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    identity begins to complicate the original theme by making it less about race and more about one’s beliefs. Throughout the story we never see Sula turn to race as her identity, even as others, like Nel, write her down as a woman of color. Instead, Sula constructs an identity based on her belief that emotions should govern her life. Consequently, other characters adopt this view because a person’s beliefs, which manifest in their actions, became a new expectation. In other words, the characters see the

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    shapes the reader’s perception of Antigone and her philosophical beliefs as to right and wrong. When speaking to Ismene about her plan to bury their brother, she states “I’ll do what’s honorable, and then I’ll die” (Antigone, 750). Antigone’s willingness to die for a cause that she feels is honorable and right demonstrates what she values highest. Antigone shows that the conflicting nature between her beliefs and the king’s beliefs on how to deal with Polyneikes’ death will not hold her back from

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    Personal values are the core of our beliefs and values that we hold in and around our lives. As we learn and grow, we accept new values and beliefs. We discard the ones that no longer work as we grow and develop ourselves. Some of those values when growing up are ingrained by our family, friends, community and the experiences which have contribute to our views. When we hear about why two people fall in love, we hear that they tend to have the same values and beliefs. Those would be our core values

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    Mill is stressing the importance of the diversity of opinions and how silencing opinions is wrong even when the belief opposes religious doctrines. He argues that freedom of expression is important and that opinions need to be discussed because the oppressed opinion may be true and because human beings should not keep others from their own convictions. Applying this context to “Self-Reliance,” Emerson

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    every activity one does, time is very important for the activity. In stories, chronology is especially important for it helps the reader understand what is happening but also gains a message from it. Chronological order is part of the plot diagram in any story where the story begins which takes the reader to rising action. The author of Elephant, Slawomir Mrozek and the author of The Secret Lost in the Water, Roch Carrier showed how chronology is very important to the story. These authors used different

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    22 seniors participated in this study. The goal of this study was to examine whether sophomore and senior level university students differ in their beliefs about construction and modification of knowledge. Students rated their responses to an Epistemological Beliefs (EB) questionnaire on a 5-point Likert-scale. This survey measured students’ beliefs about constructing and modification of knowledge between sophomores and seniors. Results indicated that sophomores have a more sophisticated epistemological

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    is the spread of ideas so important to progress? In the court, Bertram Cates challenges the law and with that causes a challenge in the society. Making a progress for all the society is where everyone can pursue what they believe the truth and change the way the people think. Bertram Cates is standing up for academic freedom because not only one religion should be taught to the students but shows his opinion on how humans were created. Freedom to think is an important concept because it allows the

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    on their general beliefs. He depicted life and death cycles to merge society together on a spiritual level. Despite his eagerness to unite society he also embraced individualism, and is also a persistent theme in most of his poetry. Nature was an important concept that Whitman used to convince people who there were more important things to life than class structure. He used nature connect us all, and encourage people to

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    Religion “ Please God, please don’t kill my daddy”(203). People have very different beliefs and ways to show their beliefs. Junior shows his belief in God by praying for his father to arrive safely at the school. After losing multiple people that he cares about he became so upset and cold and he needed hope from God that he wouldn't lose his father as well. Some people do not believe that prayer works and use different ways to ask for things. Junior was so happy to see his father he started laughing

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    Whether it is through prayer or just religious contemplation of life’s deepest questions, religion serves as a tool for responding to life’s greatest mysteries. In a modern world where many believe that being religious is a waste of time, it is important to remember that a strong foundation of faith can provide one with the answers needed to answer life’s most meaningful questions. One religion that provides answers to life’s deepest questions is Islam. In the

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