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    be about Melissa’s Choice: An American Dilemma was the script’s content‚ such as bring up the choices that are pro-life and pro-choice. I felt like it was a good way to show both sides of the reasoning behind wanting to get an abortion and the reasoning behind wanting to keep the baby. This is important because the play adds layers to each side of the argument‚ making you really question what Melissa should actually do and how it would affect her life. While the play does hold some comical moments

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    However‚ sometimes we can not help these people and this is when critical incident debriefing comes into play. Critical incident debriefing is a supportive crisis intervention group‚ that is composed of a small group of your peers. CIDS began to have growing support in the 1970’s when state and federal legislation was passed to provide resources and services to those who were traumatized either emotionally or mentally by a critical incident. CISD is designed to eliminate the amount of

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    point of view as valid. Often times during this process‚ their writing is compromised by the errors they make to prove their point. David Thomas makes many errors in his essay "The Mind of a Man." In his thesis he tries to prove that women are not smarter than men as previously believed‚ but instead that they just excel at different tasks. However‚ throughout his whole essay‚ he describes that boys are discouraged by female teachers and does not stick to his thesis. He showed a biased point of view that

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    The Outsiders Critical Lens Essay   The quote in question is “All good is destined to be defeated.” The quote means‚ for every good guy‚ there is a bad guy. For every hero‚ there is a villain. Everyone who has ever tried to do something good has been destined to be stopped. The quote not only speaks for literature‚ but for everything. If you look from now‚ all the way back to ancient times‚ you will see examples of this in many works of literature. The book The Outsiders is a good representation

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    Vu Tuong Vo Professor: Frank Morris Date: November 20‚ 2012 Critical essay review: The God Father The Godfather‚ a story about a multigenerational crime family by the Italian American author Mario Puzo‚ was one of the best-selling books since it was published in 1969. Not only the book was a phenomenon‚ its movie under the direction of director Francis Ford Coppola had also become a landmark in American movie since it was released in 1972. The Godfather detailed impressively the activities

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    Acting independently is some times a virtue or a defect that a person could posses‚ these attitudes play an important role in shaping the personality and character of and individual. When an individual takes this personality trait so serious they could do many good or bad things that could influence the way of thinking and behaviours of many other individuals. In the movie “V for Vendetta” by David Lloyd‚ the protagonist V is described as an elegant‚ a vast literary‚ cultural‚ philosophical intellect

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    Critical Lens Essay Nicholas Cage once said that‚ “I like flawed characters because somewhere in them I see more of the truth.” This quotes means that characters are much more unrealistic when they are perfect. Characters with flaws give the reader a more accurate view of humanity because all people have flaws. The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and “The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe are two works of literature that support this quote. In both of these works‚ it is

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    Critical Essay “Macbeth” Between the years 1606 and 1611‚ William Shakespeare; arguably one of the world’s greatest dramatists‚ wrote a play full of treachery and greed. The story of ‘Macbeth’ is a complex and absorbing piece of literature that completely immerses the reader within its pages. Shakespeare’s idea of a noble warrior deceiving his country by committing regicide is more than historical facts; the play however is based around a more fictional nature as Shakespeare introduces the conceptualization

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    CRITICA ESSAY #1 Jeffrey M. Lilburn‚ M.A (The University of Western Ontario) is the author of a study guide on Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman and of numerous educational essays. In the following essay‚ he discusses the narrative and moral ambiguity in Ethan Frome First published in 1911‚ Ethan Frome is now considered a classic of twentieth-century American literature. A tale of lost opportunity‚ failed romance and disappointed dreams ending with a botched suicide attempt that leaves two people

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    Mamet’s Duck Variations David Mamet’s Duck Variations is a 1972 play based around the mundane park bench conversation of two characters‚ George and Emil. Through the topic of ducks and other various wildlife‚ the theory of life and the world begins to emerge to reveal feelings about death and their own existence. They search for the importance of a duck’s activities as if attempting to find meaning within themselves. Ironically‚ many of their discussions and ramblings are untrue or irrelevant and

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