The dark side of the medal. Nowadays‚ globalization is one of the buzzwords of our modern world: opinions vary considerably over its pros and cons. In fact‚ this phenomenon affects everyone even in the most remote and less developed countries. It does help development and surely has helped us to know each other’s need in a better way‚ demolishing the walls separating cultures. But stop for a second and think about the negative aspects and consequences of globalization that we actually face in our
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Writing I Discursive Essay “The Dark Sides of Cartoons” In the early 21st century children become more and more abused by cartoons. Even parents themselves encourage their offspring to watch animated films. Commonly‚ we consider cartoons as sources of entertainment for our children to relax and have fun. However‚ we must ask ourselves are cartoons as innocent as we tend to think? This paper investigates the dark sides of cartoons‚ the sides which have a negative impact on children’s
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Television Has Its Good Side Television has become an important tool of entertainment and education for children. But is television really bad for children or the other way around? Or maybe both? It depends‚ it’s what programs and how many hours a day parents allow their children to watch that decide if television affects the child positively or negatively. Television is not necessarily bad for children as many parents and experts argue; there are plenty of educational programs out there
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The Dark Side of South African Culture South Africa is a very racially diverse country and as a result‚ went through a long period of racial struggle. Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ by Alan Paton is a novel taking place in the 1940’s in South Africa that shows the struggles of a black priest named Stephen Kumalo. He travels from a region called Natal to the metropolis of Johannesburg in search of his sister and son‚ Absalom. Kumalo finds out that Absalom murdered the son of a white man named James Jarvis
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The Darker Side of the American Dream Have you ever experienced what it is like to not be able to afford the things you needed in life? Imagine what it would be like to have to run your car on bald tires‚ not be able to put new shoes on your children’s feet‚ or not being able to afford enough food for you and your kids both to eat dinner. I think the definition of the American dream is being able to buy the things you need and want comfortably without having to worry about going into debt. The American
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“Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with‚ and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don’t have the wit to deal with the problems of life. ” A major theme in "The Other Side of Dark" are the changes Stacy faces when she wakes up from her four year coma. Stacy’s life is turned upside-down including the need to grow up suddenly as she is now seventeen years old instead of thirteen. She must deal with her sister‚ Donna‚ who
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Greed “Please put your hands on your head” I was twenty-eight and never thought I would ever hear those words. At least not directed at me. I was standing in my home-town HEB pharmacy waiting on the lady you give me a prescription that I had written myself. My daughter‚ Taylor was running around the store like a wild banshee. At that moment all I could think about was what he said right before he sent me in to my execution. He said “Everything is going to be fine‚ just stay calm and keep your
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This I Believe In the article “Everyone Has Talent‚” Sajé‚ N (2015) talked about her experience of writing poems. Sajé said that she had taken a poetry class‚ and she had written a poem. Her professor and she had disappointed because that pome was not good. Later‚ Sajé went to her professor to ask him if she had talent or not. Her professor said that she had no talent. Sajé s did not give up‚ and she attended a writing workshop. She said‚ “I earned an “A.” Many years later‚ the professor
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theglobe.com‚ was established (Nickson‚ Christopher). The way humans connect and interact with each other- and the rate at which they could do it- was never the same. Today‚ people can contact their aunt 20‚000 miles away with the simple click of a button. However‚ social networking did not start with Facebook and MySpace. Social networking sites were born from the BBS‚ which stands for the Bulletin Board System (Nickson‚ Christopher). These online meeting places were independently-produced and
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Earth’s Moon The Earth’s Moon is the most important moon in the solar system in regards to Earth and all of the living things within it. It is also the only Moon that Earth has‚ whereas other planets‚ like Mars‚ have multiple Moons. The Moon is the only other Moon that humans have set foot on‚ which helped us to understand the formation‚ internal structure‚ and history of it. The “moon’s face” is the second brightest thing in the solar system after the Sun‚ and has a dark surface in actuality
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