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    The White Witch The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis, 1978) has many biblical connections. However the one that stuck out the most was the White Witch being the representation of Satan. This imagery is seen in her history, her presence, and the weapons she uses. The White Witch has a history seen very shortly in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis, 1978). In the book, the White Witch prefers to be called “Jadis Queen of Narnia” (Lewis, 1978, p 64) Jadis means "long ago, of old" or "witch”

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    Khakis Creative Writing

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    Khakis. The first time I heard this word, it struck me as something exotic. I immediately pictured myself in untamed Africa, with its rolling deserts and open savannahs. I found myself fleeing from ferocious lions, laden with fierce, golden manes, and whipping past small prairie dogs, hidden in the sun-dried grass. I sprinted across the path of an old acacia tree, just in time to look back and watch the blistering African sun beginning to set, sending bright streaks of red and orange, over the horizon

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    The Dreamliner descended through the inky black night into Nairobi. The darkness was broken by the lights of the city and airfield. Touching down around 9:30 local time, I climbed wearily down the stairs and saw my first sight of Africa, the Nairobi airport. It didn’t look especially impressive and I only wanted to sleep because my body ached in a way that only eight hours in an airplane can do. My family was taken to customs; two hours later, we emerged, glad that we had hurdled our first obstacle

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    stumbled upon the den of the Nemean lion, he could see it sleeping soundly. Hercules pulled out his arrow from the pouch behind his back, he aimed it towards the lion. He let go of the arrow and as it flew between his fingers it repelled off the sleeping lion. The lion awoke and roared so much that the trees flew back. As the lion was roaring every hair on his mane stood up on end. Hercules pulled out another one of his arrow and aimed it toward the lions right eye. The lion jumped up as he let go of the

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    Lion Dance Meanings

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    common and modern lion dance costumes are worn by two performers who become the body of the lion: the front dancer is the head and front limbs while the one in the back is the lion’s behind and hind legs. The performers’ legs are dressed in the same color as the lion’s body and the shoes are made to resemble the lion’s paws. The lion’s head is usually oversized and dragon-like, looking similar to the stone dragons in China. There is a symbolic meaning to the appearance of the lion and the color of

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    In the article “All’s Not Well In The Land Of “‘The Lion King’”, Lazarus discusses how the movie: “The Lion King” negatively portrays a society to children by using racism, homophobia, and social inequality. In American culture, racism and homophobia are both very common and controversial. Discrimination in today’s society is not primarily associated This essay is not completely effective because children do not yet understand social concepts and she did not have enough reasons to back up some of

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    In the article “All’s Not Well In Land Of “‘The Lion King’”, Lazarus discusses how the movie: “The Lion King” negatively portrays society to children by using racism, homophobia, and social inequality. In American culture, racism and homophobia are both very common and controversial. Discrimination in today’s society is not primarily associated This essay is not completely effective because children do not yet understand social concepts and she did not have enough reasons to back up some of her statements

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    Kendall Childers Dr. Sagerson ENGL 1302 September 14, 2015 Noble Act Andrew Anderson’s film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, The Wardrobe starts off with four siblings who are escaping from the air strikes of World War II. The children escape to an old man’s mansion where they find a wardrobe that has a magical doorway to a mystical land called Narnia. While they are walking in Narnia their brother wonders off and finds the evil White Witch who lures him in through gluttony away from

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    The Lion 's Body

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    Introduction: The Panthera Leo, also known as the lion, is a member of the cat family, and shares many common traits of this family. The lion’s body is very muscular, with less bone mass than other animals of comparable size. This allows the lion to make powerful blows with its forepaws heavy enough to break a zebra 's back. Each paw has soft pads to make its movements quiet enough to sneak up on prey. Lions walk on their toes which means they are digitigrade walkers. The claws on the paw grow

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    The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe Journal Entries Peter First Day at the Professor 's House: Today me, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy had to leave our families because of the Germans bombing my home, London. We had to go on a train to a whole new place, we were put against a wall and chosen by an Old Professor. Luckily me and my siblings are still together. Our new parent the professor will let us do with anything we want to do, he owns an huge mansion with a housekeeper and three servants. But just because

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