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    In the future‚ the job of firemen morphs from putting fires out to burning books. The story Fahrenheit 451 revolves around this issue of book burning‚ but there is a deeper meaning to the book. Bradbury is warning that the monopolizing effect of social media will transform generations to come into a society with no genuine connections‚ no distinctive thoughts‚ and excessive reliance on technology. This book was written in 1951‚ and today‚ the propositions are no longer fiction‚ but are becoming a

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    dreams of graduating from high school‚ attending prom and then going off to college but she may never achieve these dreams because her family doesn’t have the money to pay for them. They are not homeless but with only little over $100 a month and many children to feed‚ they are forced to go to food banks and charities for help. Meanwhile‚ Alicia is relaxing beside her pool‚ the only thing on her mind being her vacation wardrobe. To her‚ college is just another place where you make friends and learn useless

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    Ordinary Men

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    Ordinary Men are based on his beliefs about the Holocaust. His argument touches base on the idea that regular citizens of Germany could commit such horrible acts without being coerced into doing so. He examines the side of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and tries to figure out just why these gentlemen participated in the mass shootings and deportations of the Holocaust. In fact should these "gentlemen" even be called gentlemen enlight of the acts they committed upon other men? The men that Browning

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    Men in the Media

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    Within the last two centuries‚ society has made a tremendous push for gender equality. Up until very recently‚ over half of the world’s population had been relegated to a subservient role; the men – strong‚ brave‚ providers – dominated the women – delicate‚ naïve‚ caretakers. Even today in many of the underdeveloped nations of the world‚ women remain submissive. In Saudi Arabia‚ women may face death if they are caught driving‚ while in Afghanistan‚ the average woman has a life expectancy rate of

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    Children of the Holocaust Children were the most vulnerable people during the holocaust era. The Nazis had it set in their minds that they killed them because of a racial struggle or as a measure of security. The Germans and their collaborators killed them for both those reasons and also in retaliation towards the partisan attacks. 1.5 million children were brutally murdered by both the Germans and their collaborators. Amongst these children about one million Jewish children were killed. The

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    Accepting Men

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    According to an excerpt tittled “Accepting Men as They Are”‚ written by Albert Ellis‚ men are sex- orientated‚ selfish‚ and workaholics. Ellis believes that it is useless to try to change a man because that is how they are built. There is no point in changing because it simply cannot be done. That could be true‚ however‚ this passage was written in 1979‚ about three decades ago. The author had another perspective because he lived in a different generation. Men acted like they were superior‚ but it is

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    The End of Men

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    The End of Men In her article ”The End of Men” Hanna Rosin writes about how women are taking over the control‚ and how they outmatch men in both school‚ at the labour market and even sexually. Men have been in charge since the early ages of history and women have always been the submissive ones serving the men. And this is not strange considering how‚ for example the bible‚ portray women. - Eve had to be created from Adam’s rib. But woman has trough many years fought for equal rights and have

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    ARGUMENT/SYNTHESIS PRE-WRITE 1. What is your topic? Arming Pilots. 2. What is your claim? Pilots should not be armed. 3. What is your thesis sentence? Supporters of arming pilots argue that it a better solution than equipping airplanes with sky marshals and that it would considerably enhance the security of airplanes. However‚ crucial constraints‚ such as the risk of crash that can be caused by a bullet hole in the airplane‚ the fact that pilots can’t be blindly trusted to carry guns‚

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    Men are stuck’ in gender roles‚ data suggest Even as society encourages women into typically male roles‚ research shows it holds rigid gender stereotypes for men — probably to everyone’s detriment. December 26‚ 2013|By Emily Alpert Reyes Brent Kroeger pores over nasty online comments about stay-at-home dads‚ wondering if his friends think those things about him. The Rowland Heights father remembers high school classmates laughing when he said he wanted to be a "house husband." He avoids

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    Role of Men

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    The traditional roles of men and women were established to ensure the power of the head of household. Historically speaking‚ that head of household was always male. But the rapidly developing world has brought about many changes into the traditional roles of both men and women. We have been socialized to expect men to be brave‚ industrious and domineering‚ whereas women have been expected to be submissive‚ timid and nurturing. Nowadays‚ however‚ women do not have to rely on their husbands anymore

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