5th July 1918Dear Diary‚The sound is horrific and the sights even more so. As the shells drop from the sky and blow the ground and troops to bits...which leave us with more soldiers to tend to and care for. The wounds some of these men have to endure are unimaginable and shouldnt be dealt upon any human. I‚ as part of the two thousand women sent overseas to assist in the Australian war effort to serve as nurses to help heal the ANZACS wounded by the battles and diseases of war‚ have been giving
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streets and on the highways asking for money because they’re homeless due to numerous circumstances. The money that they do get from strangers they may put to better use like buying clothes or food or maybe the bus fare to go home. Some don’t they use it to buy drugs and alcohol leading them back to their original dead end path. Which is why people should feel obligated to be compassionate toward those less fortunate because they’re homeless for numerous amount of circumstances. Helping those less fortunate
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Empathy For Homeless Animals A lot of animals struggle to meet the basic needs they need. We as humans will sometimes ignore animal’s needs and not give them empathy. If we don’t help out animals just as much as ourselves it’s not fair to them. Have you ever been in a situation where you can’t get food or water? Well just like humans animals need food and water too. If you have ever been outside in the rain with no shelter and your walking to your and your soaked. This is what homeless animals go
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Anna Quindlen talks about some important and maybe even slightly uncomfortable points in her essay “Homeless”. Most individuals lacking shelter have access to places that provide the basic necessities for a short period of time‚ but many refuse to go. David Purtle‚ a once homeless man explained on TALK OF THE NATION‚ “All I can say is that my fear of the unknown‚ of what might be waiting for me at that shelter‚ was worse than my fear of the known risk . . . And I think people‚ we’re creatures of
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Dear‚ diary today‚ I’m going to tell you all about this one time I was going to my grandma’s house‚ it’s not just an ordinary story‚ enjoy! It all started so typically‚ I was going to my grandma’s house to give her some treats for her (because I didn’t get to see her in a while). Before‚ I left the house‚ my mother told me‚ “Don’t talk to any strangers and go straight to grandma’s house” I responded‚ by saying‚ “Mother I know‚ you don’t have to tell me every single time I go to grandma’s house
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RUNNING HEAD: HOUSTON ’S HOMELESS Hope for Houston ’s Homeless Heather Tollerson University of Houston- Clear Lake Tollerson 1 Houston ’s Homeless Tollerson 2 Based on the 2013 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Report‚ “On a single night in January 2013‚ there were 610‚042 people experiencing homelessness in the United States‚ including 394‚698 people who were homeless in sheltered locations and 215‚344 people who were living in unsheltered locations.” (1)
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Poverty and Homeless March 20‚ 2012 Poverty and Homeless Poverty Poverty can be defined in several ways and can mean different things to people of different societies. Absolute poverty is to have inadequate funds to provide a minimum standard of living for oneself or one’s family. Relative poverty is defined as doing worse off financially than the average person in a given society. Persons living in relative poverty may have no car‚ no television‚ and no toys for their children but have
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Title of the Book: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Author: Jeff Kinney Pages: 217 Settings: * Greg’s House The place where they made the horror house and did not became successful. * Their School Where Rowley and Greg usually meet for some ideas or problems that they need to solve. Major Characters: * Greg Heffley He was the one who always get bullied but he still wants to fulfill his dreams so he tried not to distract by the one who bullies him. * Manny Heffley Greg’s little
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Rethinking Homeless Shelters The Silicon Valley is known for containing magnates who rarely worry about financials. This however‚ does not mean there are not less fortunate people living in the area as well. More likely than not the average person is financially stable but this does not exempt the local government from improving the lives of the homeless to the best of their abilities. New York Times writer Christine Quinn‚ in a January article about rethinking the homeless shelters in New York
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In writing “The Homeless and Their Children”‚ Jonathon Kozol‚ uses emotion to raise the awareness of “the effects of literacy on the lives of the poor” (Kozol‚ page 304). He also used an interview form‚ to not only show his audience how the main character feels in her own words‚ but puts himself into the situation if only for a short time. The author states that “more than one-third of America’s adults are at least partially illiterate‚ we should organize a massive Government and volunteer
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