“50-50” by Langston Hughes In the poem “50-50” by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is about a lonely woman seeking love. She might be a young woman who left her family in the South and moved North during the Great Migration for better opportunities‚ and that might be the reason why she feels she is all alone in this world. Or‚ she might be a widow or someone who has lost a partner‚ or boyfriend. She feels she is all alone because she has no man in her life. The monologue has a dual persona
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Name: Beasley Eng 1013-020 1/31/2013 Blind Date Blind dates are always interesting because you never know what the person is going to be like until you actually spend time with them and communicate. A couple years ago I got to have my first experience with one. It all started where I used to work‚ a lady that I worked with always talked about her daughter and how I should go on a date with her. She said her daughter’s name was Kelli and that she was smart but a little lazy‚ and naturally
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50/50 When we first saw the trailer for the film 50/50 starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogan‚ we knew this was a must-see. The film’s rough story of a 20-something year old battling with “stage five back cancer” taught us that life is too short to sweat the small stuff. People go through tragic battles like disease and the possibility of dying when all we do is find ourselves complaining about small‚ narrow problems in life. Adam demonstrated true optimism and showed the audience that
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“do it” part does not occur until the night before the due date. On nights before each due date‚ the confident and carefree Heather that once said “don’t worry” can be seen struggling to keep her eyes open at 4:00 am in the morning while shoving a textbook of information into her head. As much as I detest it‚ I am the “pro” in procrastinate‚ and the laziness in me embraces the motto “if tomorrow is not the due date‚ today is not the do-date.” Procrastination‚ the act of delaying an action‚ is real
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Waking up from bed‚ we are introduced to our protagonist‚ sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen. She is a very caring‚ loving and sweet girl with a tough side to her. You can decipher this by the way she cares for her family and how she loves them deeply. She is confident and brave but can stubborn and sometimes cruel. This can be seen in the way she kills animals without a flinch and when she constantly breaks rules and questions authority. She holds skills in hunting and surviving and isn’t afraid
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50 Shades of Ignorance: It is well understood that the mass media holds the power to reinforce dominant social understandings of males and females‚ producing discriminating social systems (Ott‚ 2010‚p. 180).This is done through the media’s ability to abuse female chastity to be ideally pure and reserved. Consumers being known as the secondary audiences allow media messages to influence them and they would then disseminate the information (Ott‚ 2010‚ p.220). Stereotyping can occur when a “misleading
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Introduction The dates on food labels can be confusing. The truth is‚ they often have nothing to do with food safety. Here’s what you really need to know. The date‚ which is provided voluntarily by the manufacturer‚ tells you how long the product is likely to remain at its absolute best quality when unopened. After the "use by" or “best” date has passed‚ you may start to notice gradual changes in the unopened product’s texture‚ colour‚ or flavour. But as long as you’ve been storing the unopened
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Media Broadcasting Donnacha Toomey Drugged up on 50 Shades By Jenny Plunkett (t00166214) Submission Date: 16/10/2012 Drugged up on 50 Shades The literary drug that sets our women off Isn’t it amazing when I type ‘5’ into the Google search bar‚ the first thing that pops up is the option for ‘50 Shades of Grey’. This already proves to us that it has become a phenomenon. However my question is what is it that makes it so popular? Why is the trilogy a “must read”? The author
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women enrolled in colleges and universities‚ experience rape. This does not include other forms of sexual assault” (Kilpatrick‚ et al.) The brutality of this data stuns me. This is also the reason I take great pride in my writing a one act play about date rape. I wanted to be a part of raising awareness and providing hope and healing to my fellow students as well as members of the community. Unfortunately‚ I have found that this is a difficult topic for many and not readily discussed by students on
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older woman‚ men and kids get raped to. The victims‚ rapists‚ and motivation can be very different depending on the one committing the crime. Date rape is a controversial and ambiguous crime. There has been much debate regarding the definition‚ prevalence‚ and importance of date rate in the past couples of years. This uncertainty is evident in the attitudes of date rape victims and offenders. Rape in marriages was only criminalized in the 1970 ’s. This is a reflection of the tolerance in our society towards
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