impacts in relationships or positive ones. More importantly‚ we must remember that our preconceptions will always cloud our relationship with the truth. Written by NoViolet Bulawayo‚ the novel We Need New Names describes the efforts its protagonist‚ Darling‚ takes as a skeptic of truth’s consequences throughout two distinct phases of her childhood‚ from Zimbabwe to America. Despite the fact that Darling matures to believe that her lies do not last forever‚ she excessively lies to guard the identities
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Why do we sleep? As we all know‚ one third of our life is spent to sleep‚ but very few people intend to lay bare the secret of that. There would be a question: why do we sleep? According to the video "The Function of Sleep"‚ Tyson states that people are not very clear about the purpose of sleep‚ but some researchers believe that sleep could enhance memory. MIT researcher Matthew Wilson also illustrates the thoughts of a rat can be read by implanted the electric wire into its brain. According to
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We Need More Women in Power All the time women had been underestimated in societies. Their jobs were only to be a house wife. Also they were not allowed to be educated. In other words‚ they were convinced that this is men’s world. But in the last three decades‚ women have proven themselves that they have limited abilities in every field. Their achievements in business‚ politics and communities made people change their minds towards women. For this reason‚ we need more women in power to work
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Why do we sleep? Time is money. But every day we spend 8 out of 24 hours to sleep. In such a busy world we live in‚ those precious 8 hours could be spend for a lot of things. However we are all acknowledge at some point that sleep makes us feel refresh. After a good night sleep‚ we are able to concentrate better and feel happier. The difference between sleep makes us feel better and not having sleep makes us feel terrible explain why sleep might be necessary. Until today‚ despite our advanced technology
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Why Do We Pretend? Alison Gopnik reveals the core of human nature- our unique ability to use our brain for imagination‚ something she refers to as counterfactuals. In her essay‚ “Possible Worlds: Why Do Children Pretend?” Gopnik discusses “the woulda-coulda-shouldas of life”(163) in great detail expanding on her point “ human beings don’t live in the real world”(163). Her argument is that our lives are consumed by the alternate realities that run simultaneously with the real world events. Gregory
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went unreported (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). This percentage is equal to approximately 3‚380‚000 unreported crimes (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). Therefore‚ it is important for citizens to be able to trust and respect police officers. If they do not‚ citizens will be more hesitant in reporting crimes. Unreported crimes allow for criminals to continue their activities. Law enforcement can aid in crime prevention by implementing foot patrols in problem regions‚ forming relationships with the
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What surprises me most about “We Do Abortions Here” is the level of imagery she employs. After reading the text‚ I feel as if I could act on the old cliché and ‘paint a picture’ of this particular abortion clinic. I can walk in the locked glass door and see the receptionist look at my bag skeptically. In the waiting room‚ I see and hear the dysfunctional mother‚ or “girl with maternal benignity‚” yelling at her kids in the waiting room. I can see the fear the woman’s face as the ignorant‚ hot-headed
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Lynne Ramsay directed the film “We need to talk about Kevin” which has been chosen as the stimulus for this creative response. Nature versus nurture is the main issue depicted through the adolescent boy‚ Kevin. The intriguing debate between nature versus nurture arises as it questions which is the dominate force that determines the characteristics of an individual. “Mummy was happy before little Kevin came along‚ did you know that?” (Time: 00:31:00) Eva‚ Kevins mother‚ believes that he is a
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clothing‚ plastics‚ fuel‚ food‚ and many other products. Comparing the trees that get cut down to make paper to the hemp plants is that the hemp plants grow really fast and has no need for herbicides in the majority of environments which is why people find the power of hemp astonishing. In fact‚ many good reasons why marijuana needs to get legalized. Marijuana overdose cannot be physically possible for the simple fact that if for example someone smokes too much marijuana‚ they end up falling asleep instead
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Should Zoos exist? There are many people now days who argue that zoos are not a good place for animals to live in. I believe the contrary. I think that Zoos are a good place to have animals living in‚ not only because it is a place that helps keep endangered species out of extinction‚ but because it also educates the people on many things about the animals who live in zoos‚ and it also is a good place for tourists and people to visit. With cities getting larger every day‚ it is so common to see
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