The chapter "Another Gun‚ Another Unlocked Door" is a chapter from Estelle Blackburn’s expository text Broken Lives. This chapter focuses on one night of Eric Edgar Cooke’s murderous sprees where he steals a rifle and shoots a baby sitter‚ once again leaving the city of Perth in the hands of fear and danger. The purpose of this chapter is to fight for Cooke’s guilt. It shows that he had no fear of being caught and was a devious man when it came to him stealing‚ killing and the plans he came up with
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Happiness. According to the Cambridge Dictionary‚ happiness means ‘the feeling of being happy’. And the definition of happy is: ‘feeling‚ showing or causing pleasure or satisfaction’. But what doe it mean to be happy? Should you constantly feel joy? Should you always be laughing and smiling? There has become an intense need for people to be and stay in a happy state. But we all know‚ that’s impossible. Sooner or later something will be thrown in your life that will almost destroy your happiness
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Nowadays‚ people live longer than ever before‚ what problems does this present? In most of the developed countries‚ many policies have been implemented to cope with the ageing population. In the past‚ most people retired at the age of fifty. Nowadays‚ people enjoy retirements only after three scores. The ageing population is usually more prevalent in the developed countries than in the developing countries. This may boil down to the better quality of life in the first-world countries nowadays
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You Live and You Learn Marriage is not always what you expect it to be. In today’s society‚ marriage is taken lightly and it doesn’t always end in‚ “happily ever after.” In the essay “Second Marriage”‚ the writer describes her learning experience with her first marriage and how she applied what she learned to her second marriage. The message that’s conveyed in the essay is that in marriage‚ it’s not only important to grow together as a couple‚ but also grow as individual people to strengthen the
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By Savanna Gaskell By Savanna Gaskell READ TO SUCCEED #3 My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece written by Annabel Pitcher is a captivating story which is narrated through the perspective of a young boy‚ James Matthews as he tells the enthralling and emotional story of his struggle to comprehend the tragedy that tore his family apart. Jamie’s older sister Rose was killed in a terrorist bombing and following this event the relationships within his family begin to exhibit extensive strain. James’
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Sammy Jondi 260609791 Professor Mimi Haddon MUAR 392 20/3/15 Live Concert Review Limp Bizkit tends to be one of the greatest American rock/rap bands of all times. What “Greatness” can be found in modern music? Can 40 million sold records be considered “Greatness”? If so‚ then Limp Bizkit has earned this societal label. This band found a new generation of alternative music back in the late 90s – beginning of 2000s‚ and a lot of people grew up listening to this music. Therefore as a big fan‚ I was
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Preview: Menand’s article “Live and Learn” covers the idea of the educational system and higher education. Trying to answer the question: what is the most appropriate system for higher education? He answers this first by describing three theories that higher education runs off. The first is that education should be ran by the book and by a grading scale‚ the second is using the pass fail incentive‚ and the third and‚ the most important to our modern society‚ is the ideal that college is more for
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Phones Banned to Save Lives There are car accidents every day‚ but what causes them? When drivers get distracted it puts their life and others life in danger. Legislators should consider banning cell phone use because many people fear that they place drivers at greater risks; furthermore‚ while using a cell phone people are distracted. While driving there are many risks that can cause accidents to occur. As reported by the University of Utah News Center‚ “We found that people are as impaired when
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Colonies consisted of: Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina‚ and Georgia. Out of these thirteen colonies‚ I’d want to live in the Massachusetts‚ a colony in the New England section. Massachusetts was a great colony to live in. After all‚ you are guinea pigs. The people who sailed on the Mayflower were very lucky. Even though most of them died‚ the survivors must be strong enough to do anything. Massachusetts was a very important colony and is one of the most outstanding of the thirteen. New England
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Die Honorably or Live Dishonorably Honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity are traits that are becoming more and more rare in our society. The Crucible‚ a play written in 1952 by Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and parallels the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. In the play‚ Miller attempts to focus his themes around traits such as honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity‚ and as a result‚ the theme "is it better to die honorably or live dishonorably" becomes vital to the story and
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