(59) Santiago's respect for the fish ends when he is without food he is trying to survive just like his "brother" but if one of them have to die Santiago isn't going to go down. ... There are several valuable lessons from this book that will make a person better. ...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky endured many hardships in his lifetime, and illustrated the lessons he learned through his novel "Crime and Punishment." ... When Katerina Ivanovna's first husband dies, she marries Marmeladov out of desperation because he is her only hope. ... Once Marmeladov dies, Katerina dreams she can open a prestigious boarding school. ... Even though the book ends before Raskolnikov is free from prison, she knows has a second chance at life like Lazarus. ...

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The number of animals that suffer and die every year in chemical, food, drug, cosmetic, weapon tests, biology lessons, agricultural researches, dog and cat food trials, car-crash simulations, medical trainings and experiments, is bigger more than hundred million. ... Today we have a strict demand for testing drugs on animals before they are available for consumer use. ...

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