Merriman English 1301.05 February 24‚ 2011 Gun Control: The Ends Do Not Justify The Means Gun control is a very controversial issue. Especially when it comes to the subject of allowing guns in schools. Many people believe that allowing teachers or anyone over the age of 21 to carry a gun onto a college campus is perfectly reasonable. They believe that it allows for protection of oneself and self-defense of others. Other people believe that guns should not be allowed in schools at all. They believe
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An Introduction to Satire sat.ire n. 1. 2. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Irony‚ sarcasm‚ or caustic [bitterly cutting/burning] wit used to attack or expose folly‚ vice‚ or stupidity. (dictionary.com) Ian Johnston‚ retired instructor at Malaspina University-College‚ Nanaimo‚ British Columbia‚ Canada‚ offers helpful information in more clearly defining the use and characteristics of satire: Purpose of Satire: “If we see someone or
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School Shooting: Gun Control Essay America is widely known for having a fascination with violence and is a “gun – happy” country. However‚ this love for firearms has led to tragedies untold and horrifying truths about the mental state of individuals as revealed in the Columbine School shooting incident. Major and minor causes collectively led up to this event and bring up the question of whether or not this tragedy could have been prevented. The NRA play a key part in the debate over gun control‚ and
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Satire notes: Analytical Reading 3 techniques of satire: 1. Exaggeration: Represents something beyond normal boundaries so that it becomes absurd‚ and reveals its faults. 2. Incongruity: Presents things that are out of place. 3. Reversal: Presents the opposite of the normal order. 4. Parody: Imitates the techniques or style of a person‚ place‚ or thing. The fallowing is taken in context from an excerpt from A Modest Proposal Can you locate an example of exaggeration in the passage
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I have always imagined as a child about the first time I would play in snow and how fun it would be‚ but on that cold winter day that I arrived at JFK airport. I suddenly realized my fairytale about winter was just a fantasy. When the door first opened at JFK airport in New York‚ the cold winter breeze blew my way and raised every single pore in my body‚ it left me shaking unlike anything I have ever felt before. From that day on‚ I knew everything in my life would be different. I was
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Satire in Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift’s renowned novel Gulliver’s Travels is possibly the greatest work of literary satire ever written. Ever since its publication‚ it has been an important and thought-provoking piece in English literature. As defined by a dictionary‚ satire is “The use of humor‚ irony‚ exaggeration‚ or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices‚ particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues”. Originally‚ when it was first
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The Role of Satire in “Gulliver’s Travels” Sir Thomas More wrote “Utopia” in 1516‚ Daniel Defoe produced “Robinson Crusoe” in 1719‚ Jonathan Swift brought forth “Gulliver’s Travels” in 1726. The first coined the much used today word “utopia”‚ the second created the first English novel about reason and moral values‚ and the third fathered probably the best satiric masterpiece. Contemporaneity‚ a few centuries later‚ is still amazed at the strength and validity of these notions. Satire‚ Swift’s hard-hitting
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anything about Johnny Cade now is your time to learn something about him. The novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about two gangs who have a rivalry with each other. Johnny Cade is very nervous‚ He doesn’t feel loved‚ and he is a very brave kid. First of all‚ Johnny Cade is nervous he was a social person but he was nervous around people that he didn’t know. “He was nervous‚ though johnny was always nervous around strangers’’ (page 22). Johnny might have really nervous but he did stand up for his friends
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Laws having to do with gun control should have stricter regulations and require more in-depth background checks before anyone is allowed to purchase a fire arm. Gun control has been a major debate for a very long time now. It started hundreds of years ago in different parts of the world and continues today. Though there are always two sides to an argument‚ I firmly believe that being pro-gun control is important. People assume that just because you are pro-gun control that you have an “unrealistic”
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Based on true events the series centers on the life of mobster‚ Johnny Rosselli and his association with notorious gangster Al Capone. BRIEF SYNOPSIS It’s 1922 Boston and FILIPPO SACCO (aka Johnny‚ 17) lives with his mother‚ MARIA SACCO‚ his siblings‚ and abusive LIBERATO CIANCIULLI (56). Filippo delivers milk. His life changes when SARRO VACCARRO (23) a gangster‚ hires Filippo to deliver “medicine”. Detectives watch him. The detectives want supplier Vaccarro. A junkie‚ FISHER‚ snitches them out
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