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Fascism in Today’s World

December 14, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

Officially, the word “fascism” considered independent of its historical connotation is a far-right, authoritarian ultranationalistic political ideology that thrives on the suppression of opposition. And today, this word is most commonly used by pro-democrats to[…]

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𝖔 𝖛 𝖊 𝖗 𝖉 𝖗 𝖆 𝖒 𝖆 𝖙 𝖎 𝖈 : a ted talk

June 27, 2020July 9, 2024 mariamcmaria

I am well acquainted with the word “overdramatic.” That word and its synonyms are in the backbones of my DNA, the mitochondria of my cells, and run through my veins alongside my blood. I’ve been[…]

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𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷– ᵈᵒᵃˢ ᶜʳⁱᵗⁱᶜᵃˡ ᵒⁿ ʰᵃᵖᵖʸ ˡᵒᵐᵃⁿ

June 21, 2020 tiffanyyayUncategorized

Prompt: What do these texts suggest to you about the forces that inhibit or encourage an individual’s actions? The drive to be recognized as an individual is what pushes many to blindly pursue the American[…]

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No Love for Nobu – Memoirs of a Geisha Character Analysis

May 19, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

Warning – major spoilers ahead! Even worse – lots of plot retell! Also please collapse the ‘contents’ menu – those are just quotes. Memoirs of a Geisha is my biggest guilty pleasure. Despite the novel’s[…]

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What True Heroes Look Like

May 8, 2020June 16, 2020 zanhappy10AP 2020

“Be strong now because things will get better. It might look stormy right now, but it can’t rain forever”-  Kanika Gupta on Physch2Go   As I gaze out into this mysterious world, I wonder what[…]

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each – for valentine’s day

February 13, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

To: you already know who it is 😉   Each moment with you I try my hardest to grasp. For those seconds of love can’t cease to elapse. A tired truth stays hidden behind those[…]

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Setting Up My Mind (Free Choice)

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 SimyUncategorized

This past semester was  probably the craziest one I’ve ever had. With three cores, after school activities, and leaving for almost four weeks, I am a mess. Like, look at this blog post. It was[…]

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~Frankenstein’s Desire to Emulate God~

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 naomiwwNaomi

Throughout the novel, readers see that Victor had always had a passion for all things natural, and unnatural. His pursuit for knowledge eventually leads him to explore the limits of his desire. He decides to[…]

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~ Polished Hamlet Critical Essay~

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 naomiwwNaomi

  ~Prompt: The role emotional courage plays when an individual experiences separation~   The experience of separation can result in an individual to encounter emotions that would hinder them from pursuing their desires and finding[…]

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Dance of Dreams – PP (Polished Personal) Exam

January 22, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

Although the following song is unrelated to my personal response, it did inspire quite a bit of my piece and connected well to the text:   the nature of human longing and how an individual’s[…]

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