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Well, what elements do you want to emphasize in your story? Biblical language, one steady burst of apocalyptic rhetoric and imagery. Technical terms, and it's not even physics; still, who can say that a poem isn't engineered? When discussing literature with others or simply analyzing it for yourself, you will never be able to definitively prove your theories. Odysseus went there. They place their napkins on their plates, or say something about losing. Through the evening – there are a host of us-against-them and you-against-me moments earlier and. Somehow Pocahontas has received better PR, but we want the other one.
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