Making several appearances on the American Library Association’s ‘most contested books’ listings for its controversial and confronting content‚ The Hunger Games trilogy has become one of the most discussed Young Adult fictions since its debut in 2008. Through Suzanne Collins’ use of provocative themes of class and extreme poverty‚ confronting depictions of violence amongst children and the challenging of stereotypical gender roles‚ the novel discusses the hardships faced by children living within
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everybody First of all I’d like to thanks you all for coming here today. My name is Yann Dumont and I am from France. I am an exchange student in Inha University and I am majoring in business administration. Today we are going to ask ourselves if electronic games are a legitimate sport. I’d like to ask you to keep any questions you may have for the end of the presentation First of all‚ what is a sport? Sport: Definition Sport come from the middle aged word desport‚ which mean distraction‚ physical
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In the current scenario analysis‚ playing electronic virtual games become a popular daily activity in human life. No matter is mobile based or even computer games‚ each of them having a standard popularity from all range of age group? Surprisingly‚ even children less than 5 years old able to control and use a smart device like IPad. This may due to the influence of their parents‚ for example‚ parents might play the alphabet song using IPad and leave it to the children while they continue with their
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E-Banking: Security Issues Presentation of the Case I. Point of View The Philippine National Bank (PNB)‚ the country’s first universal bank‚ is the fifth largest private local commercial bank in terms of assets as of December 31‚ 2009. Through the years‚ PNB has led the banking industry with its pioneering efforts in the Remittance Business for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as well as the introduction of many innovations such as the Bank on Wheels‚ computerized banking‚ ATM banking
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Controversial Issue of the Death Penalty Capital punishment has always been a huge controversial issue in the United States. Some states have legalized this punishment while others do not agree and sentence defendants to life in prison instead. Capital punishment‚ or the death penalty is a legal sentence to die for criminal behavior. It varies from state to state how the execution of the convicted criminal is carried out. Just like every controversial issue there is always two viewpoints. The
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The controversial issues of women ’s rights and equality for blacks in America during the 19th and 20th centuries ’ are themes that paved the way for the success of two famous historical playwrights. Henrik Ibsen‚ one of the founders of modernism in theater‚ explores throughout some of his plays the theme of gender roles during the 19th century. August Wilson ’s plays "constitute a cycle that traces the black experience in America throughout the twentieth century" (1027). He emphasizes the struggle
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Suman rajbhandari Issues related to immigrants in US Immigration is the process of foreigners settling into another country permanently for the purpose of employment‚ education‚ or any other purpose. Immigration has been an issue to United States for decades. The question whether Immigration in US is harmful to the country or not has been debated since ages and will be a subject of debate in future too. We have seen that being immigrant in US has helped many of the immigrants whereas on the
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Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection‚ or even for the pleasure of hunting. These people are penalized for protecting their lives‚ or even for enjoying a common‚ innocent sport. To enforce gun control throughout the nation means violating a person’s Constitutional rights. Although
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One of the major controversial issues confronting the society today is abortion. I chose abortion as the topic of discussion since it contradicts my values and beliefs. Abortion is the extraction of the human fetus from the mother’s womb with an intention to end the life of that fetus prior to its natural birth. Most religious people believe that abortion should be completely banned. They agree with the idea that it is simply a type of murder and murdering a person is a crime and abortion is just
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In the United States‚ there are many laws that may be considered controversial. It seems that no one can agree on one side over the other with these issues. For example‚ abortion is a topic that is extremely debatable. People are either pro-life or pro-choice. Although it is a controversial subject‚ abortion should be legal. Abortion is a practice that has been seen in history for thousands of years. “Abortion was recorded in 1550 B.C.E. in Egypt‚ recorded in what is called the Ebers Papyrus and
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