As the daughter of an anti-pet mother‚ having a puppy has been my frustrated dream. Once‚ when younger‚ I approached my mother and told her that I didn’t need a pure-bred dog that I would take in one of the many stray ones. Of course‚ the answer was a "No". Ever since then‚ I became aware of the lots of homeless animals on the streets. Now that I’m older‚ I realize that if our country’s government doesn’t even focus properly on human beings‚ animals have little to no chance of having a place in our
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MY BODY‚ MY CHOICE 9 months‚ 40 weeks‚ 280 days. A woman has to bear the pain‚ the weight of a growing child in her womb for a total of 9 months‚ something a man would never be able to cope with both physically and mentally‚ so why does a woman not have the right to choose? 18 years‚ 940 weeks‚ 6575 days. A mother has to bear sleepless nights‚ the ongoing tantrums of teenagers and has to support and care for the child‚ alone in most cases‚ so why does a woman not have the right to choose? There
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I text while driving. I try not to‚ but I do. And I know what you’re thinking. I get it. You think I’m careless. You think I’m reckless. You think I’m dangerous. You say I’m an accident waiting to happen; that I’ll probably get killed one day; that I might even kill you. I tell you now‚ I understand. But I don’t care. I have places to be‚ text messages to send. At times I’ve been brilliant‚ multitasking to perfection; typing ’Brobdingnagian’ while making a double lane change in Austin rush-hour
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How to Get Women By Zachery Boudreau Attention gentlemen if you are having troubles and haven’t figured out all the secrets to understanding and attracting women then this pamphlet is for you. There are billions of women out there and any of them can be yours all you do is treat them right‚ or wrong actually. If you know anything about women it’s that the last thing they want in a guy is a nice guy. Sure‚ they might say that’s what they want but that’s just because women don’t even
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Ask Not What Your Playground Can Do For You Timmy‚ Jimmy‚ Tom‚ Andy‚ weird kid picking his nose on the teeter-totter: Today we didn’t see my birthday party‚ but me being a little kid and turning into a big kid-- I was like you guys‚ and now I’m not. I can tell you the same thing that our mommys and daddys told us almost a bajillion years ago. The playground is not the same anymore. The big kids can share their toys‚ or push us off the swing set. But the same problem our mommys and daddys had
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As more and more Americans head to college and aspire to get high paying white collar jobs we are experiencing a massive scarcity of blue collar workers. Everyone is chasing a college education; hence we have no one to the low paying‚ back breaking jobs. Illegal immigrants provide the backbone for the American labor force. If we are to deport them‚ it would create a huge shortage of laborers causing the economy to come to a standstill. America has been a nation that has been built by immigrants and
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Competition in Children When you think of famous athletes‚ dancers‚ actors or singers do you truly ever consider how they go to be where they are now? Many of the famous people that we are familiar with in today’s society started doing what they do best at a very early age. Mia Michaels‚ a professional dancer‚ started dancing at the age of three. Peyton Manning‚ a professional football player‚ started playing football in high school. The concept of competition being instilled in children is not
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instincts. The first satire we see in the story comes from chapter one‚ where it begins as a typical travel record of the time. We are provided with a description of Gulliver’s education to establish his position in society‚ which would have resembled a real travel log at the time. This style is continued throughout the novel‚ which strengthens the satire. The factual way in which the story is told makes it seem much more realistic than if it was written in a fanciful way. The satire of the story would
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Satire and Criticism in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita It took Vladimir Nabokov nearly five years to finish perhaps one his most famous masterpieces‚ Lolita. Because of Lolita’s subject matter‚ many readers during Nabokov’s native mid 20th Century were appalled and disturbed. How could someone write a novel about pedophilia‚ murder‚ and the sexual abuse and rape of a child? However‚ amongst the many offended (and particularly ignorant) readers‚ there emerged an understanding of Nabokov’s true intent
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piece is a satire. A satire is the use of humorous‚ ironic‚ and exaggerative speech or writing to bring light to politics and other topical issues. Plenty of the nightly shows have adapted to this format. This format allows a speaker/writer to create a persona that mirrors them. This mirror persona is so amplified that the audience comes to the realization “on their own” that they hate this persona. The readers will take this and hate the speaker/writer’s allies. Saukko’s satire contains strong
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