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    Beauty Myth

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    English  120  -­  013 Beauty  Myth  by  Naomi  Wolf Page  3.  “This  embodiment  is  an  imperative  for  women  and  not  for  men‚  which  situation  is  necessary  and natural  because  it  is  biological‚  sexual‚  and  evolutionary:  Strong  men  battle  for  beautiful  women‚  and beautiful  women  are  more  reproductively  successful.” I  found  this  quote  interesting‚  but  I  didn’t  understand  exactly  what  Wolf  meant  by  this. Page  4.  “The  beauty  myth  is  not  about  women  at

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    Myth of Telepinu

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    East in what is now Syria and Turkey. Like his father the storm god‚ Telepinu had a quick temper. When he was angry‚ plants and animals ceased to grow and people suffered. The beginning of the text is broken so we do not know the causes of the god’s anger. The thread of the story is taken up at the point where the rage of Telepinu is described. He is depicted as putting his left shoe on his right foot and his right shoe on his left foot‚ implying that he was so angry that he did not know what he was

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    Chili Myths

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    The Chilies to the Chili There are many myths and legends regarding the origin of chili. One myth states The Lady in Blue; a nun from Spain had an out of body experience and when she returned she wrote down the very first recipe for chili in the 1600s. Also‚ it is said that travelers from the Canary Islands were in Houston‚ Texas and used peppers‚ onions‚ and meat to make a chili concoction. Although‚ the most accepted version is that chili originated from San Antonio‚ Texas by poor families of

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    The Andromeda Myth

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    The constellation i choose is Andromeda because i think that it’s myth it’s very intersting.Andromeda is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.. Located north of the celeatial equator. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Nothern Hemisphere‚ along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination‚ Andromeda is visible only north of 40°

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    Marijuana Myths

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    negative effects on the body. Marijuana Myths have been harmful to society by attracting people to the drug. Myths about the marijuana not being harmful have caused people to use the dug without the effects on the body. Myths are generated by popular culture to give people false ideas about the drug (National Drug Conference 8-9). Marijuana can be historically linked to many countries. Marijuana was used for both religious and medical purposes. The Chinese used it as an aesthesia during surgery. In

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    BlackBeard Myths

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    years ago: he is arguably the most famous pirate ever to set sail. There are many legends‚ myths and tall tales concerning Blackbeard the pirate. Are any of them true? Legend: Blackbeard hid buried treasure somewhere: Fact: Sorry. This legend persists anywhere Blackbeard ever spent significant time‚ such as North Carolina or New Providence. In reality‚ pirates rarely (if ever) buried treasure. The myth comes from the classic story Treasure Island‚ which incidentally features a pirate character

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    The Beauty Myth

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    our magazines and newspapers‚ turn on the TV‚ or glance at the billboards high above us‚ we can’t help being influenced by what we see. Advertisements can be successful at selling their product to their audience by manipulating the consumers’ fears. Advertising surrounds us and creates a world that we only wish existed. They focus on sending out a message that informs women what they need to do in order to become accepted by society. We will never see an ad that is labeled the perfect woman or man

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    The Myth of Perfection

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    The Myth of Perfection Adam Benzan Block H Perfection is a much sought-after quality‚ yet is completely impossible to obtain. Because we do not have a clear definition of what perfection truly is‚ when a person attempts to become "perfect"‚ they are usually transforming into what seems to be perfect to . In both "A Doll’s House" and "The Metamorphosis"‚ we see that human beings cannot achieve a state of total perfection. When Gregor Samsa‚ from "the Metamorphosis"‚ attempts

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    The Myth of Sisyphus

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    Blanca Seynos The Myth of Sisyphus In the essay of “The Myth of Sisyphus” Albert Camus suggests that there is a possibility that there is no real meaning to life and that as humans‚ it is a pointless gesture to go looking for this religious or universal meaning. Camus uses Sisyphus as his prime example of this. Sisyphus‚ a punished human for “certain levity in regard to the gods” has to do a pointless task of pushing a rock up a hill repeatedly. This punishment itself reflects the

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    Bigfoot Myth

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    question remains‚ what are the most compelling pieces of evidence proving Bigfoot ’s nonexistence? J.W. Burns who contributed to the legends part in a newspaper coined the origin of the Bigfoot legend‚ also known as Sasquatch‚ in the1920s. However‚ in 1958 is when the Bigfoot legend spread throughout the United States after Gerald Crew claimed to find large footprints of Bigfoot at a

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