“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” This line really struck me when I first read it. At first glance‚ such words quite obviously appear harsh and cold but this aphorism is really just a stone-cold truth‚ one most people are not entirely comfortable with. The majority of said people who might question the ethics of such a statement would most likely be those who are on the receiving end of such a comment or rather the indifference of
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What If It Were You??? Probably the most debated topic today is abortion. It is uncommon for the topic to be brought up when new friends are first meeting because almost everyone has a stand on the issue‚ and there are only two possible stands (which happen to be largely the opposite). According to the Webster’s dictionary‚ the definition of abortion is: "expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is viable". You might say that this definition is a little unclear because we must ask‚ what does
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Have you ever felt isolated or alone because of who you are? Have you ever had people think lowly of you because of where you came from? Many people of different races have experienced some form of criticism for their color and come from places of low socioeconomic status. Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple her poems “When You Thought Me Poor” and “Expect Nothing” show what it is like to be poor‚ isolated‚ and of low socioeconomic status. The poem “When You Thought Me Poor” is about a girl who
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Essay: «Are you an optimist or a pessimist about your future» Optimists believe in surpassingly fair and god-blessed future‚ meantime pessimists prophesy that we should expect nothing but trouble in the future. Both opinions go from one extreme to another. It is just conceivable the truth lies somewhere in the middle. At least once every human was plainly perplexed by the ultimate questions of existence‚ the meaning of life and future. While the first two subjects may be light-heartedly brushed
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In this part‚ we are going to interview Michelle’s mother. Her name is Ludmila and here is the interview: 1) When and where were you born? I was born in 1967 in Pyatigorsk‚ The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 2) Why did you come to Israel? In the community where I grew up‚ lived people from different religions: Jews‚ Christians and Muslims. Although there were not many Jews in the community‚ the Jewish customs and symbols among the Jewish families were large and significant part of their life
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of people. You will learn more about each event if you take the class but here are the basics about each type of event. Policy (CX) Policy is the longest type of debate. A round usually lasts about an hour. This type of debate is usually based on evidence and you do a thing called speed read. Speed reading is basically just read a piece of evidence(card) as fast as you can to get your next point. An affirmation (aff) can will usually provide a plan about how to solve for you problem given in the
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How does the way we describe something affect the way we see it? People get different types of information from their surrounding through different senses. We have five senses: sight‚ sound‚ touch‚ taste and smell. We rely on it‚ but it is well known that our senses can deceive us. Our perception consists of sensation and interpretation. Interpretation is provided by our minds‚ so each person has different interpretation. This can led to the problem of misunderstanding between people. For example
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Is something illegal also immoral? Everyone knows the definition of illegal. Illegal is contrary to or against the law. Laws are straightforward‚ written on paper‚ easy to live by. However what is immorality? By definition it is the violation of moral principles. But who decides on those principles‚ and who says what is moral and what not? Is morality defined by our cultures and personalities‚ or by laws that were written by other people? This is a question I am going to look at. Is everything
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subject of love is a complicated question to ask oneself. There are multiple definitions of the meaning of love depending on the individual. From the title of Raymond Carver’s short story‚ “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” the author gives readers an idea of what the story would remotely be about. Throughout this entire story‚ Carver reveals that love is ambiguous and an abstract concept to touch upon by creating a scene of four friends who casually drink and converse with one another as they
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father to become so unhappy was that he lost his job. Instead of supporting his family his son is‚ which makes him feel powerless (Hunt 17). It states in the book that “Must your mother dress you like you our three years old again‚” that shows that any little thing he does he is going to jump off the hinges at (Hunt 15). Josh’s father sits in line all day waiting to get a job or a job for a day to get a little cash‚ but nothing no one is hiring or anything (Hunt 16). Josh’s father felt as if he was letting
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