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Dembski's Intelligent Design

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embski uses examples from current literature and theoretical studies in order to illustrate his opinion and prove his position.... The essay "Intelligent Design" by W, Dembski analyzes and evaluates the role of human intelligence in object creation and intelligent cause.... The author uses a question-answer structure of the discussion which helps Dembski appeal to readies and involve them in the analysis....

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Islamic Fundamentalism

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An immigrant, like thousands others, Parvez, the Pakistani taxi driver, arrives in London for a better life.... Set in East London, Hanif Kureishi's, My Son the Fanatic, is a short story that deals with religious and social conflicts between two distinctly different cultures and countries and brings about the rift in a father-son relation, each of whom represents the opposing forces....

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Christian Worldview in the Golden Compass Movie

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This paper tells that movie "The Golden Compass" tries to prompt children to look at all forms of authority (including religion) critically.... In the rational-secular world view being celebrated by the creators of the film, the truth will always hold a primacy and superiority over power structures....

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The Yellow Wallpaper

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The Yellow Wallpaper In literature, there are many short stories which convey their themes differently.... The paper 'The Yellow Wallpaper' analyzes Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper'.... Using a psychological spin, Gilman relays her views on the inferior position of women in marriage as well as the dangers of disregarding the mental health patient as a person in the 19th century....

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The Story of G.I. Joe Film (1945) Thesis Paper

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The Story of G.... .... Joe Film (1945) Thesis Paper The film The Story of G.... .... Joe is an American war film starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum.... The film was directed by William Wellman and is portrayed as a tribute to infantrymen of American military that operated during the Second World War, G....

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The Things They Carrried

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All in all, this book is good and appealing to the readers and quite a controversial literature of war.... In Timothy O'Brien book The Things They Carried focuses on his personal experience in the Vietnamese war of between1968 to 1970.... He speaks of his life before going to war, in the war and after war....

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The Father of English Drama

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In 'The Father of English Drama ' the author discusses a tragedy set in the city of Verona, Italy, in the late sixteenth century.... The background is that of a setup wherein two prominent families of the city of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets have been at loggerheads with each other.... ...

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The Human Experience

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In the paper 'The Human Experience' the author provides a comparison and contrast analysis of the themes and styles in 'A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner and 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson.... Despite differences in setting, both appear to have many complex ideas and more similarities than differences....

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Shiloh by Bobby Ann Mason

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The Shiloh, written by Bobby Ann Mason, addresses well some of these concepts and conflicting views.... The story was first published in a New Yorker magazine in 1982.... In the same year it became the title story of the author's first short stories collection book titled ‘Shiloh and other stories'....

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The Open Boat by Steven Crane

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In the paper 'The Open Boat by Steven Crane' the author discusses the story which depicts a real experience from Stephen Crane's life.... Thesis In the short story The Open Boat, Steven Crane describes that a man has to struggle with nature and the Universe to survive in harsh conditions.... ... ...

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Analysis of The Novel As I Lay Dying Written by William Faulkner

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It can only be seen that he achieves the goal of guiding his audience in understanding the underlying themes of the novel through objects as significant as the peeled off chips and the glazing flanks of wooden panel 13 November As I Lay Dying The novel, As I Lay Dying, written by William Faulkner and published in 1930, is known as one of the finest works in modern literature....

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Character Analysis of Silas in Richard Wright's Long Black Song

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As the paper "Character Analysis of Silas in Richard Wright's Long Black Song" outlines, the short story, Long Black Song, centers on the early American society when racial discrimination was prominent in society.... The whites discriminated the blacks making them feel inadequate and not worth interacting with....

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Grandmothers Victory: An Insightful Analysis

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This can be noted as a metaphor devises of literature where the author has connected and compared one's ability with another phenomenon.... 'Grandmother's Victory: An Insightful Analysis' paper investigates the story written by Maya Angelou as one of the most thought-provoking stories of all time....

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Summary of Freedom Writers Film

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The paper "Summary of Freedom Writers Film" states that the scenario is typical in various urban enclaves where individuals are divided into groups based on cultural background, gang, or race.... Members of each social group are aggressive toward outsiders and consistently upping the ante of violence....

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A04 Book Selection

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It can be regarded as an admirable piece of literature meant for the children worldwide.... This paper is aimed at providing a detailed summary of a selected book from the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) at http://en.... hildrenslibrary.... rg.... The book has been selected keeping in mind its educational value....

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Multi-Cultural Counselling

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The researcher used a quantitative as well as a literature analysis.... ethod The researcher used a quantitative as well as a literature analysis to study the problem.... In the paper 'Multi-Cultural Counselling' the author discusses the need for cross-cultural counseling....

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The Poem in the Orchard

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This book review "The Poem in the Orchard" presents the poem 'In the Orchard' that conveyed the story behind the poem by using a male and female tone that each told a side of the story through their own eyes, and through the words, they spoke to each other.... ... ... ... The poem shows that the differences between the way the two characters perceived each other's action is clear through the repetitive questions and statements, especially on the girl's part....

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The Life of Christ

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The author of the paper "The Life of Christ" will begin with the statement that an artistic and ecclesiastical exhibition spanning the Byzantine through the Renaissance periods offers a special opportunity to follow the creative development of mankind via the arts depicting the Life of Christ.... The Life of Christ An artistic and ecclesiastical exhibition spanning the Byzantine through the Renaissance periods offers a special opportunity to follow the creative development of mankind via the arts depicting the Life of Christ....

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North by Northwest

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Name Professor Course Date Analysis of Hitchcock's North by Northwest Known for famous classics such as Psycho and The birds, Alfred Hitchcock has revolutionized the dynamics of film and theater.... The creation of North by Northwest joined the list of Hitchcock's masterpiece films earning the movie the title as his last critically acclaimed film....

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Homer's Poetry

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This paper is about Homer's poetry.... His poetry abounds in Gods' and Goddesses' characters from the ancient Greek mythology.... Needless to say, divine intervention of the gods in every day life of the mortals is one of Homer's favorite ways to tell us that gods act in two ways, that is, as external forces, and as internal forces....

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The Spartans by Paul Cartledge

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Paul Cartledge's book The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece, from Utopia to Crisis and Collapse is an informative, well-researched historical account of the history of this race from 480 to 360 BCE.... This is the time during which Sparta rose as a power.... ... ... It was the author's intention to address this book to a larger audience, and hence he has tried to keep it conversational and simple....

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It's Bigger Than Hip Hop

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M.... K.... Asante's “It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation” discusses not only the hip-hop music that people are familiar with.... He goes deeper and explores the social and cultural aspects of the hip-hop generation.... .... ... ... Name Course Instructor's Name Date It's Bigger Than Hip Hop Chapter 1-6 Analyze Essay M....

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Jean-Louis Baudry The Apparatus

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Jean-Louis Baudry constructs a hypothetical argument based on the basic conception of apparent movement.... There is a similarity that exists between social.... ... ... The viewer is often perceived as a make-believe object.... As transcendental subject, viewers identify with both the characters and the camera as the replacement for the need for organization and unification....

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Preserving the Three Pillars of Attention

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Jackson documents her vast travels and describes her meetings and discussions with professionals and researchers in various fields ranging from biological and physical sciences to arts and technology.... The writer of the paper 'Preserving the Three Pillars of Attention' states that College students should make choices such as having a clear vision, avoid multitasking, and enhance their information literacy to maintain the three pillars of attention....

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Book report

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The interactive nature that engages the reader creates an experience in learning identical to the three dimensional awareness practiced in visual arts.... Therefore, phonology deals with study of language that is focused on the sound aspect.... Mehmet Yavas has done an excellent job in assessing this element with regards to....

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Tension Between Individual and the Community

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The arts, as well as the lifestyle in the movie, are elaborated using the clothing style.... This movie review "Tension Between Individual and the Community" focuses on Antz, an entertaining animated film that has excellent material for social studies.... However, across the entire movie, various social research themes emerge in the movie: culture, and bureaucracy....

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Philip Dwyer, Napoleon: The Path to Power. New Haven and London

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The book succulently records Bonaparte's numerous media blitzes, reports to the government, aggressive use of arts, and the resulting capture of French public opinion that made his image more as a savior.... This essay discusses the book Napoleon: The Path to Power.... It analyses each facet of the political history of Napoleon's early life....

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Corporate Social Reporting

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owever literature review indicates that engagement practices do not always raise the accountability of the corporate firms (O'Dwyer, 2005 as cited in Cooper and Owen, 2007).... The author concludes that corporate companies are vouching for their accountability by presenting environmental and social reports....

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National Law from Below - Development, Social Movements, and Third World Resistance

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The institutions performing under the rules of international law simply prolong the rule of the western strategies.... The institutions performing under the rules of international law as well as development and aid systems simply prolong the rule of the western strategies all over the globe....

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Business of Kuwait Public Transportation Company

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Assumptions are avoided when performing critical thinking thus eliminating room for errors.... The author of the paper will begin with the statement that the Kuwait Public transportation Company is the main transport service company in Kuwait penetrating most of the regions in the country....

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The Films Planet of the Apes and 12 Monkeys in the Subject of Animal Ethics

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This paper "The Films Planet of the Apes and 12 Monkeys in the Subject of Animal Ethics" focuses on the fact that science fiction is an amazing and spectacular genre, which started in 1902 when Georges Mélie's 3-minute epic Le Voyage Dans La Lune was out.... ... ... ... During the shot, the director cannot tell the animals to act in a certain way....

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Civil Obedience by Henry David Thoreau, Note of the Native Son and The Dungeon Shook by James Baldwin

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The paper 'Civil Obedience" by Henry David Thoreau, "Note of the Native Son' and 'The Dungeon Shook' by James Baldwin" compares the motives of the writers' oeuvres.... They both expose segregation, social injustice and push their nations to fight for their trampled rights, freedom and recognition....

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Comparing two books of Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most prolific authors of his time, has produced two of the most relevant and popular works in the field of literature.... Two of his works are the Slaughterhouse-five and Mother Night.... Both of the works discusses interesting themes while presenting different but equally effective characters. ...

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Alices Adventures in Wonderland

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In the paper 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' the author focuses on the masterpiece of children's nonsense fiction, which deals with some of the most remarkable themes.... The novel is also popular for its thematic concerns and it incorporates beautiful allusions to the novelist's friends and enemies....

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Jane Yolen's Briar Rose

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Whereas most of the Holocaust literature comprises of heartbreaking accounts of Jewish extermination, Yolen goes a step further to include the painful stories of women and homosexuals as well, who suffered just as much as the Jews.... It is typical of every parent to concern themselves with what they consider 'appropriate reading' for their ward....

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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

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The paper 'The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams' analyzes an effective literary tool in a profound understanding of the themes and character analysis of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.... A psychoanalytic reading of the text has a major role in the interpretation of the work by Williams....

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The Dragon Heir

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Conclusion: A trilogy is a set of three works that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three separate works of literature.... “The Dragon Heir” is the final installment in the trilogy by Cinda Williams Chima.... It is a perfectly structured tale that arrives at a convincing conclusion....

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The Runaway Son by Brent Staples

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Brent Staples is a well-known writer who has penned several articles and short stories.... Among one of his most popular pieces of work is The Runaway Son.... This story is basically about forming perspectives in life depending on the environment one is brought up in.... ... ... ... It is a part of the volume titled Memoirs of Family....

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The Significance of Choices in Frankenstein and Uncle Toms Cabin

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In the essay 'The Significance of Choices in Frankenstein and Uncle Tom's Cabin' the author analyzes two characters from popular literature that might seem to have anything in common but actually share the characteristic of perseverance in times of distress.... ... ... ... The author states that both characters represent how individuals can respond differently to distressing situations and, ultimately, effect their future....

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Element Silver

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There is no clear identification of the person who discovered the element silver in the literature (Dhillon).... 9 October 2012.... Element Silver: The Moon on Earth Silver is one of those elements that have been known to the mankind since ancient times.... The discovery of silver dates back to the bronze age....

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The Characterization of Aunt Martha

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Aunt Martha wrote in her diary, “If ever I live and grow up, my one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in the grand fields of literature and science and conjecture.... 17 May 2012.... The Characterization of Aunt Martha Aunt Martha's gender is of a lot of significance for the enlightenment, moderation, and empowerment of all women in general and the black women in particular....

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Reading response SF 2

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In this view, science fiction films portray the development of the male character as his passage literature 7 June Akira.... Among the most characteristic features of the ‘masculine' focus of science fiction is the “embodiment of male immaturities” in the concepts of physical....

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Flood Table Comparisons

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The Norton Anthology of World literature: Beginnings to 1650.... Deucalion and Pyrrha kiss the flood-ruined shrine and pray at the flameless altar to avert the wrath of the gods. ... ... here can be no gainsaying that there are similarities and differences.... ... ... The striking similarity in all these accounts is seen in the mentioning of the cataclysmic event itself and the mentioning of the flood as an extirpator of evil and evil people and the extension of the human race....

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Dual Language Immersion Education

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The problem lies in the dearth of literature on bilingual learning in such groups.... The focus of the paper is an investigation into the merits of immersion programs for bilingualism education that adds to the primary language by full immersion into the second language to be learned....

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Synopsis of the Book of Daniel

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Book of Daniel and the Apocryphal Daniel literature.... From the paper "Synopsis of the Book of Daniel" it is clear that the remaining chapters of the Book are mostly visions Daniel is said to have received, and they take place from the time of the reign of Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar's successor, through to the reign of Cyrius....

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Analysis of The Souls of Black Folk by Burghardt Du Bois

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It is an influential piece in the literature of African American published in 1903.... The paper contains the analysis of "The Souls of Black Folk" by Burghardt Du Bois in which the author provides an assessment of race progress, obstacles of that progress as well as the promises for future progress as America entered the twentieth century....

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Literary Critique

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The psychological genuineness present in every great literature can be seen in this too.... The tension between the public and the private self is depicted in this novel.... The novel is set in the inconsiderate puritan community of seventeenth century Boston.... Nathaniel Hawthorne has....

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Managing masculinity/mismanaging the corporation

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The article seeks to fulfill the lacuna in literature.... The article seeks to fulfill the lacuna in literature not as a way of displacing other forms of analysis but complementing them.... The research analysis that led to the writing of this article was stimulated by reflections on the global financial crisis of 2008 and the exposure of earlier financial and other scandals and crises in corporate capitalism....

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The Raven by Robert DiYanni

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The focus of this paper "The Raven by Robert DiYanni" is on a love story that, however, does not seem to be a happy story of love.... A narrator is a man who lost his love named 'Lenore', whom we see to be the man's main preoccupation in the poem.... ... ... ... The narrator is seen initially in the story as someone who is studying as if trying to forget unpleasant thoughts by burying his head in books and tales of forgotten times....

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Oleanna by David Mamet

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In the paper 'Oleanna by David Mamet' the author analyzes the play, which describes a powerful and bright character of a university professor, John.... John is a tragic character whose destiny and professional career is ruined by his student, Carol.... John's honesty is admirably displayed.... ... ...

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