Averting your eyes away from something is easier said than done. When we drive down the road and see an accident‚ our natural instinct – as macabre as it may be- is to take a peek at the carnage. The average person will see the accident‚ stare perhaps for a couple more seconds then they should‚ and then continue on with their lives. When we see an accident on the side of the road‚ we may be exposing ourselves to sights or sounds that we would rather not see or hear. When we go on the internet‚ we
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Michael Ciuffoletti ARMED AND DANGEROUS A female takes on the role of police officer in a male dominated profession in Armed and Dangerous. Gina Gallo was a Chicago police woman for sixteen years and found herself surrounded by the constant reminder that police work was a man’s job. In addition to the things she would see and experience on the rough streets of Chicago‚ she also dealt with stereotypes and discrimination that came with being a female police officer. A
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A DANGEROUS PROBLEM: OBESITY Today‚ obesity that many teenagers suffer from is a serious and an ongoing problem. There are a lot of reasons for this problem. For example‚ teenagers eat fast food‚ they have an unhealthy diet‚ and they consume too many calories in a day. In addition‚ they don’t do exercise regularly. As a result of obesity‚ teenagers gain too much weight‚ they have psychological problems‚ and the risk of having heart diseases increases. Thus‚ obesity is a dangerous problem
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her book “Frankenstein‚” with a bittersweet setting which slowly turns into a horrific tragedy. Frankenstein lives a happy life until he finds himself in love with the idea of creating life. This desire consumes him until he is successful. Shelley portrays Frankenstein’s addiction in many different ways. The theme of dangerous knowledge is very powerful in the book. Eventually‚ Frankenstein destroys everything that is important in sustaining his happiness through the knowledge of the creation of
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Although there are several different religions‚ many individuals are not educated about the other beliefs besides there own. Religions today do have differences but are also very much the same. This is demonstrated between the religion of Yoruba‚ and Christianity. The Gods that the people in these religions worship are different but have the same purpose throughout the lives of each individual. Each individual’s purpose and goal in these religions also display similarities. Furthermore the rituals that
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The Decline of Christianity in Europe The twentieth century was a time of great flux and anxiety in Europe as the supremacy of Christianity in Europe was being challenged by the fronts of biblical criticism‚ and evolution. According to Rev‚ Andrew Greeley‚ a social sciences professor at the University of Chicago‚ belief in God has increased in Russia and Hungary and decreased in Britain‚ the Netherlands‚ western Germany and France. Atheism thrives in eastern Germany‚ Russia‚ The Czech Republic
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The Most Dangerous Game 1. General Zaroff is not a credible character at all. He is the opposite and beyond evil. General hunts people and calls it a sport. That shows us his negative actions. Secondly General things that its alright for him to destroy the weak for his own pleasure. As he states “Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and if need be‚ taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong why should I not use my
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bright ideas. Looking at the great breakthroughs we had since civilisation began‚we see that from to time there has been individuals and groups who challenged established beliefs and overcame limitations that had kept back the race. Known history records breakthroughs with bright ideas and based in this‚we can safely say that even in mankind a early breakthroughs had probably been brought about by bright ideas. This trend continues today as man progresses onwards. The first bright idea man ever
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a stone idol‚ a mountain avalanche‚ the dinosaur fell. The author used a simile to describe the dinosaur as an avalanche because the dinosaur is humongous. He uses figurative language to make the story nightmarish and to let us know how big and dangerous the dinosaur is. The use of tone supports the mood of seriousness by Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path. By Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path so many times the reader can foreshadow that he might step outside and he
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Reading for children has been seen to decrease dramatically as a child progresses from elementary to high school‚ possibly due to the increase of outside influences like cell phones that take much of a student’s time in the form of social media. The ideas in Contagious can be applied to improve literacy skills for both middle and high school students by creating school programs that utilize the
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