had developed ear infections and started to cough. When they went to the doctors’ office to find out how she had gotten it‚ the doctor linked it back to the second hand smoke that she was breathing in. When my great uncle found out about it‚ he finally started to care about where he was smoking and who he was with‚ and decided that he would smoke in a secluded place where no one but him may be affected. Like my great uncle in the past‚ many smokers think they could do whatever they want because it is
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Brooke Thompson Mrs. Noonan English 10 B 15 March 2015 Night Argumentative Essay The horror and atrocities at Auschwitz have stripped millions of people from their humanity and have demonized them into beasts. This form of dehumanization occurs several times throughout the novel Night‚ by Elie Wiesel. There were unfortunate situations in which family‚ friends‚ and strangers would demolish each other for a miniscule quantity of bread. Another prime representation of the newly discovered brutality
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Option for the Poor and Vulnerable is concerned with people who are unable to work or find a job‚ and end up not being able to have enough money to provide basic needs for themselves and their families. Sadly‚ there are many people in this world who are not able to provide themselves with these needs. Personally‚ I feel my family and I have supported this catholic social principle. Last year‚ I volunteered at the food bank where I organized foods‚ making sure they were in the right shape‚ condition
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Argumentative Essay Nobody likes war; it is so costly in so many ways. Lives are lost‚ property is destroyed‚ people are injured and some are disabled mentally and physically. Because of this many people think war must be avoided at all costs. All these facts regarding the high cost of war on a country are true. On the other hand there are situations in which a nation has an obligation to go to war. Their were many times in the United States history when the decision to enter a war
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Name Professor Writing Argumentative Essay 25 November 2013 Bullying Have you ever seen or experienced bullying and the dramatic effects it has on its victims? Unfortunately nine out of every ten students have experienced bullying in school or online. Many people believe that bullying is a part of growing up and kids do not know any better. Bullies are intentionally causing mental and or physical damage to their victims‚ which will affect them for the rest of their lives. Bullying has
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The mass First and foremost‚ I would like to tell my first encounter with this book. In my senior year in high school‚ my English teacher told us that one of his favourite novels is the “Mass” by F. Sionil Jose. My seatmate that time seconded and told me that F. Sionil Jose is her favourite author but I didn’t have any reaction because of the fact that I don’t know him or ever heard his creations. When I first heard the title of this book‚ the thought that entered my mind is the ceremony done in
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Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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For Love‚ or Money? The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a novel about Jay Gatsby ’s constant quest to win over his love of the past‚ Daisy Buchanan. To Gatsby ’s misfortune‚ he finds that Daisy is married to the wealthy but cocky Tom Buchanan. Daisy is a modern day "gold-digger" she fails to realize her own arrogance‚ and the success of her relationship with Tom is measured upon the size of his pocketbook. Tom ’s secret lover‚ Myrtle Wilson becomes the victim of a hit-and-run. Tom shows
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In my argumentative Essay‚ I am arguing that abortion is wrong and not to be mistaken with ’Abortion should be made illegal.’ I will explain later why I have made this statement. Abortion is the termination of an unborn child in its mother’s womb for up to twenty four weeks of the pregnancy or in special circumstances e.g. Disability diagnosis a termination right up until the mother goes in to labour. I think the above definition is an easier and less harsh way of saying that abortion
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Tarantino-Comparative Essay Alex Bouter Tarantino is an extra-ordinary‚ peculiar and quirky director that spent his younger years hibernating in a video rental shop‚ where he learnt all he knows about films. He took what he learnt and made some of the most controversial movies ever seen in the film industry. While he was there‚ he formed certain opinions about all the movies he watched and got fixed on certain genres‚ which he now incorporates in all of his films. Manipulating his audience is
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