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    Science Gone Wrong

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    Mackenzie Drury Mrs. Berry/Mrs. Carpenter English Literature 12 10 December 2014 Science Gone Wrong Have scientific technology and developments gone too far? For a question like this‚ everyone would have a different opinion. New scientific achievements have been a great step forward for mankind. However‚ even though everyone is excited about cloning humans and being able to teleport‚ there would still be a risk that it may all go too far; all of these experiments can turn from a good idea for helping

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    a bit. The soldiers learn to self-anesthetize to not feel (Scurfield). When I say not feel‚ I mean not feel emotions. The reason for doing this is because when a friend or another soldier dies‚ they do not want their emotions to get the best of them. The negative about detachment is that the soldiers get so used to doing this that they go home and still begin to use detachment (Scurfield). They cannot feel the normal emotions like everyone else can. For example‚ a child of the soldiers is to pass

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    Memoir Coming into high school ready to have the time of my life was a little over rated. I was 14 turning 15 and was not interested in much and now needing to have an answer to those inevitable questions What college are you going too? or What career are you planning to pursue? All of these questions put an immense weight in my shoulders and the only thing on my mind back then was whether or not I will be able to afford the latest Call Of Duty title. Up to that point I had not thought of what I

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    everyone be equal with each other‚ there’s always going to be something to separate them in a small way. In “The Dead and the Gone” what I noticed is when it comes down to it‚ how people have it are all based on where they are placed in the social pyramid. I believe that this fact doesn’t just apply to “The Dead and The Gone.” But I also believes this contributes to how we live today. “The dead and the gone pyramid” TOP~Richer/wealthier families. They are the ones that have a home‚ are supplied with

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    A Review of The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea “Men joined the Marine Corps for many reasons . . . I’d joined up to dodge the draft and ended up being sent to war” (Brady 8-9). This brief yet poignant statement begins the story of how James Brady ended up serving in the Korean War. As a young adult the draft was being reinstated and Brady did not feel the desire to fight in a war. He and a few of his friends decided instead to join the Platoon Leaders Class with the Marines‚ which had students

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    Published in 1997‚ Memoirs of a Geisha portrays a geisha’s rise from a Japanese fishing village to life in high society. In this fictional history novel‚ Arthur Golden strives to provide his readers with the basic knowledge of the Japanese history in the years between 1930 and 1940. Westerners usually think of geishas simply as prostitutes‚ but the book attempts to right the misconception that geishas are simply prostitutes by showing the reader various trainings the geisha undertakes to perfect

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    The drummer boy

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    fourteen year old Joby‚ a drummer boy in the Civil War‚ is feeling. In “The drummer boy of Shiloh” Ray Bradbury describes the feelings a young drummer boy has before the battle Shiloh. Ray uses great imagery getting you right into the story‚ creating a tone which not only keeps you guessing but makes you want more. With Ray’s great imagery and use of characters he Implements the great use of glorious and futile. The short story uses futility in many different ways such as plainly stating it‚ as the

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    Homecoming of a Soldier

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    The happiest day of my life is when my brother came back to the states from Afghanistan. On that day he called us it was a Friday morning before school started. He told me that he would come and see us next weekend so he can spend time with his wife. So the day goes on school gets out me and my sister Merissa goes home to do our chores so we can stay with our friend. When we get finished we walk to Amanda’s house and hang with her for a little bit. About four thirty we walk to our house to get some

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    Why Soldiers Fought

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    understand why soldiers would choose to fight and why they kept fighting for so long. Through a series of letters written by the soldiers themselves‚ one can see multiple motivations for soldiers in Vietnam‚ such as believing in the cause‚ self-preservation‚ and comradary amongst the men. This is all brought together in Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam‚ an adequate volume edited by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. First‚ there were many soldiers‚ at least

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    Brighton Beach Memoirs

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    Bani Badwal (Senior Year) The Jerome family is a very loving‚ close caring family. They both worry about each other and worry for them and their family members well being. On top of that‚ everyone has problems‚ their own unique problems. Not all these problems are disclosed with the other family members. Eugene is a teenager living in Brooklyn in the older days. He is growing up and feels he is deprived of being with girls. He often brings up his thoughts on them and

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