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    The Blind Men and The Elephant Task 1. The poem “the blind men and the elephant” teaches us that there are different approaches in psychology. Each blind man creates his own version of reality from that limited experience and perspective. So even though the men are all touching the same elephant‚ they are only experiencing a certain part of the elephant not as a whole and as a result they’re all left with different descriptions because they are only approaching the elephant from one perspective

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    Response Paper: “Hills Like White Elephants” Hemingway’s way of writing is to make his readers think outside the box and to make them go back and figure out why and how certain situations occur. The Hills Like White Elephants symbolizes the lives of Jig and the American‚ where they’ve been and where they’re going. What the future holds for them if they do keep the baby and what will happen if they don’t. He talks about how the hills in the story predicts her decision‚ how Jig sees the setting of

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    Gun controversy With all the shootings and bombings that has happened in the past year. There are a lot of people that thinks that guns would be best if they would be taken away. If the guns would be taken away that would be taking an American right that no one can take away other than yourself. I’m all for safety but I think everyone should keep their guns. “In America‚ there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians‚ and only 897‚000 carried by police.” Banding guns altogether

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    Natalia Rivera Matthew Rivas Ap Language Mrs. Conferti February 5 2016 Rhetorical Analysis Essay Sarah Vowell in an excerpt from a radio essay read on air entitled‚ “Shooting Dad” (1997) comically yet decisively reveals that although she and her father are extremely different‚ they are still family and actually share some similarities. Throughout the essay‚ she uses different forms of literary devices like juxtaposition‚ flashback‚ and description to explain the differences and similarities

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    on Sunday they went to the zoo but it took 1 hour in the ramshackle car. Outside the zoo they saw a man on his motorbike it was mikes dads friend. Finaly they got to the zoo and they saw some birds also mike spotide out the lion. His dad saw an elephant with huge ears however it had very long tusks. After they went to the zoo they went to subway for lunch. For a treat they went to asda meanwhile mike chose a football and his dad got it for him gbjsdbhdjfsohjdsodsffffffff gjkrgjkrog

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    Who Wants to Shoot an Elephant‚ published in 2014 in the Best American Nonrequired Reading‚ Wells Tower argues why anyone would want to shoot an elephant. Tower begins building his credibility with personal facts sources. He also cites convincing facts and statistics successfully appealing emotional appeals.  Although trophy hunting is bad‚ many people still do it. I believe trophy hunting is bad and I think it should it stop. If there is less of trophy hunting‚ we will be able to save more animals

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    Silvana Yacoub Dr. Kenefick ENC-1102-69734 June 4‚ 2015 Hills like White Elephants Although “Hills like White Elephants” is primarily a conversation between the American man and his girlfriend‚ neither of the speakers truly communicates with the other. Both talk‚ but neither listens or understands the other’s point of view. The American man wants to convince his girlfriend to have the operation‚ which‚ although never mentioned by name‚ is understood to be an abortion. The girl at one point

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    School Shootings such a big Tragedy in the United States Today.On December 14‚ 2012‚ A 20 year old Male Adam Peter Lanza fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in the village of Sandy Hook in Newton‚ Connecticut. On my quest to look up information on this perpetrator Adam Peter Lanza - (April 22‚ 1992- December 14‚2012) it is stated on wikipedia .com that Adam and his mother Nancy Lanza age 52‚ lived in sandy Hook‚ 5miles

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    Shooting In “shootings”‚ Adam Gopnik speaks about a shooting that took place in Virginia Tech Engineering building‚ and how the parents of the victims were told that it was not the right moment to ask questions. Gopnik also gives his points of view on how the shooting could have been avoided. Gopnik suggests that the main reason why these types of incidents keep happening in the United States is because there is a lack of security and requirements on who should not be able to buy a gun. The government

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    Name Professor Date Damage Due to Firearms: How Guns Disassociated Sarah Vowell From Her Father In the essay “Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell‚ we see how guns affected the relationship between Vowell and her father. From her childhood to her adult years‚ she was never a particular fan of guns; since her father was a gunsmith‚ they never had much in common. Even though guns were not the only thing they disagreed on‚ it caused a huge disconnection between them because it is something they were both

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