¨But why?¨ is a phrase that I have come to use too many times to count whether it was questioning my mother’s orders or questioning my textbooks. Itś a phrase that is simultaneously useless when it comes to my mother and very important when it comes to my textbooks. Why does this childish phrase matter?‚ well it lead me to a much more pertinent phrase that changed my life. The first time I heard this excerpt it was on a Sunday like any other unassuming and quiet but the words echoed in my mind louder
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2 Why does Ong claim that orality is ’dynamic’ in a way that is opposed to the static nature of literacy? Orality is ‘dynamic’ in a way that all sound and especially oral utterance come from inside living organisms. Deeply typographic folk forget to think of words as primarily oral‚ as events‚ and hence as necessarily powered: for them‚ words tend rather to be assimilated to things‚ ‘out there’ on a flat surface. Such things are not so readily associated with majic‚ for they are not actions‚ but
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VIOLENCE: WHY DOES SHE STAY? 1 Domestic Violence: Why Does She Stay? Holly Brim University of Phoenix COM/220 2 “Why did you stay?” she was asked. Liz Faith‚ a former victim of domestic violence‚ now detective at the Bellevue Detective Family Violence Unit responded‚ “See I love that question because for me‚ the only answer to that question is‚ ‘Why are you asking me that question?’. To me it’s like‚ who cares why I stayed. Why do people even ask that question? Why aren’t
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The Great Gatsby – Chapter 1 Questions 1. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book? Why do you think Fitzgerald chose him to be the narrator? a. Nick sees himself as reserved‚ nonjudgmental (which makes him slightly hopeful)‚ but he can only be tolerant of others for so long. b. To use Nick as the narrator places psychic distance to the story. Nick is part of the action‚ yet he is not one of the principals. He shares some of the emotions and is in a position to interpret those
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Why does my cat sleep on me? You love your cat so much but they have some behaviors which you are feeling bothered. There are behaviors that don’t make sense for you and you are not able to figure out why your cat is behaving like that. Cats are adorable‚ soft‚ and sweet. Blinded by love‚ cats can’t stand the thought of sleeping away from you. If your cat wants to curl up on or next to you‚ you must be thankful for it. Have you ever questioned yourself “why does my cat sleep on me”? Numbers of
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A democrat may ask: Why is the government doing so little in general and specifically about big business? A republican may ask: Why is the national government so big and specifically why does the government regulate the economy so much? A libertarian may ask: Why is the government gigantic and regulating anything? America was founded based on the concept of equality and liberty with a fear of gigantic government‚ and excessive democracy. The founding fathers set up a system of representative democracy
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Have you ever dropped oil on your hands and tried to wash it off? What happens? Does the water slide off? Or what about when a drop of oil falls in a glass of water? Why does it float to the surface‚ and not mix? The answer to this is simple: polarity. What exactly is polarity? A polar bond is when there is a difference in electronegativity‚ which means the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. When two atoms are bonded together and one attracts more electrons‚ this results
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Wednesday‚ May 17 - Why does Phineas deny the existence of the war? Explain your answer with references to the text. Although it is very apparent that there is a war being fought‚ Finny continues to hide from the reality and doubts the existence of the war. The reason for this was because of the fact that he could not participate in it and he is therefore denying its existence. In the book‚ Brinker approaches Gene and questions him about the fact that he has not made any steps towards enlisting
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Why does God allow natural disasters? This is a really good question indeed. When we start to think from this perspective‚ we begin to learn about the wisdom behind the actions happening in the world. First of all‚ what does natural disasters bring? Death‚disease etc.Yes‚that’s true. However‚ death‚disease and other calamities already exist. Do you know how many people die every day? How many people are in hospital now for seeking remedies? Many many people are dying or suffering every single
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Violence does not exist for its own sake. In the play Hamlet‚ Shakespeare used multiple themes of violence. If violence in any part of a play‚ scene‚ story‚ movie‚ or act occurs for no reason at all then it is more than just a story‚ and it has more drama in it behind the scenes. Shakespeare used violence in acts four through five in Hamlet‚ when Ophelia committed suicide. From these two acts‚ it revealed what Ophelia was going through and feeling. Suicide is the act of killing oneself intentionally
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