Arlie Russell Hochschild is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California‚ Berkeley. Hochschild’s interests of research are in the impact of contemporary capitalism on everyday life. In the essay she wrote‚ “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”‚ Hochschild argues the growing emphasis on efficiency is affecting our lives. We have allowed the idea of workplace efficiency to infiltrate within the home life‚ in significant and negative ways. Hochschild’s study of the influence of efficiency
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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare The documentary‚ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare‚ criticizes the current healthcare system designed for profit maximization‚ a physician’s dilemma between financial incentives and professionalism‚ and quick fixes rather than prevention of illness. The U.S. government spends $2.7 trillion annually on healthcare‚ and pharmaceutical drugs account for $300 billion‚ almost as much as the rest of the world combined (Escape Fire). The
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World on Fire: The designer of this video shows how she distributed money that she would have spent on a Hollywood produced video to a bunch of charities. Instead of spending thousands of dollars on the short video‚ she instead specifically explains how that money could be used to help people in many countries who are in need. For example‚ the video showed that $15‚000 would provide India with a mobile medical unit that could service 150‚000 people through its use. Also‚ the $16‚500 fee for
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“Who you are and what you believe in is your real home‚ the only home no one can take from you‚ the only home that will last.” I believe that this is one of the themes for the book Forgotten Fire. Throughout the whole book‚ Vahan is roaming around‚ looking for a new place to call home. He roamed from city to city hiding out in abandoned houses. At one point he joined up with a “band of Turkish refugees” heading “towards the rumor of remote villages safe from the war.” But even when he was surrounded
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The Fire Starter Children have always been considered to be the future of America. As a country‚ investing in the future is crucial to the onward movement for upbringing the next generation. Because television plays a fundamental role in a vast majority of American families‚ its influence on young audiences has remained a great concern of the nation. For years‚ Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have battled with networks over the programming of children’s television due to apprehension
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Could you pull of a guise of love in order to not only save your life but also stop an upcoming rebellion? In this astonishing book‚ Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins‚ this is exactly what Katniss and Peeta have to accomplish with the help of their close friend Haymitch. The failure of this task will lead to an epic adventure through out the land leading to an insane twist ending that nobody could have scene coming. In a post-apocalyptic version of North America known as Panem‚ this entire story
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The Fire ‚ William Saroyan William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in and won the Academy Award for Best Story. He is recognized as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century." Stephen Fry describes Saroyan as "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century and suggests that he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway‚ Steinbeck and Faulkner. The heroes of his works were always simple and not very happy
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Chamber of Commerce will please take notice.” | The author exaggerates in this sentence making it seem as if no one in the whole state was friendly or welcoming. Like if they were all grumpy and impolitely. | (2) Rhetorical Shift | | “When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville‚ she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change” | As I was reading the passage‚ I notice a rhetorical shift in this few sentences. When the author wrote “…she was no more.” Makes it seem as if she
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In the second installment of The Hunger Games Series‚ Catching Fire‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ the theme of the government overstepping their bounds is prominent. President Snow’s character is a focal point into letting the audience see the power he has and how it has affected his decision making and actions. The setting of government enforced Panem and the harsh punishments to rule breakers shows the unnecessary harshness of the government. The plot development relates to the theme of an overactive government
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Fire Attack: Offensive vs. Defensive Structural firefighting can be very dangerous and can put the lives of firefighters in situations were their decision can end up being very detrimental. History has proven when the wrong choices were made‚ and lives and properties were lost. From past structural events the choice of choosing the wrong attack could end up being in the papers and going to funerals for firefighters. That’s why choosing the correct fire tactic is so important
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