Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ in 1950‚ and has lived there most of her life. She has come to be known as S.E. Hinton which speaks to the author’s remarkable identification with her audience. Hinton‚ famous for her novels about trouble young men‚ tried to conceal her female identity so she would not alienate male readers. Hinton says she began writing soon after she started reading. For many years‚ she concentrated on writing about cowboys and horses. She even completed two
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Corrupted A plane full of adolescent boys crashes on a stranded island‚ leaving them alone and trapped‚ are they prone to civilization‚ or will their age cause disputes and show the true meaning of learning life through experience? Through the boys’ peril‚ their inhumanity to each other is caused from their want for power‚ their victimization‚ and their need to survive on a pig-inhabited island. Thomas Hobbes‚ an avid supporter of human rights‚ is definitely a great choice among others‚ for an
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Cyberbulling is something that is dear to me‚ I have seen first hand what it is like to be attacked by annoymous usernames. I have witnessed a close friend’s struggle with cyberbulling‚ and I have been a victim too. Cyberbulling is something that is happening all across the world. Although many states have their own cyberbulling laws‚ yet there are not federal laws on cyberbulling. Being bullied is something that is hard to go through face to face‚ but when you are being bullied online there are
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English Beauty When you look in the mirror‚ do you see “beautiful”? Did you know that there’s a kind of beauty that isn’t tangible? Beauty is more than one might think; it is more rare. Those who have seen it know it to be something that cannot be captured by a photograph‚ it must be told by a story. If it has not been clear yet‚ beauty is not by any means physical aesthetics‚ but rather it is the actions that make-up an appealing disposition. Through the centuries‚ so many have wrongly credited
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The Dissension in Politically Incorrect Language Imagine a young boy with autism who struggles to interact socially. Other children consider him unintelligent‚ and they have no trouble making him aware of their opinions. They call him names like retarded‚ dumb‚ and ignorant‚ but he cannot change the condition he has‚ so he withstands the insults. Even though the other children never strike him with their fists‚ the harsh words they use are just as intense. Politically incorrect terms‚ like “retarded
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Introduction Bullying is a phenomenon that has existed even before it became documented. Because of its prior history‚ many forms‚ and different perceptions of what bullying is‚ there is a great extent of definitions that constitute as bullying behavior. Beginning in the late 1990’s‚ bullying behavior became a hot spot for researchers as school shootings increased because of the negative experiences that victims of bullying had encountered particularly in 1996 (Parkay‚ Hass & Anctil‚ 2010). Increasing
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My behavior dictates whether or not I become a victim; or more specifically‚ whether or not I seem to be tempting my attacker dictates whether or not I will be attacked. According to the theory of victim precipitation‚ in active precipitation‚ victims provoke their attackers by tempting them to attack. In my opinion‚ I found it rather interesting that in studies of this theory‚ homicide‚ rape‚ and feminism go hand in hand when merely talking of the subject. What sparked my interest of this specific
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“One-third of all U.S. children— an estimated 13 million students nationwide —are targeted each year?” according to the White House. Many of these bully events result in a negative effect on the student being bullied. Bullying takes a toll on students in schools all around the country. Bullying makes students change who they are‚ commit suicide or abuse drugs and become addicted. Bullying makes students change themselves and what they do. “It changed her personality”‚ Hooten said‚ “It was a horrible
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The Lack of Chivalry in Society In today’s society people are becoming careless about themselves and others around them. People are being self-centered‚ rude‚ and unresentful. There are problems in society involved within social media‚ law enforcement‚ and inside relationships. With the use of chivalry‚ we can prevent people from acting with this behavior; and solve society’s problems. People today are lacking respect without seeing it as a problem. They are lacking basic manners such as showing
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As days go by‚ you wonder to yourself are you really safe in this world? Well you may think you are but when it comes to playing the game “Killer” you’re not. It’s you and your team against more than 20 kids. What’s the game about you may ask? It’s the last man-standing game of water-pistol ambush. It became a ritual to do for several high schools for the end of the year. These games get really serious and last about two and a half weeks long. As years went on kids made rules‚ maps‚ even an entry
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