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    From an outsider’s perspective, Earth may seem like the exact opposite utopia at the moment. The daily negative television broadcasts, newspaper articles, and online posts about global issues makes it seem like world peace is the most unreachable entity there is. These harsh realities make parenting one of the toughest jobs on the planet, as they must figure out a way to tell their children that the world is not filled with rainbows and happiness. Maggie Smith breaks down the struggles to present

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    Tesla Article Rhetorical Analysis Humanity lives in the electronic age, where everything is powered by electricity, but whom is responsible for these marvels of modern engineering and science? Many millennials tout that Nikola Tesla is responsible for the electronic age and that those credited by the history books for ground breaking inventions were thieving from Tesla, however, Alex Knapp of Forbes has a different perspective. He wrote an article titled “Nikola Tesla Wasn’t God and Thomas Edison

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    Fahrenheit 451 is currently Bradbury's most famous written work of social criticism. It deals with serious problems of control of the masses by the media, the banning of books, and the suppression of the mind (with censorship). Even though Bradbury published this novel in 1953, it predicted a major outlook on how the future’s society would turn out. Technology plays a big part in how we all function in our everyday lives. With technology, everything is much more convenient, and everyone has a much

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    defeat the society. The benefits of this type of comparison can highlight the ways, in which talented authors from different ages, employ similar methods in skillful ways, which come true in the two dystopian novels, 1984 and We. It seems that, George Orwell, the author of 1984, and Eugene Zamyatin, the literary writer of We, had connection, and

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    John Updike’s A&P is set in 1961, North of Boston, inside a grocery store named A&P. The main character is a young man named Sammy around the age 18 or 19 years old. Sammy works inside the grocery store as a clerk. The story starts off with some group young ladies walking into to this grocery store with nothing but a bathing suit on. As Sammy was staring at them he seemed surprised and distracted. He was so distracted that he accidently rang up an item twice. Then the lady he was checking out gave

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    There is no remorse in a wild animal. A sociopath is defined as someone antisocial and with no moral conscience (Dictionary.com). Sociopaths are found commonly amongst politicians and businessmen. In the film "Window of Opportunity", we are introduced to Roger, a sociopath businessman. This paper will examine the character from the film, Roger, along with two other sociopaths, Marge Schott and Vince McMahon (Joeseph 2015). Synopsis The film “Window of Opportunity” directed by Samuel Joseph starts

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    Power can not only harm- it can kill. In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, published in 1945, power quickly corrupts society. The animals were just able to be free of the critical control of Farmer Jones, when another leader steps up- this time one of their own. When given too much power, Napoleon, the Animal Farm’s dictator, takes complete control over the farm. From repealing all rules earlier laid out, to the slaughtering of innocent animals, Napoleon makes it obvious he is in power. The farm

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    “The Jungle” is a novel by a renowned author by the name of Upton Sinclair. He is an American author who had an interest in addressing the improper conduct of the political and business class. He was born on September 20, 1878, in Baltimore, Maryland. As an author, he was able to publish several novels addressing important issues in the society. His novels include “The Springtime and Harvest,” which was his first novel in 1901 and “The Jungle” among many others. Through his work and dedication, he

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    Although building a statue or memorial seems simple- you think of something you want to build or memorialize, you choose a location, you design it, and then of course, you build it. However, the actual process proves to be more controversial and painstaking. The difficulties when it comes to building a statue or monument should arise prior to building the actual monument. The most critical stages of development are throughout the design and planning process. This is due to the many factors that have

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    policy in the 1770s, led to a revolution in colonial America evident in political, economic, and social issues. The Revolutionary War was caused by the British Parliament, one is because of the political issues. For example, on January 14, 1776, George Greenville explained that Britain had the supreme legislative power over America (Document 1). According to Greenville, Britain had this supreme legislative power because Parliament had provided the colonists with much of their needs (Document 1)

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