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    Persuasive Essay Many movies‚ television shows‚ music songs‚ and video games are filled with violence: murder scenes‚ nonstop profanity‚ rape and torture scenarios. By placing scenes like these in the movies for the children and teenagers to see‚ the media is causing them to become more violent than it already is. What has our society come to these days? Everywhere we look‚ violence is present; in the streets‚ back alleys‚ schools‚ and even at home. Even if one might be a pacifist‚ violence will

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    Persuasive Essay “Shame” by Dick Gregory is a story about a young boy (Richard) who got humiliated as a kid trying to impress a girl at his school. He wanted to be like other kids at his school‚ but he couldn’t because he was poor. “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes is a story about a little boy (Roger) who thought he had to steal his way through life until he met a large lady (Luella Bates) he tried to steal from changed his life. While the two characters are different in that they have

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    Tim Goloburda Mrs.Lindhorst/Thompson English 11 21‚ February 2013 Persuasive Essay Being healthy is an important factor in life. Many people try to be healthy‚ but not everyone is successful. The question we need to ask ourselves is what is the number one thing we consume daily and can’t live without it? Water! The water we drink hydrates us and gives us numerous kinds of antioxidants and minerals. Although not all water is good for your health. For instance‚ the water that we use daily for

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    Persuasive essay How did Porfirio Diaz help the economy grow and modernized the country? Porfirio Diaz was known as a dictator for many years‚ but what most people don’t know is that he made great progress in the economy‚ politics‚ and modernized the country. He lasted more or less 30 years in power. He brought a lot of technology and industry development to Mexico. This helped Mexico’s economy. This was important because Mexico faced many problems in that time. Some problems were that there was

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    bcom/215 Persuasive Essay At least 11% of women smoke during pregnancy. Many of these women smoke without knowing the significant negative effects smoking has on their babies before‚ during‚ and after the pregnancy. When a woman smokes during pregnancy‚ she exposes her baby to dangerous chemicals such as tar‚ carbon monoxide‚ nicotine‚ and other poisonous chemicals that travels through the bloodstream and goes directly to the baby. Nicotine restricts the oxygen through the

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    Iomy Estevez April 8‚ 2013 Persuasive essay Mandaory School Uniform Have you thought about how your family‚ your home‚ music and even television have influenced you on the way you behave or even dress? While I was in middle school it was mandatory for all students to wear uniform and I loved it‚ i felt welcome into the school and since every one had to wear the same thing no one was bullied and i became a straight A student sice i would only focuse in school. Then high school came along

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    Araby, By James Joyce

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    James Joyce’s ‚ “Araby”‚ is a story of a boy who lives in Dublin‚ Ireland. The story revolves around the boy’s crush on his friend’s sister. His love for Mangan’s sister leads the boy on an adventure to the bazaar. Upon arriving at the bazaar he comes to the tragic realization that his actions have been naive and immature. This is the overall theme of the story. Joyce weaves this theme through out the story by describing the area in which the boy lives‚ and his actions resulting from the affection

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    blindness as a very clever symbol in the setting of his story‚ “Araby”. He starts off the story describing the location of Araby Street with this line‚ “North Richmond Street‚ being blind‚ was a quiet street except at the hour when Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free” (Joyce‚ 839). Throughout the story‚ blindness is seen in numerous aspects of the story‚ shown in unique ways to display the hidden meaning of the setting. In describing “Araby” Street as being blind and quiet‚ Joyce was able to implement

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    James Joyce ’s "Araby‚" both of the main characters are confronted by situations that bring them to "thresholds of maturity and understanding" (Porter 64). There are attributes that the character must obtain and levels that the character must pass through during their struggle towards wisdom and clarification. Although both characters from "A & P" and "Araby" make it to this passageway toward adulthood‚ Sammy from "A & P" goes further on the path than does the narrator of "Araby." Despite the narrator

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    Lorenzo Escude BBonincontri Ethical decision September / 22 / 2014 Persuasive essay The social network The social networks like Facebook actually alienate people instead of bringing them together through the isolation of sitting alone on the computer. The film The social network‚ is a film that brings the story how does this person create the Facebook. It is a story of entrepreneurship and theft‚ and of friendship and betrayal. More than anything else‚ it is a study of Mark Zuckerberg‚ Facebook’s

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