didn’t do. Men weep when their lives are in danger‚ and humans being the great cockroach of the earth we survive. We survive to live another day‚ to rebuild and replace‚ to gain more material objects. In the following essay it will be my comments on Pitts’ “Sometimes the Earth is Cruel” and will follow up on a single theme from it. One main theme is the idea people who are poor will be treated bad. People are as cruel as the earth‚ maybe even more so‚ but their are good people out there. Good people
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Kristopher Harris Ms Marquez Rhetorical Analysis Leonard Pitts Leonard Pitts at it again in his article” Manti Te’o story offers lessons: Better connected who have one online‚ farther apart” In this article Pitts asserts that although the increase in technology is a good thing it increasingly puts a void in the physical communications we have with one another‚ a more prevalent case being the Manti Te’o incident. Pitts supports his argument by using explanatory diction to explain his definition
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Right to Own Pit Bulls The American Pit Bull Terrier has fallen under harsh criticism in recent years. Several attacks have led to Breed-Specific Legislation or BSL. Breed-Specific Legislation has led to the downright banning of pit bulls in several cities in the United States (“Breed Specific Legislation”). These legislations are unfair and ineffective. The pit bull is only a product of its owner and its surroundings. The pit bull is the most misunderstood and persecuted breed of dogs. If properly
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is to do is to prepare‚ and know how to handle whatever life throws at us. Devastation can come in many forms‚ it can come as earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ tornados‚ storms‚ and anything inbetween. After reading “Sometimes‚ the Earth is Cruel‚” by Leonard Pitts‚ I found that the main theme that stands out is devastation. First reason I think that devastation is the main theme is because all the essay talked about was how many people died‚ were injured‚ and how many houses got destroyed. Just in the first
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Leonard Pitts criticizes McBudget’s argument by making emphasis on the missing points that were not included on the budget. He considers McDonald’s budget as offensive and controversial. Also‚ Mr. Leonard believes that it is impossible for a millionaire company advice the poor people to continue surviving to poverty. In his opinion‚ the poor people cannot live on the totally unrealistic McBudget. According to McBudget the value for health insurance that nowadays everybody must have is 20 dollars
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situation and quash it. As said in Pitt’s work‚ people continue their lives after tragedy in three ways‚ they memorialize‚ they rebuild‚ and they go on. The first way is to memorialize the event and what is lost. In Sometimes‚ the World is Cruel‚ Pitt tells us the estimated death toll is around 100‚000 people. Even though this loss of life is horrifyingly large and extremely sad the people of Haiti don’t sit back and do nothing about it. They instantly begin to celebrate the beautiful lives the
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as it does astride the typhoon belt‚ in the active volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire‚” and in the geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates. The Philippines also suffers major human-caused environmental degradation aggravated by a high annual population growth rate‚ including loss of agricultural lands‚ deforestation‚ soil erosion‚ air and water pollution‚ improper disposal of solid and toxic wastes‚ loss of coral reefs‚ mismanagement and abuse
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Angelina Jolie Pitt‚ is an American actress‚ filmmaker‚ and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award‚ two Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ and three Golden Globe Awards‚ and has been cited as Hollywood’s highest-paid actress.Angelina Jolie is the daughter of famous Hollywood actor Jon Voight.Jon Voight is an Oscar winner and three time Golden Globe awards winner.Angelina and her dad had a fairly poor relationship throughout their lives‚ following her father’s infidelity.It is a little known fact
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Hollywood’s highest paying actress has starred in many many movies.She is one of the best female actresses alive today.Angelina Jolie and her husband‚ Brad Pitt who is also in the acting business are very important people because they have tried to make this world a better place. They have a foundation called the Jolie-Pitt foundation that was founded by Angelina Jolie herself and in this foundation they dedicated to eradicating extreme rural poverty‚ protecting natural resources and conserving
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Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment‚ whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important‚ no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned‚ environmental protection is much more important than economic development
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