An essential contribution to the Young Adult or 'YA' genre is the influential trilogy of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Since the first novel's release in 2008, all three books have generated successful Hollywood movies, merchandise and a large fanbase. Therefore, in a discussion of YA fiction, the impact of The Hunger Games cannot be ignored. To understand the significance of The Hunger Games on YA fiction, an investigation into the first book of the trilogy will highlight the...
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The postmodernist movement was a backlash against the consequences of WW2, and rejected the idea of order and authority. This was not necessarily beneficial. As the Beat generation was born, it eventually progressed into post-modernism. The beginnings of the beat generation and post-modernism were in fact not negative, just new. However, as post-modernism grew, people's urges to reject order and authority grew as well. This authority included the US government. As it turns out, the Vietnam war had just begun...
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1. Introduction Have you wondered the contemporary societies must be better than traditional one? Social change is inevitable due to various factors, like technological progress and urban development. However, it may not necessarily lead to an improvement in all aspects. The modern factory system is a valid illustration. The contemporary practice of it may induce some negative impacts on the workers and cause exploitation. In this essay, I will explain why I believe the practices of the modern factory system...
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Marxism is a social, political, and economical system of thought, named after German philosopher, Karl Marx, but it only came into existence after his death in 1883. It looks at the impact of free enterprise on work, productivity, and financial development and contends for a worker revolution to collapse a capitalist society for socialism. It establishes that the battle between social classes, in particular between the bourgeoisie, or capitalists, and the working-class, or laborers, characterizes economic relations in a capitalist...
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Throughout this essay it will be determined that the likelihood of Vietnam shifting towards a more democratic system in the next three years is nominal. The prospect of either a complete or partial transition to democracy in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam can be effectively ruled out within this timeframe. Throughout this report, the current autocratic setup of the rapidly growing country will be examined, with various potential causes for a transition to democracy scrutinized. Furthermore, the country’s turbulent history...
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In this paper, I will discuss the ideas of Adam Smith in his book ‘An Inquiry into The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’, specifically, chapter 11 in the first book which is called ‘Off the Rent of the Land’. The chapter is divided into four parts: off the produce of land which affords rent, the produce of land that could afford or not, the variations in the value of the produce, and digression concerning the variations of...
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In our society today, the use of technology is seen nearly everywhere and as years go on this technology continues to develop farther. Just when you think something cannot possibly be made more useful, that is when something new is developed. The advances that technology has made over the years is astounding and let’s face it, it has made life a little easier for all of us in some aspect of our lives. Mobile phones and computers are a big...
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In their anthropological review of Hawaii, Anahulu, Marshall Sahlins and Patrick V. Kirch combine the anthropological subdisciplines of social anthropology and archaeology in a project with an intent to understand how the cultural constructs and processes of Hawaiian history have been couched into the land of the Anahulu Valley in northwestern Oahu. The project was accomplished through the synthetization of data from archival ethnography to archaeological surveys and excavations. The authors inform that while their archaeological investigations were centered in...
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Adam Smith was an eighteenth-century scholar eminent as the dad of modern economics, and a noteworthy defender of free enterprise monetary arrangements. In his first book, 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments', Smith proposed the possibility of an undetectable hand—the inclination of free markets to manage themselves by several methods such as rivalry, free market activity, and personal responsibility. Smith is additionally known for his hypothesis of remunerating wage differentials, implying that risky or unwanted employments will in general pay higher...
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Introduction In human life the computer has bought a lot of changes in the way of doing simple tasks and made human life easier. Its use in many fields like business, e-commerce and communication. If we talk about the major advantage of computers, it is the Internet. The Internet is the human successful invention. For humans it has made to do a lot of things quickly and effortlessly. For example, people can contact and communicate with anyone in the world,...
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Sustainability, a concept that can be defined in many different ways by specialists. In general, it composes of three key elements, the environment, the economy and the social system (Kuhlman & Farrington, 2010). To achieve sustainability, people are trying to maintain a balance between them and finally sustain well-being in not only the current generation but also the future generations. Although there is a strong interconnection among three dimensions, the paper is mainly focusing on the environmental aspect over the...
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Los Angeles, California air pollution dilemma stems from the 1940’s, specifically on October 14, 1947, when the first air pollution control program was established, the Los Angeles County Air Pollution District (AQMD, 2019). Beginning in the early 1940’s, numerous gas attacks descended on Los Angeles, California streets. Several gas companies shut down due to the detrimental effects of the smog evading people’s eyes and irritating their throats. In the 1970’s, the catalytic converter was required for all vehicles to reduce...
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Rationalization is the action of attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate. It is a process of change by which a society goes through. In rational ways of thinking we’re talking about calculation, specifically we’re trying to calculate what is the most efficient way to do something. We have to put facts before our emotions, beliefs and traditions. Max Weber pioneered and presented the idea of rationalization. For Weber,...
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It is my belief that cell phones are crippling and incapacitating the majority of our youth. The advancements in technology have created a world where everything is literally at our fingertips. Cell phones undoubtedly play a vital role in simplifying our lives and they have become a necessity in the fast-paced world in which we live today. However, much of today’s youth tends to far exceed the use of cell phones to the point of it becoming an addiction. While...
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Technology has helped in shaping both the business world and our society in general. Many fields have been impacted by technology including but not limited to education, health, entertainment and communication just to mention few. As the world develops, more technology will emerge, and this technology will have both a positive and a negative impact. Technology and human life cannot be separated; society has a cyclical co-dependence on technology. We use technology, depend on technology in our life and our...
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Databases are everywhere. In the ever-emerging Internet age our daily interactions with databases and cloud storage have increased in ways we can barely imagine and will only continue to increase in the future. With the rise in the collection of raw data, techniques must be developed to sort through and find the usable data. This is where data mining comes in. Although data mining is still a relatively new technique being employed by companies, there is already a lot of...
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The most successful metropolis in the history of the world has 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the safest big city on the planet, and with a two trillion dollars GDP, its economy is larger than all but eight entire countries. This is Tokyo, Earth’s model megacity. Our story begins 561 years ago when a samurai warrior built a castle on the shore of a fishing village called Edo. Its rich soil was...
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In 2018, the largest wrestling promotion in the world, the WWE, signed a 10-year deal with Saudi Sports Authority. The deal is believed to bring in a huge amount of money for the company, estimated to be around $100 million annually, for just two shows in a year (Thurston). This has sparked a lot of controversy owing to Saudi Arabia’s widely criticized human rights violations. Most of the criticism is for the company making a hypocritical move by ‘selling out’...
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A 75-year-old recycling business and its current standing. Environmental Impact of Automobile/Car Recycling. Focusing on two geographic areas: Flushing and Jamaica. Also, looking at the broader aspect of recycling and what happens to the materials as soon as it leaves the auto recycling facility. What happens to vehicles when they are at their full potential? How and where are they dismantled? What is the crisis it poses? What does the vicinity look like? What sort of laws govern such businesses?...
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Defining Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a problem that needs to be solved in the world today. It causes the suicide death rate increases because of domestic violence. In the USA, domestic violence is a huge issue. In The Georgia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project said that the death rate because of domestic violence between 2004 – 2018 caused by firearms in Georgia is 59%. According to the Childhood Domestic Violence Association (also known as CDV) said: “Those who grow...
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Communism is a relatively new term but still holds its place across numerous societies across the world. Communism is a social and economic system in which all resources, such as property, are owned collectively by the classless society. This essay will look into what communism looked like in South East Asia in the 20th century and some of the various conflicts that saw the west fighting to keep their way of life and attempting to prevent the spread of communism...
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Arguments for War on Obesity Obesity has become a major problem in the United States. (Welcome 2019). Obesity can cause a wide range of health problems. Obesity can affect all age ranges from infancy all the way to the elderly. Obesity can be a result of many different factors. I’m personally a part of the obese population. I also have my own theory on how I became obese. There are also ways to prevent obesity and ways to overcome obesity....
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Have you ever thought about what the military would be like without certain things? The military must have certain things for it to maintain its reputation. The military always wants their soldiers and their sailors to be their best no matter the situation. The military always wants their soldiers and sailors to have accountability, discipline and respect, time management, and critical thinking skills if they are in a combat zone or working in a hospital. Accountability is very important in...
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Academic Experience of Immigrant Students Since the 1970s, the number of immigrants migrating to the U. S. has been on a steady incline. In 2017, immigrants made up 13. 7% of the population, the highest share of the total U.S. population that immigrants have contributed to since 1910 (“US Immigrant”, 2019). With the continuously changing demographics of the population, we must consider the kinds of issues that will arise for these immigrants and their children. One such issue is how...
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Introduction The analytics tell me that this is by far the most visited area of my website. Why do people come to this page? What would people like to know about me? I do not want this to be the typical photog bio, 'I love the sound of children's laughter, taking long walks in the rain, and the smell of banana bread baking in the oven.' That doesn't really say anything about me as a photographer, does it? Read on...
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In November 2020, the United States Elections were held, Joe Biden won the election with 305 Electoral College votes compared to Presidential Incumbent Donald Trump’s 232. For centuries the United States utilized the Electoral College voting system. A simple description of the system is that each state gets a certain number of electoral college votes partly based on its population and there are a total of 538 electoral votes, the winner of the election would be the candidate that wins...
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Introduction The discovery of science started to happen from the discovery of atoms and metals throughout the human genomic mapping. Observations started about 500 BC when the Mesopotamians were explaining that earth is the centerpiece of the universe and everything revolves around it. The great Greeks were the first people to observe and explain the theory behind the nature of science, such as the Pythagoras theorem. It was also them that came up with the understanding that earth and everything...
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Abstract In this paper, I have chosen the product “Farm to Finger”. I will discuss the different kinds of strategies used to operate this business effectively and efficiently to sustain it in the organization. At first, I will provide the background of the product then I will explain the various strategies used in the product market. Secondly, I will elaborate on the financial strategies used by the company. Then, I will mention the market potential investor used by this company...
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Historical Context of Alcohol Consumption in the US There has been a long debate regarding reducing legal drinking age in America to follow the footsteps of the rest of the world (or at least the majority of countries). The debate is far from over but with the rapid change of the world and increasingly growing pressure that is being put on young adults, it is important to reconsider the legal age of consuming alcohol in the United States. Throughout its,...
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My plan was to go to the Nixon Library with a few of my friends as a way to spend time with them. Since graduating high school, a lot of my friends went to different schools, so trying to allocate time with all of them is a headache. Until my grandparents overheard about this project where they basically invited themselves. But it turned out to be a fun day. We went to Polly’s Pie to eat a quick breakfast and...
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