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    One Thousand Faces of Makeup: How FX Makeup Came to Be Makeup‚ by definition‚ means an assortment of things: the way in which something is composed or arranged‚ cosmetics applied especially to the face‚ and materials‚ such as cosmetics and costumes‚ that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role ("Makeup.") Aside from normal cosmetics‚ theatrical makeup has been around for as long as 4000 BC. In the earlier years of theater‚ makeup was used in order to portray different ages‚ genders‚ and

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    In 1998‚ about 29 thousands deaths were caused by firearms in the United States. Of that number‚12‚102 were murders‚ 17‚424 were suicides‚ 366 were accidents‚ 316 had unknown reasons‚ and only 154 were confirmed to be in self-defense. Guns are currently being used in this society for murders‚ celebration‚ hunting and gang activity. There are about 192 million privately owned guns in the United States‚65 million of which are handguns. An estimated 1 -3 million guns are illegally sold or traded‚ meaning

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    have diminished in the society of Taliban authority; they are banned to laugh loudly‚ to play sports‚ to even talk or shake hands with non-mahram males‚ and most importantly to study in schools or any other educational institution. In the novel‚ “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Khaled Hosseni tells the lives of Mariam and Laila‚ presenting the heartbreaking reality of women in Afghanistan. Their story portrays the major issue of oppression of women. The men in Hosseni’s novel portray the extremes of the

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    Wall: Social Media - The First Two Thousand Years”‚ shows the evolution of social media. Throughout the book‚ he takes on many different perspectives that help fit the topic with his own definition of social media: “an environment in which information was passed from one person to another along social connections‚ to create a distributed discussion or community” (3). The chapter that least fits his definition in “Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First Two Thousand Years” is chapter five‚ “Let Truth

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    Unfortunatly‚ Mariam’s relationship with her father leads her to an abusive marriage which she cannot prevail due to her role as a women. Mariam being forced into an arranged marriage accepted by Jalil.One of mariams main conflicts is She is forced into an arranged marriage with a person who is much older to her in age. Mariam’s submission to destiny and adversity is not limited to leading an abusive and unhappy married life. She unfortunately is not able to conceive a child which makes Rasheed

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    In A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam is an Afghan girl. She is also an illegitimate child or‚ a harami. This means that she is the child of two people that aren’t married. In her culture‚ because she is a girl this makes her unwanted. It also means that she has to belong to her husband someday. She won’t ever be her own person to the people in her culture‚ she’ll be someone’s property. This book shows how culture‚ race‚ and class can intersect with gender in producing women’s experiences with the

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    modern peoples felt and behaved‚ their questions and beliefs. Joseph Campbell‚ a famous mythological scholar‚ writes myths and believes that the myths of every culture are different on the surface. Campbell has written a book called The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ which breaks his thinking down into seventeen sections. In his thinking‚ Campbell also believes that all myths are essentially the same. He calls this the monomyth: “Mankind’s one great story.” One example of a monomyth is something Campbell

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    “I Spent Thousands to Keep My Sick Cat Alive. I Don’t Think I’d Do It Again.” talks about whether or not spending billions of dollars on treatments that are not guaranteed to save the animal’s life is worth financial hole called debt. The author states‚“Americans spent $56 billion on their pets in 2013‚ according to the latest figures from the Federal Trade Commission; of that‚ $7.6 billion went to prescription and over-the-counter drugs for cats and dogs. That’s expected to grow to $10.2 billion

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    Title: I Have Walked a Thousand Miles Author: Gerda Weissmann Klein Genre:Non-Fiction Number of pages: 261 The book I Have Walked a Thousand Miles‚ by Gerda Weissmann Klein‚ is a very touching book‚ that almost made me come to tears. Through this book‚ you can tell the hardships that the Jews went through during the Holocaust. This book mainly focuses on a brave and strong thirtneen-year old girl named Elli‚ who is sent to Auschwitz with her family. She has to face many terrible challenges

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    In A Thousand Years of Good Prayers‚ Yiyun Li depicted many different lives of the people in last decade’s China‚ still under the reign of Communism. With Communism‚ comes Capitalism‚ two contradictory political systems‚ once threatened the world of a nuclear World War. The clash of communism and capitalism was delicately presented in A Thousand Years of Good Prayers‚ as the newly liberated modern China and its people were greatly influenced by the West. Throughout Yiyun Li’s collection of short

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