we hear only a single story about another person or country‚ we risk a critical misunderstanding. Things are not usually just black and white and we have to make every effort to open our minds and explore what is real. Elif Shafak talks about the danger into which writers from different cultures are put at; the pressure-that-makes-them-feel-as-a-representatives-of-their-cultures. She makes a strong division between fiction and reality - fiction and daily politics. Although‚ both of the writers are
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There Are Dangers in Drinking Diet Soda A new study has found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can cause weight gain‚ metabolic syndrome‚ diabetes‚ and heart disease‚ adding to mounting research about the potential health risks of diet soft drinks. And that’s not all—the study also found that the artificial sweeteners in diet soda can interfere with your body’s normal response to sugar‚ deregulating normal blood sugar levels even more than regular soda. That’s because the fake sugar
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Advantages of a Agriculture society over a Hunter-gathering society In the prehistoric time‚ where mankind was just developing and we still looked like walking monkeys‚ people lived in small societies. But today I am writing about the Agriculture and Hunter-gathering societies‚ these two are different in many ways for insistence one hunts and the other grows crops and one is more likely to move and follow the herd of animals and is more settled. As I was saying in the first paragraph
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Perfection. It’s more than just a universal truth. We believe in it. We crave it. We strive for it. It’s safe to say we basically breathe for it. But tell me‚ what is perfection? Each and every individual asked that question would have a greatly altered definition of their perception of perfection‚ ranging from personal appearance to success. It is a mere fact that depending on who you are‚ where you grew up‚ and what you’re capable of‚ you are presented with different expectations on how you should
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Throughout the novel‚ George Orwell warns of the dangers of totalitarianism by showing government infringement on the rights of the people in Oceania.“The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties… Its real‚ undeclared purpose was to remove all pleasure from the sexual act.”(1984‚ pg.83). The party is trying to destroy any institution of loyalty outside of the party. Marriage‚ in the eyes of Big Brother‚ is no longer meant as a catalyst for love. Rather‚ it serves
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“Amazon.com will sell its fixed assets to focus on managing its brand‚ becoming the ‘Coca-Cola’ of the web” (Jeff Bezos‚ CEO‚ Amamzon.com). a. Does every company need to ‘brand’ itself and its products as these quotes above suggest? b. What added ‘dangers’/advantages are brought about by branding in a global marketplace? Supplement your answer with examples where possible. Brands have existed since forever. In a time before fences were used in ranching to keep one’s cattle separate from other people’s
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attempt to save the American society. George Orwell spoke out against it in 1949 by warning people in his novel 1984 that the spread of Communism would affect the country negatively. In this book‚ he portrays how a totalitarian dictatorship corrupts and has the power over citizens through technology‚ psychological manipulation and mind control‚ physical control‚ and the alteration of facts about history. Big Brother‚ the head of the Inner Party in 1984‚ uses technology to control the middle-class
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The Dangers of Self-Driving Cars Can you imagine getting your life taken away from a glitch? Today’s technology‚ like self-driving cars‚ is bad because they are too expensive. The car is a waste of money because it’s a car that could glitch out or get hacked. Also it will not obey a short term stop sign. This is dangerous because it could cause accidents. It also obeys the street laws‚ but I’ll talk about it later. Self-driving cars are bad because they are too expensive. A regular car would
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Self-Reliance Megan Delgado P.5 Make-up The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "self-reliance" as reliance on one’s own efforts‚ and abilities; Personal independence. Synonyms in the thesaurus include aptitude and ability to pertain independence. Yet self-reliance is so much more than it’s definition or synonyms; It doesn’t exactly mean what the word itself states "Reliance on oneself." It has a wide variety of interpretation and complexity than any definition provided for you
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Randa ElFouly The Danger of a Single Story - A speech that was said by Chimamanda Adichie that inspired me to write this report. Chimamanda Adichie began talking about this thing she liked to call “a single story.” The Danger of a Single Story is about having a one sided perspective on different cultures and countries. She explains that she originally had a single story of writing because as a kid‚ all she had read were children’s books from America or England and all the characters in these
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