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    With the advancement of technology new complex jobs exist. Who else to do the jobs, other than humanity’s own youth? The pressure for humanity’s youth to succeed is greater than before, In Ender’s Game, Ender is always under pressure, and it takes its toll. Orson Scott Card uses the character of Ender to demonstrate the pressure that human society puts on its youth to succeed today, through Catharsis, Imagery and Symbolism Catharsis is used multiple times to show the stress and pressure on Ender

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    this disorderly speaking, and I am not such a new hand at games as you say, but always, as I think, I have been among the best when I still had trust in youth, and hands’ strength…”(126) This illustrates the ancient Greek male expectation that is that men are expected to not be weak, but brave, powerful, and strong. The ancient Greeks also had the thought that men had no feelings, meaning men weren’t allowed to show emotion such as crying in public because that was looked as feminine. This ancient

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    good, suicide was the only thing on my mind. If the friends that were in my life at that time had not been there, there is no telling what would have happened that night. I had everything planned, but it all came to a screeching halt at the football game. Cops were everywhere looking for me. Phillip and I had been talking all day, well more of he had been trying to talk me out of suicide. But, nothing he had been saying seemed to get through to me. I was hell bent on ending all of the pain that I

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    I read countless articles and blog posts about, “Things only student athletes will understand” “Why all employers should hire student athletes” “What college sports has taught me” For the most part I could relate to all of these things. Parallel to all the other student athletes out there, since I could remember my life has revolved around being an athlete. The seemingly mindless daily decisions, what to wear, what to eat, whom to hang out with, what time to wake up, was influenced by being an

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    The last movie is the novel adaptation, Hunger Games series came to a close on November 17, 2015. The final film in the series, Mockingjay Part 2, follows the same strategy as another young-adult movie franchise, Twilight. The book turned movie raised its nearly unknown cast to rock star status and enormous profit. This sci-fi, adventure is violent. Scenes of blood oozing out of actors and actresses earned the PG-13 rating. The violence was spread evenly, however, the out the 137 minute duration

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    I have been playing soccer since I was five years old.  As a girl who didn’t have a lot of self-confidence, my ability to play this game well gave me a lot of positive attention.  I made friends and loved the feeling of being part of a team.  The soccer field became the one place I felt the most confident.   I played on my town’s travel team as well as a club team. Naturally, when it came to trying out for my high school team I was excited.  I trained all summer, worked hard and was very prepared

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    There was a young Boy named Steve which had parents named Kelli and Matt. They were a very poor family and almost didn’t have enough money for school let alone food. Steve always got bullied at school all the time because he was very poor. Steve in his free time would try to steal food from carts in the big apple, New York. One day the family got a new better job in Minnesota for more money so Steve and his parents moved over to Minnesota from New York. His parents boss payed for the flight. Once

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    use a knife and fork competently, but will need help to cut meat up. From ages 8-9 children will increased body strength and co-ordination and have a quicker reaction time, they can ride a two-wheeled bike, skip more freely, enjoy active, energetic games and sports, and will enjoy participating in competitive sports. They will have more control over small muscles and therefore write and draw with greater skill, drawing with more details, and are beginning to join letters together in handwriting.

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    Justice Elena Kagan is currently the Supreme Court Justice. Kegan was nominated by President Obama on May 10, 2010 and than she assumed the role on August 7,2010.  According to The website Supreme Court Review "As a Supreme Court justice, Kagan has been compared to Justice Scalia because of her quick wit, strong writing and aggressive questioning at oral arguments. Justice Kagan, however, has a unique style and is praised for being the justice most in touch with new technology and popular culture

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    scoreboard I hear my teammates shouting and running towards the ball. We were down by 3 and my team always depend the shot on me because I usually score at least 15 - 20 points a game. My coach called a time-out so we could run a better play and hopefully come back. We were going into our 2 lose into the season so this game really meant something to us as much as all the other ones also. With that said it was 7 seconds left on the clock and the other team had the ball so we had to play a very tight

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