In his essay‚ “Falling Down Is Part of Growing up”‚ Henry Petroski explains how all humans experience failure throughout their lives. The author compares nursery rhymes with the evolution of the human body and how they evolve as they grow older. He also describes how kids don’t realize the purpose or the meaning of things‚ but as they grow older‚ they realize the purpose of things and life in general. He also explains how failure is part of life and the inspiration of great innovations. Henry emphases
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The article “Gendercide: The War on Baby Girls Winds Down” by The Economist iterates how past trends in sex-selective fertility have recently changed to produce a more equal sex ratio at birth in countries including South Korea‚ China‚ Pakistan‚ Vietnam‚ and South Caucasus due to ideological changes (Gendercide: The war on baby girls winds down‚ 2017). Even though these changes are leading to a more natural sex ratio‚ decades of sex-selective fertility have lasting impacts on population aging and
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Rainy Days Didn’t Get Me Down by: Marven T. Baldo Rainy days used shed a magical glow to my young existence. Raindrops falling on the roof of our house are music to my ear. After the rain‚ I would look in awe and wonder at the clouds that from and the rainbow that appears shortly. I would also make a paper boat and have it cruise along the pools that the rain has formed in the road. If the rain is strong enough for me bathe in it‚ I would not miss the opportunity‚ and with my bike I would go
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Jaffe‚ Sarah. "Trickle-down feminism." Dissent 60.1 (2013): 24+. Academic OneFile. Web. 17 July 2013. Sarah Jaffe‚ the author of this article‚ was the former labor editor at Alternet. She has written many pieces about the economy‚social movements and organizing. This tittle of the‚ “Trickle Down Feminism”‚ is a term derived from the unsuccessful economic “trickle down” theory. In which the theory stated giving tax cuts to the bourgeoisie would eventually benefit the lower class by providing more
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A Woman’s Beauty In “A Woman’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?” an essay by Susan Sontag‚ A lot of questions and points are put up that really make you think if society is fair or not. Sontag does a good job of making the reader question the point and realize how unfair society is today. In this essay‚ Sontag compares how society views men and women before now and shows the differences between them. Sontag does a good job of using examples to prove her point that society is very unfair today
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The Upside-Down Kingdom Book Report “Down Is Up” • The kingdom is inverted and challenges our social order • The kingdom is applicable for today’s problems • Kingdom refers to God’s ruling power • The message of Jesus o However‚ was polluted by the idea that the world was going to be ending soon • Why the upside-down kingdom: o Too many different social standings o Not taking the time to figure out why things are a specific way o The Gospel itself • Ethics I agree with many of the points
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“Shutting Shame Down” stopped me and made me think about the impact of shame in my life. The quote also made me think about how far the human race has fallen since creation. Over time‚ through sin‚ the human race has become used to feeling shamed and shameful; shame is a normal thing that everyone experiences. However‚ this was not how life was supposed to be. In the beginning God created everything and He saw that it was good. Now I cannot help but think what He sees when He looks down at us – it cannot
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Igby Goes Down by Burr Steers are both displayed as rites of passage texts. The texts are overtly didactic and both composers’ present the notion of non-conformity. Salinger and Steers express how individuals are pressured to conform to society’s values and beliefs. The two protagonists are anti –heroes and demonstrate non-conformity; they rebel against the apparent hypocrisy present in their respective societies. Salinger and Steers portray the ideals
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write an anthology on this poem because I liked how it focussed on a person’s imperfections rather than their strengths. The character in this poem‚ as he states in the first three stanzas‚ is weary and fatigued from his long swim; something I can relate to after countless swim practices. Another feature which caught my attention was the fact that the author chose to include his character fantasizing another life for himself‚ which was both sentimental and unusual. This poem‚ formatted into free verse
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Although the poems Recalling War by Robert Graves and Mental Cases by Wilfred Owen are both concerned with the damage that war does to the soldiers involved‚ they are different in almost every other respect. Owen’s poem examines the physical and mental effects of war in a very personal and direct way - his voice is very much in evidence in this poem - he has clearly seen people like the ’mental cases’ who are described. It is also evident that Owen’s own experiences of the war are described: he challenges
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