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    Is it a weapon‚ a right‚ a privilege or a punishment? There are a lot of ways that child support is acquired and a lot of mixed feelings toward it. There are people who feel that child support is a punishment due to the fact that if it is owed‚ the person requesting it may seem to have the upper hand and it does not matter what the paying party may have to say in front of a judge. In almost every situation‚ the paying party is wrong‚ no matter what the situation is. In some cases‚ they own backed

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    Alexandra moved in with the Finches as she disrespectfully ordered Calpurnia to carry her luggage to her room as she most likely figured that Calpurnia was nothing more than a paid for service‚ because all colored people fell below even the most deadbeat white person. Last but definitely not least we have financial status based social inequality. The Ewell family is a broke family who dwell behind the town garbage dump‚ in a tin-roofed cabin‚ they are generally thought of as lower than everybody

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    There are many people in today’s society who is bound by the limitations set upon them in their early childhood. The phrase “like father like son” portrays the image of what one is expected to be molded to become. Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice” shows a gardener nurturing a bonsai tree to his desires. The gardener restrains the bonsai tree to grow to its full potential‚ becoming the eighty feet tall tree it could have been. The poem demonstrates the oppression brought upon people at an early

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    or happy that he belonged to this part of town and is desperate to leave‚ he then indicates by say “my street‚ my suburb‚ I take a handful of rocks golf ball size. I walk slowly in the rain the bag on my back‚ I throw one rock on the roof of each deadbeat no hoper shithole lonely downtrodden house in longlands road‚ nowheresville” This gives us an idea that Billy has no safe haven. It shows us that Billy’s idea of home is one of embarrassment and shame‚ and not a sense of comfort. This is reflected

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    foreign country to Canada. Not only does she have to find a way to get comfortable in her new surroundings‚ but she must also deal with racism to a degree that she never has before. Despite being able to make ends meet for her and her child‚ after her deadbeat husband has left her for America; she is alarmed to find out that her son BJ‚ has gotten into a gang. This news sends her into a downward spiral‚ where she feels alone‚ disappointed‚ invisible and let down by the place that she figured would be able

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    stated in the quote‚ “My Street. My Suburb.” (pg. 4). This tells us that he is an equal part of the community where his identity belongs‚ but does not like‚ giving us a sense of displacement. This continues when he throws rocks on the roof “of each deadbeat no-hoper shithole lonely downtrodden house in Long lands Road‚ Nowheresville”. The colloquialism of Billy’s crude language further shows his displacement and dislike‚ symbolizing a depressing environment (emphasized by imagery of rain). The rebellious

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    unemployed and the school system is not preparing them for the realities. A clue I recognized for this is when they quoted Margaret Spellings who said “ easy grading encourages students to be sloppy and late handing in homework- a skill that makes future deadbeats very competitive in stone walling landlords and bill collectors” this emphasizes the mockery of the school systems. 2. What rhetorical strategies does the writer use to achieve this satire? List them‚ and explain how each is used. The author uses

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    things physically that Ada struggles with. She also has a mystical side to her because she watches the stars and pays attention to the birds and sky to help her make decisions. Ruby later opens up to Ada and tells her about her hard life and her deadbeat father. The reader finally learns why she is so rugged‚ because she is scarred. When Ada learns of this she has more respect for Ruby. Ada becomes a safe haven to Ruby because she has found somebody that cares and a place that she could have a

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    African-Americans in the Media Have you ever wonder why African-American males are usually drug dealers‚ pimps‚ convicts‚ or even a father with multiple children and is a deadbeat father? Or why does an African-American female have to be man-less‚ on well-fare with multiple children with different baby daddies‚ or even sometimes on the screen shaking her ass? Well to me this is exactly how most movies‚ television shows‚ music‚ and magazines portray African-Americans. The media portrays African-Americans

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    At the beginning of last year‚ my friend asked me to accompany him to see the historic Orinda Theatre. History has that the theatre was opened in 1941 having been built by Donald Rheen in the previous century. Being the first time not only in Orinda‚ but California‚ what astonished me most is that despite its age‚ the theatre is pristine as others build in the past few years or even better than many of them (Welsh-Huggins‚ 2015). Is there a dress code when visiting a theatre? This was not an answer

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