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    In William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily”, the use of a townsperson to narrate the story allows for the readers to see the interactions between the townspeople and Emily, and their effects on the events of her life. Emily Grierson was born into an honorable name, and no one allowed her to forget her obligations. The townspeople play a major role in determining the outcome of Miss Emily’s life, and we see this become a reoccurring theme throughout the story. The citizens concern themselves

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    It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… it is the F-35 Lighting. This newly born fighter jet is having some growing pains and causing the taxpayer’s all kinds of headaches. With the United States trying to be on the cutting edge of technology, the military though up of a plan that could modernize the jet fighter, by creating an all in one type of plane called the F-35. According to a 2014 article in The New York Times, “Rough Ride for the F-35” America was going to show case its state-of-the-art war plane

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    Op-ed is short for opinion editorial. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary Op-ed pages are typically published by magazines and newspapers to express personal opinions of the writer. In the short essay “Free-Speech Follies” by Stanley Fish was written about “op-ed pages crying out first amendment when op-ed pages they published turns out to be the cause of outrage and controversy” (para.3). The short essay also implied that people are using freedom of speech in the wrong way to get away with saying

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    Times’ article “Political Lies About Police Brutality” written by the Editorial Board focuses on how police brutality has been over anticipated by some politicians and creates hate between police officers and citizens of the area. The video mentioned in this article shows police brutality against African Americans specifically. The article also expresses the mediocracy that police brutality has due to politicians. The Editorial Board makes the argument that Politicians ignore police brutality to keep

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    Tortilla Flat, by John Steinbeck is a humorous novel about a group of friends called the paisanos. Tortilla Flat is just one of Steinbeck’s many successful novels. Indeed, Steinbeck is said to be one of the most influential of the twentieth century American writers (Williams). Tortilla Flat was a best seller, and was awarded the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California in 1935 (Williams). Steinbeck’s successful writing career did not end with Tortilla Flat as Steinbeck went on to win the

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    York Daily Record Advocates for Changes in Pennsylvania ARD Law Recently, the York Daily Record published an editorial advocating for changes in Pennsylvania law about Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or ARD. The changes deal with how the law works with the state’s new ignition interlock law. If the state charged you with a minor criminal offense in York or anywhere in Central Pennsylvania, you should contact the law firm of Carrucoli and Associates. Our firm can help you determine if your

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    Gun control is a clear safety measure in our society today. Some gun stores do not use background checks, or the laws are not clear, so civilians can find loopholes to still use/make guns and buy the ammunition needed (Times Editorial Board). If these laws were made clearer and were stricter, events such as school shootings could see a significant decrease. Gun control is crying out for a reform to make our societies safer for our friends, families, neighbors, and co-workers. In 2012, Sandy Hook

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    reunification reviving for the economic boom of the 1950’s(Shmoop Editorial 2). Willy is a middle aged man of fifty years old and a father of two boys. Unlike his younger years, being a salesman has been rough for Willy as new and younger salesmen have been recruiting. Willy longs to provide for his family, and even though he may seem misguided most of the time, all that he does in life revolves around his sons and wife (Shmoop Editorial 2). Willy idolizes the American Dream to an extreme, but the

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    Cherokee Phoenix Essay

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    the Indians of their rights and guaranteed general welfare. This issue not only informed the white population of this new republic, but also the Cherokees themselves. The Phoenix told about district elections, named candidates, and featured editorials by Boudinot commenting on the progress of their new government. The Indian readers of this newspaper began to identify themselves as a group with a common

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    for presentation through the media” (Merriam Webster Dictionary). In journalism there are many categories that articles may fall in when they are published in media, some of the most common categories that are seen the most are objective reports, editorial opinion, and entertainment/sports. When comparing and contrasting the categories that are used, we see that there are more similarities than differences in such things as the tone, style, and the intendant purpose of these articles. In the objective

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