Len the Unknown Legend Sebastian Garcia Period 6 11/21/2013 The chances of a person to go to the NBA and play professional basketball are three in ten thousand‚ .03 percent of people are able to make it to the NBA. That is why wanting to be a professional player for any sport is “unrealistic” for most people. You have to be a gifted player to make it to the pros. A first team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. That’s who Len Bias was.
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Many people lead a happy life with secrets‚ which they feel that if exposed‚ they will be disgraced to the society‚ to their friends and family. When people are in this situation‚ they lose hope in themselves. Khaled Hosseini shows through The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns that whatever happens there is always a second chance that fate gives you to make up for what you have done in the past. Hosseini shows that when family secrets are revealed it will lead to abashment‚ and results in
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happiness alone because along with the fun comes trials‚ tribulations‚ and only the younger in mind or naïve people fail to realize this. This quote is evident in many places throughout the novel. As we read we see that only the wiser of the ranch hands‚ were able to recognize reality and come to an understanding that achieving the American Dream is not all fun and games and there is a strong possibility they may not even reach their goal. A very good example of a naïve character blind to the truth is
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complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust‚ and thought that if they did something to try to stop it‚ then they themselves would get hurt. He also explained how people like Moshe the Beadle and other characters in Night who were humiliated by fellow Jews did not believe that the Holocaust was occurring. Overall‚ the Jews‚ God‚ and the German citizens were all silent during the Holocaust. Their silence encouraged the
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An Eye for an Eye Life is a precious gift from God. Even when a person has no material possessions‚ life is still possessed. In light of these observations‚ it is logical to assume that murder‚ the taking of another’s life‚ is the most heinous of crimes. Undeniably‚ penalties imposed upon criminals should match the crimes committed. Therefore‚ the worst crime possible‚ murder‚ should receive the worst penalty possible‚ death. One argument against the death penalty comes from the Bible‚
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Review your Ethical Lens Inventory results from Week Seven. Open a blank document in Microsoft Word. Write a 350- to 700-word paper reflecting on the results of the Ethical lens Inventory. Answer the following in your paper: o What is your personal ethical lens? Rights and responsibilities ‚which helps me distinguish between reasoning and intuition‚ I believe in achieving the greatest good for each individual for the community. o What are your strengths and weaknesses
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long as there is society‚ there will be shackles. Subjects of the World State were pre-separated into specific caste levels through processes such as the Bokanovsky Process‚ hypnopaedia‚ and Pavlovian conditioning. As mere embryos‚ they were already being trained for their predestined fates. By the time they reached the end of the “assembly line‚” freedom did not exist anymore. They were enslaved to society. They were conditioned to strictly love and enjoy the aspects of their own castes and dislike
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Critical lens According to John Steinbeck “It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement” Perhaps Steinbeck’s quote means‚ that the purpose of writer is to reveal ones faults and dreams for the goal of improvement. I believe Steinbeck’s quote is a valid remark. His words are so eloquently exemplified in‚ Unforgettable Miss Bessie by Carl T. Rowan and Of Mice
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French Sudan and Senegal formed the Mali Federation. Senegal left in August‚ 1960 and the flag was changed in 1961. The flag of Senegal is similar to Mali’s except it has a star in the middle of it. The flags were based on the French flag‚ except Pan African colors were used. The colors were also those of the African Democratic Rally which was the political party who led the fight for independence.The black kanaga has been the crowning feature of the flag of Mali together with the tricolors until
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In reviewing my ethical lens inventory I have many faults and many advantages when it comes to the way I learn. My personal preferred lens is rights and responsibility‚ which means I use rationality to determine my duties as well as the rules that each person should follow. There were many results of my ethical lens inventory. The results of my classical values are temperance. I value individual balance and restraint in the want for pleasure that I seek to fulfill my duties. My key phrase is “I
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