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    living the American Dream. It is not hard to see why the US is so appealing. As US citizen’s‚ immigrants can earn more and are protected with the rights of the constitution‚ they are less likely to be living in poverty and there are endless opportunities. Often‚ these pull factors exceed anything compared to what they would have in their native country. For example in Mexico roughly half of the population live on less than $5 a day. As a US citizen‚ you are protected by law with the national minimum

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    factors. In his song‚ “Imagine”‚ Lennon describes what divides us and what should be uniting us to make heaven on Earth. In the first stanza‚ John Lennon wants us to forget about our worries and just live life for the day. Most people believe in a higher power‚ or life after death but he wants us to “imagine there’s no heaven” (Lennon line 1) so we can just live life for what it is. There’s no need to live life worrying about “no hell below us” (3). Be happy and live life “for today” (6). Because you

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    What Makes us Human Culture? Why is culture Important? Humans are animals Unlike other species‚ we attain our needs through culture. Culture is.. Humans primary adaptive tool We change our environment to suit us rather than biologically adapting to them Culture converts biological needs into practices‚ beliefs and customs Defining cultures single biggest debate in anthropology Characteristics of Culture Culture is learned - via enculturation Enculturation - The process by which

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    ‘How Far Does Miller Make Us Feel Sympathy Towards Linda In The Play? Refer To Details In The Play In Your Answer’ In Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”‚ Linda plays the key female role. It seems the family revolves around her‚ and she seems to be the most forward thinking character in the play‚ but does Miller make us feel sympathy towards her? There are many reasons as to why we could feel sympathy for Linda. Firstly‚ Linda is living with all the families dreams. Trapped by Willy’s failed

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    Make Believe

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    Hawaii is the place where she met my father and fall in love and... huarghhh. Look im yawning already. Everytime she told this my brothers and i would make do-i-care face look. So on their anniversary day‚ we fly to Hawaii and arrive there 45 minutes later. Hey‚ we are wizards family right ;D So we headed straight to the hotel and the hotel crew welcomed us with a warm smile  i realised one of the hotel boy is staring at me and i did replied his cute smile *winkwink. Then my parents decided to go straight

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    One of the most cliche statements that has ever been said is “People that you are surrounded with will make a big influence on you.” People always have a big influence on things especially other people. This connection is relevant to the characters in Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff. The main character‚ LaVaughn is a young teen‚ whose mom is always on her back about having a good future and going to college. Which is completely opposite to Jolly‚ who is a teen mom with two kids and is learning

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    ended up making some wise decisions to help create my future career. When I was 19‚ I joined the Army as a Military Police officer‚ this is what helped make my decision to further my dreams as a Deputy in the US Marshals. I will discuss the history of the Marshals‚ job duties and responsibilities‚ and the reason I chose the US Marshals. The US Marshals were created approximately 200 years ago by Congress as the Judiciary act of 1789. In addition‚ they were given authority

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    Make Cents The prominent topic environmentalists have been accentuating over the years throughout our nation is the goal to save money while saving the environment. It is a win-win situation for our pockets and for Mother Nature. The types of pollution that humans create in our lifetime has forced negative long lasting effects in our world. “An average American’s carbon footprint exceeds 20 tonnes. That is 1540 tons of carbon‚ 5 times more than a Frenchman and 20 times more than a person staying

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    Make it Shine (Kathryn Anne P. Bunagan) Imagine the remarkable glow of the first star appearing on the clear night sky—it brightens all of us in awe splendor as we witness a seemingly magic spell cast upon us. This spectacle is happening . as it begins to glow‚ we all become witnesses to this divine beauty personified- million of stars is born and we call them the freshmen. It is truly a mystery how such formless gas and dust ignite the crystal of dreams and unlock the mystery of star formation

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    groups farther apart. The mentality of us against them‚ good versus evil‚ it creates a act of hatred‚ even though communities should work together. The us versus them mentality is the misunderstandings of cultures including the low emphasis on self values‚ deep cultures in society‚ and the way empathy has an ability to stop this mentality. I do agree that the us vs them mentality is a destructive way of separating anybody. I get the gist though‚ most of us get this urge to separate ourselves from

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