Something that is ordinary is generally accepted by the majority of the public to be ordinary. In other words when most people say that something is ordinary it makes it so because ordinary is really all about how you perceive something. If everyone says that a stop sign put at an intersection is ordinary than that's how people perceive that stop sign. ... There are always areas of people or objects that can fit the description of being normal, but if you look at the whole story about that person or object then it's not ordinary. ... When a person's life isn't how we exp...

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What exactly makes a world and it's people ordinary? In the spellbinding novel Ordinary People, Judith Guest gives readers a taste of life after having to deal with a terrible crisis, and introduces us to an ordinary family living in an ordinary world. The novel's descriptive nature highlights the main character, Conrad's, struggle in maintaining sanity in an ordinary world. ... Even though the content might require a mature audience, it is not limited to particular types of people. Everyone ages sixteen and up should read this book in which one can realize that a so-called ...

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What exactly makes a world and it's people ordinary? In the spellbinding novel Ordinary People, Judith Guest gives readers a taste of life after having to deal with a terrible crisis, and introduces us to an ordinary family living in an ordinary world. The novel's descriptive nature highlights the main character, Conrad's, struggle in maintaining sanity in an ordinary world. ... Even though the content might require a mature audience, it is not limited to particular types of people. Everyone ages sixteen and up should read this book in which one can realize that a so-called o...

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Guest sent the draft of Ordinary People to three different publishers with no letter of inquiry nor an agent. ... Within the next two years, Judith Guest's novel, Ordinary People, became first on the bestseller list. ... Ordinary People is a novel like no other. ... In Ordinary People, the novel switches between the third person narration of Calvin and Conrad. ... Ron Neuhaus, can also agree with the attributions given to the mother in Ordinary People (276). ...

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Ordinary People is the novel read in 10th grade English class. ... Then, they suggest that Ordinary People should be banned. ... Ordinary People is offensive to parents. ... Parents said Ordinary People gives children the wrong information that "ordinary" families are falling apart these days. ... Therefore, Ordinary People should not be banned. ...

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The novel, Ordinary People, written by Judith Guest, is a story about a teenager named Conrad Jarret going from being a young boy to an adult within a year. ... People were, you know, turned on all the time. ... This quote is trying to say that at the hospital people were like machines. ... Berger even told con that, "People do not change on command for other people." ...

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Browning has been criticized by other historians who believe that his characterization of the men in Reserve Police Battalion 101 should not be "ordinary men," but rather "ordinary Germans." ... While people are united by many common traits shared by all humans, they are also a product of their societies. ... Therefore, unlike Browning, people cannot discount racial hatred as a motive, and perhaps it was the primary one. ... He cites two famous psychological studies as evidence that this made these men "ordinary." ... Here the distinction between "ordinary men" and "ordinary Germans" is ac...

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Comparing Crow Lake and Ordinary People In the novels Crow Lake and Ordinary People two comparable characters are established: Kate Morrisson and Conrad Jarrett. ... In Ordinary People, Conrad Jarrett idolizes his older brother, Buck Jarrett, in the same way that Kate idolizes her older brother, Matt. ... People are constantly remembering great times they had with Buck, and how he always made people laugh. ... In Ordinary People, one event in Conrad's life, as in Kate's, changes his entire life. ...

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In the movie "Ordinary People", one of the main characters, Conrad, has many problems communicating with people and having relationships with them. ... I think this also caused him to have problems communicating with people effectively. ... So many people in his life expect him to remain unchanged despite the death of his brother, and as a result he has trouble communicating with people and expressing his feelings, because he IS changed. ... Berger's advice, and to forget about what other people expect from him. ... If they are unable to see their own good qualities, how can they exp...

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In the novel "Ordinary People"," Conrad experiences a number of events that contribute to his recovery. ... This is crucial to the novel because it shows Conrad that he shouldn't worry about what other people think of him, he should do what makes him happy. ... In the novel "Ordinary People"," Calvin finds himself caught in the middle between Conrad and Beth. ...

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Ordinary Courage The travels of Joseph Plumb Martin's enlistment during the Revolutionary War are very well depicted throughout his book. ... Throughout history only famous leaders are remembered and viewed as icons, but Martin shows the hard work that had to be accomplished by every ordinary soldier for the great leaders be remembered. For every single leader remembered there stand thousands of soldiers that had the ordinary courage to stand up and fight. ... This one word means so many things to so many people across the world. ... In conclusion, sacrifice, growth, and freedom r...

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In the novel Ordinary People, by Judith Guest, she uses the theme courage and lack of it continuously to show how the characters are unable to achieve greatness because of it. ... Most people who commit suicide try it again, and Conrad has to live everyday with the pressure of not attempting to kill himself again. ...

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How most of ordinary people in various nations and from every stratum of society come to act in a concrete situation such as the Milgram experiment, -which its first series was done by Stanley Milgram in 1961-are quite similar to each other. How church was possibly able to dominate the power over ordinary people, demanding them orders of the God and how people as absolute followers would simply take action of the given celestial task, no matter how hard or harsh the tasks were, is relatively equivalent to the situation that Milgram had provided for his subjects in his psychological experiment...

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Adam Smith Economics is a science that most people practice everyday. ... Those people who are not familiar with Adam Smith will not know that he wrote his "economics" as a part of his work as a philosopher. ...

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Reserve Police Battalion 101 Ordinary Men is a book examining the background of the Reserve Police Battalion 101. The Reserve Police Battalion 101 was involved in mass killings, focusing on the Jozefow massacre and deportations of Jews during World War II. While reading Browning's work, one wonde...

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Reserve Police Battalion 101 Ordinary Men is a book examining the background of the Reserve Police Battalion 101. The Reserve Police Battalion 101 was involved in mass killings, focusing on the Jozefow massacre and deportations of Jews during World War II. While reading Browning's work, one wonde...

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ORDINARY MEN In the book Ordinary Men I will be attempting to give my viewpoints on what the book conveys about the Holocaust in Poland and how the Nazis organized and carried out the destruction of Poland's Jewish population, and where they found the manpower necessary to carry out the murders. ... I agree with the author about how a group of "Ordinary Men" could become mass murderers. ... The only downfall here is some inaccuracy of information because it does give sources in personal testimony of people being accused of war crimes. ...

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For a farmer it is the work he does to grow healthy crops, for a student it is the time and efforts he puts to get good results and for a sportsperson it is the time he spends and the energy he uses to do his daily practice but unfortunately hard work is bitter to most people. ... Abraham Lincon was an ordinary man who met repeated failures but perseverance and self-confidence eventually made him one of the greatest presidents of America. ...

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But little do people know he too was an ordinary shy boy with a dream. ... Many people, who don't like Howard Stern, stand by their views because they don't know much about him. ... The people against Stern, are also the people who came up with the name of "shock jock" for him. ... Many of the people who do give Stern a listen, turn into Stern-a-holics. ... It became a hit because of the people he met along the way and worked with him to start the show. ...

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But little do people know he too was an ordinary shy boy with a dream. ... Many people, who don't like Howard Stern, stand by their views because they don't know much about him. ... The people against Stern, are also the people who came up with the name of "shock jock" for him. ... Many of the people who do give Stern a listen, turn into Stern-a-holics. ... It became a hit because of the people he met along the way and worked with him to start the show. ...

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From the heavy, time-worn matter of collaged mixed media compositions, her concept of the painting surface as a weathered, graffiti - scarred facade transforms her work into a wall of contemplation, a lingering memory of people and places. ... She excludes human beings to take your mind out of the ordinary and into a world where your mind is free to wander. ...

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Cleopatra rules her people but has to answer to Rome. ... The opening scene of the play shows that she is a woman to be feared and represents the common people's views. ... This helpless ordinariness suggested by "whistling" only accentuates Cleopatra's triumph over him. ... Cleopatra is shown to be no ordinary women. ...

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In the intention to protect his son, Siddhartha's father made sure that he was kept inside the walls one of his palaces, and prevented him from experiencing things that ordinary people do. More specifically, his father made sure that he did not see old, sick and dead people, as well as those who are dedicated to spiritual practices [ CITATION Boe99 l 1036 ]. ... He then went on a journey to figure out, first, the elements that cause suffering in people's life and then the solutions that would help a person overcome this suffering in one's life [ CITATION Boe99 l 1036 ]. ... Fin...

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Now that I put more thought into ordinary objects, one specific object stands out among the rest. ... Most people don't actually appreciate objects, I never took my time to recognize the value of them. ...

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More often than not, people are defined by our acts of consumption and in the commodities we utilize in our day to day ordinary lives. ... The fact of the matter is that most people forget that these commodities we use come from all over the world. ... The Indian government has acknowledged this and is doing everything in their power to prevent the exploitation of their people. ...

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