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    disease. It does not make a person bad‚ just a person in need of help to overcome. Behind people’s actions‚ there is a reason whywhy they have decided to try a substance for the first time. Painful memories are effectively blocked from being remembered using drugs and alcohol. In “Understanding Addiction: Why Do Some People Become Addicts?” Elements Behavioral Health explains that humans may turn to substances to help them cope with painful memories‚ “Trauma: Suffering from a traumatic event‚ such

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    Why Do People Move Away From Hawaii? People are led to believe that Hawaii is paradise. Living is easy‚ weather is nice all year around‚ and the locals are friendly. This may be true but yet many still choose to move away from the islands to start a new life in the mainland. Some may say this is odd‚ but that is before they understand the reasoning behind it. It is difficult to support a family financially well in Hawaii‚ traffic is one of the worst in the country‚ and the crime for drugs is huge

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    Do Blind People Dream? Sight or vision is the capability of the eyes to receive visible light through the retina of each eye to where our nerve receptors send messages to our brain that we translate as colors‚ hues‚ and brightness. We have two main receptors in our eyes called cones and rods. Rods distinguish light not color. Cones are responsible for all the colors we see‚ but are sensitive to dim light‚ for example it’s difficult to make out colors in poorly lit situations yet you can see the

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    Baier: “What Do Women Want in a Moral Theory?” Throughout history‚ there have been traditional assumptions about male and female gender roles and stereotypes. Men are rational and women are emotional. “Men should be decisive and courageous‚ women should be submissive and meek; men should pursue amorous conquests‚ women should be faithful and chaste; men should be warriors‚ and women nurturers; men should lead‚ women should quietly follow”(Baier). For New Zealand born Annette Baier‚ in What Do Women

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    What Is Literature and Why Do We study it? Literature is Composition that tells a story‚ dramatizes a situation expresses emotions‚ analyzes and advocates ideas Helps us grow personally and intellectually Provides an objective base for knowledge and understanding Shapes our goals and values by clarifying our own identities‚ both positively and negatively Literature makes us human. Literature is literally “acquaintance with letters” (Latin littera meaning “an individual written character/letter”)

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    In Stephen Bert‚ why people need poetry he says that poetry is a set of techniques and ways of talking and patterns that put emotions into words‚ the more techniques you know the more things you can make‚ and the more patterns you can recognize in things that you might already like or love. Also Stephen Burt says‚ addressing the question what does poetry do‚ poetry seems to be good At certain things‚ for example‚ we are all going to die. Stephen Bert says‚ that poems can help us live with that. Poems

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    College is beneficial to people that attend college then the people that don’t‚ because it extends what people may or may not know about the careers they’re going into. If people don’t know certain procedures‚ they might be putting a company at risk. Everyone needs a refresher even if they think they know‚ because you never know what new and exciting things you might learn when you’re in college. In school students are taught that college is everything‚ and without college only few

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    1) Why do people find themselves in poverty? Many people find themselves in poverty due to the uncertainties of life. For instance‚ recurrent national disaster. When natural disasters occur over and over‚ many people or countries are unable to recover from the loss and are left in poverty. If the country cannot recover‚ from natural disaster‚ then the people cannot recover from natural disaster. Moreover‚ scenario leads to another cause of poverty‚ national deficit. People turn to their states

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    Effects of War The new Steven Spielberg directed movie based off of Lynsey Addario’s memoir “It’s What I Do”‚ will tell the story of an up and coming photo journalist traveling the world capturing the unforgettable moments of the war. Although it’s a memoir about her life and experiences‚ the movie should incorporate the effects of war. Many viewers are unaware of the reality of the war‚ this movie should show the truth behind it all‚ such as the killings‚ the abuse‚ the starving children‚ and the

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    and he has to escape. This is why when his platoon member is in the tunnel‚ he thinks of her because he knows the place he is in and the danger he could

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