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    Youth Day

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    being forced to undertake 50% of their schooling through the medium of Afrikaans. They wanted the chance to freedom of spirit and speech. Police intervened trying to spread out the youth by means of teargas and live bullets. This resulted in a lot of lives being lost and South Africa made June 16th a public holiday‚ Youth Day. The poet places himself in the shoes of one of the teenagers who participated in the Soweto uprising of June 16‚ 1976. He sees himself the day before the event‚ foreseeing

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    Ayn Rand in the book review‚ Anthem‚ Rand portrays that Equality 7-2521 lived in the dark ages of the future. Rand supports her claims by telling us that equality 7-2521 lives in a city that is different the our’s. The author’s purpose is to show us how Equality 7-2521 had the courage to seek and find knowledge so that he could be an individual person and then he will no longer like the word “We”. The author writes in a formalistic tone for a science fiction audience. Equality 7-2521 lives in

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    Imagine a life where your thoughts and beliefs no longer show any sense of desire or feelings‚ as to where all forms of originality have been lost. All live under the idea of “one in all‚ all in one”(Rand‚ 19). Minds of the citizens of the Anthem society are formed to think‚ feel‚ speak as one; all equal and no individuality‚ all are one. One to think as an individual shall be shunned for the greater good. Rebellion of individuality‚ a form of evil of which none shall bare the pain‚ except for one

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    Youth in Sports

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    “Some people want it to happen‚ some wish it would happen‚ others make it happen” (Jordan 1). Youth sports have become very dangerous in the past few years. The thing that is making sports so much rougher is the will to win and children will do anything to win. Concussions and spinal injuries are ruining young children’s lives. All preteens should be prohibited from sports due to the susceptibility spine and brain injuries. More than 40 million children participated in organized sports in the United

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    The power and knowledge of individualism is lost in the novel Anthem and Ayn Rand does a good job showing us the downfalls and troubles the future might hold. The society that Equality 7-2521 lives in is harsh and believes only in collectivism instead of individualism. The main collective government figures are known as Council of Scholars and Council of Vocations who make the rules and strictly force each brother in the society to follow each rule. They are forced to be alike in every way and live

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    workers‚ and disarm the world. Although the League of Nations was successful in some of its endeavours to maintain world peace and harmony‚ the majority of their attempts at creating a new world order were not successful. The League of Nations was doomed to fail from the very beginning of its establishment. One of the main reasons why the League of Nations could not succeed in its aims of global harmony was the fact that the country that first proposed the idea of the organisation did not join in

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    “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” Oprah Winfrey often speaks about finding your own path and not allowing others to dictate your life. The story of Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ is the exact opposite of what Oprah stands for. Rand tells the story of a young man named Equality 7-2521‚ it being written from his point of view. Equality has shown to commit many “sins” throughout the course of his life. He feels as though what the council decides

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    Prison Youth

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    One thing i have noticed is that everyday on the news on in the paper there is always some news about a crime committed by the youth. The numbers vary from year to year‚ but generally‚ rates of delinquency in the United States were higher in the late 1980s and early 1990s than they were a generation ago. ( Lundman‚ 1993:8-15). Now a lot of people might have different reason why these juveniles are committing crimes or whats wrong with the system‚ but i really want to focus on the root of the problem

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    Anthem- Epilogue Maggie Bergmann We lay silently in our bed. We look at the blank white walls‚ the sleeping bodies‚ and the darkness. Everywhere. We wonder if this is all there is to life or what is being hidden. Certainly there must be something out there different from here‚ but we are forbidden to think of such things. Every night we close our eyes and we dream of places far away‚ places where we are happy always‚ and of places not so dark. We are forbidden to dream of such things.

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    Footnote to Youth

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    Title: Footnote to Youth Author: Jose Garcia Villa Characters: 1.Dodong - main character of the story who got married at the age of 17 2. Teang - regretted marrying at an early age 3. Lucio - Teang’s other suitor who got married after she did and who’s childless until now 4. Blas - Dodong and Teang’s oldest son who followed their footsteps in the end. Blas contemplated to marry Tona when he was 18 5. Tona - woman whom Blas wants to marry. Summary: It is all about a man named Dodong who wants

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