School shootings School shootings are something horrible yet something that has occurred more than once in the USA. I have had a hard time understanding exactly how someone can pick up a gun and shoot people at their own age – people they’ve gone to school with‚ innocent people. I don’t understand how you can steal their life for no reason. It’s teenagers who suddenly shoot people – boys and girls who are supposed to be their friends. Why do they do this? The first person that did a school
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The Symbolism of the Elephant Through Religion Jule Lane Following a religion gives human beings a sense of security‚ satisfaction of belonging to a group‚ and most importantly‚ a set of guidelines that govern one’s moral and ethic values. All who follow a religion‚ regardless of the beliefs‚ have a common goal of finding a faith to feel comfortable with. Hinduism‚ one of the oldest religions in the world‚ and Jainism are two of the widely practiced religions in India‚ with a similar
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honest and truthful and he does this by providing us with five paragraphs. In this essay‚ George frequently tears down the walls of clichés and just about every other syntax of the modern language. Not only does this essay particularly pertain to the language of the late 40s‚ many will argue that it also applies in the 21st century. This was a very knowledgeable and brilliant read about the English language and political context. Orwell has given many (including myself) individuals enough food for
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I: General Introduction II: Biography III: George Orwell is distinguished as one of the most influential writers to the English Culture in the 20th century. Notorious for having written satirical fiction and societal criticism‚ Orwell is best known for his works of Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949). Within his novels Orwell echoes the presence of a struggle for freedom in a society that refuses it‚ the similarities of the characters‚ and a reoccurring theme of a fear of corruption of power
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Elephant Poaching “We are experiencing what is likely to be the greatest percentage loss of elephants in history‚” said Richard G. Ruggiero‚ an official with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Ney York Times; December 3‚ 2012). The poaching of elephants started in the late 1800’s and is still happening today. People are slaughtering these majestic animals for their ivory tusks. Ivory has been sold on the black market for millions of dollars. Before the start of ivory poaching there were
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For Sandy Hook’s sake: learning from the tragedy of Newtown We must turn from this trauma to tackle America’s complex failures over gun control‚ inner-city crime and mental healthcare A woman waits to hear about her sister‚ a teacher‚ following the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Photograph: Melanie Stengel/AP Friday’s news that 20 children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ a small community known locally for its Great Pootatuck rubber duck race every spring to
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Initially I thought that the concept of a dystopian society was a prevalent issue that George Orwell faced and his usage of the title 1984 was very persuasive for his audience. The fact that it was written in 1949 and portrayed 1984 as a technologically advanced society was very interesting to me because it showed how close Orwell believed the threat of totalitarianism was and it also showed technology as being a bad thing because the telescreens were used to constantly stream propaganda as well
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Bill Katin German 59 3-12-2014 Paragraph 175 Paragraph 175 is a documentary about the homosexuals that were singled and killed for being who they were. Most of them had resided in Berlin during the 1920’s and during that time that’s what the town was known for homosexuals until the Nazi’s came into power. When I watched the movie Paragraph 175 my first reaction was disbelief in the regards of how they were treated. I got teary eyed for the simple fact that these grown men and the exception
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that have encountered school shootings. America experienced one of the most horrific school shootings of our time. On December 14‚ 2012 Newton‚ Connecticut- Sandy Hook Elementary‚ Adam Lanza (20) killed 27 people (20) children and (6) school staff. Following that shooting the same month and year 2013‚ there were (4) more gun shootings on college campuses. Since the 1700s‚ school shootings have occurred in the United States. There have been over 57 college shootings
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George Orwell once said‚ “Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” The dictionary definition of freedom is‚ the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. By the dictionary definition the characters in the book 1984 by George Orwell have no freedom evident by their core beliefs in this society War is Peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ and ignorance is strength. Throughout the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ it explains a different kind of
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