In this speech, ‘If Martin Luther King Were to Appear’, Bill Clinton is using a rhetorical question aimed at the American people to create the message that Americans in general have done a better job in treating people with equality, but if MLK were to return he’d overall still be disappointed with the current state America is in and how America still needs to change for the better. This speech was given to a group of 5,000 ministers but was...
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‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ is a fantasy drama scripted and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The story of the film concerns a period of five years after the Spanish Civil War, around the time of the Francoists. It earned numerous international award such as three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards including Best Film Not in the English Language, the Ariel Award for Best Picture, the Saturn Awards for Best International Film and Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Ivana Baquero and...
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The movie ‘12 Years a Slave’ was about a man named Solomon Northup, an educated man living in Saratoga, New York, during the 1840s. He was known as the best fiddle player in the community. The movie has several flashbacks between his present slave life and his life previous as a free man. This is probably referring to the beginning of slavery. Since of his need of a source of income for his family, he agrees on traveling to Washington,...
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Realism is a basic creative way for the literacy art. And the main point is that the artists who draw realism paint, they observe the life, the scene, the stuffs in the daily life and draw the real situation of them. They draw the real people with nothing change in the real life to show people’s characters, and also it stands a very significant place in the history, because through the realism paints, you can see the things in that...
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As I held a book with a worn green cover, prominently labeled ‘Secret! Do not open!’ and filled with pages of chicken scratches and crude sketches, memories rushed back of the many evenings I spent diligently writing in my childhood diary. I kept a diary from mid-elementary school up until early high school, filling almost eight complete volumes. Yet rereading my old diary entries, I often ask myself: ‘Why, exactly, did I decide to keep a diary? What had I...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers were an iconic Californian band who were viewed as ‘pioneers’. Although the band was created in 1984, the band did not emerge until the early 90s with their first top hit, ‘Give It Away’. Following Nirvana to the top of the charts. The band consisted of lead singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael Balzary also known as ‘flea’, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. These four men were known to have brought a new type of...
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Flying across with the wind, letting it carry me across the vast greenery. The vivid green mustard plants set ablaze with hypnotizing yellow-colored petals from its flowers. I run across the dirt, slipping and having reality smacking me with awake from the daydream, in which I flew with the wind, as I held on to my friend for dear life. We did not stop. We ran and ran, but we could only see the beautiful scenery of green and yellow...
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Big thighs? Curvy with wide hips, large feet, round bellies, cellulite, stretch marks and folds? Crooked teeth, thin lips, flat nose, acne? Yes! They are all normal bodies. I chose the song ‘Body’ by Jordan Suaste because I think it’s the most spectacular and pure song ever made in human history and because I relate to it in a very personal level. Each person has different taste and reasons for liking music and even though, all songs are very different...
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Homer Simpson from ‘The Simpsons’ and Peter Griffin from ‘Family Guy’ share many similarities, yet many differences. They both live this crazy, out of the box life in every episode of the show. Homer and Peter are also both idiotic, but can maintain their job ethics. The difference is that Homer, for the most part, tries to make up for his actions, while Peter, on the other hand, has no remorse towards his actions on the show. The two also...
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This paper is based on the 2005 American biographical sports drama film 'Coach Carter', directed by Thomas Carter. This review is centered on Coach Carter's leadership style; the primary motivation for watching this film is to learn about solid leadership tactics for reaching goals confidently and the ideas and ethics that the coach employs. Coach Carter began his coaching career as a basketball coach at Richmond High School in Richmond, California. Carter noticed how harsh and disrespectful the athletes were....
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Ned Kelly was born in 1854 in the small town of Beveridge. Sadly, he was hanged in 1880 at the young age of 25. Ned’s difficult childhood led him into the life of a bushranger. There is no doubt that Ned was a hero. Ned showed extreme bravery, generosity and his self-sacrificing actions is what made him a hero. Ned was respected by many after he bravely dived into a river to save a drowning lad, without thinking of his...
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Michael Moore's ‘Bowling for Columbine’ provides imagery and irony by displaying the gun culture in America and graphic images of casualties from violence — therefore, showing the dangers of glamorizing the accessibility to and use of firearms. Michael Moore uses imagery in this documentary as a way to expose the harmful effects that gun culture has on America as an effort to influence the viewers to support the movement of gun control. For example, the image of Michael Moore opening...
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I am writing to apply for Computer Technology Grants to assist me in my transformative experience of completing Computer Technology at Eastern Illinois University. I would like to tell more about myself which may help you to decide on a scholarship. I completed my Bachelor’s In Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Aeronautical Engineering which is affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University Hyderabad, India which is the most renowned university in the country. I aspire to complete my...
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Freedom may be defined in three ways: First, it is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint as when we say that we have the freedom to speak. Second, it is the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved as when one sat, “Finally after three years of my imprisonment, I had tasted freedom again”. Thirdly, it is the unrestricted use of something as when we say, “We had more or...
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Happiness to me is like a cloud. A cloud can be altered by its environment and it grows and shrinks by its climate. Clouds can disappear and reform, but there will not be clouds; happiness is always present. We, as a tenacious and ambitious species, have to just find it and make happiness out of situations. Happiness is one common denominator between cultures and people in my eyes. As it stands, who doesn’t want to be happy? On a basic...
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As children, we all get asked the universal question, what do you want to be when you grow up? At 6 years old I would say without any hesitation and no restraint an Artist. Since I, carefree as they come, inevitably recognize the beauty of using my hands to produce something new. However, Growing into adulthood, I saw my previous views on life were in fact not what people expected. Living in an imperfect world makes creative minds shunned and...
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From humble beginnings, in 1767, Andrew Jackson worked his way up to wealth and national prominence. Jackson became involved in politics as a child during the Revolutionary War when he worked as a courier for the revolutionary cause. Andrew Jackson was known as the president of the 'common man.' Under his rule, American democracy flourished as never before but the economy and the Native American population suffered at his hands because of the election of 1828, the bank war, and...
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Prejudice is a biased feeling that did not depend on the reason or genuine encounter. At the point when an individual concludes that they dislike somebody dependent on their skin color, religion, nationality, or different reasons that the individual has no influence over, they are one-sided and have partiality towards that individual. In the play “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose there are a few very racist Jurors especially Juror 3 said a few things that highlight his racist way...
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Socrates is a greek philosopher and he once said that 'An unexamined life is not worth living'. It means that we must examine our lives and we must choose a good life for ourselves through self-awareness thus it's worth living. He also said that 'Knowledge is a virtue'. It means that to know something is to do something and knowing what is good is to do what is good. We must be aware to do the right or good thing....
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In order to maintain a good, healthy relationship with another person, there are many considerations. Some are more important than others. Personally, I think that always telling the truth is the most important aspect of any relationship between people. This is because lies hurt people's feelings, no matter how innocent the lie may seem. Telling the truth is better for everyone involved, for, if you cannot trust someone it is difficult to get close to them emotionally. First, telling the...
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Tell Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe's story 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is about a man's depression and descent into madness. The narrator and his obsessions are the focus of the story. The story is narrated in the first person by the protagonist himself. Because the reader only has one side of the story to deal with, the story's point of view is crucial. As a result, the reader only gets to hear and see what the narrator thinks...
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Am writing to express my interest to acquire a position as a Student Ambassador at your organization following the advertisement on your website on November 9, 2018. After joining the university in the year 2016, I have been able to acquire significant experience in both learning and university experience. The experience has shaped me to become a hardworking individual with excellent communication skills. Strong communication skills will enable me to share exposure with other students during the admission process effectively....
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Steve Jobs the founder of apple gave a speech to Stanford graduates about the future beyond college. Steve Jobs was a successful man his marketing and business tactics led apple to what it was today at the time Steve Jobs was on his deathbed with diagnosed pancreatic cancer. This was one of his final speeches. He uses many rhetorical devices to convey his experience with liver failure and experience to Stanford graduates. His first story is about connecting the dots,...
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I previously finished a bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine in 2007 and I followed it with a one-year diploma degree in Food Hygiene (meat and milk products) in 2009, then I accumulated around 10 years of working experience in my field in the middle east countries. When I came to Canada in 2016 as a new immigrant it was so hard to find a job in carrier and all my saved money was depleted in this huge step I hated...
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Love it for the humor and adventure it packs or hate it for its dark humor and profane language, South Park is one of the longest-running animated sitcoms that have ever graced our screens. Since it came on the air in August 1997, the show has garnered a huge following and has become infamous for being very inappropriate for the younger audience even though it is a cartoon. This notwithstanding, the show has received numerous nominations and awards and has...
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Research shows that the crash rate of drivers aged 16-17 years is nearly double than that of drivers aged 18-19, which is why the legal age for driving is 18 and not 16. Some of the important reasons why the driving age should not be reduced to 16 are to do with accidents, lack of maturity, and due to irresponsibility. One of the main reasons why people aged 16 should not be allowed to drive is because the rate of...
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School prayer would result in many shared benefits. The public school system is, unfortunately, crumbling as proven by the rise in school shootings, increasing drug use, alcoholism, etc. School prayer can help fight these issues. School prayer should allow religious students a chance to observe their religious views during the school day. All the disagreement over publicly sponsored prayer in public schools didn’t just start in 1962. It began a little more than one hundred years earlier, back in the...
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Yes, Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools. The story is based in St. Petersburg, Missouri, it was based on the bank of the Mississippi River. The negative impact of the book about a boy who goes down a river with an escaped slave outweighed its literary benefits from the book. American High Schools have banned Huckleberry Finn because the use of the “N-word” was not “inclusive” for the students and made them very uncomfortable. Huckleberry Finn is a book...
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Cohen indicates that the musical genre is “the most commercially successful genre in the American theatre today.” The first real music that comes to my mind is the contemporary retelling of Alexander Hamilton’s story in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton on Broadway. “Eight years, 11 Tony® Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize later, Hamilton, Miranda’s hit musical, is the hottest ticket on Broadway and a pop culture phenomenon,” according to writer and editor for WNET, Elisa Lichtenbaum. I imagine Lin Manuel Miranda began...
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Every year, the United States Treasury Department loses over $100 million on minting pennies. There is a heated debate between people who are in favor of the penny and people who believe the penny should be removed from circulation. The penny should be removed from circulation for three main reasons: the penny costs too much to make, citizens lose money by using the penny, and pennies are hardly used because they do not matter that much anymore. A penny is...
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