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    Out of many TV shows‚ there is a considerable number of reality TV shows‚ for example‚ Sirasa Super Star‚ Shakthi Grandmaster‚ Sirasa Lakshapathi‚ etc. All these reality shows influence real life both positively and negatively. Reality TV shows have become an essential part of entertainments‚ too. Reality TV shows create opportunities to innocent and talented people to compete against others‚ but they are sometimes time-wasting and can be addictive. Reality TV shows give an opportunity

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    turn on your television and find a reality TV show on somewhere. Why are reality TV shows so big today? There are a couple of reasons. First‚ fame and fortune are very appealing features. They can lure everyday people out of their boring lives with offers of money and appreciation by television viewers. Reality TV shows have gone from exposing personal lives‚ for example keeping up with the Kardashians‚ to almost anything imaginable. There are reality TV shows about cooking‚ magic‚ business‚ relationships

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    Personal Commentary| Whether you’d like to admit it or not‚ reality television has definitely become a hit in most American households‚ as well as households across the globe. You may have even caught yourself watching a reality show too at one time or another. So‚ one might wonder why these types of shows are so popular among our society today? Well‚ I have come up with three main reasons why most people enjoy watching reality t.v. shows. Here they are listed in no particular order: 1.)    To feel

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    Reality television has been defined by dictionary.com as a genre of television programming in which “real-life” people are followed in a situation‚ game‚ etc. Over the years the amount and kinds of different reality shows has increased tremendously. Reality TV is supposed to focus on real life people and their daily encounters. Reality television stars are followed around for months at a time before the director(s) choose which scenes and clips they want to air. Some people see as the producers

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    True RealityTheme of The Screwtape Letters Quotations Humans are amphibians – half spirit and half animal. (The Enemy’s determination to produce such a revolting hybrid was one of the things that determined Our Father to withdraw his support from Him). As spirits they belong to the eternal world‚ but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirits can be directed to an eternal object‚ their bodies‚ passions‚ and imaginations are in continual change‚ for to be in time

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    for‚ or defended an African American was considered a “negro lover”‚ and also bought shame to his or her family. Usually the truth became distorted and was in favor of whites over blacks. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ the truth versus reality is distorted through three main themes‚ the three ways are‚ Tom Robinson being accused of rape‚ Tom Robinson feeling bad for Mayella Ewell‚ and Tom Robinson being convicted of the rape of Mayella Ewell. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” a black hardworking man named Tom

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    A common theme in literature is appearance versus reality‚ and this theme is also apparent in the present world. People often choose to believe that the lives of their friends are as they seem. This happens to be a major mistake in society as well as in literature because it is not always possible to predict the inner emotions of others. The error of inaccurate judgment is portrayed in “The Story of an Hour” through the character Louise Mallard. The audience assumes that Louise is distraught by

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    The Truman Doctrine and the Development of American Foreign Policy during the Cold War On March 12‚ 1947‚ President Harry S. Truman defined United States foreign policy in the context of its new role as a world superpower. Many historians consider his speech to Congress as the words that officially started the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine was a major break from U.S. historical trends of isolationist foreign policy. His speech led to the Cold War policy of containment. Moreover‚ it served as a

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    achieve it or fail and hold on to their troubled past for life. Redemption is when one admits to and repents for their bad deeds and truly feels sorry‚ then that person does a good deed to counteract the bad one and evens out their life’s “score”. Truman Capote and Oscar Wilde demonstrate that the characters in their books do not achieve redemption because they do not take the necessary actions to be redeemed. In Capote’s In Cold Blood‚ Dick Hickock and Perry Smith committed a quadruple homicide

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    What is illusion? What is reality? Illusions make reality and affect reality; therefore the illusion can become the reality that one perceives. This means that‚ if one keeps on telling oneself‚ one is "this"‚ eventually‚ one will become this. There are at least three specific times in Lord of the Flies by William Golding that this can be observed. The illusions that become reality are: Jack the Choir Boy who becomes Jack the Hunter‚ Simon who becomes a horrible beast to the eys of the rebel tribe

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