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    When you travel how do you want to be treated? Since the new world had been found European countries created colonies which started the movement of people to North and South America. This brought people to a new place with new opportunities to start new chapters in their lives. Even though lots of people had great expectations for what would come, it was actually the opposite. Many people who immigrated to a new country were not treated with respect and their beliefs were disregarded based on their

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    The Good and Evil in Candide Candide was brought up in Westphalia in Europe in the castle with the Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh, the baroness, their daughter Cunegonde and their son Maximilian. (Hellman, 2008) Candide was considered a bastard son of his sister and is the nephew of the Baron. (Hellman, 2008) Candide fell in love with his daughter Cunegonde and confessed his love to her but the baron would not have his daughter marrying a bastard child, so the Baron kicked Candide out of Westphalia

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    Section 1 – Understanding key ideas and issues After viewing this film I understood the importance of preserving natural resources. In the film, Man of Steel, the idea of preserving, against exploiting natural resources is dramatized. Clarke’s birth world Krypton was driven to the point of destruction due to the overuse of natural resources. Kryptonians exploited all of the planets natural resources and the planet couldn’t function correctly and the world exploded from the inside. This came after

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    The Night in Isla Nerga Poem Analysis From the time we were born, humans have learned to appreciate and admire nature. However, as our lives become increasingly complicated and convoluted, it is easy to forget about it. Usually, to help us appreciate nature, poets write about nature in a peaceful, calming way. However, poet Pablo Neruda flips this style on its head and explores the more chaotic, unforgiving side of nature. This was the main point of Neruda’s poem, “The Night in Isla Negra”, where

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    suffering on his adventures and matures over the course of the novel. If he had stayed in the castle where he grew up, Candide would not have learned about extreme pessimism. In the middle of Candide’s adventures, he finds his way to the perfect kingdom of El Dorado, where his belief of blind optimism was restored. Towards the end of the book, Candide finds out his true love Cunegonde is still alive. This event shows Candide is in the middle of believing in blind optimism and in extreme pessimism. He experienced

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    Tintoretto had great influence on Venetian painting, but the artist who most fruitfully absorbed the visionary energy and intensity of his work was El

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    it happens. That was how much of the population of El Salvador used to feel when the government could not control the big coffee corporations. These out of control corporations, highly feared that the people would want to revolt against them so they hired murderers to kill innocent people to spread fear in the minds of the people of El Salvador. Fear, hate, and sorrow were the common feelings felt by the poor and innocent major population of El Salvador caused by the evil wrongdoings of the government

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    Learning a New Language I’m from El Salvador, Central America. Although I grew up speaking Spanish, taking a language class was a requirement at the schools in this country, so I chose to learn English. Taking an English class was an excellent decision because it helped me practice abundantly before moving to a new country with my family. It was a great experience, but also a challenging situation at the same time. In addition, I did not actually start speaking English daily until I moved to the

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    Public speaking is one of the number one fear in America. When I was in high school, I always had assignments where I would have to speak in front of the class, and I would dredge it. My voice would tremble and my hands would shake uncontrollably. I have always been a shy person and that conflicted with me having to be able to speak in front of a big group of people. When I was younger, I found ways to get out of doing plays or speaking, but when I got older it was no way. I would feel embarrassed

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    All through the motion picture Superman, the names and the activities of the characters were like those of the Holy Bible. Two of the significant name references to the scriptural form manage Superman (Kah-lel) and his dad, Jor-el. In the Greek dialect, the name Jor-el signifies "God," while the name Kah-lel signifies "Little God." Another occurrence where the name diversion is played is on account of Superman's folks, Martha and John. It doesn't appear as though there is some other approach to

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