My cultural group is Chicano'a, a term many Americans born in the United States but having Mexican descents use to identify. The term was popularized during the Chicano Movement of the 1960s by many Mexican Americans to express a political stance founded on pride in a shared cultural, ethnic, and community identity. Chicanos are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in the United States. Tamales originated in Mesoamerica as early as 5,000 – 8,000 B.C.E. It's possible that the...
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Introduction The information on the internet is available for everyone to access and it’s been an issue for many years on net neutrality. If there is no net neutrality then the Internet Service Provider (ISP) has complete control over the content that can be accessible by the Internet users. Net neutrality prevents ISPs from demanding premium payment for the websites to have faster streaming. The internet websites were segregated based on paid prioritization and the users will be regulated based...
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Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are still new technology we don't know if it will be helpful or harmful to humanity. GMOs are a pretty controversial topic and people often have very strong opinions about them. Many people believe that GMOs will solve all the world's food problems and others think that they will be the thing that kills us, ok maybe that’s a bit extreme. This paper is going to focus on the cons of GMO use. GMOs have had...
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Film Review on A Chinese Ghost Story 1. Records “A Chinese Ghost Story”, means “The Ethereal Spirit of a Beauty”. It is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film produced by Tsui Hark. The plot is essentially based on a short story about Nip Siu-sin, from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling's “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio”. The 1960 edition of Li Hanxiang was just a short story of the protagonists from acquaintance to exile. But the 1987 edition...
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According to the literature, the genre of letter writing is non-fiction, narrative, and deliberative. In the letters rhetorically realism is expressed. The purpose of rhetorical analysis in letters is to express the literary realism in the writing that it has an impact on society. It also depicts and reflects the trends in society. The context of the body of the letter is contrary because the Linda situation is based on Young Adult and Women's Fiction whereas Arm Farewell is based...
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Despite being a relatively new technology the advancement of the computer, which is defined by Merriam-Webster as an electronic device for storing and processing data has had a close relationship with the changes of modern societies. I plan to show what that relationship is. The first electric programmable computer was The Colossus made by the British during world war two since then various computers have been made for more varied and advanced purposes. When we get to today where nearly...
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Frankly speaking, when we came to know that we are supposed to take eight humanities courses in our four years of B.Tech, we all were shocked for the time being. We came to IIT to study engineering, not this illogical stuff. We had a question, after all why study these courses that are never going to play any role in our future life, we came up with our own answers without actual analysis of the need. We thought that college...
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The Things They Carried is a collection of metafiction short stories written in 1990 by Tim O’Brien. It was about a platoon fighting in the Vietnam War, in the book he talks about his experiences as a soldier. In one of his stories “The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” he talks about how Mary Anne, Mark Fossies girlfriend, transformed into a different person. In this essay, I’m going to be talking about if the transformation was human nature, and...
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The film Othello, directed by Oliver Parker and made in 1995 is an adaptation of Shakespeare's play that was written in the early 1600s. The film takes on several of Shakespeare’s strong recurring themes of love and tragedy. Othello also touches on other imperative themes that are still prominent in the world today, including class and rank in society, racism, and manipulation of individuals for the purpose of self-benefit. Currently, manipulation and deception still, unfortunately, take place in the current...
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Online dating is a way for people to introduce themselves to one another to try and develop a relationship. People who are using online dating usually are intending to look for someone to connect with and form some sort of a relationship, usually a romantic one. The first step of online dating is deciding which app or website you think will work best for you. There are different dating apps for certain people to cater to their personal interests. For...
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After attending the workshop, I decided on the following topic for my essay: Nuclear Energy Ever since the first industrial revolution, humanity has delved into different ways of power generation. Rapid technology advancements in the past century have indicated an increasing demand for energy reserves and an urge for more effective ways to generate electricity. To date, different methods of power generation have been explored, ranging from coal burning to the use of solar energy. This has soon raised an...
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Throughout my first semester, I was introduced to the humanities class of philosophy. Before my arrival at IE, I already had some prior experience with philosophy. My previous school followed the educational system of the IB which had a mandatory class that was very similar to philosophy. Throughout this essay, I will explain the main concepts that have been discussed and studied throughout this semester. This essay will also intend to summarize the course by analyzing each individual topic that...
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Handwashing as an intervention is everyone’s responsibility, but for us as nurses, the NMC Code requires us to ‘promote professionalism and trust’ as one of our main standards, this includes nurses and professionals acting as a role models for other colleagues and patients, including children (NMC, 2021b). This demonstrates the importance of working as a collaborative team to provide the best care for children and their families. A collaborative framework is known as different professionals working together to deliver the...
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What is Basketball, Where does it originate from? Basketball is a Sport that is 127 years old and was created/founded by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. James Also founded the NBA (National Basketball Association). The first game of basketball ever played took place on the 21st of December 1891, at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The gym was extremely small. Only 50 feet x 35 feet, compared to current-day Basketball courts which are...
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I. Context A. Start by gaining listeners’ attention. Sometimes, the ones that we love the most are the ones that we have to watch out for. B. Show the relevance. Have you ever gone on family vacations? Maybe a trip to the lake or the beach? Those seem to be the times when you can get the most memories with your family, good or bad. C. Provide the necessary background. My family and I, back in 2005, went on a...
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I am alone on the beach hearing the waves splash against the shore. As a hunted deer that cannot flee, I turn upon my thoughts, feeling hurt. Here I am staring at the sky as blue as the Caribbean water, sighing deeply as I think, it’s such an unfair world. Some people are born knowing who they really are, while others spend their whole life searching, and trying to figure out their true identity. I recall what had happened in...
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Don’t Dream It Is It Broadway. Over the years I have been completely captivated by the idea of Broadway and how you could change into a completely different personality depending on the character you are playing but the best thing to me was knowing the next day you could do it all over again. Every night I dream that one day my name will be in lights in the biggest musical theatre city there could be, that I could finally...
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What is happiness? Where does one find it? How does one obtain it? There's no real definition or proven fact by scientists what happiness is, and how it can essentially be obtained. But let me just say, happiness isn't something sought to be looked for. I'm not one to say this is the core answer to happiness, but with experience and what I believe, Happiness can be derived from a simple appreciation and the act of giving. Appreciation From what...
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The Hindu goddess Saraswati is depicted with a veena, a stringed instrument prevalent in Carnatic music, in her hand. A gentle twang of the veena reverberates in the mind and in the soul. It is a symbol of how music, when rendered in a manner similar to the goddess herself, can touch hearts for many years to come. My Carnatic music guru stopped telling me the story and sighed. “Music is a quilt which the musician must skilfully stitch to...
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According to McLeay et al. (2018), Hybrid cars (HEVs) are gasoline automobiles that adopt electric motors and high-powered batteries to increase energy efficiency. It is different with Plug Vehicles which use both gasoline and electricity or solely electricity to generate the motor, hybrid cars do not need to be plugged into an electric grid for refueling. The researchers found that one of the issues surrounding the hybrid car was that hybrid car adoption still remains low. In this article, the...
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The Great Depression began during the year 1929, when the Canadian stock market crashed, wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars in the span of 4 days. The crash was the beginning of what led to a long decade of misery. There are numerous ways in which Canadian lives have been affected. Canada’s poverty and unemployment rate increased due to the Great Depression. The Great Depression caused a negative impact on Canada’s population causing it to decrease. It also affected...
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There are millions of car advertisements online about what car to buy or their reason to choose their car over any other companies. In the car industry, it can be seen why paper advertisement is essential. There are multiple techniques and ways for car companies to convince their audience to buy their vehicles. Some of the most popular techniques are model, prop, setting, and camera techniques. It all depends on the audience the car companies are trying to target. The...
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The Modern Period lasted from 1900-1945. During this period, many significant historical events took place such as World War I in 1914, The Bolshevik Revolution in 1916 and 1917, The Great Depression in 1929, The rise of Fascism in 1939, and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This period was a time of fear and lies for many people. During this time, people such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Franco were leaders. The commonality among all the leaders during the...
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The novel The Great Gatsby written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, explores the idea of the American Dream that may be interpreted from a Marxist critical theory lens. The American Dream is the idea that anyone regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into can achieve their own idea of success through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, not by chance. Each individual in the United States, regardless of their background has the right and freedom...
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I have always had an idea of working in the nursing field because of the great opportunities and openings the medical field provides for its employees. And I have grown up to have a passion for helping people out. It truly sparks a good feeling in me every time I am able to help someone, even helping out only one person can make a huge difference, especially in that person’s life. I have worked in several work environments such as...
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Gilmore Girls were first introduced in the 2000s, A dramedy centering around the relationship between a single parent and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. In the scene, it shows Lane and her best friend Rory dying her hair from black to purple to black, in frustration over her double life, Lane dyes her hair purple to openly protest because of her growing feelings for Dave which her mother does not approve of. The identities represented by Lane...
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Everyone has seen and experienced things that they have questioned and needed to talk about. Well In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author starts the story with Nick Carraway the narrator in a mental institution. The story takes place around New York in a place called Long Island. It consists of 3 different parts the area East Egg, West Egg, and the Valley of Ashes where the rich live in West and East Egg while...
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Throughout time, The Great Gatsby has been recognized for accurately representing the Roaring Twenties society in the United States, a point in history when the economy grew, and the culture began to focus on spending lavishly to enter a new-found social hierarchy. Styles, cultures, and tastes of high-class society change and a divide is formed between modern wealth and aristocratic wealth with the aim of exemplifying two contrasting lifestyles. Particularly, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes the archetypes of Daisy Buchanan and...
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Lord of the Flies can be categorized into two genres: allegorical and dystopian fiction. An allegorical novel is when a writer may use symbols/objects or characters to convey a moral and deeper meaning. His central message is the concept of civilization is fragile. In chapter 2, page 34, the beast is introduced. At first, it is described as a “snake thing”. Snakes generally have negative connotations as it is usually used to portray, one of the reasons is the story...
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Thesis: By strengthening gun laws and improving school security, mass school shootings would become minimal and we would not have as many across the nation. I. Have you ever asked yourself when this would stop, or how many more innocent children would have to die in order for something to change? A. In 2018, there were 113 people killed or hurt in mass school shootings across the United States. B. 2018 has been the worst year for school shootings yet....
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