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    For the last two decades‚ divorce has become ever more prelivant in society. Studies conclude that less than one-third of all marriages end in divorce. The effects of divorce can be very devastating‚ especially when children are involved. Everyone who has ever listened to the news has heard the dismal statistics of adolescents coming from broken homes. The statistics showing the effects of a fatherless household includes: • 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (U.S.D.H.H.S.‚ Bureau

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    Save Our Whales: End Whale Hunting April 7‚ 2011 Save our Whales‚ End Whale Hunting Whales‚ often called “the Ocean’s gentle giant” are one of the biggest species/mammals that spend their entire life in the ocean. The smallest known whale is the “Minke” which‚ by adulthood is only 8.5 feet long; the largest known whale is the “Blue whale”‚ which measures 94.5 feet long. Since the ancient times‚ people have written about encounters with this mammal. Ancient Roman and Greek artists

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    com/ethos-definition/. Fahnestock‚ Jeanne‚ and Henning‚ Martha L. (N.D.). Friendly Persuasion: Classical Rhetoric-- Now! Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos. Retrieved from http://courses.durhamtech.edu/perkins/ aris.html. Using Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos. (N.D.). ProfEssays.com. Retrieved from http://www.professays. com/info/ethos-pathos-logos/. Weida‚ Stacy‚ Stolley‚ Karl. (October 13‚ 2010). Using Rhetorical Strategies for Persuasion. Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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    Life has a peculiar way of leading you to your passion(maybe change wording). I discovered this passion in an unlikely place: an airfield hangar on a military installation. I was working for a military specific program‚ providing non-medical counseling to service members and their families. My professional experience up to this point had consisted primarily of working with at-risk youth. I was walking in unchartered territory‚ but as a military spouse‚ I had learned to be flexible when it came

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    depth that are specifically related to the surroundings. This comparison is explored in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ Persuasion by Jane Austen‚ and The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather. In Menagerie‚ Tom is affected by the absence of his father and his own dreams‚ while being shackled to the weight of his family. Persuasion explores social aristocracy through the perspective of the prudent Anne. The protagonists are united‚ each by working against or along their respective environments

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    Conformity and Group Influence & Persuasion and Culture Define: Conformity is the act/need of fitting in with a group and many factors are involved when an individual’s choose to conform to the group. A culture has certain beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors that are acceptable for that certain culture and persuasion intersects that by looking at an individual’s culture and apply those beliefs‚ values‚ and behaviors in his/her argument to more effectively persuaded the audience. Develop: When

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    Persuasion is a process by which a message induces change in beliefs‚ attitudes or behaviors. From the things that we have learned in Chapter 7‚ one can see how people’s minds can be changed using different elements from social psychology‚ especially in gangs or cults. Groups thought of as "cults" (groups of people with very strong beliefs) have a lot in common with those who are thought of as "gangs" in our society. They are very similar in certain behaviors. For example‚ both groups control members’

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    Walter‚ one of the so-called landed gentry. How (I assume this should be what) does Jane Austen’s treatment of class and social mobility reveal about these men and their women such as Anne Elliot and Mrs. Smith? Which group fares better and why? Persuasion is set in a time when landed gentry were beginning to lose their firm grasp over the money and power of society and were being forced to acknowledge not only the presence of the nouveau riche‚ but the fact that one cannot survive on name alone.

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    Plato adopted persuasion by argument to provide an explanation about the societal issues. Therefore‚ he believes that proper steps have to be taken in order to persuade other groups. Firstly‚ Socrates strives to use three arguments to support just life in that a just man is good and wise while the unjust person is bad and ignorant. Injustice produces disharmony preventing effective actions‚ while justice helps one to live a much happier life. It shows that one will choose to be just rather than unjust

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    Anthony Professor’s Name Course Date Massachusetts Question 2: Opposition to the Death and Dying Initiative With the election just around the corner‚ many ballot questions throughout the United States are extremely controversial and one of these issues is evident in the state of Massachusetts. On November 6th‚ 2012‚ the citizens of Massachusetts will be asked to vote on the “Death with Dignity” initiative‚ also known as‚ “Question 2” which will

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