Response to William Safire’s “Abolish the Penny” The saying “A penny for your thoughts” means a lot to society; however‚ William Safire does not agree with this notion. In Safire’s “Abolish the Penny‚” he argues that pennies are a burden to the society and should be completely taken out of the circulation. Safire states‚ “The time has come to abolish the outdated‚ almost worthless‚ bothersome‚ and wasteful penny” (515). He says that the penny is a scam by the government that makes something look
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If someone does not possess a conscience or any morals‚ then all of their actions can be considered reasonable to them‚ but evil by society. The individual may even see their actions as benefiting society. It all comes down to the way we think. The way we perceive good and evil‚ our beliefs. Our beliefs dictate our everyday actions‚ for it’s our ideology that defines individuals or even the masses‚ thus we have stereotypes. In Hamlet‚ the reader observes (reads) multiple examples of individuals acting
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What do you think of a world were you only can see black and white?The novel ’’the giver’’ is a boy name jonas in a community an he dosnt release he dot have the same abilty as everyone else. The book ’’the giver’’ is a untipon worl tabt is becomig a ditopon world. In thre book ’’the giver’’ the society is how it is silmailar and differnce from our world. The world we live in vs the world they live in we both have a place to go which is the children center(daycare/eduction center). In the book ’’the
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I survived and made it through the six months only to watch my husband walk safely through the air port terminal. I think this was one of the best times of my life because it was then and there that he decided he wasn’t going to re-enlist because he didn’t want to leave his family behind like that ever again. He left the military in 2007 when our daughter was only four months old. My husband and I have been together for seventeen years and married for fourteen of those seventeen years. We have had
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Born and raised in America as an Asian-American‚ I found it difficult to live in ease. The strange stares‚ racist slurs‚ and disadvantages made it hard to embrace and understand my heritage and my self-identity. “Ching-chong‚ go back to where you belong.” Some people never allowed me to feel comfortable and confident in my own skin. I tried my best to cancel out the negativity; but overtime‚ years of harassment will eat away anyone emotionally and mentally. I am ashamed to say that I tried running
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Lois Lowry wrote an award Winning book called "The Giver"‚ the story is based on a dystopian world were no one is able to make their own choices and their emotions are controlled.The story is about a boy named Jonas who is chosen to be a receiver‚ and receives memories from the Giver. Jonas notices what’s happening in the memories and how wonderful some are‚ but he is also shown the truth behind being released‚ very very cruel‚ the way they kill innocent people Jonas just does not like that. Jonas
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In the story Shimmer‚ various parts caused intense emotions in me. First of all‚ in chapter 19‚ Riley submerges herself into Rebecca’s reality. Rebecca is a ghost‚ as well‚ who was the daughter of a plantation owner. Rebecca was murdered when the slaves revolted‚ and is extremely irate. Instead of crossing over when she died‚ she chose to haunt the earth plane. As a result of her fury‚ she imprisons other souls and forces them to remember their own frightful encounters‚ until they are stuck
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“Vacillation” is a poem by William Butler Yeats that explores the source of joy and how it can only be achieved if one understands what grief is. The poem begins with the speaker using extremities to question what exactly joy is. In the second stanza of the poem Yeats introduces a mystic tree that is half burning in flames and is half abounding with foliage. In the third and fourth stanzas the persona advises the readers to gather all possible materialistic wealth‚ destroy it‚ lament over it‚ and
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"YEATS CAN CERTAINLY BE CALLED A GREAT IRISH POET." DISCUSS. Introduction I certainly agree with this statement. (Tip: state broadly your attitude to the subject of the question).The work of W.B. Yeats is saturated with evocative‚ descriptive imagery‚ deeply explored personal feelings‚ universal‚ but profound‚ subject matter and strong political opinions. He isn’t just a great figure in world literature but he is a very patriotic poet who truly loved Ireland. I would like to further explore this
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Personal Response on Sexuality Identity James DuJardin Psy/265 04/28/2013 Joanne Evans At the beginning of this course I felt assured that I knew what I was taking and studying. I will explain‚ and in some cases reiterate‚ what has been said over the course of these nine weeks. I will say that I have liked this class the best out of my previous psychology classes. This class has helped me establish a better understanding of the nature of sexuality. Before this course I
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