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    The Dreaming embraces time past, present and future, stories that describe the travels of the spiritual ancestors, which are integral to Aboriginal spirituality that relates to Aboriginal law with stories passing on important knowledge, cultural values and belief systems to future generations through song, dance, painting and storytelling (Bourke & Cox, 1998, p. 56). The Dreamings came from Aboriginal ancestors who created the law; however Aboriginal people are unable to change it, as it is part

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    In one point of your life have you ever dreamed of being an actor, singer, dancer, or a musician? Well Julie Andrews was all three. She had many accomplishments already at such a young age. She starred in many musicals, movies, and performances. Julie was a marvelous singer and overall an incredible performer. Julie Andrews had a very interesting and busy life with many accomplishments. Julie Andrews was born in Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom. She was actually born with the name Julia Elizabeth

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    “I have a dream!”, everyone has their own dream in their lives. Sometimes it can be a motivation, but sometimes the ambitions are too strong to control that may result negative consequences. Text one, Macbeth and text two, Frankenstein, both deal with the main idea of human’s ambitions. Macbeth murdered the king Duncan for being powerful and Victor Frankenstein created a monster as his scientific achievement, but result the killing of his own family members. Both of characters have ambitions for

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    All paths begin with a dream and a desire to accomplish your expected outcome. You should never stop because of the fear of obstacles along the way. It is always better to dream big because you can discover what you are capable of doing and many inventions were made at the hands of an idealist. Dreaming big eliminates any limitations a person can put on themselves. It gives you the opportunity to determine what you can truly do and what lengths you can reach. The novel Frankenstein supports this

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    Selby, in Requiem for a Dream, describes his version of the characters’ hallucinations while on drugs: “The voice so filled with nostalgia that you could almost see the memories floating through the blue smoke, memories not only of music and joy and youth, but perhaps, of dreams. They listened to the music, each hearing it in his own way, feeling relaxed and a part of the music, a part of each other, and almost a part of the world.” This quote describes the character’s experience while on drugs

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    What are dreams? Are they a thing of our imagination or the building blocks of our future? In the novel, I Shall Be Near To You, the main character, Rosetta, has a dream. But when the Civil War breaks out, Rosetta’s dream quickly changes to something that will keep her and Jeremiah, her husband together. Throughout the novel Rosetta sacrifices many things in her pursuit to keep her dream alive while learning how to overcome many setbacks that she and her husband must face. While facing these challenges

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    Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State, once stated, “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” Many of us are dreamers; we thrive for something different. A dream is simply an unrealistic fantasy. Some fight to make their dreams become real, they refuse to be told “no”. Rosetta Wakefield, the courageous heroine of I Shall Be Near to You, follows her husband, Jeremiah, by enlisting in the army. Erin Lindsay McCabe presents instances

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    Aydan Cota A Dream Is A Dream Why are these like this? These passages have many differences between these characters talking. But the characters are similar in their personalities. Overall on of the passages use dialogue while one describes the setting and what they thought. Throughout both passages they have certain similarities by the authors developing their characters in different ways. Although, the passages have interactions, but one has dialogue while the other just talks about what they

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    High school football over the years has become a huge spectacle lets just talk about the DWF area or we can even get smaller to make a point if you made a 25 mile radius these local high school teams play at the Star (seats 12,000), Allen stadium (seats 18,000 cost 60 million), and McKinney’s new stadium (seats 12,000 costs 69.9 million). This is just high school football these young kids playing under tremendous pressure from the start. The pressure to play high school football is immense, there

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    Have you ever been in a deep dream that you do not want to awaken from? The dream is indescribable. It is as if you are not dreaming and you can feel everything going on. It an amazing dream that you do not want to awaken from. It is almost as if you are sleeping beauty and you are proud that an evil witch put you in a deep sleep. Now imagine someone throwing a big pot of boiling hot water onto your face. You immediately wake up with pain and rage. You are in pain because of the terrible reality

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