paper we will try and establish some theories on what might have caused this mother to commit such a criminal act. I feel that I should first give some background on what we will be discussing. I have chosen to do my paper on a female murderer named Diane Downs. She was convicted of murder‚ attempted murder‚ and criminal assault for the shooting of her three children. The incident took place on Thursday‚ May19‚ 1983 in Springfield‚ Oregon at approximately 10:48 p.m. She was driving a red Nissan that
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In the An Alchemy of the Mind‚ Diane Ackerman employs Metaphors‚ personification‚ and point of view‚ to reveal the thaumaturgy and wonder behind the nature of the brain. Thaumaturgy is the wonders of working miracles.she represents the brain as almost an entity that resides within us to look over our decisions and guide us.diane uses metaphors to empower this idea “the petit tyrant””a huddle of neurons” etc. This ideology alone shows that not only does the author see the brain as “them”‚ but as there
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The author Diane Ackerman describes how the new age of human revolution begins to rises‚ as the changing effects of Earth’s nature start to dies. The race of humans had created a wide terrestrial destruction on Earth‚ but the humans do have their economic capabilities and resource technologies to fix the entire ecosystems as possible. Then again‚ they cannot reverse the changing effects of the global warming and climates. Between the media news and the U.N.‚ as the United Nations‚ are always doing
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Case Overview A mother frantically drives her three young offspring to a hospital‚ their blood painting the interior of the car. It was 1984 in Springfield‚ Oregon when Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her three children‚ ending the life of one. Diane Downs was mentally unstable and obsessed over a man who did not want her. What was a peaceful and calm night quickly turned into a fight for survival. Downs had shot her three young children at close range in an attempt to win back the affection
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Diane Sawyer To many people‚ Diane Sawyer is simply just a woman who delivers the morning news. They don’t think about her background or education‚ or how much hard work and dedication she has put in to reach her level of success. I however‚ have taken the time to find out more about Diane‚ and I have found her biography to be very inspiring. Lila Diane Sawyer was born on December 22‚ 1945 in Glasgow‚ Kentucky to E.P. Sawyer and Jean W. Dunagan. Not long after her birth‚ the family decided
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because chaos is diverse‚ intangible‚ and vivid. One reason why love is confusing is because it’s such a diverse thing. Love doesn’t care whether your black or white‚ short or tall ‚ or even boy or girl . Taken from "love’s vocabulary" written by Diane Ackerman ‚ it states in body four line 41 " We use the word love in such a sloppy way that it can mean almost nothing or absolutely everything." This would indicate that the
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Vocabulary” by Diane Ackerman is about love and reveals that love’s effect can be neutral. In the argument‚ Ackerman states “We use the word love in such a sloppy way it can mean almost nothing or absolutely everything.” just because the word love is being used doesn’t mean it’s always genuine. When lovers say “I love you” to one another it’s just because they feel as if it’s an abstract word. Love can be either and amazing word or just your average everyday word. Another statement that Diane uses is “In
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Diane Ackerman’s New York Times best seller‚ “The Zookeeper’s Wife”‚ takes place in Poland in the mid-to-late 1930’s‚ focusing on the main characters‚ Jan and Antonia Zabinski‚ and their Warsaw Zoo. Their zoo was a rescue center for orphaned animals‚ however‚ when Germany invaded Poland in 1939‚ they also invaded the zoo‚ taking some of the animals and killing the rest. When the Zabinski’s are left with an empty zoo‚ they choose to transform it into a hiding place for the Jews‚ whom the Nazi’s wanted
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emotions‚ jealousy‚ can cause a person to enact revenge on the person who did them wrong. This is shown in the Case of Diane Zamora because a jealous Diane killed Adrianne‚ for a relation between her and Diane’s boyfriend. Love can blind a person to kill their “rivals”. No matter what‚ with all of the facts given throughout the entire case‚ Diane did deserve to get life in prison. Diane Zamora lived a nice life in the town of Mansfield‚TX. She kept to herself and was madly in love with David Graham‚
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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer American Broadcasting Company‚ ABC News‚ has been around since 1943. Their structure‚ style‚ and techniques have slightly changed over the years from radio to television‚ from anchormen to anchorwomen. In this paper we will be looking at ABC World News hosted by Diane Sawyer on July 29‚ 2013. Mainly focusing on the purpose of the overall news of the day‚ the advertising for this segment of the news‚ and the demographic audience that ABC is trying to reach. The
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