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    Orlando Shooting Analysis

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    Orlando Shooting Introduction The Orlando shooting was one of the worst mass shootings in US history since September 11. On June 12‚ 2016‚ club pulse‚ a gay night club in Orlando‚ Florida‚ took a turn for the worst when a gunman‚ who was identified as Omar Mateen‚ came in and began to open fire leaving 50 people dead and 53 people wounded. I chose this article because it happened within an hour of my hometown and could have easily been one my friends or family members. I also chose this article

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    Sydney Ganus Mrs. Dunlop and Dr. Hinch Junior Exhibition 8 February 2010 Kent State Shootings (Research Paper) Faced with the problem of a violent protest‚ the Ohio National Guard chose to open fire into the crowd as a solution‚ but increasing security around the ROTC building and preventing its arson would have been a plausible solution. This event takes place in May of 1970 at Kent‚ Ohio. Richard Nixon has just been elected president‚ taking office in 1969. In the midst of the Vietnam

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    Earth Song! Michael Jackson! ! The biggest problem in todays world is that we are blinded to see the damage that is being done to our planet earth and how it has affected the lives of many especially the lives of innocent children. Throughout this song we can see no future ahead of us without the society changing and for them to show humanity. In the song ‘Earth Song’ written and performed by the King of Pop Michael Jackson exposes the cruelness of society and how we are the reason for not living

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    Theme in Water for Elephants Masterful symbolism and psychological themes contribute to Sara Gruen’s literary success in her 2007 Algonquin Books historical fiction title Water for Elephants. Symbolism Revealed Through Character Sara Gruen’s title Water for Elephants provides a symbolic study of the fundamental human need for love and acceptance. The primary symbols are revealed through unique characters who struggle to feed deep internal desires. Rosie‚ the elephant referenced in Sara

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    Name Teacher Course Date Securing Self-Fulfillment Self-fulfillment is the achievement of one’s desires and ambitions by one’s own doing. However‚ if someone falls short of achieving these goals‚ that person may become sad or angry with themselves‚ and may fall into a continuous cycle of a life. In the excerpt of “Silas Marner” by George Eliot‚ Silas is shunned by his family and friends which causes him to feel as though he has failed at achieving his life long goal. His life becomes

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    The narrator of your novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars is Hazel‚ a sixteen year old with stage four thyroid cancer “with an impressive and long-settled satellite colony” in her lungs. Thanks to a drug treatment she calls “the Miracle” Hazel’s cancer has been kept from spreading further. When she leaves the house‚ Hazel has to wheel a cart bearing an oxygen tank attached to a cannula‚ a tube that delivers oxygen to her nose. Hazel doesn’t leave the house much‚ though. Instead she spends a lot of time

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    I agree with what you are saying that you can let Hailley know that it is not her fault that she is being treated this way. I would also like to show her that not all relationships are like hers and Dan’s. I do not believe that she knows just how unhealthy their relationship is. Hailley really needs to be reminded of the person she was before she started the relationship with Dan. She has been losing the person she once way. Hailley does say that a lot of people’s boyfriends are like Dan and she

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    Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The title is significant to this novel because it refers to an incident that influenced the main character‚ Jacob‚ to share his story. In the story‚ the circus is in town and an elderly Jacob is parked in his wheelchair at a dining table with Joseph McGuinty and a few women. The women are reminiscing about the circus and sharing stories when suddenly McGuinty claims that he used to carry water for the elephants. Jacob‚ being a retired circus veterinarian‚ knows

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    Water for elephants irp The story water for elephants is told from a series of memories of Jacob Jankowski as a 93 year old man that is in a nursing home. in 1931 a woman named Catherine hale is taunting him Jacob thinks to himself how he’s still a virgin even though he is about to graduate and he is ashamed of it.The class got interrupted by the school dean who pulls jacob out of the class with something eagerly important to tell him. The dean tells him that both his parents have died and just like

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    similar catastrophe happened again. There are several ideas that can be treatments which included improve security in school‚ notice the violence on social media and set up proper gun policy. One of the most effective way to prevent school massive shooting is to improve the

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