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- 12081: Stoicism And Epicureanism
- ... act and thought accordingly (Aurelius 520). They lived their lives in a carpe diem type lifestyle; where they lived for the present, neither for the past nor for the future, making the best of every day that they lived. The Stoics had a great sense of duty, which was the result of their desire to always do what was virtuous. They believed that a man should always have two rules in ...
- 12082: Battle Royal
- ... Negroes. This seemed like the white people were saying, “thanks for the entertainment here’s your prize”. Which pertains to the “puppet on a string” analogy. This story was about the struggle of the every day life of the black Americans. blacks had to conform to the white society, and were led to believe once accomplished they were to fit in, but as you can see, according to the story, was ...
- 12083: Bless Me, Ultima - Character A
- ... cry…and wet [their] pants” (58), Antonio spends his time in the corner “writing [his] name over and over.” (58) Even Ultima praises Tony’s willingness to study, saying, “[he] learns as much in one day as most do in a year.” (81) However, Tony’s drive for knowledge is not restricted to books; he also “[seeks] more answers” (71) about God. He tries in vain to find the answers why ...
- 12084: Personal Writing: It Was The Perfect Lifeoff
- ... as it changed. Beams of light began to shoot out every where, the stars disappeared and the wind dulled down. My house began to descend. I realized that the sun was rising and a new day was beginning. I was going back home. “Where am I going!”, I screamed. “I don't want to leave, not now, I am happy again!” As the light became even brighter my eyes began to ...
- 12085: Strange Explanations
- ... in all, it is hard to believe all these explanations. Some we know to be false, while others have yet to be proven either way. Still, it is hard to imagine the idea of every day people relying on extreme explanations for certain situations. Who knows, maybe alien abduction really is the reason people suffer from insomnia? Then again, someone else could have an even better explanation. Works Cited "Spontaneous Combustion ...
- 12086: Nature
- ... it was the humans who got the last word when they killed he gigantic whale. Frigid cold winters are another one of nature’s forces. Back in the times of the Indians, and before modern day housing people had to survive in the cold. Many times people lived on mountaintops or alongside a river. When winter hit its strongest it was hard to live. These people used techniques such as making ...
- 12087: Now About Surprises
- ... long enough to receive all the money. A surprise to an arrogant man, might be to be wrong about something and look very humbled about it. Surprise to a fool might be waking up one day to see that they were not fooled by something. There are so many ways to surprise someone and there are so many that are still out there that I have not talked about. That is ...
- 12088: Norway
- ... were once there. For instance, if the fiords could be straitened out it is believed that they would reach halfway around the equator. At the north cape ( 71 degrees above the equator ) the sun shines day and night from the middle of May through the end of July and then is completely absent for two and a half months in winter ( Europa world yearbook, 178 ). Second, one must study Norway's ...
- 12089: Crude Operatons - Oil And The Environment
- ... Protection." Environmental News Network. URL:http://enn.com/enn-news-archive/1998 (21 May 1998). Gorman, Martha. Environmental Hazards: Marine Pollution. Santa Barbra: ABC-CLIO, 1993. Oil Spills: Just a Cost of Doing Business. Washington D.C.: The Wilderness Society, 1991. Onishi, Normimitosu. "Nigeria Combustable as Sout's Oil Enriches North." The New York Times Online. URL:http://nytimes.com/ (18 Oct. 1998). Rowell, Andrew. "Crude Operators: the Future of the ...
- 12090: Personal Writing: A Path Seldom Chosen - Solving Problems Without Violence
- ... the offender's skull. That thought is perhaps the greatest challenge to extinguish from the minds of the human race, so that society can evolve. You're probably wondering what the conclusion of that fateful day on the play field was. My tactics did succeed, and I managed to retain all my major origans. After the crowd began laughing at my foolish self- directed jokes, the enraged 5th grader quickly switched ...
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