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    men who overcome their struggles and forge or repair connections with others. These stories focus on the shared themes of anger, and family, and contrasting themes of responsibility, and connections with nature, the self, and society. Touching Spirit Bear, and The Last Dog on Earth, despite having many similarities, aim to convey fundamentally different messages. Anger is a major theme for both Cole, in Touching Spirit Bear, and Logan, in The Last

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    Jones is overall, a very kind, forgiving and affectionate lady. There are lots of themes to the story “Thank You Ma’am”, although the most important one would be “not to be judgmental". The story tries to tell us that no one is perfect, and that we all have had a past where we have done things, which we might regret, and by judging someone else’s life won’t make it any easier or more morally satisfying. The theme in the story is addressed by the sentence: “I have done things, too, which I would

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    only sane one. Likewise, In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”, has similar themes and views on madness that relate to Hamlet. Both pieces view madness as a divine sense of intelligence and sanity. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, madness and irrational behavior is judged reasonable and

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    Mezzo Forte Analysis

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    This piece of music has dynamics ranging from mezzo forte to fortissimo maintaining a loud, upright sound that penetrates the ear. The sound is constant and ranges slightly similar to the dynamics established in the opening of this tune. This song is in quadruple meter, in which it split into measures counted to four. The rhythm is constant during the section using the same techniques throughout. The tempo displayed in this section is steadfast until it comes closer to the chorus. A medium-fast

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    often wrote about his isolated life and the hindrance that work and religion had on his education. According to Wikipedia, Hardy also criticized those involved in English Victorian society and the declining status of rural men and women. The recurring themes of man’s inferiority and the worthlessness of material values in Hardy’s work can be attributed to his belief that religion and human materialism are often at the root of unhappiness and mankind’s inferiority to nature. Similar to Hardy’s frustration

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    others. These are the themes that are promoted by the stories. Symbols and imagery are an aesthetic way of bringing out these themes and authors have learnt how to effectively use them for thematic purpose, as they serve a better role as compared to plain words. Symbolism not only adds meaning to the theme in question, it creates an aura of aestheticism while reading such stories. The uses of symbolism for thematic purposes in some of the short stories are discussed below. The theme of American Dream/Nightmare

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    Good Country People by Flannery OConnor Characterization as Theme The Depth of Hulga?s Despair Characterization is the most prevalent component used for the development of themes in Flannery O?Connor?s satirical short story ?Good Country People.? O?Connor artistically cultivates character development throughout her story as a means of creating multi-level themes that culminate in allegory. Although the themes are independent of each other, the characters are not; the development of one

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    and eventually died. Even though she lost her soul mate Janie still felt the spirit of him in the sky. Theme Word: Love Sentence: In this novel, Janie’s ultimate goal was to have romanticized love. Theme Statement: Having found love makes one’s life feels fulfilled and satisfied. Quotations: In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, there was a quotation that connects to my universal theme statement. In page 108 Janie states, “Dis ain’t no business proposition, and no race after property and

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    Throughout every story, every author had reflected their particular own life as themes in their stories where the character considers about authors’ regular life like family, friends, works and the media. Most authors can relate their life experiences as an important theme that resemble the character's stories where they recall their past memories in their life from the cheerful recollections where they feel the excitement with their parents or friends to depression and painful memories that they

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    The 100 Jobs Exercise

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    The 100 Jobs Exercise Name: Bria Mosley Objective: Garner personal clarity to make more informed decisions regarding your career goals. Personal Clarity Personal clarity is identifying your passions, skills, barriers to success and tradeoffs to make more informed career decisions. Passions are activities or interests you most enjoy. Skills, or strengths / talents, are endeavors you naturally excel at and your abilities as a result of training or education. Barriers to success are any distractors

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