Geoffrey Eppler 1301-22 Dr. Ann Guess 10 November 2011 Why Can’t We Be Friends? In the past decade‚ social media and technological advances have expanded our abilities to communicate with each other and the world. These recent liberations have allowed users to stay connected and reconnect with friends and family with great efficiency‚ but they have also created a possibility for anonymous harassment‚ public ridicule‚ and bullying. Under the cloak of “perceived” anonymity‚ users and abusers
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CHANGE AND WHY WE NEED IT Pastor Bill Purvis Of Cascade Hills Church has a favorite saying: Change is Inevitable; but Growth is Optional Growth is the result of a Positive Outlook to CHANGE If you are not changing‚ you are not growing. Charles Darwin said: It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ BUT the one most responsive to change: When something is inevitable your best bet is to: 1. Prepare for it 2. Adapt to it 3. Don’t be surprised
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Why Shouldn’t We Be Selfish? Selfishness is an act that humans innately have implanted within them. Ayn Rand being a rational egoist had many moral beliefs‚ one being especially about selfishness. She believed that: "Self-interest‚ properly understood‚ is the standard of morality and selflessness is the deepest immorality."( Ayn Rand 279) This basically emphasizes that you should see oneself‚ as an end to oneself. A person’s own life and happiness are their highest values‚ and
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THEATER‚ FILM‚ & TELEVISION In 1981‚ VCR sales rose 72% in 12 months. By 1989‚ 60 percent of American households with televisions received cable service. Huge or memorable movies of the decade included On Golden Pond‚ Tootsie‚ Arthur‚ Stephen Spielberg Movies like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial‚ The Big Chill‚ Flashdance‚ Beverly Hills Cop‚ Out of Africa‚ Back to the Future‚ Cocoon‚ The Breakfast Club‚Platoon‚Star Trek‚ Good Morning Vietnam‚ Fatal Attraction‚ Rain Man‚ and Driving Miss Daisy
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Author Mrs. professor English # # March‚ # Why are we so angry? A) Identifying myself to an article is something that I look forward to when reading and that is exactly what happened with “Why are we so angry?”. I enjoyed this article because I could relate to several of the stories they listed. Anger is definitely a big problem in today’s society and although there are many ways to be happy‚ anger is always present and easier to come
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buries her brother. When her death is sentenced‚ Haemon‚ the king’s son‚ goes to talk his father out of killing her and the conversation quickly turns into an argument. In an attempt to effectively persuade each other‚ Haemon and his father use many rhetorical elements such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to strengthen their case. The dispute opens with a mostly pleasant tone. Haemon and Creon use ethos and pathos to flatter and guilt trip one another. Case in point‚ one
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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There are two articles about different stances on arguing. One writer‚ Tannen‚ writes in her article that arguing is getting out of hand in the media. Everywhere we look arguments have to be taken to the extreme to excite the audience and ultimately leads to humans being disconnected from one another. The other article‚ written by Heinrichs‚ writes about how he teaches his kids to argue and argue correctly. He uses these methods to increase harmony within the family. Although both articles are very
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The Horror is Not Seeing This Movie Little Shop of Horror‚ the movie that made me fall in love with musicals. Before watching this movie I thought of musicals as plays on film‚ with long drawn out singing segments you struggled not to nap during. In my eyes musicals weren’t even on the same level as regular movies with all of its high tech effects‚ fast paced plots and trendy soundtracks. The movie Little Shop of Horrors changed my narrow minded way of thinking into dare I say‚ a movie musical believer
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Fitzgerald uses many rhetorical strategies throughout the course of the novel The Great Gatsby. A book filled with characters each trying to pursue their own versions of the American Dream. His strategic use of devices such as diction and imagery which help to contribute to themes that can be seen throughout the book such as the past‚ class struggles‚ the use of specific color choice‚ and most importantly‚ the American Dream. In the last passage of the novel‚ Fitzgerald continues with his strong
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