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    THE LORD OF THE RINGS FROM REALIST PERSPECTIVE Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien first published in 1954. This fantastic book became more and more famous when it adapted into screenplay by Peter Jackson in 2001. This work constitute a perfect background for international theories. For example, some scholars perceive the movie as liberalist and some as realist. The greens embrace the movie since trees literally go into war and some feminists also embrace the movie since Eowyn killed the

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    The light streaming through the curtain woke my slumber. I lay in bed enjoying the fluffy white spread that was bunched around me. I was warm and relaxed. I was still trying to come to terms with the decisions I had made over the last twelve hours. I had agreed to be directly involved with dealing drugs, drugs! I left my Sisters do I did have to deal with our cocaine addicted father so I could come help peddle the same crap I thought I left behind me. For godsakes I left my baby sister behind in

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    THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION Cold War Era If one were to believe that an official written history of North Korea during the past few years, the political developments in North Korea after 1945 and until the date entire communist movement seem to have been relatively simple. In 1948, in the result of nuclear bombs crashed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a requirement for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons appeared based on their frightening critical power. The U.S, Canada, and

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    the blank pages. Maybe she might have left some clue as to- Aha! I found her last entry prior to the day at the park. And on it, she mentioned that her family might be moving to Canada. I skimmed over to read that she would be moving to a place called Ottawa. Mickey also read the diary and noticed the word. “Ottawa? I know where that is!” Mickey said. I sighed. “Yeah… Knowing what Canada’s like, I can’t just waltz in there without getting suddenly frozen.” I said. I remembered a lot of people

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    are portrayed in both the Hasting’s and Fran’s households: * Shirley is mutilating the calendar that has shown the passing of time during the montage while Doug is again lost in his own private world, shuffling in the background. This is the last straw for Shirley who attacks Doug, yelling at him ‘stop that shuffling you stupid man!’ before collapsing in tears. * Fran is from a poor Spanish family background. She is downgraded and unfortunate. In Kendall’s Dance Studio, she is teased

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    ” They readily relinquished their individual identities. Madame Ratignolle exemplified the role of the mother-woman as she was defined by and found pleasure in her roles of both wife and mother: she “played [the piano] very well, keeping excellent waltz time and infusing an expression into the strings that … inspired… keeping up her music on account of the children… because she and her husband both considered it a means of brightening the home and making it attractive (Chopin 61).” Although Edna revels

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    Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBPD) is one of the most debilitating mental disorders affecting children today. Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder usually affecting adults that causes sometimes severe changes in mood. Childhood Onset Bipolar disorder is just what it sounds like, a bipolar disorder that occurs during childhood. Persons suffering from a bipolar disorder experience mood swings ranging from depression to mania. During a depressive episode

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    Kayla RadfordAnnKassie Trala Dance Poland I chose Poland to research because my heritage is mostly tied to Poland. My father and his side of the family are all from Poland, tracing back the family tree as far as my great grandfather before nothing more can be found on the Trala name. The only trail we have come close to are the names found on headstones in Polish graveyards. Because my dad’s side of the family is very Polish there is never a dull moment. At gatherings and weddings we dance some

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    The Film Citizen Kane by written by Orson Welles does an excellent job at using film techniques and mise-en-scene to help viewers understand the sense of nature between characters. I wrote about this once before when analyzing another scene in the film but there are many examples within the film of techniques being used intricately in both deliberate and subliminal ways to portray the tone of specific scenes. A series of scenes in which this is very apparent is when a story is being told about Charles

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    My Experience In My Life

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    part had been when the faces of the people were contorted in fear and their bodies screamed an alert, with the intention to step aside in the hope of avoiding me on the bicycle. Her laughter was pure. She laughed without worries. I still remember the last words of that conversation we had held on the telephone in Oglethorpe Square. Where after recognizing that reassembly would be a painful and horrible mistake, I resorted to sitting on the nearest bench. The cold breeze was blowing in my face and

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