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    World Peace

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    locality is considered to be bastion of Pakistan People’s Party and criminals against whom the targeted operation is being carried out were once considered beloved of the PPP top leadership. The PPP top leaders have not only been patronizing alleged goons like Uzair Jan Baloch but also declared them as heroes and champion of peace. Baloch was chief of defunct Peoples Aman Committee, an armed wing of the PPP Karachi chapter. Now, leadership of the PPP might have realized the fact that these people are

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    Negative Effect Of Batman

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    Over the past 78 years of Batman’s existence, many have been influenced by the cape crusader. All fans have enjoyed the comics, TV shows, movies, and video games of Batman; he has become a world phenomenon in popular culture that in any pop culture store like, Hot Topic or Spencer’s, you will always find Batman merchandise. Throughout the years, fans have learned that the caped crusader’s number one rule is that he would never kill anyone, not even a cold-hearted criminal. Over the past thirty years

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    Dog Don’t Tell Jokes Book Report Introduction/Thesis Have you ever known someone what thought they were the funniest person ever. Gary Boone in the book Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar had thought he was when no one had really gotten his jokes. He soon realizes that winning the talent show might make him a bit more noticeable. Setting One reason this book is interesting is because

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    Lipi Gowda I read the realistic fiction novel I Have a Bad Feeling About This by Jeff Strand for my book talk. The setting of I Have a Bad Feeling About This is taken place in Strongwoods Survival Camp, a camp where adolescents learn how to stand up for themselves and learn to survive. The protagonist of the novel, Henry Lambert, is sent to a survival camp by his father because he believes that Henry is in need of self-confidence and strength. The main character loathes the idea at first; however

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    In Oscar Wao, the characters are often confronted with overwhelming love as well as with a great sense of loss. The novel shows that loving someone also means inviting the possibility of losing them, but it also declares that the beauty of love is well worth the pain of loss. These two universal human experiences unite mankind despite any cultural differences and offer hope to the characters despite the many harsh scenes of the novel. Diaz’s protagonist, Oscar Wao is always on the pinnacle of love

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    Short Story

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    I sat down my bottle of whiskey on my desk among the discarded papers. The light looming over my desk was the only signal of life in the apartment. The dim bulb gave off a sickening yellow haze. I rubbed my eyes. This case I took from Higgins had been keeping me up late the past few nights. Higgins was a short, hard boiled man, a little large in the belly. I shouldn’t talk though, my own belt had been getting a little tight recently. Higgins had been my boss back when I part of the police force,

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    his childhood. At six years old Sean “stares down at the street, at the cracks in the sidewalk. With very limited motion available to his arms, he finds his father's belt and hangs on with both hands.” Sean and his father are pulled back in by the “goon squad”. This event in Sean's life is the one that caused a lot of phobias unbeknownst to him. Aviophobia the fear of heights, Thantophobia the fear of losing someone you love and Monophobia the fear of being alone.

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    Techniques In Yojimbo

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    characteristics of corrupted human identities. When Sanjuro Kuwabatake meets the Ushitora’s goons, the contrast between the true warrior and the superficial ones makes me laugh and feel disgusted at the same time. As a samurai, Sanjuro is confident in his sword fighting skills, whereas the bandits have to brag about their tattoo and criminal histories. The medium long shot reveals the forced swagger of the goons, clearly trying hard to hide their true nature, their cowardice, in comparison to Sanjuro

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    Raising dragons By Cam (1)The book, ”Raising Dragons” is an exciting novel, since it is many unexpected turns. (4) Writing this book, Bryan Davis didn’t expect it to be an absolutely admirable novel, his thoughts were to inspire his children, but he discovered, that he is a great writer. (3) Naturally, it wasn’t a cake-walk, he had over 200 rejections, and many rewrites, which takes real dedication. As dedicated as the military to keep the country safe. (5) When Bryan Davis wrote this book he had

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    he always tries to win back Latvia. Even when he is pitted against the most powerful crime lord in the area and his brother, Jamal’s persistence helps him come out as the winner. Latvia is married to Javed, a mob boss with millions of dollars and “goons,” including Salim, to back him up. Jamal manages to lie his way into Javed’s compound and talk to Latvia. Latvia tells Jamal to accept fate and to forget about her. Jamal does not listen and

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