influence over America’s youth‚ it is easy to understand why so many people have problems with hip-hop and rap music. It is often said that rap and hip-hop music is misogynistic and praises violence. Also‚ it is argued that this genre of music deepens generalizations and stereotypes about the African-American community. Just how Tom Bissell describes his love for videogames in the essay titled Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter‚ as “an extra life” I too have a passion for hip-hop music and use it as
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I’m Unique Because... Being that I have many talents and that family is an important factor in my life makes me who I am. We all have things in common but no one is exactly the same. That’s what makes us unique from one another. We stand out‚ and make of ourselves what we want people to portray us as‚ who we want to become in life‚ and who we want to be known as. I’m unique because I am multi talented. I am a songwriter/produce/ musician‚ poet‚ dancer‚ an actress. When I am home I write and
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Smoking Needs To Stop Smoking causes death and burns the world down around us slowly‚ its time to stop the flames. I bet most of you cant remember the last time you ever saw a commercial on television trying to promote the use of cigarettes. Chances are you don’t remember or you have never even seen one before. Big Tobacco is to blame for much of today’s youth smoking. Cigarettes should never make it on the racks behind the counter at any store much less to any childs lips. The idea created by
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JUDY BRADY I Want a Wife (1971) Judy Brady’s essay became an instant classic when it appeared in 1971 in the premier issue of the feminist magazine Ms. As you read‚ analyze the definitions of “husband” and “wife” that Brady uses‚ and consider why this essay became so powerful in the 1970s. I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. And‚ not altogether incidentally‚ I am a mother. Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent
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Comparison of One Art and Because I liked you Better In the poems “One Art” and “Because I Liked You Better” ‚ both poets Elizabeth Bishop and A.E. Housman express a strong sense of rejected love and great emotion. The poems share many commonalities in the sense that both of them deal with poets attempting to convince themselves that what they are feeling can be put away emotionally‚ but after both shifts‚ it becomes obvious that the strong emotions which both Houseman and Bishop are feeling cannot
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Why I Should Be Valedictorian Good morning/afternoon teachers and my fellow classmates. Check it off. Yea‚ that’s right guys‚ check it off! Check off the box that says‚ ‘Raina Doshi’‚ and vote for me to represent you. Graduation is one of the many occasions that bring both a smile and tears to a student. Being the Valedictorian in a graduation ceremony is utmost honour. And I would like to hold that honour. But why‚ I hope you’re all wondering should we check it off? Why choose her and not any
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can’t give me any satisfaction. My energy‚ vitality and hope tell me I need to take more responsibility for my country. What I have learned is not enough to be in an important role for the country. So I need to learn more. Then I discovered and realized that what the most relevant program for me is. That is IR (International relations). There are many ethnic leaders who love peace and who are thinking of refugee affairs. I don’t doubt their good willingness. But having a good willingness
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China Grove In Eudora Welty ’s story‚ ?Why do I Live At The P.O."‚ the main character directs the focus of the reader through her own point of view. The story is set in a small Mississippi town‚ sometime after World War II. The time and the place have a significant effect upon the language used. This helps to create an overall mood that is dominated by Southern prejudices‚ interpersonal ignorance and simplicity; for example‚ Sister says ?Nigger girl? (1031) words that now demonstrate racism but at
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“Why I Joined MSEL” Serving the environment was not my first appeal. When I was a little boy‚ I always wanted to grow up and be a firefighter. I used to watch videos about people who were in trouble. The firefighters would always come to ”save the day”. However‚ as I grew older I learned it would be a dangerous job. My next inspiration‚ was from my dad. He is an architect. I was inspired by his drawings and wanted to be just like him. However my mind was never set on anything. When I entered second
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banchibare chai. - Rabindranath Tagore Immortality – the quality of unending life or never ending existence. First is the state of being physically alive but the second relates to physical as well as mental‚ like living through one’s life time works or through future generations to follow. Gilgamesh wanted to achieve the first kind of immortality that is eternal physical existence. He was so terrified by the death of his best that he himself not only wanted to be immortal but
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