Life in the Fishbowl Ministers and their families live under remarkable pressures. ... In addition to high expectations and stress a pastor's spouse endure within the church, they experience great difficulty in maintaining a healthy home life. ... However, no one would be the wiser in noticing a rocky clergy marital life because it is expected to be "perfect." ... Keeping a separation between ministry and family life is vital to maintaining a healthy clergy family relationship. ... I can remember when I was little, I felt abandoned when my father's life was too full of other th...

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I was educated and forced to be totally submissive to my parents and husband through my entire life. ... This was how I lived my entire life being a subordinate being in the society without any practical rights. ... As indicated in my biography during in the imperial times such privileges were unheard of hence a woman would live a miserable life all her lifetime unde...

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It was essential that women marry into rich families if they plan to live the luxurious life of the rich and successful. ... Following the loss of the family fortune, both of Lily's parents died, leaving her to live with her aunt, Mrs. ... She constantly is weighing her choices against their consequences in respect to how they will help her to achieve her goal to live a luxurious life. ... Before this event, Lily lived her life in a way that she was generally confident with. ... The expectations of her society were what prompted Lily to live a life of tedious searching for a suitable h...

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Heathcliff says everything he has done, has been for her, ""I've fought a bitter life since I last heard your voice, and you must forgive me, for I have struggled only for you"" (97), proving he has lived his life for her. ... There is nothing for Heathcliff to live for without Catherine. ... Heathcliff has lived his life for Catherine and when she is dead, his life loses all meaning and Heathcliff sees no point in living. Heathcliff feels he has no life without Catherine, he says, ""I cannot live without my life""(164). ... Heathcliff's one wish in life is to be with Catherine and a...

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In other societies, forms of marriage other than monogamy make more sense, and make life easier. ... Kung San live together in small groups, in which everyone takes care of all the children, and much of life is not privately shielded from the group. ... In other societies, descent determines how you will live your life, what you will inherit and from whom, who you may marry, and how you will live after marriage. ... This works well for the structure of life that has developed in this country. ... I believe this to be especially important to the advancing of our society, and to the way of life ...

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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a novel about self-discovery, in which Janie Crawford is determined to find true love in marriage, and live life according to her terms. ... re and stable life. ... During Nanny's slave experience, owning land was something that only a white person could do, so for Janie to marry a man who owned sixty acres of land was enough for her to feel that Janie would live a safe and happy life. ... Janie eventually decides to live the life she has always wanted to live, and makes plans to marry ...

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Can love be the most beautiful aspect in one's life? Can anyone live a life without love? ... Hurston provides an answer directly in Janie's daydream, which is, "bees can not live without flowers". ... Janie just has to console herself that she will feel a sense of love to her husband soon if they live together for a while. ... "It had always been his wish and desire to be a big voice and he had to live nearly thirty years to find a chance (Their Eyes Were Watching God, Pg.27). ...

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The Shuar have lived among nature for centuries, and have lived in balance, preserving the resources of the forest, using only what they need. This is a lesson that all developed countries need to learn, how to live a comfortable life while also not depleting the help Earth has to offer us. ... I also have always has a strong interest with the Amazon Rain Forest and all the life that thrives there. ... We believe it's how you live each day, not how many days you live, that matters." ... We saw where we would go, how we would shapeshift out of this human life. ...

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Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. ... As she was growing up, she was told what to do and how to live by her grandmother. ... To find out what will happen in a persons future, they need to live their life on their own and not have it planned for them. They can't be told how to live their lives in order to succeed. ... Together they built a life. ...

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Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. ... As she was growing up, she was told what to do and how to live by her grandmother. ... To find out what will happen in a persons future, they need to live their life on their own and not have it planned for them. They can't be told how to live there lives in order to succeed. ... Together they built a life. ...

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"The Story of an Hour" illustrates the life of a woman who feels enslaved by her marriage and wants nothing more than to regain ownership of her life. ... Much like "The Storm", "The Story of an Hour" also exemplifies a woman's need to live for herself and have her needs met. ... Her duty throughout her married life had been to live for her husband. ... But her entire outlook on life changes in this instant, as she becomes a liberated person who is looking forward to the rest of her life. ... They are victims to societal expectations that they must live up to, expectations that forc...

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Women were to get married, have children, and live a traditional life. ... She wanted to live freely, as she did even when married. ... Throughout her life, Kate Chopin has searched for female emancipation. ... Louis, where she would live the rest of her life. ... "She lived life as she pleased without being abrasive (Ashe 1)....

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In this paper, I would like to assess some expert's opinion on different issues like definition of marriage, effect of gay-marriage legalization on family life, religious and legal views on legalization on gay marriage when they represents different belief or ideology. ... Effect on Family life : Although all these authors uses their definitions of marriage to support their views on gay marriage, some like Charles Colson or Charlene Gomes are more concerned about the social implication such as effect of legalization of gay marriage on family life. ... He further emphasizes that marriage...

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Although she spent most of her life in New Orleans, she is well known for her stories of Louisiana and her Cajun and Creole life. ... She and her family lived in a typical New Orleans home. ... This sounds almost exactly like Chopin's life style. ... Edna is brought to the desire to live life more fully and thus she sets out to make her journey of self discovery and her very own awakening. ... Kate Chopin led a truly amazing and interesting life. ...

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It gave me the chance to dress up and be whatever I wanted to be, kind of live out my deepest dreams. ... Happily Ever After Once upon a time, there lived a young girl named Cinderella, who loved her father very much. ... But instead of standing up and doing anything about it, she lived her life from dream to dream, hoping that somebody would come and save her from her harsh reality. ... Cinderella, for the first time in her entire life, took control and stood up for herself. ... And apart, they lived happily ever after. ...

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The wedding is the beginning and the reason for the rough life of the family. ... It also represented the small community where the concentration of most Lithuanian immigrants lived. ... Most immigrants come to America looking for a peaceful place to live, raise a family, and build on a future. ... The house was symbolic of the family's life and how it is falling apart. ... The Slaughter House was mainly symbolic of a life coming to and end....

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Even with various definitions, to the majority of people, it is to be happy, wealthy and successful in life. ... Through the status that wealth is associated with, he can live the lavish life he feels is necessary to win the love of Daisy. ... Success is often measured by how much you have worked in your life, this also represents status. ... They could finally live the life they wanted to through the American Dream; through family, freedom, wealth, and hard work. ... Cut off from their Midwestern traditions and ethics, the characters in the novel live in a sort of sick parody of the Ameri...

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Importance of Marriage in Islam Islam strongly encourages marriages, particularly marriages that occur early in one's life. ... Islam is a way of life; it is aimed at covering all aspects of life. ... No one was intended to live in isolation, whether it may be wonderful isolation, thinking that one is better than everyone else by not interacting with others or grief-stricken isolation, depriving one of life's natural needs and comforts. ... People may live and work and practice religion on their own, but it is only a "half life."" ... However, people pay significant prices when...

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Palamon and Emely marry, and they live a happy life. ... Not only has she seen many lands, she has lived with five husbands. ... He was condemned to death, but the Queen begged Arthur to spare his life. ... The Wife of Bath is a very envious women, who desirers only a few simple things in life. ... Through these stories you could predict how life was like during the Middle Ages. ...

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From that point on in his life, Illyich isolated himself bye shutting out both family and friends leaving him sad and lonely. Tolstoy explains Ilyich's pain and alienation from society, saying, " he had to live thus all alone on the brink of an abyss, with no one who understood or pitied him". The modern part of Tolstoy's writing begins as he writes in the way that every man has to live for him and not for others too. ... The traditional part of the ending is when he changes his ways right before he dies, and we sense that he goes on to a better life. ... Instead of justice bei...

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No longer do we look to shows like "Leave it to Beaver", "Brady Bunch" for our views on family life. ... With our advances in medical research, we are living longer and due to this if we live to the age of 70 we will more than likely live most of our adult lives single. ... There seems to be a growing number of elderly adults that are being forced into working due to a longer life span than in the past. ... Singles are challenging zoning laws that limit who can live with them, and in turn others are forming associations that ban children from living in certain areas. ... Many older c...

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Now I live with my mom and my little brother, I am real close to my oldest half sibling she is my best friend. ... I mean some lived with both parents but they were never around, so those friends practically raised themselves and now they are forced to deal with their childhood problems. ... Family guides you and should teach you the morals of life. ... I lived wither for a while, until I noticed that my dad was not the same he thought he wasn't doing his job as being a father. ... Life can be so beautiful, and it can be scary. ...

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She couldn't give herself as she truly was in the world in which she lived, so by ending her life she could live forever as the person she wanted to be. ... I interpreted Edna taking her own life as a release or an escape for her. ... She had lived a good life and felt as though that was the right thing for her to do. ... She was committed to living her life for no one but herself. In the melancholy words of Edna Pontellier: At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions. ...

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The Beng are from a West African forest and have managed to construct a society and live out their daily lives in relation to an interconnected series of meditations on the notions of identity and difference. ... Here is a quote from the text which supports my opinion, "The Kapok Tree, for clearly it was the center of social life. ... She is only offered an arranged partner once in her life. ... They would prefer a peaceful background and to live prosperous with their Kapok Tree that they worship so. The Beng are very religious and live under very strict customs and traditions. ...

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Having one person to help combat the ups and downs of life is seemingly an ideal situation for most people, however more and more people are making the decision to not marry.  ... There are increased social, physical, and financial benefits that make single life a better option for today's young people. ... As he concluded: "They are driving the social renaissance of modern urban life.... They exercise, eat right, and live overall healthy lifestyles" (2007). ... Advocates for marriage have found links between marriage and life expectancy, however what they fail to realize is t...

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