is to do is to prepare‚ and know how to handle whatever life throws at us. Devastation can come in many forms‚ it can come as earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ storms‚ and anything inbetween. After reading “Sometimes‚ the Earth is Cruel‚” by Leonard Pitts‚ I found that the main theme that stands out is devastation. First reason I think that devastation is the main theme is because all the essay talked about was how many people died‚ were injured‚ and how many houses got destroyed. Just in the first
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Leonard Pitts criticizes McBudget’s argument by making emphasis on the missing points that were not included on the budget. He considers McDonald’s budget as offensive and controversial. Also‚ Mr. Leonard believes that it is impossible for a millionaire company advice the poor people to continue surviving to poverty. In his opinion‚ the poor people cannot live on the totally unrealistic McBudget. According to McBudget the value for health insurance that nowadays everybody must have is 20 dollars
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Then after that‚ almost everyone starts to drop dead from this disease called the “Yellow Fever” that came back and started to infect everyone you know‚ even you. So now you’ll have to survive the Yellow Fever. “Fever 1793” by Laurie Halse Anderson” is set in philadelphia 1793‚ the Yellow Fever was a fast spreading disease. The most important plot events include the following. “Dead? Pollys dead?” I couldn’t have heard her properly. “Polly Logan?” The sweat on my neck turned to ice and I shivered
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situation and quash it. As said in Pitt’s work‚ people continue their lives after tragedy in three ways‚ they memorialize‚ they rebuild‚ and they go on. The first way is to memorialize the event and what is lost. In Sometimes‚ the World is Cruel‚ Pitt tells us the estimated death toll is around 100‚000 people. Even though this loss of life is horrifyingly large and extremely sad the people of Haiti don’t sit back and do nothing about it. They instantly begin to celebrate the beautiful lives the
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Angelina Jolie Pitt‚ is an American actress‚ filmmaker‚ and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award‚ two Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ and three Golden Globe Awards‚ and has been cited as Hollywood’s highest-paid actress.Angelina Jolie is the daughter of famous Hollywood actor Jon Voight.Jon Voight is an Oscar winner and three time Golden Globe awards winner.Angelina and her dad had a fairly poor relationship throughout their lives‚ following her father’s infidelity.It is a little known fact
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Hollywood’s highest paying actress has starred in many many movies.She is one of the best female actresses alive today.Angelina Jolie and her husband‚ Brad Pitt who is also in the acting business are very important people because they have tried to make this world a better place. They have a foundation called the Jolie-Pitt foundation that was founded by Angelina Jolie herself and in this foundation they dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty‚ protecting natural resources and conserving
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contradictory views of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson over issues related to views of government‚ the role of government and social philosophy in foreign and domestic affairs‚ were primarily responsible for shaping the rise of political parties from 1783-1800. Originally feared by the forefathers‚ the rise of political parties emerged from intense ideological struggles over views of government between two political leaders important to President Washington’s Cabinet‚ Alexander Hamilton as Secretary
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Mattie’s Life and Changes In Fever 1793‚ by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ sixteen year old Matilda (or Mattie) Cook changes dramatically over the course of the book. In the beginning‚ she is portrayed to be a young selfish girl who was always too lazy to work. By the end of the book‚ she is shown to be a strong young woman. Her family of three consisting of her grandfather‚ mother‚ and herself runs a small coffee shop. Her family usually works relentlessly before‚ during‚ and after the shop’s hours
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Open book assessment Outcome 1 and 2 Sarah Pirie; HND Class C Word Count; 1558 By looking at the primary sources provided and secondary sources‚ it is possible to form arguments as to whether the ‘Terror’ of 1793-4 was a necessary response to the challenges facing the new French Republic at the time of the French Revolution. There is evidence that both the terror was necessary in supporting the new French republic‚ and that the terror was taken to an extreme
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Mr. Pitt‚ otherwise known as William Pitt‚ the 1st‚ Earl of Chatham‚ was born in 1708 and lived until 1778. During his lifetime he served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain. After his death‚ his son‚ William Pitt‚ the Younger‚ also served as a Prime Minister of Great Britain. Mr. Burke‚ Edmund Burke‚ was an outstanding writer‚ political theorist‚ orator and statesman whose life spanned from 1729 until 1797. Mr. Fox‚ or Henry Fox‚ was a prominent statesman in parliament. William Pitt‚ 1st
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