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    Looking Like the Enemy

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    Mary Matsuda Gruenewald‚ Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps 1. Why are interned Japanese Americans referred to as the “silent generation” (p.x)? They were referred to as the silent generation because many of them did not speak about their experiences to anyone‚ not even their children after their times in imprisonment. They were a silent generation. 2. What were the specific challenges Gruenewald and other interned Japanese Americans

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    Black Like Me

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    first briefs about Griffin’s journey that began in Louisiana as a nomadic black. He chemically changed his skin color to experience the misery and injustice done by white Americans to African Americans. He compiled his experience into a book‚ Black like me‚ which opened many eyes and brought change in people’s mentality. According to the author‚ Griffin’s book changed many lives and remained the most prominent event of his life. After his death‚ he left behind the sloughed skin of several careers

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    Summary of Michael Davis’ "Thinking like an Engineer" January 31‚ 2005 By: Harley Christensen © 2005 www.harleyc.com Engineers have long considered themselves to be “professionals”‚ made possible by their near general adoption and use‚ formal affiliations aside‚ of a code of ethics. Varying code of ethics drafts are effective only through the actions of the engineers who abide by them. In his essay “Thinking like an Engineer”‚ Michael Davis gives examples of ethical challenges facing engineers ‚

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    Life Is Like Literature

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    Life is Like Literature Claudette Washington ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Kristina Stutler October 11‚ 2010 Life is Like Literature Literature is a lot like life‚ it has meaning to it that expresses the mindset or involvement of the author. Literature is a term used to describe written material. Literature is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works‚ although it mostly refer to works of the creative imagination‚ including works

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    Like Two Ships

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    Every author has their own style of writing‚ they each express them self with different elements. For instance many authors use literary elements to show the theme or tone. In short story “like two ships” Chris Macy uses literary elements to provide disheartening tone. He uses setting‚ characterization which turn out insecurities that cause a missed opportunity. As the reader we know that they both are interested in each other ‚but the characters do not know. Setting is used to place them in

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    Some Like It Hot

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    Some Like It Hot In “Some Like It Hot” by Lawrence Lessig‚ he talks about piracy and what piracy is. It talks about the different types of items that people use piracy for. Piracy is when someone makes their own copy of a product that has its own copyright. I think that piracy is wrong for a many reasons. Including: it brings down the economy‚ the artists that create the piece are not getting paid for it‚ and piracy is also considered stealing. First‚ I am going to discuss how piracy brings

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    My Likes and Dislikes

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    The subject calls upon me to make an open confession. Let me take courage and confess what I like and what I dislike. My likes and dislikes arc rather limited. The first thing I positively dislike is the nerve racking discipline imposed upon the youngers by the elders or by those in authority. Why should anybody bother my life with do’s and don’ts? Why should I not be left entirely to myself to choose my own ways ? Why should a father‚ who himself smokes‚ call upon his child to refrain from smoking

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    Think Like a Man

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    Teana Lawrence ENC 2001 Mini-theme 1 When the previews of Think Like a Man was showing on TV before the movie came out‚ I was too anxious to see it whenever it decided to drop in theaters. The day I finally watched it‚ it was how I expected it to be. The movie was funny‚ entertaining‚ and thriller all at once. Think Like a Man is the movie version of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like a Lady‚ Think Like a Man”. After watching the movie‚ I immediately wanted to go to the store and purchase

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    Living Like a Weasel

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    in life that made you see yourself‚ the way you live in a whole new perspective? That special moment where it felt like lightning struck you and you changed your perspective of life? For some of you might have been the birth of your child or the moving to a different country? To Dillard it was the unexpected encounter with a weasel. Annie Dillard was born in 1945 and it seems like she always had a thirst for reading‚ writing and overall literature. She studied literature and creative writing and

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    Faith Like Potatoes

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    Potatoes are an excellent metaphor for Angus Buchan’s book‚ Faith Like Potatoes. A good-looking stalk may hide a rotten crop under ground. As is taught by Christianity‚ you may be successful in this world without God‚ but there will always be that Christ shaped empty space in your heart that only God himself may fill for any one person to be happy. Angus Buchan was born into Southern Rhodesia‚ which is now modern day Zimbabwe. He grows up as a Christian and is slowly drawn away from Christ as

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