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    “To The Reader” Analysis The never-ending circle of continuous sin and fallacious repentance envelops the poem “To the Reader” by Baudelaire. The beginning of this poem discusses the incessant dark vices of mankind which eclipse any attempt at true redemption. As the poem progresses‚ the dreariness becomes heavier by mentioning the Devil and demons‚ and how Hell is the final stop of everyone’s journey. The ending stanza says the most dangerous of all actions is boredom. This proposition that

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    Amanda Horne February 2‚ 2014 Eng. 111-0L3 Dove’s Firming Cream: The Truth About Beauty Dove’s attempt to communicate through advertising is vividly displayed in this advertisement for their new firming body lotion but this advertisement not only attempts to show real beauty‚ it also attempts to do so through techniques of visual persuasion that utilize mainly pathos‚ ethos‚ and logo’s. The Real Truth About Beauty: A Global Report aims to change the standard of beauty in the world and act as

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    Ha has to move to a new country; like other refugees‚ they have challenges like having to move from their homes‚ which sometimes makes them feel inside out. When Ha and her family moved they left behind‚ “Ten gold-rimmed glasses Father brought back from America…”(Lai‚57). They have to leave their home because they want to go to a safe place to live‚ and they chose to only take so much with them. The items that they took were‚ a shirt‚ a pair of pants‚ three pairs of underwear‚ among other things

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    dead. He fought with his brothers‚ Zeus and Poseidon‚ to decide which part of the world each would rule. Poseidon received sea‚ Zeus the skies‚ and Hades the underworld. He was the only god not to reside on Mount Olympus‚ instead settling in a dark place beneath the earth. Hades is disliked by most seemings as to them he is just another representation of death. Not only is he god of the dead‚ but he is also known as god of death. Hades is mirthless and cold hearted. As lord of the dead‚ he was a

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    capabilities. To begin with‚ the action doesn’t have to be the superhero stereotypical story. “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation‚ we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” – Joseph Campbell. This means that in any situation where you put another person before yourself you are being heroic in a way. Maybe you stood up for someone in the hallway that was being bullied and sacrificed how people thought about you as being “cool”. Or maybe you just

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    It is said that love is blinding‚ that when you are in love you are as blind as a bat. In the play Hamlet written by William Shakespeare‚ the character Hamlet is having a rough time coping with the fact that his uncle‚ Claudius‚ killed his father and is now married to his mother‚ Gertrude‚ as the new king. This situation reveals to the audience what ultimately brings hamlet to his demise and also the flaw he has as a person‚ which is the love he has towards his deceased father. The love Hamlet‚

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    “Egg Baby” – What did I learn by caring for mine? This project gave me a sneak peak on what it’s going to be like as a parent‚ but not even close to the real thing. At first I thought this project was going to be a breeze‚ but once I got into it I was all wrong. Taking my egg‚ Lily‚ everywhere with me was a pain. I had to worry about her “baby seat” and make sure it was safe for her. Going through the crowded halls at school was quite difficult also. I had to make sure she was close by my

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    (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies is a documentary film that examines how and why people lie. In the movie‚ the behavioural scientist‚ Dan Ariely‚ reveals his findings to his audience through a series of experiments‚ professionals’ views‚ and personal experiences. The film explains that deception can lead to problems such as increasing the risk of punishment and weakening trust in society. There is a correlation between dishonesty and health. Medical quackery is a fraudulent medical practice and

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    phenomenon of the MPEG Layer 3 encoding (MP3) and the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks present a challenge to the traditional recording and distribution methods of music. MP3 is the fastest growing file format on the internet because it has the ability to convert songs from a CD into a smaller size that can be easily transmitted over the internet. The revolutionary beginning of Napster‚ a program that uses a P2P network and allows consumers to share MP3 files amongst each other for free‚ has caused many outrageous

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    The artist and the writer are increasingly seen as ‘the guiding light‚ the revealers of truths.’ (Bunce 1994) Through the study of two pieces of children’s literature‚ demonstrate how the widely acclaimed ‘rural idyll’ comes to be represented. The representation of the ‘countryside’ is one of the most ‘stubbornly resilient and ideologically freighted of ideas’ (Horton 2003: 73) in society today. The conventional rural idyll is often associated with adjectives such as ‘picturesque‚ tranquil‚ and

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