... sudden collapse of a national landmark, the Bridge of San Luis Rey) which five people were crossing at the time of the disaster. All five were killed instantly: a little boy, a young girl, a wealthy old woman, an old man, and a youth. Brother Juniper is shocked into a metaphysical thought: "If there were any pattern in the universe at all, any plan in a human life, surely it could be discovered mysteriously latent in those lives so suddenly cut off. Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan. And in that instant Brother Juniper made the resolve to inquire into the secret lives of those five persons, that mome ...
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... of a board decide the final step of a person’s education. “Their hair was white and their faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed” (26). Each profession has a housing center and trains the citizens to the specific profession, also known as a “house”. In this section, his dream of going to the House of Scholars is lost and he is sent to the House of Street Sweepers instead. Here the rules are very strict. He is not allowed to laugh or sing for any reason. Entertainment was a part of daily life for all citizens within this society. Every day they would sing three hymns and watch a play after that. Among the three hymns were “…The Hymn of Broth ...
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... prepared some toys - both for boys and girls - for X. X liked both of them. X liked to play with the robots, a truck or small cars. Also, X liked to play with a doll, too. Whenever somebody asked the gender of X to X's parents, they said just "X'. No one could know X's gender except X's parents and some scientists. About 5 years later, X became the age for school. X's parents and scientists considered the appearance of X. They cut X's hair. It was little bit longer than other boys, but shorter than other girls. X put the girl's upper garment and the boy's pants. It was so hard to distinguish the X's gender by X's appearance. At school, X was adapted wel ...
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... unlimited free medical care, unlimited free hospitalization, liberal cash allowances and many other benefits. This program also makes it possible so that everyone can afford to see a doctor ( family physican or a specialist ). Medical bills are split four ways; among employee, the employer, the state, and the local community. The retired get a minimum pension that corresponds to about two-thirds of average pay during his/her twenty best earning years ( Discovering,46 ) Third, one must understand Norway's educational system. A young Norwegian enters school at the age of seven. He or she remains there for a minimum of nine years. Since tax money also help ...
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... They became great friends and cared for each other deeply. This also notes the man part of Gilgamesh, as Gods usually carry no feeling. Gilgamesh and Enkidu conquered many battles together. Gilgamesh makes great reference to these conquests when he says "My friend, my younger brother who seized and killed the Bull of Heaven, and overthrew Humbaba in the cedar forest, my friend who was very dear to me, and who endured dangers beside me".(p.101) After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh begins to fear his fate of dying and journeys to find everlasting life. As Gilgamesh will soon find out, man cannot have everlasting life. The Gods decided to create mankind, but ...
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... when they were told that they wouldn't be able to leave for at least two months. The only one out of the four who was angered by this was Mallison. He wanted to return to England as soon as possible and be rejoined with his family. He didn't believe anything that Chang, their guide and host at Shangri-La, said and was suspicious of him for not giving straight answers and being so serene. Conway, on the other hand, was the one who most enjoyed staying at Shangri-La, and was actually told by the ruler of the valley, the High Lama, that he was to inherit the position of High Lama. Conway and Mallison were excellent friends and thus, their differing opinions about Sh ...
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... being surrounded by beautiful things. The beauty that Esther sees as the binary opposite of ugly seems to have been acquired through her “millions and millions of dollars” (38). Jay Cee has “brains, so her plug-ugly looks [don’t] seem to matter” (5). But, Philomena has money so nothing else matters. Mrs. Willard is portrayed as the ultimate wife and mother. We are given the impression that Mrs. Willard embodies sensibility. She is what every little girl is supposed to grow up to be. But Esther sees differently. Mrs. Willard represents the inevitable outcome of marriage and motherhood – to flatten out under the husband’s foot like a kitchen mat (80). The wa ...
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... an outcast. Due to his academic childhood, he was more mature than the others and retained his civilized behaviour. But his experiences on the island gave him a more realistic understanding of the cruelty possessed by some people. The ordeals of the three boys on the island made them more aware of the evil inside themselves and, in some cases, made the false politeness that had clothed them disappear. However, the changes experienced by one boy differed from those endured by another. This is attributable to the physical and mental differences between them. Jack was first described with having an air of cruelty that made him naturally unlikeable. As leader of the c ...
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... acceptance of that justifying it only to ones self. I don't believe one could be truly self reliant and selfish, because self reliance means an understanding of the world around you in order to be independent enough to find confidence with in yourself to exist self reliantly. I think that one could be very independent though, and at the same time be selfish. A person of such mind set would view them self as the center of the universe and not take into account the events, people, ideas around them. Self centered Ness is the same evil as selfishness in my humble opinion. There really isn't a difference in how a person who acts selfish, and who is self centered f ...
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... because he is so "gentle" and "weak". In further descriptions of Biddlebaum, the narrator states that Biddlebaum "did not understand what had happened" when he was disoriented by fear, but felt "that his were to blame" after he was driven from Pennsylvania." Biddlebaum's confusion and isolates him from his environment, to his detriment. Anderson also explores Biddlebaum's fear of his . "For a moment he stood thus rubbing his together and looking up and down the road, and then fear overcoming him, ran back to walk again upon the porch of his house." Biddlebaum "wanted to keep [his ] hidden away" for reasons that he himself does not know. In other instances, ...
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