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    The topic of homosexual marriages, or the marrying of two people of the same sex, is rather disputed among the majority of people in today’s society. Only small amounts of the population have opinions that are strongly favoring one side of the debate. For most of society who are the middle-of-the-road citizens, it is a tough call to make one way or the other. The main topics that are disputed are raising children in a same-sex household, the capacity of churches to allow such a marriage, and the

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    the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly realities of prison life are quickly introduced to Andy: a corrupt warden (Bob Gunton),

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    by in Shawshank prison) was narrated by Morgan Freeman. This narrator is Ellis Boyd Redding or Red, an inmate and friend to Andy. The last characters I believe to play a major role in the movie is the Warden of Shawshank, Warden Norton is played by Bob Gunton; and Captain Hadley (Clancy Brown). Andy Dufresne was a successful Vice President banker, that was tried and convicted for the murder of his wife and the man whom his wife cheated on. In 1947, Andy was sent to Shawshank to serve two murder charges

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    The Christmas Carol ties sorrow and tense all together very nicely. Charles Dickens, the author of this story, creates unusual themes and characters throughout the book. Dickens was most commonly known for the number of books he wrote, including the Christmas Carol. The 1984 version of the movie changes and improves some important scenes and themes. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is similar in a few different ways to the spirit described in the book. This particular ghost was completely unpredictable

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    communication, both Bob and Ziggy Marley display this throughout their music. Empathy defined by Julia T. Wood, “is the ability to feel with another person, to feel what she or he feels in a situation. Our feelings tend to be guided by our own emotional tendencies and experiences” (78). In the fullest sense, this implies putting yourself into the other person’s shoes, to experience their life, so that you really understand and feel; pain, anger, frustration, joy, spiritual uplift and happiness. Bob Marley is

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    one day near the christmas holiday some people came to his place of work asking if he would donate some money to the less fortunate, he refused to help out by donating and told them to leave. Mr. Scrooge underpaid his worker Mr. Bob Cratchit, it shows in the story that Bob was not getting paid enough for the amount of hours he worked for Mr. Scrooge, because he could barely afford to feed his family. Also Ebenezer never went to visit his family. Mr. Scrooge's nephew had been asking his uncle to come

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    All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan is a poem jam packed with allegories. Reading it may seem like putting together a puzzle. It can be interpreted in a vast amount ways. Dylan does not like when people interpret in a single way; therefore, this may have been his goal. It is written within a basic structure; however, the position of each stanza is rather abnormal. The diction of the poem changes from low to high as the speaker changes from the joker to the thief. There is a simple rhyme scheme

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    The film “The Shawshank Redemption” directed by Frank Darabont is set in Maine. This film is about a young successful banker named Andy Dufresne who is wrongfully convicted of killing his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a double life in prison. Andy ends up becoming an inmate in Shawshank prison where he learns about the unpleasantness and brutality of prison life. Andy holds on to his dreams and his hope and along the way he befriends a couple of his fellow inmates, and one of them was a

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    The internet was created to change way we work everyday. It has become the way we work, think, and communicate to one another. Just about every job requires you to use the internet to get the job done easier, and more efficiently. Without life these days would be extremely difficult. What is the internet? The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide. Who invented the internet? Two men by the names of Robert E

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    Love is an intense feeling of deep affection and when you love someone you would do anything for them. The novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a Christmas classic about a grumpy man named Scrooge, who is visited by spirits and then end ups changing for the better. In the novel Scrooge uses love to change, with the power of love Scrooge opens up more, but it’s not just Scrooge who uses love to change. Dickens is trying to teach his audience that loving someone can change who you are because

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