rising nationwide‚ but makes a mockery of a tragedy thats all too real. This modern day entertainment‚ as one might call it‚ shown by video games‚ music‚ television‚ books‚ and blockbuster films‚ has the uncanny ability to destroy our society. It can invade and infect the minds of impressionable youth‚ encouraging drug-use‚ violence‚ and premarital sex. It can steal from perfectly good‚ law abiding citizens many hours of each day that would otherwise have been put to better use. Of course like many aspects
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Prison for Profit: Modern Day Slavery Many people don’t possess realistic vision on today’s prison system. I have this knowledge because I had a chance to experience it for months while serving a sentence for Trafficking of Marijuana. We are often given the impression that prisons are full of bad people such as rapists and murders. This is a huge misconception. Unfortunately‚ most of America’s prison population (which happens to be the largest in the world) is non-violent drug offenders being
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Righteousness and Sin—The Ultimate Duality At first glance‚ The Inferno and the 1001 Nights‚ these two notorious ancient text could not be more different. The Inferno is a Christian based allegorical poem written during the 14th- century medieval period‚ which describes Dante’s journey through the nine levels of hell and how to find the right path of life in a world full of sin and evil. On the other hand‚ the 1001 Nights is Muslim based folk tales and fables that were collected over many centuries
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If I had the power to end modern day slavery I would. Slavery is when someone is under the control of someone else more rich and important. At the moment there are about 27 million slaves in the world out of seven billion people! Most slaves are from poor countries like India and Africa. They work in fields‚ brothels‚ homes‚ mines and restaurants. Imagine working for hours a day‚ in a mine or a not very pleasant environment and bought at an average of $90! Kids‚ adults‚ and even grandparents
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Anne Frank is the modern day hero for knowing what to do in a Refugee Crisis. She’s a modern day hero for knowing what to do in a refugee crisis because she lived through it and she wrote about it in her diary. The Diary of Anne Frank is a non-fiction work written by a teenage girl as she hid from the Nazis and the theme is hopeful as the girl tries to see the best in people and to imagine a future for herself‚ and she helps us today to know what to do during a Refugee Crisis. Anne Frank tries
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main character from Homer’s epic poems‚ symbolized all of the following traits as an epic hero. The hero is also‚ in many ways‚ similar to an ordinary person and must undertake the journey and obstacles along the way. In the modern day‚ Malala Yousafzai is considered a modern day hero with the same qualities as Odysseus. They were both identified as brave leaders‚ undertake extraordinary journeys‚ and embodies the highest value of a culture. Firstly‚ Malala has the trait of great leadership which helped
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The Just Punishments in Dante’s Inferno Inferno‚ written by Dante in the early fourteenth century‚ is a poem about Dante’s‚ the main characters‚ journey through Hell and signifies the nature of sin on Earth and punishment in Hell (Gardner et al online). Those who sinned while on Earth are justly condemned to different levels of punishments in Hell‚ relative to their sins on Earth. Each of the nine circles of Hell represents a worse sin‚ and therefore‚ a crueler punishment. The categorized punishments
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From Beowulf to Superman‚ Why we need our Heroes Heroes‚ from Beowulf to Superman our cultures have always created heroes. We may always have political‚ social‚ economic and religious differences‚ but at the end of the day we all have one thing in common‚ heroes. They help define who we are and what we want to be. They give us hope and inspire us to head in the right direction. They show us that good will always triumph over evil and that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Heroes
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Cyber Bullying: Modern Day Harassment Stephanie Cribb-Wickham COM/156 University Composition And Communication II April 29‚ 2012 Dr. Elyse Berube Cyber Bullying: Modern Day Harassment When you think of a bully‚ you picture a school yard where one child is threatening another child for their lunch money. Unfortunately‚ bullying is no longer idle threats made face-to-face in the school yard. It has a new face. People can bully someone through text messages‚ blogs‚ social networking sites
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fly‚ or use super strength. Heroes in the modern day are expected of a lot. They need to resist the bad things that are constantly surrounding them‚ and show that they care about their surroundings. They should choose good‚ even when everybody else is doing the wrong thing. There are heroes around us everyday. A hero can save the world‚ and do amazing things. But we tend to overlook the heroes that walk around with us everyday. A hero in the modern day should be able to make good choices in the
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