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    According to Marie Winn in “The Plug-In Drug”‚ television has many negative effects on our society today. In her essay she emphasis that television today is controlling the everyday aspect of life. She inference that television has ruined family rituals‚ the communication and it’s seen as equivocal. She acknowledged that there is a problem with our society and the way that television influence us. Been said‚ I’m able to say that I agree with Winn on the subject of television having negative effects

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    Rather than simply explain how Marie Antoinette was the victim of pornographic pamphlets‚ she does precisely what Ranke believed historians should not do: judge the past and challenge previous interpretation as to why the queen was subjected to this type of cruelty. Hunt argues‚ “The

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    In Television Addiction by Marie Winn she makes the claims that although television addiction isn’t as serve as a drug and alcohol addiction it still has a draw to it. At first announces that the word “addiction” is used “jokingly” as well as a way to “denote” splurging on something you find enjoyable. Winn brings up the negative side of addiction defining it as‚ “a search for a “high” that normal life does not supply.” Which leads her into discussing the effect on the people who are addicted and

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    While visiting the San Diego Museum of Art I chose to examine the artwork Portrait of a Lady‚ by Marie-Guillemine Benoist which was painted in 1799. The artist of this painting was a frequent salon contributer after the Paris Salon began to allow female artists to submit their own artwork. Benoist often paints portraits of varius people in the same fashion with oil on canvas. Portrayed in this artwork is a woman wrapped in a gold shawl with a soft and pleasant face. The woman grasping her gold shawl

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    Coleman 1 Staci Coleman Professor Thoreson English 101 18 February 2012 Cell Phone: A Cordless Addiction Marie Winn wrote an amazing article “Television: The Plug-in Drug” in which she introduces the argument about television and its overwhelming affects on families. She opens the minds of readers with explaining that the casual entertainment television was intended for has now become a troublesome problem within families. Winn proposes that the problem lies within the seductive

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    I have finished reading Legend by Marie Lu. The prompt I have chosen for my Journal Entry is “Describe the author’s craft (language and style). What was good about the author’s writing? What thing might you try to do in your writing that you learned from this author?” Things that I believe the author did well in her writing were the use of perspective‚ character development‚ and foreshadowing. One of the features of Legend was that it was told by two characters in the same story‚ Day and June.

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    Throughout the last two weeks‚ I have been reading Marie Lu’s Legend. I am currently on page 200 of the book. This book is about a girl and a boy who live very different lives but eventually come together. The boy’s name is Day and the girl’s name is June. Day is a wanted criminal for the things he has done to the government and he also killed June’s brother. June joins the military and becomes highly ranked quickly soon after her brother’s death. Her job is to find Day and bring him in so he cannot

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    The life cycle is a major subject of literature as old as perhaps humanity itself‚ with each society having a different view or expectations regarding trials and acceptance. “Lanval” by Marie de France is an allegory for the stages of life‚ beginning with conception and ending in death. These stages are exemplified through Lanval’s evolution from a lonely knight into a popular and generous member of society. The trials of adulthood are seen in his controversy with the court and king due to Lanval’s

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    Michael Joseph Jackson Biography He was known as the “King of Pop” but his rein on the thrown wasn’t always easy. Michael Jackson was born on August 29th‚ 1958. He was raised in Gary‚ Indiana by his two parents Joseph and Katherine Jackson. He had eight siblings he had grown up with‚ five brothers and three sisters. His parents were very hard on him and his brothers‚ pushing them to become something great. In 1996 Michael married Debbie Rowe. They had three children together‚ Prince Michael Jackson

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    In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses situational irony to add unexpected or mysterious actions to keep the plot rich and interesting. At this point in the story‚ June and Thomas are watching a riot begin. June and Thomas are watching from a raised platform outside Batalla Hall. The riot began because of the sentencing of Day‚ they did not want/like that. The main problem that shows situational irony is that instead of just throwing dust bombs or tar gases (like they normally do)‚ the soldiers are

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