War is a waste of good lives‚ which are more precious than any gift on the planet. Life is so fragile and cannot be altered‚ stopped‚ or reversed with any amount of money‚ power‚ or land. Therefore‚ we should not risk young men’s lives by throwing them into a war zones telling them to shoot at people not wearing the same color as you. War causes many innocent people die just because they were “in the way” and causes many others to become murders in order to serve their country. War overall is
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In the short story‚ “Once Aboard the Lugger‚” the main character‚ a fisherman’s daughter in Ruan‚ Nance Trewartha‚ is brave enough to rebel against the moral patterns for a woman in the 1800s. Nance knows there is a certain pattern she must live by‚ just like every other woman. She has to be wedded and have children‚ but she wants to fulfill the pattern in her own way. She fulfills the moral pattern backwards which in other people’s eyes may look shameful. Nance sets an example where women can follow
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with the rest of the world. I own a Samsung Galaxy S4‚ and I know that if I were to lose or not have it one day‚ I would go ballistic! My phone keeps me in touch with everyone around me‚ not only that but‚ it stores a lot of my personal events and pictures‚ and not to mention the amount of money I paid for this expensive trinket was ridiculous! To begin I am a very busy woman with a very busy schedule. I am a full time mother and student throughout the whole week‚ and I work at a salon on the weekends
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In the film ‘Once Were Warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori is a very iconic film in New Zealand. It is very relevant to other post colonial countries. It raises issues in the New Zealand culture regarding domestic violence and the effects it has on families. This issue has effects on the youth who are in these situations in rather negative ways. Tamahori uses the character Grace as a fine example of how violence infused with alcohol kills the potential of young people and the effects it has on them
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Work to live‚ Don’t live to work By Will Brady This is my response to a QCS(Queensland Core Skills) test. When we walked into the test room we had no idea what we were supposed to write about. We were give the theme of ‘Time’‚ for which we were given a stimulus sheet and 2 hours to write whatever we could. I came up with this. These days‚ most of us spend three quarters of our lives‚ working. And what is all of this work for? To save money so that when we retire‚ and were old and crippled‚
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In Eugena Welty’s story “Why I live at the PO” the reader is quickly introduced to the main character and narrator of the story. While Welty does not identify the character by name‚ except to refer to her as “Sister”‚ Welty does directly and indirectly introduce the character. The reader is given a bit of background on the character especially about the relationship between the main character and her younger sister‚ which is the driving force of the plot. This is the direct characterization. Then
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A Critique of Once More to the Lake Your Name Class Year A critique of “White‚ E. B. “Once More to the Lake”. The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Solutions. 2011. 298-303. Print A critique of Once More to the Lake‚ E. B. White‚ text. The main idea is that many people reflect on their past lives and experiences when their past mirror their children present. The author achieves
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Often when a story is read followed by the viewing of the live adaptation‚ the live version pales in comparison. This is mainly because the imagination can create a far more detailed and vivid picture than will ever be created on screen. In the case of Wheeler’s teleplay versus the original short story of Ross’s "Ones’ a Heifer"‚ it is no different than any other‚ Ross’s work is superior in its plot‚ characters‚ and theme. It is clearly evident that the plot of the short story by Ross is a superior
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A Summary of “Once More to the Lake” Jason Mraz Eng 101 Essay#1- Revision In his essay "Once More to the Lake"‚ E.B. White shares the story of reliving his childhood memories of going to a lake in Maine. As an adult‚ E.B. White lives by the ocean and has a love for the salt water‚ but every so often he get the urge to revisit the lake he knew as a child. One day that desire was strong enough to motivate him to take his son to the same place his father had taken
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Philip Larkin’s poem “Here” is able to use clear syntax‚ vivid imagery‚ and clever choice of words to distinctly convey his attitudes towards the four different places he describes in the poem: a bustling city‚ a large town‚ a suburban community‚ and an isolated paradise. Syntax structure is a key area in which the poem uses the format of words to convey the specific meanings between the four different stanzas. Three ways he is able to do this are listing‚ enjambment‚ and transitions between the
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