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    What can be considered “good writing” varies with context. Qualities that make research papers well written are different from the qualities that make good short stories. In the short story writing community, writers have a small amount of time and space to communicate. Kurt Vonnegut’s story “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” in his book Welcome To The Monkey House exemplifies good writing because within its brevity it packs potent emotional impact. “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” is written with a pacing

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    Daniel Fare Professor Coffay 902: Gender, Sex, and Science 12 October 2017 Gender Wage Gap in Film and Television The gender wage gap and glass escalator are worldwide problems that permeate through a multitude of occupations, and no industry perpetuates these more blatantly than film and television. The gender wage gap is the continual disparity between the average salary of a male worker and the average salary of a female worker with the same or similar jobs or ranking of job. The glass escalator

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    Unity Based on Ideas In our liberal society everyone is an advocate for human rights, especially towards issues that discriminate a group of people or race, but this concept of deep thinking for a society did not exist two hundred years ago. Mainly in the society of two hundred years ago, people would follow their government or leader to the tee, regardless of the conditions the people were subjected to. Then, a movement called the Enlightenment changed the way in which people thought. People began

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    mind when they are writing because they are naturally trying to make the best piece of literature they can produce from their ideas. If they had people in mind while writing, writers would not produce the literature they want to write, but what the hoi polloi asks from the writer. This begs the question, how can readers affect the writer and his or her work? In his essay, “Found in Translation,” Michael Cunningham describes the process of translation in writing. In the essay, Cunningham describes

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    AVATAR, the latest cinematic science­fiction epic, turns out to be a half­a­billion­dollar case of reinventing the Ferris wheel. The final product is a hyper­gaudy, brainless attraction that goes round and round and deposits you exactly where it picked you up, only you're poorer and dumber and you'll never get your 2 hours and 40 minutes back. The longtime dream project of writer­director James Cameron, the perpetrator of Titanic, Avatar is big, impressive, and stupid. In fact it's so stupid, it

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    Confidence can trail off into many paths of decisive reasoning. Twists and turns, loops and bends that can baffle the mind to an extent of choices. It can take someone anywhere they delight; there are no impediments to laboriously hurdle. In contrast, sadness will likely cause depressing memories or blurred thoughts and views of the present. Comparatively, happiness can induce an upbeat mood that is gratifying to all. These emotions have a predictable subsequent ride. Ambition is an extraordinary

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    Joseph Schumpeter once said, “The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare—all this and more is written in its fiscal history, stripped of all phrases. He who knows how to listen to its message here discerns the thunder of world history more clearly than anywhere else.” Social structure is the interaction and way that human beings live and dwell together. It’s also usually linked with social change, another closely related topic. Social change

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    Although much debate surrounds the United States’ classification as an empire, there is no doubt or argument saying that the U.S.’s involvement in global affairs has changed the world, whether that is a positive or negative outcome will be left for another day. In this paper, the US shall be regarded as an empire because of its past and present actions in the global viewpoint. American dominance in the global view of the world can be traced back to the end of the Second World War, when they surpassed

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    The main idea is to explain how the Fugitive Slave Act was one of the many causes of the Civil War. This investigation's purpose is to help discus how the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 aided in causing the civil war. The question that will be answered is , how did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 aid in causing the Civil War? This is significant because it will help show one of the many reasons why the Civil War occurred in the first place. The method that will be used for this are two sources that have

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    For the efficiency of the movie in bringing the issue and inspiring feminine portrayal of Elle, the movie got several awards and honors. It had a huge and remarkable impact on the hoi polloi. The movie in Golden Globes, USA 2002 was nominated for Best motion picture and Best performance in a motion picture – comedy or musical (Reese Witherspoon who played Elle). Furthermore it won BMI film Music Award in 2002 , nominated for 2002 British

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