Fast Food Nation: Chapter Four “Becoming a franchisee is an odd combination of starting your own business and going to work for someone else” (Schlosser 94).In Eric Schlosser’s Non-fiction book‚ Fast Food Nation‚ Schlosser reasons that fast food has widened the gap between the rich and the poor‚ started an obesity epidemic and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. While the idea of a franchiser/ franchisee relationship appears to be nothing but beneficial‚ it has a serious drawback‚
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Author Background Information Originally from Stamford‚ Connecticut‚ David Ball serves as an award winning playwright and novelist. He has taught playwriting‚ directing‚ theatre history‚ and literature at Carnegie-Mellon‚ Lawrence‚ and Duke University‚ while also serving as the Artistic Director at the Pittsburg Metropolitan Stage Company. He has published several plays‚ with his two most known being Assassins! and an adaptation of Woyzeck. Ball also currently serves as a Jury and Litigation Strategy
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“Healing the Land and the Nation” by Sandra M. Sufian delves into the twentieth century Zionist movement‚ and its complicated relationship with the Palestinian landscape and disease‚ specifically malaria. The chapters each serve to construct a narrative as to why and through what means Zionists attempted to use their influence over the land‚ science‚ and medicine to not only correct a landscape that they considered to be tainted‚ but also to cure a people that they viewed similarly. Sufian argues
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In the second chapter of his book 1776‚ David McCullough writes about how George Washington and his army prepared for and handled the siege of Boston. The purpose of talking about this occurrence is to show that the American army was indeed prepared to succeed against the British. Even though the British referred to the Continental Army as a “rabble in arms” (McCullough 25)‚ the author carefully paints his story to show how the colonists were prepared to defeat the British. He does so by mentioning
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in his article “The Environment of Childhood Poverty” the environment that surrounds a child is the single most affecting variable in childhood growth and development. Considering depression is highest in lower socioeconomic situations; there can be a strong correlation drawn between depression‚ poverty‚ and learning disability. This however‚ does not exclude the plight felt by a child in a situation that is more fortuitous in terms of economic wealth. While certain benefits are clearly present;
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David McCullough’s 1776 is a well written book‚ starting with its title. It’s a story about the war‚ yet no actual fighting happens for most of the book. George Washington is often diminished compared to other characters in the book‚ and readers almost feel sorry for the usually infamous characters such as the loyalists‚ Hessians‚ and even King George III. Another surprise is that David McCullough‚ best known for Rushmore-size biographies of underrated presidents‚ wrestles America’s founding year
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become full citizens and avoid constant discrimination and marginalization‚ immigrants started to enlist themselves into the U.S army. Some fought because they wanted to do something for the country while some became soldiers because they were told so. David Laskin has written about twelve men from different European
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Amanda Cox English 101 David Crockett essay A Summary on “Not Yours to Take” Colonel David Crockett’s “Not Yours to Give”‚ maintains that we have the right‚ as individuals‚ to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of public money. Crockett was present at the House of Representatives with the rest of the members of Congress. A bill had arisen concerning providing funds to support a deceased naval officer’s
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Summary Janie and Jody arrive in a town called Eatonville‚ which is underdeveloped and mainly poor; Jody sees the potential for wealth and makes a big show of buying 200 additional acres of land from Captain Eaton. A man named Amos Hicks attempts to flirt with Janie but is completely unsuccessful‚ later Jody gets Lee Coker and Tony Taylor‚ chairman of the assembly to build a store of Jody while the town is cleared out and new residents are recruited. Jody is quickly named mayor and at his coronation
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“The Myth of the Culture of Poverty” While reading the article‚ “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty‚” written by Paul Gorski‚ I tried to relate it back to Adelaide High School. Although I have only visited the school once‚ the article gave me ideas of what to look for in a school where poverty is sadly not uncommon. I believe the myth of the culture of poverty is very true. There are many people‚ who do believe that children‚ who are raised in ghettos where violence‚ gangs‚ and drug abuse
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