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    I will compare Subway and Panda Express. Subway is an American fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwich (subs) and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor’s Associates‚ Inc. Subway is one of the fastest growing franchises in the world with 40‚229 restaurants in 102 countries and territories as of 11 September 2013. It is the largest single-brand restaurant chain and the largest restaurant operator globally. Subway’s main operations office is in Milford‚ Connecticut;

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    Kyle Gates Professor Jesse Dobson English 1301-008 5 September 2014 On May 21‚ 2005‚ the author of “This is Water”‚ David Foster Wallace gave his commencement speech to the graduating class of Kenyon College. Foster Wallace starts his speech with a story of “two young fish swimming along” and neither of them know what water is (Wallace 1). Wallace goes on to say that‚ “The point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious‚ important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see

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    the world or yourself In David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” he uses a personal appeal while Paul Bloom’s “The Baby in the Well” uses more of a professional writing approach. Their individual use of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos gives their arguments different meaning. Their purpose of their articles is to argue the nature behind empathy. Finally‚ they question whether or not empathy is to be used selfishly or to help others. While both articles are very effective‚ David Foster Wallace is more likely

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    Examining the Key to Happiness In David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech‚ given to the Kenyon College graduating class of 2005‚ Wallace urges the audience to seek a more open minded perspective on the world. Arguing that societies “default setting” is that of pure self-centered thinking‚ Wallace strives to change the way we all view life before us. He states that liberal education teaches one‚ not how to think (as most believe)‚ but rather teaches one the ability to choose how we want to think

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    The book House to House by SSG David Bellavia is a great read for anyone looking for a modern book describing the details of urban combat in the current War on Terror. It is a memoir of David Bellavia’s time as a soldier in Iraq but mainly his experiences at the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004‚ which was arguably the bloodiest battle of the War in Iraq. This was the turning point of the war when insurgents were causing most of the fatalities‚ and the Bush administration was under fire

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    In David Guterson’s short essay “No Place like Home‚” he visits communities like Green Valley and meets with residents to discuss the lifestyle of the average suburban family‚ typically four members in total‚ who live in the walled in‚ well watched‚ prestigious sounding‚ city sized western version of our local community Landfall. While the essay begins with a sunny sounding tone the reporter almost attempts to portray the community as a facade with something dark lurking in the deeper corners‚ he

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    “Mind over Muscle” by David Brooks‚ proclaims that over the years‚ women have started to surpass men and have begun to be dominant figures in society. In the article it states “ and that means this is turning into a women’s world‚ because women’s are better students than women’s. David Brooks provoked the idea that the world has drastically changed by changing the possession of the world between the two genders and education‚ responsibility and success made the change to happen. Certainty‚ over time

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    The article “A Smart Exception” by David Gergen is about legal immigrants and the contributions that they have made to the country. Gergen urges America to allow more immigrants to come into country bust he specifically wants more skilled and smart people. One who are engineers‚ doctors‚ and scientists. He then continues to explain to us the US immigration process is too restrictive to legal immigrants and by allowing more skilled immigrants and giving them an easier faster way to get into the country

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    The black population in America has always been oppressed and abused in some sort of way‚ but the depth of the abuse that black females have had to deal with never really seems to take the spotlight. Black Female Executions in Historical Context by David V. Baker and Drug Offenses‚ Gender‚ Ethnicity‚ and Nationality Women in Prison in England and Wales by Janice Joseph both look in depth into the amount of unfairness and inequality that black females have faced in the past and present. Baker starts

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    In life situations are often desired and even expected to go as planned‚ unfortunately that is rarely the case. In the poem “My Physics Teacher” by David Wagoner a student describes all the unlucky and nearly comical predicaments that occur to his physics teacher during his class demonstrations. Wagoner’s use of irony and situational repetition effectively allow him to provide the poem with a theme; All things that could go wrong‚ will go wrong regardless of an individual’s credentials. In the

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