Hello‚ you rotten monsters. I’d like to talk to you about objectivity. It’s not too common‚ but every now and then a cuddlefish comes by and insists that we have no right to talk about XKCD because it’s all subjective. This is demonstrably false. I’m going to start by defining some terms. We may as well start with objective‚ shall we? When someone makes an objective statement‚ they are making a statement which is true independent of the observer. With a subjective statement‚ that statement is
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Catch Me if You Can by Frank W. Abagnale is the true story of Frank Abagnale himself‚ as a real fake. Throughout the book‚ Abagnale uses several different rhetorical devices‚ such as foreshadowing‚ irony‚ point of view‚ and importance of title; and raises certain social issues. The title Catch Me if You Can is very important because it is a perfect example of foreshadowing. Frank’s first taste of the criminal life occurs at age sixteen. He cons his father out of $3‚400. After which‚ Frank runs away
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Chandler Bushnell Mrs. Beswick Dead & Breakfast March 6th 2013 Eggs with a side of Cyanide. Dusty Came down to breakfast at 7:15… Dusty Dropped dead at 7:45. The person who killed dusty could have been anyone of these people‚ they all had motive but only one of them was desperate enough to kill one of his closest friends. (7:20)The murderer must have been wearing gloves when he set the table again because he left traces of sodium‚ carbon‚ iron‚ and gold. When the Murderer saw
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troubles at home‚ go on an adventure to find a dead body. On their journey they come to deal with a few obstacles‚ each of which brings the boys closer together as they learn more about each other. The journey was a life changer for the boys‚ as they came to see things differently. Rob Reiner’s film‚ Stand by Me‚ captures a friendship amongst a group of boys that will eventually fade away as they grow older and become men. While watching Stand by Me I came to like Chris Chambers the most. My reader-response
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? Stephanie Bumpase AIU Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The character Connie in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” was a young 15yr old girl in a small town. She was beautiful and knew that she was beautiful. A flat character is a character that stays the same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010)
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“You left me” is an intriguingly concise poem by Emily Dickinson. Like many of her other works‚ the poem follows a tight ballad meter—iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. The rhyme is also very precise in the second and fourth lines of each stanza creating an easy to follow flow to the poem. This pattern gives the poem a very whimsical feeling as if the reader is also lovesick. The receiver of the poem is clearly someone very meaningful to the persona‚ but has already “left.” It is unclear whether
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Jaden R.M. Chivalry is not dead‚ but perhaps slowly dying off; it has simply evolved and is evolving continuously as time and people do. In Medieval Period‚ chivalry was a system of ethical ideals lived by daily. The chief chivalric virtues were piety‚ honor‚ nobility‚ valor‚ courtesy‚ chastity‚ and loyalty‚ and protecting the weak (women). It is apparent in today’s society that the definition and application of chivalry has changed through history. During the middle Ages‚ chivalry was a code
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any free-willing choices made. Fate was often a way of saying people’s destiny was already chosen. Fate was also used as a saying the outcome of something that had already came about. Through fate unwinds as it must‚ everything will turn out as it should. Free-will is the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate. Free-will is the belief that people have a choice in what they do and their actions have not been decided in advance by god or by any other power (Collins). Free will
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since he might be put to death by the order of the town from killing Tybalt. Adding on ‚ Friar Lawrence blames fate at the end how the actions determined the death’s of the lovers. Romeo speaks‚ “is it e’en so? - Then I deny you‚ stars!-” (5.1.25). After hearing Juliet is dead from Balthasar‚ he blames on the stars‚ the place where the power is determined. Some may say Friar Lawrence gave Juliet a vial that makes Juliet in sleep condition for 42 hours so she would not have to marry Paris; “Take thou
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How free are we? Australia is a lucky country. It is a rich western democracy where its people enjoy wealth‚ health and freedom. On the surface it may appear so‚ and compared to other countries‚ we live in a country that we believe is free but how do we define freedom? The definition of freedom is “The power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants” (Oxforddictionariescom‚ 2016). Australians have lots of rights. However on contemplation and reflection‚ it appears we are not as free as we believe
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