Also, the presence of a foreign volunteer within a host community emphasizes the need for local people within the developing community to work towards alleviating poverty within the area. A volunteer’s case study argues that host communities are so used to seeing poverty, and living within it, that they fail to challenge it, nor do they organize themselves to make the situation any better, this could be viewed as being desensitized to poverty. The presence of volunteers from the Global...
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Night, however, is completely different from Maus and is an autobiography. Elie Wiesel talks about his encounters during the Holocaust, and how it transformed him as an individual. It doesn't skip around forward and backward between the past and the present and does not even have the comical feel that Maus has. Elie writes his story in chronological order from when he and his family thought the Jews being removed was a legend to him looking in a mirror 3...
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This piece will give a brief reflection on the topic of Food Security and Nutrition, the key learnings from the topic based on several academic journals, which argue the area from differing viewpoints. This all comes from a food system that faces the challenge of feeding more people than ever before under conditions of dwindling natural resources. (Brzeska & Fan: 2016) The view of Brzeska and Fan (2016) is that the challenge of greater food security and nutrition has been...
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Hill and Darragh (2017) talk about how YAL represents how “most of the teenaged protagonists were actively engaged in improving their lives making decisions in their and their family’s best interest.” Esperanza in The House on Mango Street has always shown an interest in owning a house that she can call her own, not depending on lotteries, or her father, or husband. She sees herself as her only option to come out of her neighborhood, improve her living conditions, and...
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Replicating the main characters’ personalities from a book to a movie may be difficult. The director of the movie “The Outsiders” has done an outstanding job of recreating the personalities of the characters. Francis Ford Coppola has acknowledged the traits of all the Curtis brothers. These are Darry, Ponyboy, and Sodapop. Francis Ford Coppola did a superior job in matching Darry’s attributes. Darry’s personality was shown very well before and after the rumble as it had shown his strength, and...
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As a student, I have read lots of stories and articles about the use of illegal drugs and drug addiction. I, too, have seen and heard various news about this topic on national television. But I would say that the video presentations I’ve just watched are collectively comprehensive and all-inclusive. The presentation has a strong and clear message to everyone. That is, no one wins with illegal drugs! Illegal drugs and drug addiction pose or constitute serious problems to one’s...
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Dallas is the older friend of Ponyboy and his brothers. He is described by Ponyboy as “tougher, colder, meaner” (p. 11). Dallas Winston is nicknamed Dally by those closest to him. He has had a difficult life, spending “three years on the wild side in New York” and getting arrested by ten years old. Physically, he is distinctive. Both his looks and personality are described in animal metaphors. He had an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin,...
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Jackie Robinson was one of the 7 men I picked. He was the most interesting because he was the first African American to break the color barrier and play in the Major League MVP Baseball. He was named Rookie of the Year Jackie is married to Rachel Isum, who is a nursing student, both met at UCLA in 1946. They have three children who provided Jackie with emotional love and the sense of purpose he needed during his baseball career....
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Postmodernism is a cultural movement that emerged after World War II. When Modernism was mainly concerned with making it new; postmodernist literature examines conventional ideas like truth and fiction, suggesting that there is no ultimate truth or distinction between the two only multiple, fragments of truth. Postmodern authors, to covey those ideas use several different literary techniques. One of those is metafiction, which purposely draws attention to the fact that the reader is reading a fictional story, blurring the lines...
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The loud ringing noise of the bell echoed through the gym. The peering eyes of spectators as they looked onto the court. The bell meant that warm-ups were over, and the game would start soon. The coach had watched our warm-up with an intense gaze. The team gathered around the coach, adrenaline rushing waiting for the start of the game. The coach had her clipboard in hand. You could feel the intensity in the air, we stood around waiting for...
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Soccer is a captivating game for a bunch of reasons: it has evolving speeds, elements in the assortment of player positions, and a trace of unusualness where a touch of intensity can turn the game around. Soccer is no uncertainty a group sport—one would not be able to score an objective by moving the ball over the field and getting it over the goal alone. Each player adds to the general outcome—even those players sitting on the bench can add...
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Strategy/Recommendations Get more funding flowing at the grassroots level to increase participation rates for volleyball. This will increase access to the sport through increasing facilities, and availability of coaches and clubs for those that may never have considered volleyball before. Maybe a touring team could be established for a set period to travel to some of the more remote locations in Australia to increase awareness and run coaching and trial sessions to increase awareness and interest. An increase in funding...
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When Pi was thrown into the Pacific Ocean on the lifeboat with only a limited stock of food and other resources after the ship capsized, he had to make a plan to survive the uncertain and indeterminate period in the harsh seas; “when your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival” (Martel 120). Pi instinctively understands that he can’t use all of his energy worrying about the zebra, who is...
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The abolitionist movement was not an abject failure to a limited extent due to the lack of organization and unity within the movement meant aims, methods, and goals were never fully decided. Despite this, the limited organization did mean that the movement was ‘heard’. As historian Hugh Tulloch states: ‘…All these were practical activities outside the private pursuit of Garrisonian perfectionism. The historian's response to the abolitionist movement was to be shaped, then, not primarily by judging the movement's ends,...
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“In was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor (O’Brien 20) .” War causes people to enter a new world that to most people seems nothing like the old. The life they had is now gone, which brings these men nothing but a fierce attack of new worries and emotions. “War is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because...
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Zora Neale Hurston was a well-known and admired writer and anthropologist. Hurston’s novels, short stories, and plays oftentimes depicted African American life in the South. Hurston influenced many writers, forever cementing her place in history as one of the leading female writers of the 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama on January 15, 1891. Throughout her life, Hurston dedicated herself to promoting and studying black culture. She traveled to both Haiti and Jamaica to study the...
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Jane Austen was an English novelist at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. She wrote famous novels like Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813 ). This extract is the beginning of chapter one ( volume 1) from the novel Emma written by Jane Austen and published anonymously in December 1815. Sir Walter Scott considered this book as heralding a new genre of novel (more realistic). At the time, this book had...
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S.E. Hinton wrote the novel The Outsiders, which is realistic fiction. It shows key events demonstrating the respect Dally deserves. Some might think that Dally doesn’t deserve respect for the way he treats people, but he acts this way because he came from a neglectful family and wasn’t shown love. One place this is seen is when Johnny and Ponyboy killed Bob and they were on the run. They went to Buck Merril’s place and found Dally, they explained to...
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Sirens, synonymous with their seductive and tempting voices in Greek mythology, which bewitch men causing their deaths, is one archetype intertextually present in both O Brother Where Art Thou and Homer’s Odyssey which the film is loosely based on. Through strategic employment of diegetic sound, the careful and thought-provoking composition of the mise-e-scene, and numerous camera shots, the archetype is introduced, with the scene being a direct allusion to an important plot twist in Homer’s Odyssey. Apart from the brilliant...
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If I've got a ticket in my hand, I would go to Thailand. I would be there for about two weeks. I would go to Thailand because I want to help improve the treatment of elephants. I would go to Phuket Elephant Sanctuary in Thalang, Thailand. I would also want to go sightseeing like at the Ayutthaya Historical Park and Railay Bay for the peaceful scenery. Another thing I would also visit is the floating market to get a different...
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The use of seatbelts by passengers and drivers while traveling is still a somewhat controversial issue. As for me, I am absolutely convinced that the non-use of seatbelts by these road users should be illegal. First of all, not wearing seatbelts should be prohibited everywhere because wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of death when in a car crash by 45% and reduces the risk of serious injury by 50%. According to statistics, the death toll worldwide in 2017 from...
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Truth and kindness, bothering people? Yes! It is true. Have you ever seen people who are making videos of someone being beaten? Those people are bothered by the truth and avoid doing kindness. Once Mother Teresa said, and I quote, “It is a kindly act to assist the fallen”. This quote tells us that we must do kindness to spread it, even when we are cursed by society. A great example that can be taken is Hazrat Muhammad. He is...
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“To be negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time”, is a well-known quote by African-American novelist, playwright, and activist, James Baldwin. James Baldwin was a man whose upbringing, consciousness, and talent in writing put him on the path to becoming one of the best writers of the twentieth century. James Baldwin was a pillar of political activism. Ironically, despite the Civil Rights movement being known and led with...
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History repeats itself. While many people tend to disagree with this saying, others, including myself, firmly agree with it. Looking back at past events, whether they were political, economic, cultural, or even religious, it can be seen that very similar situations are happening nowadays, if not identical. These events work in cycles, and in this essay, I will use an example that will vividly elaborate on my point of view. Throughout history, many groups of people have been oppressed for...
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At the right time, a flap of a butterfly wing can create a hurricane. People would oversee the power of the insignificant flap, but the destruction it would cause would leave people shocked. This idea is also represented in the novel 'Everything I Never Told You' by talking about how even the smallest detail can impact the final ending. Celeste Ng sets the setting in Ohio, where a Chinese-American family lives. The community does not see nor treat them as...
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Teenage Pregnancy is one of our greatest troubles no longer fully in our community but moreover in our u. s. itself. Teenage Pregnancy is termed for these ladies who become pregnant at the age of 18 or under. Based on the history of previous discoveries about teenagers being pregnant it shows that more early life is active in sexual interest the reason the variety of pregnancies is increasing inversely with their age. There are many health troubles associated with this...
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Same-sex marriage is the legal union between individuals of the same sex whether it may be both males or both females. While it may be legal in many countries for people of the same sex to get married it is illegal in Jamaica, but there are still homosexuals here. Back in the day same-sex marriage or couple were not as open as it is now due to discrimination and the bible. While reading the bible we learned that God created...
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Inhumane ” without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel”. The Nazis presented propaganda to the world but Wiesel explains to the world what really happened. The documentary, The Fuhrer Gives the Jews a City and the novel Night by Wiesel demonstrate the circumstances the Jewish people encountered by the Germans these circumstances were slightly different and barbarous. The book Night by Elie Wiesel demonstrates how badly the Germans treated the Jews and how horrible the Germans were as people. For...
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Is social networking a benefit to society? Many consider these to be an accurate statement. Social networking means to browse through the internet for general interactions with people. I believe social media is not a benefit to society, because it credits lies and allows them to spread faster than the truth, develops a space for laziness, and makes it easier for bad people to acquire your personal information and use it against you. Social networking enables the spread of lies...
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I hope you are doing well. My name is Spencer Crompton, and I am a student at Central Michigan University. I am writing regarding your short story “A Rose for Emily”. I have a few questions regarding your plot choice, the attitude of the characters used, and the racism involved in the short story. “A Rose for Emily” was the most disturbing ending I’ve ever read in a short story. What made you feel the need to make the conclusion...
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