Gradually, his life experiences enable him to gain the strength to emerge as a butterfly of grace and beauty. ... Throughout his life, Norman gains the internal strength to open the shell of his confining cocoon. ... Norman conjures a profound understanding of the stages of life that had not occurred to him before. ... His understanding of natural order remains to be speckled with a misunderstanding of the river, and the word. ... To answer these questions, Norman peeks into his intuition and answers, "You could love someone without completely understanding." ...

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Our personal lives are often dictated and affected by meaning and purpose gained through knowledge. ... In my opinion, meaning in our personal lives can be gained through a better understanding of our environment, our circumstances or ourselves. ... It gives us a deeper understanding into why we have certain beliefs and gives us knowledge about such beliefs. ... Yet, there is no greater understanding of his surroundings or personal life that could be attributed to the knowledge he has gained by studying business. ... The four truths of Buddhism also give them a better understanding of life , t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through their interaction, together the characters each form an understanding of what it means to be living, and what one's purpose in life is. ... Once she has done this, she gained a certain empowerment to grasp her life and live it to a fulfilling degree. ...

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And each would have lost what they gained so costly. ... Her gains from the telling of this story are many. ... She shows that even through one such as herself, arrogant and headstrong, his unbelievable lack of understanding in native culture causes an unnecessary demise of the Price family. ... In other words, she gains her identity. ... She was the one who, more than gaining something for herself, gained something for the readers. ...

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In Mary Oliver's "The Summer Day," Oliver expresses her confusion, wonder and amazement for the natural world to express her understanding of identifying one's purpose in life. ... " This is Oliver's attempt at trying to grasp an understanding of creation. ... " This is when I first gained interest in Oliver's writing. ...

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Although some of his outlooks have changed, he possesses many of the same characteristics all throughout his life - honor, the understanding of moira, a strong will and quick mind, and the ability to persevere. ... Theseus not only gains friendship, but also manages to convince Pylas that together their kingdoms could clean up the Isthmus Road. ... Theseus is aware of the King's traditionally limited role, and he is willing to gain power through subtle means. ... Despite his understanding of moira and the fate that the gods have allotted him, Theseus can look back at his life and pinpoi...

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"Sometimes we must be hurt in order to grow, fail in order to know, lose in order to gain and sometimes we have to be broken so we can be whole again." ... Circumstances come to us with a purpose beyond human understanding. ...

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A complete understanding of all the texts we have read is essential in order to maximize comprehension of individual situations amongst our heroes. ... It is through our hero, that we ultimately gain the perspective needed to understand the Tao, the meaning of life, and the concept of death, among others. ... " (Mitchell 12) Gilgamesh, who has not yet become as wise as he would like to believe, behaves in a very naive way here, as he overlooks the true purpose of gaining his ally, Enkidu. ...

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Confucius Just as Confucius stated, that we need to do to understand, so to does Jim Saddler, the protagonist of the novel, realises that he must go to war and experience it for himself to gain a better understanding of things. ... Jim is a man of self-understanding and he does not want to have to look to others to tell him who is. ...

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Through depicting death as a servant of God, he makes the readers gain a deeper understanding of the Christian faith. ... When Everyman confessed, he gained the courage to call God and even enjoy the welcome of Angels. ... The author treats the understanding of Death by the medieval people. ... The reader realizes the theme of the play by first understanding the purpose and character of Death. ...

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However, if you look deeper into the nature of these crimes you may gain a new insight into what motivates people to behave in this way. ... I am just attempting to present a new perspective on the act of violence in order to give people a better understanding of why it occurs so frequently in lower class neighborhoods. ... Therefore, in order to survive in an environment such of this, one must gain as much respect from his peers as possible. ... You've also gained the respect of those people who you were afraid to walk past just a couple of months ago and you feel safe. ... At least...

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It is impossible for someone to truly understand the depth of emotion that a service member experiences coming home from a grueling war. The United States ended WWII with a victory and began the voyage home. Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers all returning home after one of the deadliest wars in...

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Low-income Outreach: The Impact on Youth Would you like to know how to transform a delinquent teenager? Do you send him or her away to boot camp or military school? Teenagers who are involved in low-income outreach programs not only improve the lives of others but find themselves changed as we...

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Frankenstein In the literary work Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor the monster's creator, is usually identified as the protagonist. He is the victim of his own creation serving also as an antagonist to himself. This would have never had happened if he wasn't infatuated with the secrets of life...

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By discussing each of the poems and contemplating their meanings, the reader should have a better understanding of the message Dickinson is trying to send to her audience and a much greater aspect of what could be waiting for us after we die. ... As seen by analyzing and interpreting the poems, "I Heard a Fly Buzz - When I Died" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", the reader can better understand the uses of death in her poetry and gain a fuller understanding of Dickinson on a poetic level....

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Gaining greater awareness of her mother's value and appreciating, after her mother has died, how important her mother was to her. ... What has it added to your understanding of change? ... A child once quick to mischief' has grown into a contemplative adult who has a greater understanding of life picking the last fruits of the temporal' (the last lessons of time/experience). ...

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Marquez gained personal ambition by "devouring" literature and desiring to write. ... Through Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," he emphasizes that life without heroes, ambition, and a more contented understanding of death lacks the true passions in life. ...

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He tells the lazy man to drown his thought on all of the difficult accomplishments that he, the wise man, achieved and all of the knowledge he gained. ... But with this choice you are constantly progressing in knowledge and understanding, which will benefit life to no end. ...

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I came to the conclusion that by focusing my paper on that which Morrie so eloquently taught the reader, both me and my teacher would gain insight and understanding about living life to it's fullest. ...

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In the end, the author realizes that they may lose more than they had gained by saving time. ... Although saving time is necessary, people seem to use less time to take care of their family, they lack of time for understanding other people, and they have a rush life. ... Thus, "we may lose more than we've gained by forgetting the important things in life." ...

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It's great with surprises and rude awakenings, the challenge is to gain acceptance for it's place in life and from then on learn to handle the many forms it presents itself with grace and wisdom. ... Instead of wondering how his death happened, why not go ahead and be thankful for the times they spent and the great knowledge she gained simply by being in Dan's presence? ... As she gazed at Dan's body she leaned over and whispered "Thank you Daniel, even in death you've shown me beauty and understanding. ...

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Before reproduction the chromosomes split and the reproductive cells gain only one chromosome from each parent. ... The phylo-genetic process that informs the organism is internalized, but only the genum as a whole gains the knowledge. The individual organism doesn't gain knowledge itself in real time, as only its successors are informed (3). ...

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Death and Dying, Losing a Grandparent The death of a grandparent is a devastating time in a person's life. However, when the grandparent contracts a fatal disease and suffers for the duration of the final stage of life, this can make the situation more overwhelming. Dying is a component o...

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He seems to believe that intelligence is based on the number of books read, and not what the reader gains from each one. ... He distances himself from all that he wants to avoid (his family) and surrounds himself with everything that will help him gain the life he craves (school). ... Things such as experience, sense of responsibility, compassion, and understanding. ...

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Those lines state, "These goods for man the laws of Heav"n ordain, / These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain; / With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, / And makes the happiness she does not find" (365-368). ... Johnson wrote Vanity in an attempt to escape reality and to bring himself closer to understanding the reality that comes with death before he dies. ... If their is any doubt about that one must only read the last four lines again, "These goods for man the laws of Heav"n ordain, / These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain; / With these celestial wisdom calms th...

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