Moore 1 Moore Mr.--------- English 1101 20 June 2013 The Obvious Effects of Fast Food Morgan Spurlock felt a need to raise awareness on obesity and the effects of fast food. In his film Supersize Me‚ he ate only food from McDonald ’s three times a day every day for a month. He consumed nearly twice the recommended amount of calories per day. Throughout the experiment‚ he experienced transient depression‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and in one instance a series of heart palpitations. At the end of
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Every night when we sit down to watch our much loved Grey’s Anatomy or Desperate Housewives‚ we know for a fact they are fictional dramas which allow us to escape the reality and boredom of our lives. We also realise the scripted shows use many tactics to manipulate our thinking. The producer does this to position us towards a specific view of life. But what do we expect from a documentary? We know documentaries to be faithful recounts of events; however‚ these events may be subject to just as much
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In the 2011 Places Journal article “Landscape Is Our Sex”‚ writer David Heymann questions the legitimacy of landscape based design‚ insisting that such designs do not equate to a building that is sympathetic to the landscape from which it was conceived. Moreover‚ he expresses his view that architects apply the ‘site as source’ rhetoric as a means to deliver a convincing sales pitch. Although Heymann provides some interesting points‚ the article is largely biased and rhetorical. Heymann claims that
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Gwendolyn Brooks was a highly regarded‚ much-honored poet‚ with the distinction of being the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress--the first black woman to hold that position--and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Many of Brooks’s works display a political consciousness‚ especially those from the 1960s and later‚ with several of her poems reflecting the civil rights activism of that period. Her body of work gave her‚ according
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opinion that criticizes the present day status of theater. He goes into extreme detail and theory in four different aspects of theater: Deadly‚ Holy‚ Rough‚ and Immediate. Each of these aspects deals with different attributes of the theater that Peter Brook thinks are lacking in current theater today. While reading this book many emotions filled my conscience. I understood where he was coming from on a lot of his views‚ but for most of the book I just thought the content was pretty pretentious. But with
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Creative Writing: Utopia Z Utopia Z: Recreation Besides being able to live comfortable and easily‚ the people also have a lot of recreation to do‚ with in Utopia Z. All of the recreation‚ is located in the recreation dome‚ which is located between the Construction Plant‚ and the Hospital Dome. The Recreation Dome is filled with different activities‚ such as artificial ski-mountains‚ a swimming pool‚ and amusement park‚ an ice arena‚ a playground‚ a football field/track
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Assignment #4 Hed 116-005 1. Throughout his struggle‚ David did many things to try and help his survival on a day to day basis. In David’s worst of times he would pass the time by fantasizing to help ease his mind and or to block out whatever horrific game his mother wanted to play. " I fantasized i was a prince or a comic book hero"‚ David often would imagine. When David’s hunger pains became more than he could bare he resulted to eating "scraps" from the garbage‚ dog food bowls‚ and
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Is it possible for a Utopia to exist? The answer to that would have to be no. Utopian societies cannot exist in the real world because of human nature‚ government and authoritative figures‚ and the failure of past Utopias. Human nature is a very important part of you‚ it is what makes you who you are and defines what you do. Many people would argue that a Utopia can exist because a person’s personality can be changed‚ which isn’t completely false. A person will change throughout their life‚ but
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Utopia is not possible. There is no way a perfect world can exist in today’s society. Many people wish for a perfect world. There is no such thing as perfect‚ perfect is a dream. A wise woman once said “ If you actually succeed in creating a Utopia‚ you’ve created a world without conflict‚ in which everything is perfect. And if there’s no conflict there’s no stories worth telling or reading!” (Utopia Quotes). If there is no conflict‚ there is no history‚ no stories to learn‚ and there is no knowledge
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other to perfect these ideas. They wanted more power‚ wealth‚ resources‚ and perfection of society. They wanted to create utopia. But what is a utopia? The word was first mentioned by Thomas More in his book titled Utopia‚ published in 1516. (8) This was after the beginning of European exploration in the Americas‚ yet it holds key information in understanding the concept of utopia which the royal families of Europe held so dear. In his book‚ More describes an ideal island and its customs. The island’s
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