are self-spoken individuals full of radical ideas and egotistical spirits. This spirit has created the supreme economic monster that is America today. America is about freedom of speech and press‚ freedom of religion and most importantly freedom of choice. These three key components make up what it means to be an American. Freedom of speech was granted to Americans in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This freedom can be in the form of a peaceful protest or even a remark against the
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Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls Comparative Essay What is worse‚ cyber bullying or face-to-face bullying? Argue in relation to both Destroying Avalon and Mean Girls‚ referring to specific events throughout both texts. Cyber bullying and face-to-face bullying are to major concerns in today’s society‚ the movie Mean Girls and the novel Destroying Avalon have themes about bullying in them. The texts show us how more people can be affected by certain types of bullying as well as how it can
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After watching the clips from Mean Girls and the related video presented in class‚ along with the article "High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies" by David Denby‚ p. 366‚ I believe that genre films reflect reality. All the scenes in genre films took place in high school‚ where presented many types of people such as the jocks sport‚ the nerd‚ the gangsters‚ the mean girls‚ the pretty girls‚ the prom queens‚ the ugly girls‚ the rich kids‚ and the slackers. Because of the presence of these people
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Pomegranate Means Grenade was written by Jamaal May in 2013 as a part of his collection Hum. Jamaal May is a 34-year-old poet‚ teaching poetry to middle school children in public schools. May wrote this poem talking about how a child’s‚ Jontae‚ first amendment right was being infringed. May used very many literary devices and terms to make the reader understand his warning. The most important uses that he used was his use of diction‚ allusions and apostrophe. May certainly uses a high level of diction
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What Jesus Means to Me Jesus—perhaps the most discoursed name in history. He has transformed and influenced many lives including mine. To some people‚ He was a prophet. To others He is a mere legend. To me‚ he is a father and a friend‚ but most of all‚ He is my Lord and Savior through justification‚ sanctification‚ and redemption. First of all‚ Jesus is my Savior through justification. Justification by faith is being attributed by God as righteous‚ even though we have sinned‚ and are therefore
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From flat land to a mountain top‚ I was ready for my adventure. Let’s just say that not all the counselors were committed and took their job as serious as I did. Sometimes I had to do my job as well as my co-counselors’ job. It did not mean that they were bad counselors as much as I think looking back in time; I don’t think
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Aristotle’s Golden Mean is a strong example of how one should live a balanced life. The golden mean is finding a middle ground between two extremes. These extremes range between being deficient and being too excessive. Aristotle said that it is moral to be between them and due to it being moral‚ it is how one should live. In class‚ the example of courage was explained. When one has too much courage‚ they are considered to be rash‚ which has many negatives. Someone who is rash will commonly ignore
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TM Mrs. Rosen AP Psychology May 23‚ 2014 Mean Girls Paper Cady Heron moves to a new home from the Africa. She goes to a new school where she meets Janis and Damian. Her new friends warn her to stay away from the “Plastics”‚ a group of girls who are popular and cruel. Their group is headed by‚ Regina George with Gretchen and Karen. When Cady sees Aaron Samuels‚ she falls in love. When Regina discovers this‚ she seeks revenge by getting back with Aaron and dangling him in front of her
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What it means to be American People in the United States differ greatly in beliefs‚ physical appearances‚ and heritage; yet we all call ourselves Americans. We feel prouder than ever to say "I am American‚" raising American flags‚ wearing symbolic shirts‚ and showing true patriotism. But what really makes us American? What is the common factor that unites us? Is it our pride in our country? Our culture and style? Or maybe it is our liberties granted to us by the constitution? America spans three
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What Diversity means to me… Diversity to me is the balance of different cultures‚ races‚ sexes‚ religion‚ appearance‚ sexual orientation‚ disabilities‚ and many more things. It’s the ability to look at someone else and to realize they are different but not treat as they are. The way you look at others and judge them could be the same way others look at you and judge you and make decisions based on what they do and do not like about you. You would not want someone to do this to you or to treat you
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