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    adversity during the Civil War. Along the way, he comes to the realization that many unfortunate events he is unaware of, would lead to self-discovery. A character goes on a journey that revolves around obtaining an archetype known as the red badge of courage, however, he faces many difficulties along this journey as well as the unintentional achievement of self-discovery. It takes an individual journeying to obtain a symbol of honor or courage while coming face to face with many hardships to unintentionally

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    Throughout I am Princess X there are four major sections that you go through: The introduction of the characters and the discovery of the webcomic, the discovery of the first key and the truth about the Needle Man’s daughter, the discovery of the second key and the identity of who the Needle Man is in the real world, and the finding of the third and fourth key. The fourth key being the final piece to the puzzle: Libby Deaton. The first section, the introduction of the setting and characters, lasts

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    to his direct motivation, Equality’s discoveries could benefit mankind greatly. Insubordination --disdained in our society,

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    The feeling of loneliness and longing for a friendship links Walton, Frankenstein and the Creature together. Walton writes in one letter, "I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine . . .I bitterly feel the want of a friend."` Frankenstein hears the same desperate plea for friendship from the Creature when he says "everywhere I

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    Accidental Inventions

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    “Accidental” discoveries are inventions that were discovered through no intention of discovery. From the good to the bad these types of inventions have changed our lives forever. These types of things are both things we use everyday, down to food people eat everyday. Food is a necessity to live, but what will surprise you is that some of the food people today were all “accidental” discoveries. Saccharin is an artificial sweetener people use to sweeten their food. This was discovered in 1879 when

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    Often times individuals have a difficult time discovering who they are. Many are uncertain on who they truly are. It often takes lots of time or even a sudden change in their lives to accomplish this task of self-discovery. Gary Ross, director and writer of the film Pleasantville, demonstrates that an individual may need to learn to adapt to unfamiliar environments to help guide themselves to discover who they are. Ross uses the character Jennifer, to demonstrate that even the most rebellious individual

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    creating the light he thought maybe the council will see his wisdom and change their minds about him. “Our discovery was too great for us to waste our time sweeping streets. We must not keep our secret to ourselves… We must bring it into the sight of all men.” (page 65) He knows his invention or hopes his invention will bring new opportunities to him and maybe even others. He sees that his discovery will maybe show the council that he was misjudged, but also knows it will benefit others. He isn’t totally

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    companions. Every now and then they take leisurely walks to and from the forest to satisfy that tiny bit of curiosity that eats away at them. They hope that they might stumble across some type of evidence or proof, but so far, nothing has turned up. One day Devlin decided to take an early morning stroll through the nearby forest while Stacey was still in bed, sleeping. To Devlin, there is nothing like an early morning walk to start off the day. He got to stretch his legs, work up a little sweat, and

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    Prometheus's Journey

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    ego, though for now, he had an experiential task laid upon his broad shoulders. Forevermore, he will continue to spread the ideology which has blessed him, Gaia, and his newly born son, Odysseus. Now that several years have passed since his grand discovery, his plans were to awe his once former brothers and sisters with his new-found knowledge. Moreover, Prometheus had been working on the marvels of the old world with a working automobile (being a classic red convertible ford with a V8 engine) the

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    Individuality In Anthem

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    that are present in the novel. It’s as if these two themes work against each other, in order to obtain individuality, you must get rid of collectivism, and vice versa. As Equality lives through his days, he discovers his unspoken lover, “the Golden One”, and begins to explore egotistical thoughts, where his curiosity grew even greater. In chapter nine, Equality began finally discovering individuality, where he was torn on finding the certain word that society had hidden. “And we felt torn, torn for

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