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    education. Additionally, the United States government loses millions of dollars of taxpayer money to fraudulent student loan schemes and is unlikely to recover the total amount lost. Corporate Violence Against the Public: Water Pollution In 2015, the Environmental Law Foundation filed a lawsuit against the Central Coast Regional Water Control Board for keeping pollution information hidden from farmers in violation of the California

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    “Lord of the Flies” and the hidden messages and references to human nature and a criticism of society. The author, William Golding, uses a huge amount of symbolism to reflect society of the outer world with the island. Symbols of fire, the conch and water are described all throughout the novel. Fire represents hope, strength and knowledge, but it also represents disorder and destruction, switching from good and useful to evil and uncontrollable. The conch, a precious shining pink shell, found by Piggy

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    Atlantis: A City in the Deep or a Myth to be Put to Sleep? The ocean. This large mass of water consumes the Earth with depths of unimaginable proportions. Its dark, blue waters hide from the sun and conceal thousands of mysteries to be discovered. However, some of these mysteries are nowhere to be found and will never be seen by mankind. One of these mysteries is the lost colony of Atlantis. Could a city of such great proportion really have existed? Although many people believe in the destruction

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    The Stag at Eve

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    walked into a gallery full of Geisel’s collection of sculptures and painting. One particular dark painting drew my attention. Sitting in the chair adjacent to the painting, staring at the lowered center odd deer-like creature with long horns drinking water out of a bowl shaped stone, I noticed the creature contained the brightest colors in the painting, being shades of orange and

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    Yes, photosynthesis does model the law of conservation of matter and the law of conservation of energy. Photosynthesis occurs in a plant when it gets sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. Then, it changes and makes glucose and gives off oxygen. Photosynthesis is a good example of the law of conservation of energy because in the energy text it states, “Sun gives the grass light energy. The grass transforms it into a chemical energy using photosynthesis. The plant uses this chemical energy to grow

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    only $25 in his checking account. His endeavour was to get the money back that his dad had lost and bring his family together. In doing so, Frank conned $2.5 million by forging checks in a five year stretch while posing as a co-pilot for Pan Am, a secret service agent, a doctor, and a lawyer. While going through this process, Frank falls in love and marries a nurse named Brenda but at their wedding secret service agent Carl Hanratty, tracked down Frank and crashed the wedding. Frank escaped the

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    BERMUDA TRIANGLE: A FACT, A MYTH AND ISSUES ABOUT IT The Bermuda Triangle Mystery for many years, thousands of stories have been said, heard, discussed, and written about a mysterious place called The Bermuda Triangle. The place is known for the mysterious disappearance of ships and planes. The Bermuda Triangle Is the Bermuda Triangle really a place where strange powers are at work? The Bermuda Triangle is a very complex and mystifying area that is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses

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    Many historical fiction novels recall well-known tragedies, but there is one novel in particular that tells the story of a covered catastrophe. Salt to the Sea, by Ruta Sepetys focuses on telling the unknown story of “the greatest maritime disaster in history,” the sinking of a German ship, the Wilhelm Gustoff, during World War II. Throughout telling the story, Sepetys portrays the theme of perseverance, as the characters face many challenges, but never give up. Despite the growing popularity of

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    keeping this story a secret demonstrates how the aunt is being punished for her impregnation. The story starts with a warning not to tell anyone, setting an atmosphere of shameful secret even before learning about the aunt’s story. Punishing someone is a form of control over the individual being punished, usually a way of diminishing a certain behavior by adding a negative stimulus. By committing a spite suicide, the aunt tries to punish her family by ruining their drinking water. Her choice of manner

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    Gilgamesh: A Man's Conflict Essay

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    “Gilgamesh feels the guilt of a survivor somehow responsible for his friend’s death” (Keenan). The main conflict that Gilgamesh had wasn’t that he lost his friend, that he wasn’t immortal or that he died in the end, the greatest conflict that Gilgamesh had was that he was a man. He was a man who couldn’t avoid making mistakes, a man who couldn’t avoid his “flesh”. He was a man with his own wants and

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