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    christian worldview

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    and brought up has a lot to do with how they perceive the world. It provides us with a foundation for the way we live. In the first essay it says “Loving others as ourselves requires that we view others as better‚ more worthy and more deserving than ourselves”. To love others first we have to learn to love ourselves. Loving others and showing them our respect it makes as a better man‚ a better person. This we cannot learn so quickly‚ this lesson we are learning during the whole life. Only

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    meaningful message for the public. Relevance to audience: As human beings‚ we often find ourselves struggling to figure out what we do or don’t believe in‚ and we often base our beliefs on what the people around us believe. Credibility material: We live in a very judgmental society‚ were people are constantly very critical about other peoples beliefs‚ therefore‚ this affects the way we think about ourselves and our beliefs.

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    do. This way we interact or communicate peacefully without misunderstanding each other in any way improving the establishment of meaningful relationships in our lives. By self disclosing we can learn a lot about ourselves as well‚ get to discover new things we never knew about ourselves for example one can find out that he/she is more of a creative thinker/right brained than a critical thinker/left brained in situations whereby one is in a group doing assignments etc. This contributes more to self

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    Carr successfully uses ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in his writing to show as a society we are selling ourselves short on learning capabilities. According to Nicholas Carr‚ we are all falling into the trap of receiving knowledge without questioning its sources and not being able to think for ourselves. Is having sources like Google making us stupid? As a society we should be able to educate ourselves on our own without answers being spoon-fed to us on demand. Carr begins

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    Logos Ethos Pathos

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    In Neil Postman’s novel‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ he argues that rationality in America has become dictated by television. Through the use of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ Postman demonstrates that his claim is valid and reliable. These are three forms of persuasion that are used to influence others to agree with a particular point of view. Ethos‚ or ethical appeal‚ is used to build an author’s image. Ethos establishes a sense of credibility and good character for the author (Henning). Pathos‚ or

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    society‚ perfection‚ insecurity; the Evil Queen felt that she had to be better than everyone else‚ or at least the best a person can possibly be. In society today‚ many of us are replicas of the Evil Queen‚ putting on ourselves a heavy burden in order to obtain perfection‚ yet kill ourselves in the process as she did. Instead of trying to be absolutely

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    important for us to be true to ourselves and follow our own instincts. An advantage of being true to ourselves is that people will see the real us‚ perhaps for the first time‚ without a mask. People will see what we are truly like on the inside and outside. If we open up and be true to ourselves‚ people will see what we excel at or fail out; they will see our imperfections and talents. We just have to decide what is more important‚ conformity or being true to ourselves. If we decide not to conform

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    Charles H Cooley

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    this action of a gesture or sign by the person we are interacting with us how they feel or what they think about us and from what we believe they think of us we build our own picture of ourselves in where we are in society. Therefore for the most part our feelings of who we are depend on how we perceive ourselves in others eyes. Cooley states in his work Human Nature and the Social Order‚ New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons (1902) ‘Just as we see our physical body reflected in a mirror‚ so we see our

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    The next example is of repetition‚ “trying to be different‚ trying to be unique”. This is an example of repetition because it is trying to emphasize that we try so hard to make ourselves stand out‚ by looking and acting not like ourselves. My third example is of rhyme. In 14 and 16 the lines end in “understand” and “of hand”. This is an example of rhyme‚ because there are other lines in the poem that rhyme with each other and this is just one of them. My

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    When the Levees Break.

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    rescue and recovery‚ But as people in general we should keep ourselves prepared for disaster weather you live in Tornado Alley or the Gulf of Mexico. We as Americans believe that our government would be there for us no matter what‚ but that simply isn’t true. No matter how bad we want them to do something‚ that does not mean that it will happen. So as smart and preventative individuals we should be as prepared as possible to save ourselves and our families just in case there isn’t anyone there to rescue

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