RACISM IT’S JUST NOT FUNNY We all know it. Racism is bad. We know that making a racist comment in class would probably end up in a visit to the principal’s office. Racism it’s just not funny. Teasing people because of their skin colour‚ teasing them because of their religion‚ teasing them because they come from another country -that’s NOT FUNNY Racism has ruined other people’s lives. It’s scarred them for life‚ its not like they would forget and not care. There’s been times when it’s resulted
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini Prompt #2 The word hope‚ in the dictionary means a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Everyone finds hope in their own way. Things or events we may not see hope in‚ may just be the defining hopeful moment in someone else’s life. Hope is in our daily lives weather we choose to see it or not. It is in the books we read‚ the people we meet and in our lives as a hole. A famous quote by Desmond Tutu states ¨Hope is being able to see
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The Flash: Fastest Man Alive Barry Allen is the secret identity to the second man to take the name of the fictional DC (Detective Comics) superhero‚ The Flash (The Flash). He has been shown various ways since his creation‚ whether in television or on the pages of a comic book‚ but one thing has always been portrayed the same‚ his origin. In every comic series‚ Allen Is struck by a bolt of lightning from a freak thunderstorm and doused with chemicals from his laboratory‚ and from this disaster
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Through out the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Daisy Buchanan is portrayed as pure. The author always describes the two leading female characters‚ Daisy and Jordan‚ dressed in white outfits. At one point in the novel‚ Daisy recalls he own childhood and describes it as white. The color white is oftentimes associated with purity‚ hope‚ and innocence. Therefore‚ the reader can identify Daisy Fay Buchanan as a pure‚ naive‚ and innocent character. On the contrary‚ she is not; she is the cause of most‚ if not
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In the memoir Funny in Farsi‚ Firoozeh Dumas develops the importance of keeping me’s own culture through her use of characterization‚ plot and setting. Firoozeh came to the United States from Iran when she was seven‚ with a father who believed America was the Promised Land‚ a land of infinite wisdom‚ compassion‚ and possibilities. That’s a familiar theme for me. Three of my four grandparents moved across the globe from Russia to the melting pot of America. In the early days of their immigration
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Funny in Farsi is a non-fiction story about a young girl named Firoozeh Dumas who moved from Iran to America when she was seven. Her parents‚ Kazem and Nazireh‚ and her brothers and she all moved to Whittier‚ California in search of a better life. Her dad‚ an engineeer with the National Iranian Oil Company is assigned to work for an American firm. Her dad thinks that the United States is the promised land. Dumas explains her life as an Iranian immigrant in the United States. Her stories of adapting
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"Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection‚ or even for the pleasure of hunting. These people are penalized for protecting their lives‚ or even for enjoying a common‚ innocent sport. To enforce gun control throughout the nation means violating a persons Constitutional rights. Although some people
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What is a Reality Show? A television reality show features talent culled from the ranks of ’ordinary’ people‚ not professionally trained actors. Reality show producers typically shoot hundreds of hours of footage per episode and use creative editing to create a narrative thread. Subjects of a reality show may be given some rudimentary directions offscreen‚ but the point is to allow the performers to act and react as normally as possible. A reality show is not to be confused with a documentary‚ in
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Poseidon In the ancient times‚ thee were many gods and goddesses. One god in particular was named Poseidon‚ god of the seas. He lived in a castle at the bottom of the ocean with his wife Kayzeus. But unfortunantly there was another god in the ocean. His name is Oceanus‚ he and his wife Tethys live in the ocean and very close to Poseidon. Oceanus and Poseidon rarely got along‚ they had different views on everything‚ including how to make the world a better place. One morning Zeus called all the
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Although this chance for a new beginning has vastly beckoned immigrants‚ there are sacrifices immigrants must make along with newfound chances. Succumbing to social alienation is one of the sacrifices that immigrants must make. In the memoir‚ Funny in Farsi‚ by Firoozeh Dumas‚ and the studies of Djuro J. Vrga on Differential Associational Involvement of Successive Ethnic Immigrations: An Indicator of Ethno-Religious Factionalism and Alienation of Immigrants‚ the depths of social alienation
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