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    In society‚ there are different ways that a male or female should present themselves and what is normal for them could be weird to others. In “Honor Code” by David Brooks‚ he explains what it is like for a boy to be in school and the ways it is the school’s fault for their learning troubles. Deborah Tannen’s‚ “His Politeness Is Her Powerlessness‚” persuades her readers to see that women are viewed as powerless‚ while men are the powerful ones when it comes to things like communicating. Inferences

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    Felicity Smith Professor James Whitmer Composition 1 18 September 2017 David H. Freedman: How Junk Food Can End Obesity Fast food is known as America’s guilty pleasure‚ but David H. Freedman has found a much better alternative. Obesity is a widespread problem‚ and there are many serious health issues that come from it. A few major health issues that come from obesity include: heart disease‚ cancer‚ and diabetes. According to Freedman‚ there’s an easy and effective way to decrease obesity rates‚

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    friends. These events and experiences have left us with many useful and positive thoughts that are a huge influence on our future but this might have just been left in our past as the future is changing. According the the article “Playtime Is Over” by David Elkind we can catch a sight of the future as schools feel that there needs to be reform to the educational system and remove the bonding and learning experiences we have during our childhood in exchange for more academics which in the long run aren’t

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    Chapter 1: Introduction to Anh’s parent’s family‚ their struggles and background. “That’s not the way to treat a young lady.” (Anh’s father said) pg.3 “On their third meeting he buys her a lemonade and makes a young guy in the carriage stand up so that she can sit down.” (Father’s actions) pg.3 “This particular girl had been enrolled in a convent until earlier that year. She was supposed to be a nun by now‚ but the communists had closed down all the catholic churches and convents.” ( Anh on his mother)

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    Chapter 1 -Chapter 1 introduces the two main characters‚ Jasper Jones and Charlie. -The chapter begins with Jasper coming to Charlie’s window in the middle of the night and asking Charlie to leave his house in order to help him. -Charlie seems to feel honoured that Jasper has asked for his help. Charlie describes Jasper. -Jasper explains that he needs Charlie’s help but he won’t tell him why. -They walk through their town‚ Corrigan‚ until Jasper stops to smoke a cigarette in front

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    ENVCUL Module 14 Discussion Assignment Question #5 David E. Nye‚ in his essay Energy and the Environment‚ charts the development of human energy systems. The very first one was human muscle and although it did not change environments significantly‚ it was necessary up until the early 20th century (506). The second system consisted of ships‚ mills‚ and domesticated animals; this system allowed for the formation of small urban societies. The third system harnessed water power with large dams and

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    In his speech “This is water” David F. Wallace (2005) states the advantage of being open-minded and describes the effectiveness of proper way of thinking. At the beginning the speaker claims that throughout life people may not be able to notice and discuss what is really important in life by illustrating the example of fish talk about the water. He argues that even though people have the ability to analyze‚ nevertheless they may not be able to realize how exactly to do it‚ and this is what liberal

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    The article “Overview of The Hobbit‚” by Don Akers‚ he goes over the platform of the book and how it relates to other books. To start the article off Akers goes over the reason why The Hobbit was even written in the first place. He often compares the book to The Lord of the Rings‚ a different but similarly mythical story. This article focuses mainly on the background of the book‚ not so much the actual story of the book. Which can be very helpful before reading the actual book itself. Then we learn

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    December is coming around the corner. Jonas is trying to find the right word to describe his feelings. He thinks he is frightened‚ and then decides that frightened is the wrong word to describe his feelings. Frightened is when an unidentified aircraft flies over his community and orders everyone to keep their bikes aside and go into the nearest building. He is very wary about his language‚ unlike his best friend‚ Asher. Asher always mixes up words and phrases. Jonas remembers the time when Asher

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    1. Jonas: Jonas is an upstander. Before his Ceremony of Twelve‚ Jonas didn’t put much thought into Releases. Yet after becoming a Receiver of Memory‚ Jonas gets memories about colors‚ music‚ death‚ love‚ pain‚ family‚ war and much much more. When Jonas sees his first Release‚ he realizes that his community is messed up and needs help. Jonas understands that people in his community have no understanding of love‚ death‚ family‚ etc. Jonas sees a situation‚ and takes a personal risk to go away so that

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