The documentary Dope Sick Love‚ follows around two drug-addicted couples in the streets of New York City. Couples Tracey & Matt and Michelle & Sebastian are prime examples of what it is like to live with the unescapable harm of addiction. As discussed in class‚ addiction is defined as a continued‚ compulsive use that gives temporary relief of please‚ in spite of the awareness of negative consequences. This definition perfectly explains the entire synopsis of the documentary. Both couples understand
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was born in NY‚ her first language is Spanish. The struggle she has to go through to “keep up” w/ her own language thinking as its somehow superior then what she already knows. Summary of My English Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American writer. She describes the struggle and the achievements she had in the essay ‘My English’. She lived in the Dominican Republic with her family‚ who spoke only Spanish at home. She grew up learning Spanish by heart. It was her first language. She and her sister
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Jeannise Webb-Nelson American Government October 11‚ 2012 Essay #1 America’s two party system does in fact affect elections and the decisions of the voters. Often times‚ people are not fully educated before actually casting their vote. This can have negative effects in our society. In the past‚ this very thing has occurred. Most voters typically vote a certain way‚ based solely on the party. The text brings out this very point at the latter of page 115. It states‚ “Party labels typically
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Do people accomplish more when they are allowed to do things their own way? Being able to do things your own way is more accomplishing than any other way. Every person is unique in the way he or she learns and does things. There are examples I have taken from the invention of the rocket and its impact on science‚ the accomplishments of the Beatles‚ and the formation of the United States. By doing it their way‚ these people have had a significant influence on our world today. During the 1900s
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata written by John Misto creates images through distinctively visual elements. Through the use of projected images‚ carefully selected music and descriptive dialogue‚ challenging aspects of life can be represented. An image we see early on in the play is Singapore Harbour burning down in 1942 when the Japanese first invaded. This is shown as Bridie and Shelia are discussing their experiences on the boats. This shows the ignorance of the British as they did not evacuate the women
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The title of this poem suggests that this person will always have the heart of the person they love. The person could actually be holding their lover’s heart‚ or a locket or other heart-shaped object belonging their loved one. Figuratively‚ the person does not actually carry around their lover’s heart‚ but rather that the person will always be loved‚ cherished‚ and remembered by the speaker‚ no matter where their loved one is. In the first stanza‚ I think it means that he is always
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This memo serves as a target plan‚ targeting new customers to Love Craft Incorporation. Love Craft Incorporation served customers for the last 30 years‚ majority of our customers is white middle age straight males/survivalist. As a result of flooding that occurs our customer is dying affecting our sales for the worst. It is time that Love Craft Incorporation creates a demographic‚ plan on ways to target new customers. Below are some suggestions: The first group of customers that we will be targeting
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Erdrich’s Love Medicine‚ a novel made up of a collection of short stories about a family of Chippewa Indians that reside on a reservation in North Dakota. The stories cover three generations‚ fifty years‚ and several families‚ with the main theme of the novel being the struggle between stability and change and there are eight distinct narrators. The stories seem so loosely related; some critics have questioned whether this novel really stands as a true novel alone. One critic‚ Allan Chavkin‚ describes
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The Cross River Gorillas are subspecies of the western gorilla. They are the most northern and western form of gorillas. Having only a predicted 250 remaining‚ they are the worlds rarest great apes. Cross River Gorillas can be found in the forested hills and mountains of the Cameroon-Nigeria border region at the headwaters of the Cross River. They are herbivorous‚ with fruit comprising most of their diet. Their behavior is very distinct. Cross River Gorillas are mainly omnivorous. They eat mainly
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There are only an estimated 786 Gorillas left in the wild of which half live in Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest. The Ugandan Wildlife Authority has set up strict rules regarding ecotourism surrounding the gorillas and it is only possible to visit them in organised tours of 30 people. At present Dream Challenges has an exclusive contract with Nkuringo Walking Safaris to organise tours for charity fundraisers which will include the opportunity to visit the gorillas in a sustainable way. The permit
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