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- 1181: Teen Smoking
- ... of all these people who know him as a straight edge. Everyone was like “Ha Ha. Look at him, Look at Mr. Straight Edge smoke.” Well, That was is right there at every party he’d smoke a cigarette and everyone would laugh and be amused. He loved it. All this attention was great to him. Poor kid smokes a pack a day now. Another reason kids may start smoking is their parents. Parents who smoke are much more likely to have their child smoke. A child who is around it all the time and seeing you parents ... was under it without fearing a snake or bug. A large majority of my friends smoke. I would always be with them when they were smoking and I would always hang out with them. One day we were playing hackey sack outside and “Yo, Can I get a cigarette just popped out.” I really wanted to try one. For 3 years my friends smoked while I just hung out. Curiosity ...
- 1182: Iran Before And After The Revo
- ... So as many see change coming soon, but things have only gotten worse for the people who fought so hard, so that their families and everyone could enjoy freedom as many have in democracies. One day the people will revolt again, because the new generation will not stand for this and one day many hope a new democracy will flourish in Iran. Iran has been a nation in trouble for so long now. People fought so hard and died for their integrity so that everyone else could be happy, but it was all a waste. What good is dying, when your death results in something completely opposite of your beliefs? People in Iran absolutely hate this government and the protests in Washington D.C. show that people are ready for a real change this time. Officers in Iran are confronting women for showing a little bit of hair from the head or wearing too much make-up, ...
- 1183: Katherine Anne Porter
- ... the famous American frontiersman Daniel Boone, Porter was educated at various schools. In the 1920's and 1930's, she contributed articles to several newspapers while living in New York City, Louisiana, California, and Washington D.C., as well as Mexico and Western Europe. Miss Porter's first collection of short stories, Flowering Judas (1930) was quickly acclaimed. These stories mostly have Mexican settings. Porter's other major collections include Hacienda ... outsider because she was unable to attend the full circus after hearing her family share their enjoyment of it . "Everybody had been enjoying themselves while Miranda was missing her first big circus and spoiling the day for Dicey. Poor Dicey. Poor dear Dicey. The other children who hadn't thought of Dicey until that moment, mourned over her with sad mouths, their malicious eyes watching Miranda squirm. Dicey had been looking forward for weeks this day! And then Miranda must get scared-'Can you imagine being afraid of that funny old clown?' each one asked the other, and then they smiled pityingly on Miranda " (Porter 26). Miranda's family makes ...
- 1184: Fountain And Tomb- Ignorance A
- ... constantly sought out in Fountain and Tomb. Our young narrator is often like a detective, listening attentively to conversations, making keen observations of situations, and seeking out answers to questions he doesn’t know. “The day is lovely but redolent with mystery,” our narrator says, identifying all the unknowns in the world around him (Mahfouz, 15). An issue which is mentioned throughout the story is the concept of “Ignorance is bliss ... a solar system over which I have no control, that this solar system is itself lost in endless space ...” It goes on and he asks the narrator whether the sun will come up tomorrow. “I’d take bets on it,” the lad answered. Gilel ends the argument by saying, “Blessed are the ignorant, for they are happy” (Mahfouz, 115). Gilel also has realized that what people don’t know is sometimes ... In another tale, the boy’s father was having a conversation with a schoolteacher, Mustafa Al-Dashoory. After denouncing their religious beliefs and all that they know and stand for, Al-Dashoory commented, “And some day mankind will achieve a certain wholeness in themselves and in society. Then and only then, by virtue of this new human personality, will we understand the meaning of divinity. Its eternal essence will become ...
- 1185: Zora Neale Hurston
- ... self-awareness. Janie does not love Logan nor does he love her. Janie is constantly looking for another horizon. She soon finds that horizon in Joe Starks. Joe appears in Janie's front yard one day. He says the 'sweet' things that Janie wants to her. Janie leaves Logan the next day, and therefor takes another step in her journey. Joe is a man who is concerned with little except power. He wants it, and he is going to use Janie to get it. He is cruel ... wind is commonly associated with love, the soul, and femininity. She expresses her feminist philosophy with the description of women not as weak creatures needing to be cared for, but as strong capable peers. Bryan D. Bourn, with help of Dr. Laura Zlogar of the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women ...
- 1186: Communication Today
- ... is consistently listed as one of the keys to success in business and life, and just as frequently identified by employees as a key missing link to maximum productivity and job satisfaction. We communicate every day verbally and nonverbal to co-workers, to people on the phone, and to our family. We’ve been communicating since the day we were born. Actually, we were communicating before we were born, in our mother’s womb. What is communication? Communication is the process of constructing meaning together. We live in a world of meaning, and ... facial expression, tone of voice, touch, silence, and several different expressions. This book discusses verbal & nonverbal communication jointly. It has become obvious that you can't really separate the verbal & nonverbal parts. As stated by D.J. Higginbotham & D.E. Yoder, "It is impossible to study either verbal or nonverbal communication as isolated structures. Rather, these systems should be regarded as a unified communication construct." One example that the author ...
- 1187: Todays Hip Hop
- ... mid-1980s, rapper Run of Run DMC claimed, "I keep a bag of cheeba inside my locker" (Ro 1996, p. 73). Even this single sentence produced shock waves. From R&B's "Brown Sugar", by D'Angelo, to Cypress Hill's "Hits From the Bong" and Method Man and Redman's "How High," all angles of rap music have seemed to blend drug use and music. It has become agreeable to ... problem. But alcohol isn't only in hip hop. You see it everywhere you go (Ro 1996, p. 74). This is seemingly a weak defense, but Swift has a point. At any time of the day, anyone can turn on the television and see someone drinking a martini or mixing a daiquiri. If a problem arises, someone will fix a drink. All over every city we see bars and restaurants promoting ... my bud the chronic, I wants to get f---ed up" (Young 1992). There are, however, some groups which advocate against drug use. Most widely known is the breakthrough group Public Enemy. Lead singer Chuck D has long been known as a positive rapper. He travels to schools and prisons to talk about leading a positive life and staying away from alcohol and drugs. It is quite ironic that Chuck' ...
- 1188: Richard II
- ... representative on Earth and only Richard can punish himself, so it is a matter only God can resolve. "God's is the quarrel - for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight, Hath caus'd his death..." Although Gaunt seems satisfied with this fact in Act I, scene ii, later, from his deathbed he seems more dissatisfied with this and reminds Richard that "... violent fires soon burn out themselves" (II ... and Mowbray, stopping both from exposing Richard's part in the murder. Richard chooses at first to allow them to fight to the death "... Your lives will answer it, / At Coventry upon St. Lambert's Day" (I, i, 198-199). He allows the fight at first to go ahead, but shortly before the first blow is struck, Richard calls a halt to the fight and exiles them both, claiming "... Our kingdom's earth should not be soil'd / With that dear blood that it hath fostered" (I, iii, 125-126). Bolingbroke is exiled for 10 years, which Richard consequently lowers to 6, and Mowbray is exiled for life. The way that Richard ...
- 1189: Their Eyes Were Watching God B
- ... self-awareness. Janie does not love Logan nor does he love her. Janie is constantly looking for another horizon. She soon finds that horizon in Joe Starks. Joe appears in Janie's front yard one day. He says the 'sweet' things that Janie wants to her. Janie leaves Logan the next day, and therefor takes another step in her journey. Joe is a man who is concerned with little except power. He wants it, and he is going to use Janie to get it. He is cruel ... wind is commonly associated with love, the soul, and femininity. She expresses her feminist philosophy with the description of women not as weak creatures needing to be cared for, but as strong capable peers. Bryan D. Bourn, with help of Dr. Laura Zlogar of the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women ...
- 1190: Creative Writing: The Man who Stepped into Yesterday
- ... years earlier as a gift. it contained all of the knowledge inherent in the un iverse, and had enabled the lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years. and so they lived; until one day a traveler arrived in gamehendge. his name was wilson and he was quickly intrigued by the lizards way of life. he asked if he could stay and live in the forest; and the lizards, who ... a roar, the creature emerged before him and held the brave knights body to the sky. the creature laid the knight upon the shore and the colonel fell beside his friend in prayer that he*d survive, and rutherford, brave rutherford, was alive. forbin and the unit monster were crouched over the soggy knight carefully removing his bulky helmet when the colonel heard a sound behind him. he turned and came ... made of marble, but in her gaze i crumble into dust and drift away on the wind. tela grew strong, her struggle to endure, time touched her wounds and shelter proved the cure. each passing day seemed to feed the brazen serpent locked inside and liberate the spirit she*d concealed for so long. there was no place left to hide. Tela reached out her hand and helped forbin onto ...
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