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    American Dreams Lit. Analysis The American dream exists within the minds of individuals, who live in communities. We can interpret the ideas of that dream based on the communities themselves. In The Wordy Shipmates, we follow John Winthrop, Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson and learn their idea of, and path to the American Dream. In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl we get to know Harriet’s struggles and how she ultimately achieves her American Dream. In both books, we find out that

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    something very ordinary but just surprising. Media feeding frenzies can sometimes be warranted, and other times they just seem to happen because there’s nothing else for them to latch onto at the time. Billygate, Jimmy Carter’s “killer rabbit” and Sarah Palin being announced as John McCain’s running mate in 2008 are just a few examples of media feeding frenzies. In “Feeding Frenzy” by Larry Sabato he is critical of the characteristics of the media in situations where they openly ridicule and attack

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    Political Cartoons Another type of political comedy that is often undervalued today is political cartoons. Prior to the television becoming a mainstream medium, political cartoons constituted the majority of political comedy. This power stemmed from the fact that political cartoons were often presented in print media, such as newspapers and magazines. As print media has fallen out of demand, however, political cartoons ceded their position to late-night comedy shows. This is not to suggest that

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    It was one of those days. A bad anxiety day. After taking a break from school, and not having any classes to attend or exams to take, these didn’t come very frequently anymore. I liked history but just the thought of having to be on campus, or alone in that room, away from everything I considered home, scared me. The panic attacks had scarred me, traumatized me, and changed me into someone I couldn’t recognize anymore. I had always been a shy person that would overthink everything but it wasn’t

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    Ruhl Pride And Prejudice

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    Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice presents a modern interpretation and extension of the classic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice while employing an untraditional and unique structure. There are in turn several interconnected structural choices that are purposely done and have significant implications on the play’s meaning. For instance, Ruhl meticulously and shrewdly contrasts significant climactic moments with trivial arguments and discussions. This is done in order to enhance the contrast between the mythic

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    For example, one chapter called Sarah, Oprah, and Captain Hook, or How to Succeed by Sort of Looking Like Someone, was very busy and multiple things were the focus of the chapter. To prevent this chapter from becoming confusing, Ms. Fey strategically used sub-chapters, including, “In

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    wild animals. ASPCA is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals. They have a mission, that is to rescue, save and help animals all around North America because there are way too many cases of animal cruelty and neglect. Sarah McLachlan makes an argument about animals being abused and neglected, and how we can change that by a mere donation. This argument persuades the audience with the small videos and pictures in the background showing sad, hurt, and neglected animals

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    The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) commercial, without fail, has the power to depress people in less than two minutes. As the haunting tone of “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan begins to play, numerous viewers decide to switch the channel, mute the TV, or even complete other tasks away from the TV to avoid feeling guilty as the images of the mistreated animals flash across the screen, which are constraints for the ad. This heart-wrenching commercial raises awareness for

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    ASPCA is an organization that works to rescue animals from abuse, pass humane laws, and share resources with shelters nationwide. The ASPCA has many different campaign commercials that all have a singular purpose. The ASPCA announcement featuring Sarah Mclachlan that vividly portrays images of many different animals, is probably the most well known of all of the ASPCA commercials. The first scene in the advertisement is a trembling dog in a cage that appears to be heartbroken and terrified. From

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    In probably the most important mission of his career, the Terminator is back and elephant poachers should be worried. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a former California governor and actor, is lending his celebrity to save our elephants in true Hollywood and Schwarzenegger style. The Terminator Terminates an Elephant Tusk According to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) press release, http://newsroom.wcs.org/NewsReleases/tabid/13614/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8324/TERMINATOR-TERMINATES-TUSK-ON-VIDEO

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