just a game”‚ “why do you even care?” I wouldn’t respond because they would never understand. Have you ever had someone just not understand something‚ no matter how many times it’s explained? Yeah‚ well then I guess you see what I’m dealing with here. Ever since I was a child I have been interested in video games. I don’t know why or how I started to like it. I suspect it was probably because of my friends‚ they always played them. However‚ once I found them‚ I never let go. Gaming for me‚ puts me
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In The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock‚ T.S. Elliot employs both pessimistic and mundane descriptions to portray the feeling of alienation and dysfunction facing many city dwellers at the beginning of the twentieth century. This style of writing was in direct opposition to the optimism and happy outlook popular to the previous Victorian Era. Modernism and the development of a city culture brought with it feelings of losing ones self‚ and many writers began to question the previous ideas of a society
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Tom Hansen‚ a downhearted greeting card writer‚ falls in love with Summer Finn—a girl who doesn’t believe in love. The story details the 500-day relationship of the two individuals from Tom’s perspective of the present‚ while retelling certain events in a non-chronological order. Summer states upfront that she does not want a boyfriend and believes true love is fantasy. Tom ignores this and continues to see her‚ forming a strengthened relationship together with each existing month. After spending
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I love roller coasters‚ that is fact. But I have not always been this way‚ but this story changed my opinion‚ and also taught me a great lesson. Me and my friends were about to ride the tallest coaster in the world‚ but it didn’t seem so scary after I rode it. The massive hunk of steel looked at us right in the eye‚ I remember sweat trickling down my face on that 95 degree summer day‚ at Six Flags Great Adventure. My friends and I had gone on a few rides already‚ such as Batman‚ Nitro‚ and the
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100 S C I E N T I F I C A M E R I C A N September 2008 © 2008 SCIENTIFIC AMERIC AN‚ INC. The Road ahead the end of privacy? Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on socialnetworking Web sites‚ portending a realignment of the public and the private By Daniel J. Solove harry campbell H e has a name‚ but most people just know him as “the Star Wars Kid.” In fact‚ he is known around the world by tens of millions of people. Unfortunately‚ his notoriety is for one of
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“Alienation is defined as emotional isolation or dissociation from others ... it is the feeling of not belonging” The theme of Alienation is explored in both TS Eliot’s‚ The love song and Preludes and it is explored though many poetic techniques including repetition and animal imagry. In both of these poems the persona is alienated from himself and from society. One of the ways that the poet explores alienation is though the use of imagry. He compares him to a cat‚ an insect stuck to the wall
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word "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or
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Resignation Preferment has no allurements to compensate me for its trials and temptations. My only ambition is to be useful. — Thomas J. Jackson There were mixed feelings about Jackson’s appointment to a separate command. Some thought—and the head of the Bureau of War‚ Robert Kean‚ was among them—that Jackson might not perform as well with a separate command as he had as a subordinate. The decision was generally received with favor by the public‚ however. “He will prove himself an instance
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from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or animals.[3] Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek
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struggle with making decisions. In the poem " The Love Song of J.Alfred"byT.S. Eliot‚ Prufrock" is a very indecisive man‚ which leads to depression and loneliness‚ showing that not making decisions leads to emptiness. Eliot shows this through tone and imagery. The use of tone express the indecisiveness of Prufrock. As the poem shows‚ Prufrock is often not sure if he should ask questions or not. One example of this is when Prufrock says‚ "Do a I dare?" (38). Prufrock is questioning should or should
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