In The Matrix and Ready Player One‚ there are life-like simulations that provide a distraction from the user’s surroundings. However‚ the implications of both the Matrix and OASIS and how they are utilized brings out stark and moral differences between them. In The Matrix‚ the hero Neo is released from a contrived world in which he has been forced to live in his whole life. Morpheus‚ the man who saves him‚ reveals the true world to Neo - a world in which sentient robots farm humans for electricity
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Not Ready to Make Nice is about the Dixie Chicks taking a stand for not apologizing for making a comment about being disappointed in our current President at the time George Bush. After the lead singer made a comment about him‚ they were banned from radio. Many
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in Chicago while going through a series of events throughout her transition from childhood to adulthood. Esperanza‚ excited to grow up and have the boys watch her dance‚ develops hips and soon endures sexual assault and other encounters that are the worst parts of growing up. As her future gets told‚ she is still optimistic of what lies ahead. As Esperanza begins her transition from childhood to adulthood‚ she goes through adolescence and her hips begin to form. In the chapter “Hips” Esperanza‚ Nenny
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The Internet Helps Teenagers Communicate Abstract The internet is good way for teenagers to communicate with each other and helps them to do better in school and with their writing abilities. It allows them to express themselves openly and learn about new ideas that they would otherwise have no access to. Social media such as Myspace and Facebook are a great way for teenagers to talk with their peers and keep in contact with friends and family. They would lose touch with these people without
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of young smokers have been increased in most American middle schools and high schools. Both girls and boys are smoking because they think it is cool. The four reasons that cause many teenagers to start smoking are peer-pressure‚ image projection‚ rebellion‚ and adult aspirations. Approximately 3‚000 teenagers pick up the smoking habit each day in America. That is roughly one million new teenage smokers per year. About 60% of all high school students try smoking by the time they are seniors because
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Adverse Effects of Internet on Teenagers: Introduction: The use of internet has grown tremendously among the teenagers over the last few decades. This has largely been caused by a variety of reasons such as education and the need for entertainment. The internet provides a variety of free information and resources that can either build or destroy the life of a teenager. As a result‚ many teenagers have ended destroyed morally and psychologically due to excessive use of the internet for the wrong
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shoulder and asked if I was ready to go. I told him I was still extremely nervous about the sharks. He smiled and told me there was nothing to worry about that there hadn’t been any reports of shark attacks in the area since the early 80’s. Even though he was older and a much better surfer than me‚ I still wasn’t embarrassed to express my feelings towards him about the sharks. After a couple more minutes of us two talking about it my mind became at ease and I was ready to
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The book “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline is an interesting book to analyze. The main character of the book is teenager Wade Watts. The setting is in the year of 1944 where there is an energy crisis going on with the depletion of fossil fuels and it causes global warming. To try to escape the crisis the world is facing‚ humans turned to OASIS‚ which is a virtual reality simulator that allows players to be apart of a social society. James Halliday is the creator of OASIS and once he died‚ he announced
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Teenagers Who Play Sports Teenagers who play sports are healthier and show a greater confidence with in themselves. Playing sports teaches them good qualities such as teamwork‚ self confidence and respect. Teenagers who play sports in high school and junior high have to maintain their health so they are ready to play mentally and physically. Mentally they have to prepare themselves so they can perform at their best by being awake and alert. They do this by making sure they get enough rest each
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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry‚ suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents and emerging adults ages fifteen to twenty-four. “According to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH)‚ about 8 out of every 100‚000 teenagers committed suicide in 2000. For every teen suicide death‚ experts estimate there are 10 other teen suicide attempts. (teendepression.org)”. Adolescence is a very vulnerable time in one’s life; adolescents are faced with many changes and or obstacles
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