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The True Cause of Violent Behaviors in Today 's Society There are volumes of media that are starting to harm the world in which we live. They have been linked to fourteen mass murders (Fletcher). Nine out of the top ten selling games have been labeled as violent and 42% of adolescents play them (“Children and Video Games”). These violent video games are a major problem in the United States and across the globe. Violent video games have a direct correlation with negative behaviors because they increase

David Sedaris and “Why We Travel” written by Pico Iyer share the theme of “finding true self during traveling”. Pico Iyer believes that traveling helps us find our “truer” identities. Sedaris’s story is an example for the argument of Pico Iyer because it demonstrates that people have a hidden part of selfishness in their shadow, which is the unknown side of personality. This hidden selfishness is a part of our true selves. The plot of the Sedaris’s story mainly focuses on the intolerance of one of

Have you ever thought about what life would be like as a soldier in the American Revolution? Imagine if you fought through the war. Would it be tough for you? How would you feel living away from your home and family? To understand what it was like as either a British soldier or a colonist fighting, you should know the basics of the war. The American Revolution was America’s fight for freedom out of Britain’s control. It started in 1775, and lasted until 1783. That’s 8 years! Now that you know some

The Truth: The Civil War began due to differences in beliefs on slavery. The free states and slave states did not agree when it came to the national government's power to prohibit slavery in the territories that were not yet considered states. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 pledging to end slavery in southern territories, seven slave states seceded from the Union to form The Confederate States of America. Lincoln and most of his fellow northerners feared for the future of democracy

The Things They Carried Analysis “Story Truth” and “Happening Truth” in The Things They Carried Throughout The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien it is difficult to separate what is fictitious, and what is true. During the entire work there are two different “truths”, which are “story truth” and “happening truth”. “Happening truth” is the actual events that happen, and is the foundation or time line on which the story is built on. “Story truth” is the molding or re-shaping of the “happening

Many people with social media are obsessed with the perfect life. But is that what life's all about? People cover their true self all the time. But the reality is much different than your social media “life”. Elite Daily writes “The problem social media platforms have given us is we hide behind screens, allowing others to judge us for the lives we want them to think we have, the lives we portray online”. By hiding behind the screen, you are hiding who you are as a person; and acting differently

drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead. (Pg. 76).” This excerpt from the text meant more to me than majority of this novel whether it fits his definition of a “true war story”, because it’s the most honest depiction I’ve read in awhile. When it comes down to it, it isn’t about the factuality or even the small details, a true story is based on the way it made the reader feel. In “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” Mark Fossie’s suppression of Mary Anne Bell and her desire for survival transforms

Tim O'Brien does a fantastic job of blurring the lines of what is true and what is fiction in The Things They Carried. In fact, he often points out that he has made entire stories up, after the fact. He defends his decisions by proposing that what he has done is, in fact, not lie, but rather tell a story-truth. He argues that his reason for doing this is to bring the story to life more than it could live through the happening-truth. 'I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth

yourself with people that make you feel good about yourself, not people who make you want to change. It is amazing knowing that no one can be who you are. A lot of people do not have the guts to show their true colors, but the one's that do are special. "Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer

psychology, community, exclusion - the narrow, modern litany of cause and effect. David Mandel, a