No More Broken Bones One scorching summer I sat in the locker room at Biggersville High School with the rest of my football teammates from East Union. We‚ the Urchins‚ have played only one other game as a team. We prepared to head down to the field to warm-up for the second half of the game. We had been losing at this point down by two touchdowns starting off the second half. The first play after kick-off we started on defense. The quarterback snapped the ball and the tight end came rushing right
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A poet relates to the world by constructing their identity through their performance in public spaces. At Outspoken Live‚ poet Lisa Luxx performed ‘He Sounds Just Like Me’‚ a moving poem about her being adopted by a British family and her longing for the “absent root” in which she came from Syria. The audiences’ mood changes when Luxx says “[Syria]…is followed by silence”. This eerily captures the atmosphere in the venue. The silent audience shows their awareness of the conflict in Syria‚ brought
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The “Broken Windows” Theory and its Application in Today’s Society The “broken windows” theory as explained in the article; which holds that physical detoriation and an increase in unrepaired buildings leads to increased concerns for personal safety of residents and a rise in the crime rates‚ is an applicable theory for the conditions in the inner cities. I believe it also can apply to the current conditions in some suburban areas that are degrading‚ such as the local town of Norristown where
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This week I have read the next seven chapters‚chapter six to chapter twelve. All the stories attracted me a lot. I am about to talk something about them. To begin with‚I am willing to tell them main contents about the stores. As for this part‚it can be classified into two main stories. One is the stories about Joseph‚and another is the stories about Moses. Joseph‚the castaway‚a servant‚a prisoner‚a saint‚and the savior of his people. He played so many roles in this part. At first‚he was abandoned
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The Mask You Live in reveals a startling truth in American society: the language and attitudes people use to identify others with leads to an impossible standard. A recent instance of this in America is the standard of masculinity society has established. Under this standard‚ a cycle set up many for failure and promotes violence. This cycle is nearly inescapable for men still growing up and grasping their identity. The cycle silences them‚ discourages self-expression‚ suppresses emotions‚ and rejects
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Written by Nikeisha Avio Live Theatre Analysis Year 12 Drama Term 2 “The quality of live theatre in Brisbane is all but dead. The growth of urban cinema complexes‚ video rental and now cable‚ have left little room in the entertainment practices of most Brisbanites.” It is a truth that in such a technologically savvy and dependant generation as today ’s‚ venturing to the theatre is slowly becoming a rarity. This is due to the strong‚ extensive domination of film‚ television and new media
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The theory of the “Broken window fallacy” says that destruction and the costs incurred along with it do not reap any kind of benefits to the economy. If any kind of destruction occurs‚ there are many parties that are going to be affected‚ if it’s a natural disaster it would affect the business of the economy and the economy is hit badly. If everything was working on normal pace‚ the business could have flourished and would have new avenues‚ but on the event of the destruction all those extra opportunities
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While reading “Broken Spears”‚ written by Miguel Leon-Portilla‚ I’ve had a small view of what Mexican culture was like back in those times. They are sort of different from America’s traditions and societies. Broken Spears is unlike others written about the loss of the empire because it was written from the point of the Aztecs and not the Spanish. As the book goes on‚ Miguel Leon-Portilla describes how the Spanish were successful in taking over the solid empire. The book really starts out by giving
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From reading chapter 3 about “The Hidden Origins of Slavery” in the book titled A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki it is found that there is much evil spoken of about black skinned people and their relationships with white people. Takaki mentioned‚ “In the English mind‚ the color black was freighted with an array of negative images: deeply stained dirt‚ foul‚ dark or deadly in purpose‚ malignant‚ sinister‚ wicked. The color white‚ on the other hand‚ signified purity‚ innocence‚ and goodness.” Today
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In the book Drive: The Story of My Life‚ multiple parts were precise‚ but the part I was able to visualize the best is chapter 5. In this chapter‚ Larry explains how he was never really into basketball until his sophomore year. Growing up‚ he would play it with his brothers‚ but it was just something that he did on the side. His freshman year‚ he decided to try basketball. He enjoyed it‚ but he didn’t practice as hard as he could because he still wasn’t completely into it. The next year‚ he
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