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    prescription drugs and herbal therapies, which appeared to have a positive additive effect. I was inspired by the ability of the pharmaceuticals in relieving my grandfather’s pain, giving him a future, and allowing me to share more memories with him. My passion in studying organic chemistry arises from me realizing there is immense potential embedded in the chemistry principles to develop tools for the treatment of human diseases. Through my undergraduate studies and research, I became determined in pursuing

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    away from pressures of society for the rest of his life, even if that meant the rest of his life was going to be short. In Chris’s philosophy, “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure,” he says that in order to live life to the full spirit, a person must find a passion for a life adventure (Krakauer 57). In Chris’s case, he took this straight into the wilderness and away from the society that crushes those spirits of adventure. In other works of literature, other

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    explores the idea of personified passion using the character, Pearl. The story is about the guilty sin of two lovers and how their lives play out in their Puritan settlement. Pearl, their child, is shown as a being unlike any other, due to her parents’ sin, through her lively charisma. Throughout the novel, one can see how she evolves as her parents’ relationships change. In the beginning Pearl is both fiery and impish in nature which allows Hawthorne to demonstrate passion in the novel. When Hester and

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    Students learn various different subjects ranging from math to art from kindergarten to twelfth grade . After thirteen years of participating in this educational system, the students are engrained to attempt in excel in all subjects. Consequently, it can become very hard for students entering college to pick only one subject as their major. Even if the student feels that he or she is academically strong in math before college and decides to major in mathematics, he or she may not enjoy college level

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    This principle of valuing all people while committing to a life of service is something I have strived for throughout my life. As an economically disadvantaged, minority student who ventured out of a small, closed-minded town, I have developed a passion to serve the underserved. Throughout my life, I have been associated with and witnessed the consequences of being a minority. For example, with 1% of my high school identifying

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    I was raised up believing in the importance of service and community as I saw my family members and neighbors selflessly help and be in community with people in need. It is therefore no surprise that I discovered my passion for service and volunteerism while still young. In my hometown Nairobi, Kenya, I did community service through various ways, including my involvement in the charity walk for Street Children and Orphans in Kenya in 2003 and the 2007 Brookside Freedom from Hunger Campaign. I participated

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    I had built my comfort zone – and I was about to leave it. When I joined my elementary school’s robotics team as a fifth grader, I had no idea the kind of perseverance I would need to make it through the thick shell I had constructed for myself just to get through the first meetings. As meetings came and went, I began to listen to what my team mentor had to say because it really was applicable to everyone’s life, inside and outside of our team. Every meeting he would come and sit down with the students

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    In the book A Farewell to Arms, Catherine's passion for her values and motivations prove to, not only direct her, but direct Henry towards a fulfilled life. Catherine had an intense desire for love, dedication, and redemption. Through her love, she convinces Henry to live his life in a zealous way and take risks for a good cause. As a result of her dedication to a loved one, her liberating relationship is prolonged. Catherine's yearning for redemption drives Henry to commit to their love. Also it

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    intrigued, waiting for what seemed like hours to see the doctor at the free public health center. I had been diagnosed with lead poisoning as a toddler and being uninsured at the time we had little choice but to wait to receive my long-term care. My passion for a career in healthcare stemmed from my positive experiences with the practitioners during those years. Growing up in the East Germantown section of Philadelphia, health disparities were prevalent, reinforcing the drastic need for dentists who

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    Jean H. Baker’s book, Margaret Sanger: A life of Passion, tells the evolution of Maggie Higgins, a child born to a catholic mother and a rebellious father in Corning, New York, to Margaret Sanger, pioneer of women's reproductive rights and strong advocate for birth control across America. This book would be of interest to anyone who wishes to learn about the origins of birth control and its effects on the ongoing controversy surrounding women's reproductive rights. Those who wish to know more about

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