Day: November 19, 2009
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The Portrayal of Women In The Arabian Nights
The women in Haddawy’s translation of The Arabian Nights are portrayed as lesser beings on one hand but as princesses on another. Much in the same way as women are treated in the modern day Islamic world.
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Into the wild essay
Our society today is mainly based on knowledge of our surroundings. When traveling to places you are not familiar with can be difficult, and can sometime even be dangerous. Our society has also been very materialistic and we tend to focus more on ourselves rather then the trillions of other people in our world. Christopher…
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Suitable learning: online classes vs on-campus
A student is sitting in class at her desk taking notes, occasionally watching the clock. A million things are running through her mind. At the same time, another student is also sitting at a desk and occasionally glances at the time. Although certain assignments have to be done, she gets up from her desk with…
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Is today reading and writing more important than before?
In my opinion reading and writing are more important now than in the past, because technology and globalization are changing our world and today people need to know to read and write well, otherwise they will loose the opportunity to get a good job and to better their life conditions. In this competitive world it…
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Something that you have to know if you are planning to move to Puerto Cortes (Honduras)
Puerto Cortes is a small city, but despite its smallness has many interesting things to offer to the tourists and to the people who live here. You will always have something to do. It is a nice place to live and also there are some situations that you most take into consideration, but Puerto Cortes…
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Critically account for the fact that nobody is yet to create a single definition of war.
For centauries man has tried to define and refine the concept of war. Yet from all the greatest philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle to the best military minds like Clausewitz and Bonepart not one has been able to answer that most fundamental question. What is war? There are a number of factors that contribute…