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    October 26‚ 2012 Jealousy Can Destroy Lives First loves can be the best thing that the world has to offer. The feeling that you get when you see your special someone walk towards you. The fact that you remember everything little thing that he/she did for you that makes you feel like you are the happiest boy/girl in the whole world. Despite all of the good reasons that love brings‚ love can also be the most selfish and heartbreaking thing if the person who you love does not feel the same

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    Nathan Hevle English B1A Professor Laura Peet 7 July 2013 Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires In a world that is being overrun by advancements in technology and mass media‚ society finds itself willingly trapped in a digital prison where people care less and less about the world. In Ray Bradbury’s 1953 classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451‚ he describes a technological world where everyone basically lives through their televisions and other advanced devices‚ and is totally oblivious to

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    is not just one character among several; it is through his eyes and ears that the story takes place. In this novel‚ Nick goes to some length to establish his credibility in telling about this “great” man called Gatsby. For example‚ “He has one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it‚ that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced‚ or seemed to face‚ the whole eternal world for an instant.” (Fitzgerald 48) This is part of Nick’s close examination of Gatsby’s

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    The path of a human being is set off by many obstacles‚ yet human beings question what awaits them in their life “beyond the grave.” In the play Hamlet‚ the author William Shakespeare‚ portrays the character of Hamlet‚ who struggles throughout the play to understand the idea whether is it better to live or to die‚ which leaves the universal question unanswered: “What awaits humans after death?” Throughout the play‚ this question plagues Hamlet if he should take his life and if it is morally the right

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    of my windows... Horrified and shocked‚ even life scarred‚ I witnessed the murder of not a human being‚ but of a horse...my horse. I couldn’t bear to hear that deafening sound of my horse‚ Jaden‚ crying in pain. I didn’t know what to do. There were only two thoughts in my head. I could quickly but quietly sneak into my parent’s room‚ raid their closet to find the hidden gun they didn’t know I knew about‚ and run outside maybe even murder whoever is torturing my horse! Or I could wake up my parents

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    made with the world at their fingertips. The question arises: are people really using technology and the new advances that come along almost everyday the right way? Also‚ what kind of impact does technology had on human nature? Is it for the better or can it lead to crippling social isolation? Technology does not help human character. It separates people from nature and from themselves. Technology seems to take away people’s emotions. "As human beings we need direct‚ natural experiences; we require

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    the world‚ not only the seven‚ but everything you can from the lowest depths of the seas to the host peeks of the mountains or even beyond that‚ like to outer space. With all that knowledge you could write books and teach people about all those places where no one else can go. Besides that you would also be able to learn languages‚ and then meet people from all over the world. Hearing their stories would help you learn about all the vast cultures out there‚ maybe understand them better‚ this could

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    Find the greatness and weakness in ads In the 2012 Nike “Find your greatness” ad‚ they use what Donna Woolfolk Cross calls “Glittering generalities” and “Plain Folks Appeal”. The ad was released during the time of 2012 London Olympic Games‚ it has drawn tons of attention from the audiences and social medias. Nike’s “Find Your Greatness” campaign carries a powerful motivational message that inspires people to achieve their own moment of greatness in life. It is not a commercial vulgar ad

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    1.0 Introduction This individual contemporary economic analysis is based on the article “South Australia stunned as GM announces Holden’s closure in Adelaide in 2017” published by news.com.au on 12 December 2013. The article reported that because of the significant after-tax operating loss‚ consumers’ performances shift and high production cost‚ the Productivity Commission that GM in Detroit decided to close operations in Australia. Why Holden will shutdown and leave out of the country? What

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    Anyone can be great. Life offers many different paths in which people can take on the road to achieving greatness. Greatness gives people the power to have a large impact on certain situations. In the stories the Odyssey‚ Beowulf‚ and Unbroken‚ the authors illustrate the character’s greatness and how they influenced the people around them for the greater good. The characters all posses different traits that made them great. Most of these traits shined the brightest when they were put through some

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