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    “The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu begins with Sai, the protagonist, waking up to “Il Sospetto.” The song was played at the exact right time to wake him up making him feel ready for the day. Tilly had chosen the song and when to play it. As the morning progresses and Sai goes into the shower, Tilly begins speaking about a perfect match that she has found for him. It is a girl that Tilly knows Sai will like. Sai trusts Tilly with everything, even picking the correct beverage to have for breakfast. As

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    games, both women were in their own world, gossiping mainly on household matters, price rise etc. After 30 min, Hemant asks, when we will watch the cricket match, I looked into my wife’s eyes, she knew what was expected of me, and rolled her eyes, indicating me to take Hemant to another room and give him a brief explanation. As we went into another room, my wife took, Hemant’s wife, in the kitchen, to discuss a new recipe, a kind of diversion we planned before they came. In the room I, disclosed

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    The Fulani Whip Match

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    The Fulani Whip Match is a painful initiation for the boys, as you can already tell from the name what this initiation consists of. Whips, the boys must find long tree branches and their father helps them pick the branch that would have the most painful blow. The father

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    Match Point Aristotle

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    play would need to have six elements to be successful. Aristotle felt that the plot and characters are the most important elements in a tragic play. However, thought, diction, spectacle and melody must also be done well to make a successful play. Match Point is an example of a modern tragic film that follows Aristotle's elements. The plot had peripety, which is the change from one state to another at the beginning to the exact opposite at the end, and unity of plot. The characters were believable

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    Criterion-Match Argument

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    Provide dictionary definition d. State claim: A person who is fully developed and be able to be independent and act in a mature way by being able to make rational thinking and decisions based on past experience II. Body- present series of criterion-match arguments a. State criteria 1 i. Fully developed- developed all necessary human functions to survive ii. Argue if it meets or does not meet the criteria iii. Use examples and data b. State criteria 2 i. Make rational thinking and decisions- a person

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    Poor, cold little match girl: A literary analysis of “The Little Match Girl” I. Introduction Every time that it’s the Holidays, people tend to spend quality time and enjoy it with their families, like eat and have fun with them, have reunions and so. But sometimes there are less privileged people , instead of enjoying the food and the company of our relatives, some are even sent out to sell things, like what happened to this little match girl in this story, as she went into the cold night trying

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    Match Point Tragic Hero

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    The hunger for lust, money, pride, and power can often cause irrational and immoral behaviours and as a result destroy the lives of innocent people. This is demonstrated in “Match Point” whereby the main character commits murder and adultery out of the heat of the moment which consequences in a crime of passion. The movie exemplifies a Shakespearean tragedy described by the tragic hero’s destiny of free will which ultimately leads to his eventual downfall and his internal struggles and death.This

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    Paola Velez Upegui English 112-54 Summers/ DRP November 25, 2016 Colombia Proposing Peace The beauty of Colombia is no match for the darkness that hides inside. Unable to flourish into a country of prosperity that can showcase what nature has given them but a place tied to the past with violence. Soon The FARC stepped up to shake not only terror into the government but also the people of Colombia. They have killed and kidnapped locals, tourists and government officials for decades now they have

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    Seattleites would soon find that public opinion was no match for the power of lobbying: “So, an unholy alliance — downtown business groups, large companies like Boeing (whose interest in Seattle transportation begins and ends with getting commuters through it quickly), the antediluvian WSDOT, craven Seattle City Council members, craven state legislators like Ed Murray (who sponsored the tunnel bill and is now mayor), and head cheerleader Gregoire — bullied the tunnel back onto the agenda, and Seattle

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    The culture and American society is a new experience, but I have to learn to adapt. There is a lot of culture shock when trying to match American society. As an American we must learn to understand jokes and sarcasticism. It is a system of social sharing, learned the values ​​and norms; this is the design of the society to live. It affects the way we view the fl at, habits, preferences and our way we relate to other people. Value is a summary of the ideas that are on the good things, right and desirable

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