BUILD BRIDGES NOT WALLS Society has undergone a massive change in the last few decades‚ with respect to both economic and social environment. And this change has affected people of all age groups‚ starting from children and adolescents to the young‚ middle aged and old. The pressures to perform either at school/college level or at jobs are enormously high. Tinged with competition‚ technological advancement as well as the increasing materialism‚ and hence with changing norms for social status and
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Sarah White Mr. O’Donnel AP Literature 09 December 2011 The Door in the Wall 1. Plot: Lionel Wallace confides in his friend Redmond that ever since childhood he has been haunted by the sudden appearance of a mysterious door. This door led him to a different world‚ much better than the one they live in. However‚ once he leaves it‚ he never returns‚ though he is offered the opportunity three times. He deeply regrets never entering again. He is found dead from an attempt to once again live out
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Professor Terry Thuemling WP121G 5 November 2004 Behind the Walls of the Ghetto Commenting on the famed Los Angeles ghetto in which he grew up‚ gangster rapper Ice Cube asserts‚ "If you ain ’t never been to the ghetto‚ don ’t ever come to the ghetto" (Cube‚ Ghetto Vet). But why are American ghettos filled with so much violence‚ drugs‚ and inopportunity? In John Singleton ’s powerful drama Boyz N the Hood the harsh reality of youths growing up in South Central Los Angeles‚ a place where drive-by shootings
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and of prosperity. It was a time of celebration after a devastating war. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby manages to catch all these key elements‚ and as it sets part in 1923 it does not show the signs of the abrupt end of the golden age that was the Wall Street crash. This literary work is in a brilliant way able to transmit the feeling of the twenties; throughout the book you truly feel as if you have been transported back in time. But at the same time‚ Fitzgerald’s critique is well shown. And somewhere
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If Walls Could Talk I have been part of my country for more than a century. This is the country I love‚ this is where I’ve grown up‚ it is a part of me. I am associated with a story. I have brought people together and I have told about events some of which have made history. My structure is lofty‚ strong‚ consisting of thousands of magnificent‚ delicate parts. My sight is breathtaking‚ I am said to be beautiful. As the days and years go by‚ I look down on the people below‚ their eyes observing
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Text 2 The Great Wall of China‚ known as the ‘Long Wall’ in Chinese‚ is the longest man-made structure in the world‚ stretching across northern China‚ from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west. It is said that the work and materials required to build the Great Wall was equal to 30 great pyramids in Egypt‚ and that about 2 to 3 million people died while building it. The wall’s history began about 2‚200 years ago‚ when a Chinese leader‚ Emperor Qin‚ formed seven groups of Chinese
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Wall of Fire Rising The Plot Guy‚ Lili‚ and their son‚ Little Guy‚ are a poor family living in a shanty town. Their life looks hopeful when Guy gets a job at the plantation and Lil Guy gets the part of a revolutionary in the school play. Life for this family takes a drastic turn when Guy lives out his dreams of riding in the plantation’s hot air balloon where at the end of the ride he jumps out killing himself. Little Guy recites the lines from his play over Guy’s dead body. The Characters Guy‚
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Frankenstein and the consequences he faces after creating a terrible monster. “The Rats in the Walls” a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft the Narrator discovers the horrifying secret city under his family home. These works are both classified as gothic literature following many reoccurring themes from the genre. Secrets and madness are seen throughout both Frankenstein and “The Rats in the Walls”. Frankenstein after creating his monster tells no one out of fear of being seen as mad. Even when
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matter how minute‚ to the original work. A popular film that is an Jekyll and Hyde adaptation is The Incredible Hulk. Dr. Bruce Banner is exposed to an extreme amount of Gamma Radiation that should have killed him. Instead‚ it transformed him into a man that is able to turn in to a large green being. The way he turns into this being is not by a potion like Jekyll and Hyde. If Bruce Banner’s anger becomes out of control‚ the change begins‚ whether he wants it or not. Later on‚ Banner learns to control
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The Fall of Berlin Wall > 1989 It has been 23 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Following World War II‚ the area that was Germany was divided into four military sectors controlled by France‚ the United Kingdom‚ the United States and the Soviet Union. On May 23‚ 1949‚ the sectors controlled by France‚ the United Kingdom and the United States became the Federal Republic of Germany. On October 7‚ 1949‚ the sector controlled by the Soviet Union became the German Democratic Republic. The
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