Mr. Chris Bender College Writing 1 07/10/2012 Final Draft In her essay “Before and After: Class and Body Transformations‚” Julia Serano indicates how TV shows affect some peoples decisions. She takes on TV shows and documentaries and she marks down how they display shows of people crossing the normal social boundary and how these TV shows are degrading those people crossing. People all around the world of different cultures are all affected by the
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Dear America’s Next Top Model (ANTM)‚ I believe you promote a negative self-image to women. Personally watching your show upsets me in many ways. As a young adult I still look up to actors‚ actresses and models. But you also have to remember you have a younger crowd of girls that also watch your show. Little girls from the age of 8 or younger watch Americas Next Top Model. My younger sister would watch your show till my mom would send her to sleep. She used to walk around in heels and wear my
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Passage Brother Dear by Bernice Friesen In Brother Dear by Bernice Friesen‚ the author suggests that success can come in many forms‚ but each form is unique to each person. In the excerpt‚ Greg is leaving the house‚ with Sharlene following him and trying to convince him to stay at home. Sharlene‚ who is in grade 11‚ is caught between agreeing with her father and supporting her brother Greg‚ and based on their opinion of success. Greg asks a simple question as he leaves: “Is that all my family can
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What you would do before‚ during and after an earthquake? Earthquake is a natural phenomenon that happens all over the world. It causes a lot of horrible losses and sometimes even human losses. It shivers even when we talk about it‚ it’s like been played with‚ you can think only about one thing that your life is about to end. So what you would do before‚ during and after the earthquake if you knew that it might happen in a week?! At the beginning you must know how to be prepared is a good question
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As the case with many of my peers at South Division‚ I am also an immigrant who originated from Thailand. The purpose of all immigrants and why they decide to immigrate is the same‚ which is to find a more successful life. The fact that I am an immigrant has become a motivation factor for me to achieve and strive toward success. My goal after high school is to attend college
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My whole life I’ve been antisocial‚ rarely seeking friends or conversations‚ and the very thought of performing live music terrified me. However‚ after moving to Asheville‚ North Carolina‚ I was finally able to realize the importance of community and friendship in my life‚ and it led to playing my first concert. Growing up‚ I never had many friends‚ and I preferred it this way. On school field trips I’d usually be the one sitting under the shade of a tree‚ completely engrossed in a book or even
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Years ago when I was in college night classes…I purchased and began carrying a gun after [taking firearms training] sponsored by the local [police department]. It may seem odd now‚ but at the time many girls [at our school] carried guns everywhere‚ including in classrooms. How much things have changed. Fast forward a few years to my full-time job after college. I worked for a CEO and had a glass office next to his. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to watch me through those windows
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more by the way they look than men are‚ and very easily have their feelings hurt especially being told something like you are ugly by a man. Quiet Torrential Sound is a play that takes place in a café. It is between two sisters named Monica‚ who is in her late thirties and controlling‚ and her younger sister‚ Claire‚ who is in her early thirties. They decide to go eat the café after they finish the concert. Monica is a very controlling sister to Claire and the waitress at the café. She is controlling
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After Dark By Haruki Murakami “After Dark is a streamlined‚ hushed ensemble piece...Standing above the common gloom‚ Murakami detects phosphorescence everywhere‚ but chiefly in the auras around people‚ which glow brightest at night and when combined.” (The New York Times Book Review) The appraisal given by The New York Times undoubtedly highlights how the characters in the story of Haruki Murakami weave their lives together in just one night. The characters in this novel have established deeper
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basically forming a blockade so no supplies would come in and no cotton would go out. Q: Was the anaconda plan your idea? A: No. personally I didn’t like the plan because I knew it would take forever .the plan came from General Winfield Scott. Q: Since you didn’t agree so
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