The Renaissance era was a major period in our world’s historical development as a whole with many influential creators, artists, astronomers and discoverers. One of the most commonly known creator in this time was Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci is mostly known for his flying machine blueprints, the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper as well as being centuries ahead of his time. These are all contributing factors for why I chose him for this research assignment. The Renaissance was...
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Sherman Alexie is a Native American. When he starts to attend literature classes at his university and after that, he found that he liked it. “He found his life her” Professor Alex Kuo. After that, Sherman started writing Known For Novelist Short story Writer Poet Film Maker Performer Themes Alexie usually explores despair, poverty, violence, and alcoholism in the lives of Native Americans, both inside and outside protected areas in his work. The main characters in most of his literary...
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Gender is influenced by everything from the media to the government. These influences can affect an individual’s personal identity, interpersonal relationships and their place in the community. In today’s society, gender is one of the many controversial topics that most people don’t know all the facts about. Defining the common terms for gender and gender identity is an important first step in understanding. Some of these terms being; sex, referring to the biological differences between males and females, such as...
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Do we need a role model in our lives? What qualifications should role models have? Having a role model in our lives is very important because they inspire us in making decisions and keeping our spirits up, also, the attitude of a role model influences the people that look up to them. There are different characteristics a role model must possess, for instance, being hard-working, respectful, and creative. The first role model characteristic is hard-working, where they show their commitment...
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Kate Chopin's short story “The Story of An Hour” displays the significance of someone being trapped and not being able to be happy and have their freedom. The author is making a very strong however subtle, statement towards humanity and woman’s rights. Mainly explaining that marriage is more like being a servant rather than a loving and peaceful relationship. Representing a negative view of marriage and showing a woman that is thrilled her husband passed away. The explaining of Mrs....
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In each country of the world there is a dominant culture, but there are also small groups organized by different cultural characteristics or common aspects such as age, ethnicity or ideals, these subgroups of a culture are called subcultures. One type of subculture is ethnic groups characterized by having their own identity and having different social, cultural and economic practices from the rest of society. In both Colombia and Norway there are such groups. This essay aims to show some...
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In scary stories, transformation plays a big role in trying to scare the reader and change their emotions by making the story go from normal to unusual. Usually the writer will have different techniques of doing this, transformation is one of them. Without transformation in a story, the story would not be as scary and the reader will lose interest in the story quickly. Transformation is important for catching the reader's attention and keeping them interested. In ¨Where is Here?̈...
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Throughout the world, there are people all around us. The definition of being an American varies on the person. To me, the definition of being an American is to show your true self and not hide away your personality. Day by day, everyone puts on a “fake face” to mask what or who they really are. Being an American means enjoying the right to freedom of speech, embracing diversity, and/or embracing the “American way of life.” “To be an American.”...
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In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, two speeches both different in context are given to the citizens of Rome discussing/stating Caesar's death. In this play, Brutus and Antony try to persuade the citizens of Rome to believe what they believe. Antony tries to state the fact that the conspirators were traitors and that they were basically the cause of Caesar's death. They committed an act of brutality on Caesar in other words. Brutus on...
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The plot of Beauty and the Beast is about a young country girl who lives in a small town with her father called Maurice. Gaston is a handsome man who wants to marry Belle because of her looks, however, she is not interested in him. Near the town, in a castle, lives the Beast. He used to be a Prince but was turned into a terrifying beast by an enchantress because he was selfish. The enchantress gave the Beast a...
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For as long as I can remember I have always been interested in new inventions and machines that improve life and that put a modern twist on basic everyday necessities. When I read the outline for this book report I was enthused and had one particular person that automatically popped up in my mind to write about. For this book report, I am researching the CEO and creator of the car brand Tesla. I chose to write about Elon Musk...
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Thank you everyone for coming to the graduation of the 2022 seniors of High School. Today I am here to celebrate our journey as a cohort. I firstly want to acknowledge how fortunate we have been to have had resources readily available to aid our academic growth. All of the lessons we have learnt – both in and outside of class, all the books we read, essays we wrote, nights we spent cramming for a test the next day, the...
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An outsider is described as a person not belonging to a particular group' as defined in the Oxford Dictionary.' The Outsiders' was published by S.E. Hinton. It was set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s. It's about the rivalry between the two major youth groups. Their life is split into two major groups by money which is the Socs (Short for Socials) and the Greasers. The Socs live on the Wide, where they lead a better life with everything they...
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The Crucible is a play written in pre-modern times, which is still relevant in the postmodern era. Arthur Miller wrote the play during the time of the Red Scare, in which multiple people were being convicted of communism without evidence or proof. The increase in the use of social media and the easy access to the news can start chaos and spread fear, like in Salem. The Crucible has timeless themes that are still applicable to our lives, 60 years...
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Time Management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity. Time management is the discipline of controlling your life through your use of the 168 hours that are available to you weekly. In mastering time management, you’ll be able to balance the demands on your time and achieve your goals. This will then help you to avoid stress and increase your...
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Children provide their parents the existential role of participating in the continuity of the family, culture, and the community. Most societies especially in developing countries are structured to rely on children for the future care and maintenance of older family members (Hala, Adlah&Lynn 2014). The ability to have children is considered a socially assumed aspect of one’s biological composition. Hence, African couples who wish to expand their family do not anticipate encountering difficulties procreating (Laura,2018).In Africa, motherhood is used as...
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Body modification can be found in many forms and places such as dieting, piercings, and tattoos. Different types of body modification have also been around for an extremely long time and can be found in many religions. Each religion has its own view of body modification with some extremely against or extremely for body modification, with some even leaning towards the middle of the issue. The religious views of body modification in Buddhism focus on purpose and mindset. For example,...
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Heroes; we as a whole know them when we see them. The main question is, what makes somebody a hero? To be considered an epic hero, a person must possess most or all of the seven traits of an epic hero. The first trait of an epic hero is a noble birth. This means that most epic heroes will have an above average station in life; they will be kings, princes, or nobles of some sort. The second trait of...
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Education powers a better world by serving society and allowing people to become better citizens. As we all know, “education is a key to success”. Education allows society to gain knowledge and gives way to more professional career options like teaching, engineering, and accounting. Education teaches us how to manage time wisely, how to handle several tasks at the same time without panicking, and how to deal with people in a proper manner. These skills are vital for us to...
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A very compelling book, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and In Your Life written by Spencer Johnson. There are four main characters that the book talks about, Sniff and Scurry (who are little mice) and Hem and Haw (little beings who are human like) who find themselves in a “maze” looking for “cheese”. The purpose of this piece of writing is to review this amazing book, its characters and the information...
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The problem of obesity has developed into an epidemic in the past few years. The number of overweight people in the world is growing. Obesity can cause more serious consequences, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and psychological problems. Therefore, I will point out the causes of obesity and the measures that can be taken from the perspective of the food industry. The root cause of obesity is energy imbalance. From the global perspective, it could be cited...
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A problem that has traversed its way through our society, multiple times reaching the Supreme Court. A court that hears around 100 cases a year has chosen to hear multiple cases regarding this matter. The matter of whether or not children should be tried in court as a child or as an adult. Many cases have ended up trying kids as adults and many have not. What is the best choice for the offender and the victim of the crime?...
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The main aim of the discussion is to look at whether the current way of treating addicts through a strict therapy and rehab system with multiple different drugs is as successful as many would like to believe. As previously discussed in my literature review I saw the four main drugs that are currently used to help an addict recover from heroin addiction. With results released from the British government, you can see that 40 to 60 percent of drug addicts...
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Almost everyone has heard of CPR - it's been taught in schools, shown in television shows, used as seminar topics in company events, and has basically been in every media platform in the form of videos and educational posts. All for a very important reason, too: it literally saves lives. Except when you're actually in a spontaneous, life-and-death situation, and all you have is a recent video you've watched of a man repeatedly pushing an unconscious person's chest, with little...
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In the fifties and sixties, doctors prescribed amphetamines to lose weight. The law put an end to that practice when the addictive nature of these drugs was proven. Today, Adderall prescribed for ADD / ADHD is sometimes used non-medically for its weight loss support properties. Adderall contains amphetamine and has the typical amphetamine effect of suppressing appetite. Some people resort to this 'Adderall diet' or 'fast diet' to lose weight, although no doctor will prescribe the medication for that purpose....
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When there is an experience or reinforced practice in someone behavior that is permanent, then we say learning has taken place. This is very important in determining a behavior of a person in a psychological process. Operant conditioning is a behavioral theory that assumes with positive reinforcement and negative behavior being punished then we are able to experience the best learning. It is also referred to as Instrumental learning. Ivan Pavlov and B.F Skinner were some of those instrumental in...
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In every business around the globe, there are managers and there are leaders. Just because you are looked at as a good manager does not mean that you are a good leader. In the following essay, I will discuss the difference between a manager and a leader. Is it bad for a leader to be overly charismatic? I will discuss charisma in transformational leadership and the action that leaders can take in order to be ethical. I will also discuss...
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An author uses literary devices to improve the value and the meaning behind their story. Symbolism is often utilized to represent an idea, and can take different forms. Usually it is an object that represents another by giving it a much deeper meaning and value than what it really is. Us readers use symbolism while we read a novel, poem, or story without even knowing it because our brains think symbolically. Symbolism represents storytelling and keeps the readers interested in...
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Over the past couple of weeks, I have been researching gun control trying to find why it's useful in America. Having many accounts of gun violence in America, many Americans say that the second amendment is outdated and that we need stricter gun laws. In reality states with stricter gun laws have more accounts of gun violence. This proves that stricter gun control doesn’t work. California is ranked as A in gun control yet has more accounts of gun violence...
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In the poem “Song of myself” it appear lots of examples of powerful visual images; the author, Walt Whitman, shows a noticeable capacity to create them. Like an artistic painter, he develops his great capacity of observation. As a result, their poems display extended metaphorical landscapes, full of places and people. This wide range of images is a way to depict their democratic ideas. We can find diverse type of images in the poem: “spear of summer grass”, “the grass...
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