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    the way that all of the events seem to be connected and turn into something good one way or another, closely relate to the idea of fate. While in the end both Candide and Pangloss agree that they do live in the best possible world, there are times when they both struggled with whether or not that was actually the case. This was especially true for Candide who was constantly doubting Pangloss due to some event and then seeing the truth in Pangloss’ words when a different event would occur.

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    What can Cause a Significant Change in Someone’s Life A turning point is an event that can change someone’s life in an instant. Three things that can cause a significant change in someone’s life are influences, realizations, and big events. The first thing that can cause a significant change in someone’s life is influences. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was influenced by ghosts, as well as his past, and once that was over, he was completely changed. Scrooge was no longer a scrooge, he was kind

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    Being Good > Being Neutral or Bad The stories “The Last Night of the World,” “Kaleidoscope,” and “Zero Hour” are all science fiction stories from the book “The Illustrated Man,” by Ray Bradbury. These stories all take place in a future, dystopian version of America. The stories all share a very powerful and important theme.This theme that all three of these stories share is: It is important to not only avoid doing bad, but to do good for yourself, others, and the world around you. The stories

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    thought of superstitions, and good and bad omens have been the tall tails and the fun legends we all love to tell and retell. Even in a small town like Springview, Nebraska, we have a hunted church, devil trees, and even a hanging tree. These myths have never been proven wrong or right, but they are fun to tell. Julius Caesar has there omens and superstitions that have been around for centuries. So, first, discover the history of bad omens in everyday life. Next, find out about the deathly omens

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    In life, people do things that change what they do and who they become. These events do not change the individual's future. Life events do not choose one's future, that individual does. Initially, the past of one's life can change them for the good or bad as seen in “Charles,” “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh,” and “Flowers for Algernon.” In “Charles,” by Shirley Jackson, Laurie is seen as being a liar and an ornery young child. Laurie is seen as ornery as quoted on page 79, “‘Look down,’ Laurie said

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    Perseverance Life is the toughest thing you will do in your life. It is the test on how well you can survive the world, and all of its cruel punishments. It is the assessment on how to cope with the bad, so the good times seem greater. Life can throw a enormous amount of cruel events that sometimes are unavoidable. Not everything in life is bad, but people tend to make things much worse than what they really are. People over exaggerate many events that could be easily fixed, but then there are the

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    My life is so eventful, all have so much meaning. My first colossal birthday party. Also when my mom and dad got a divorce, and the best one is when my dad said that he was gonna adopt me. They all have a lot of meaning no matter how cliché they are. No matter how bad these events can get, they made me who I am, so I love each and every one. My first big birthday party meant so much to me. It was one of the first times, while my mom was married to my Biological dad, we could afford something like

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    John Brown Terrorist

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    Terrorism is an act of mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping, and is a danger to human life. A terrorist is a person or group who does bad actions and events to get there goal. A freedom fighter is a person or group engaged in a resistance movement against what they believe to be an appropriate and illegitimate government. When we compare other terrorist and freedom fighter groups with John Brown, we either consider him a terrorist or a freedom fighter in today's world. John Brown's

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    The Receiver Memory

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    “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” History contains both good and bad events, but it seems that more of the bad events, or memories, have been documented. The reason for this is to prevent society from repeating these same bad actions. I too have had both good and bad memories. One good memory for me was doing loops in an old biplane with my dad. A bad, or sad, memory is one that I did not experience first-hand. It is remembering how the Jewish people were

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    becomes easier. They live their whole lives feeling bad for themselves instead of forgiving the actions of the past and moving forward with their lives. The sooner one learns to forgive, the easier it will be to move on. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir and Soraya both struggle with forgiving events from the past. Amir struggles with the weight of seeing his friend, Hassan, being raped and doing nothing to help stop the horrific event from happening. Soraya, on the other hand, struggles

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