of communist countries. The static number of deaths due to communism is approximately 94 million. Compared to the deaths of the holocaust which would stand at 11 million. 94 million is a to high number‚ when dealing with innocent lives. The Potato Eaters‚ a painting by Vincent Van Gogh‚ a novel by George Orwell published in 1954‚ and “Dog‚” a 1977 song performed by Pink Floyd and written by David Gilmour explore the idea that communists countries have harsh conditions that will be apart of their everyday
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The Dog Eaters ( Leoncio P. Deriada) Mariana looked out of the window toward the other side of Artiaga Street. A group of men had gathered around a low table in front of Sergio’s sari-sari store. It was ten o’clock‚ Tuesday morning. Yet these men did not find it too early to drink‚ and worse. They wanted her husband to be with them. Victor was now reaching for his shirt hooked on the wall between Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos. Mariana turned to him‚ her eyes wild in repulsion and anger. "Those
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11/11/13 Eng 103 Don’t Blame the Eater In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” David Zinczenko claims that the prevalence of fast food and the lack of health- ier food alternatives is causing an epidemic of teenage obesity in present-day America. This is a serious issue‚ he argues‚ because of the consequences for society of increased rates of incidence of Type 2 diabetes‚ a disease closely associated with obesity. Drawing on his own experiences
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The blame cannot turn on to the parents‚ but more taken as an addition to the child’s environment. When a parent’s station in life is less than ideal that standard may imprint on a child’s mind as what is normal. The child may start to believe that is all they are capable of and all attempts to the contrary are meaningless. A mindset established from a depressive mindset. The multiple generations displayed in Potato Eaters amplified this depressing‚ cathartic thought
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In today’s society companies and marketers main focus is persuading their customers into living a specific lifestyle. People are being manipulated into buying and feeding into the illusion companies are trying to sale. In the articles “Do You Want Lies with That?” in Don’t Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock and “Escalating Dining: Is Mall Food Becoming Class?” Slate by Sara Dickerman both authors discuss the high effort from marketers to get people to live a certain way. The sellers of these products
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Political Science 103 May 2012 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell With the eradication of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy‚ how does one benefit even if they have the choice not to expose their sexuality? The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing closeted homosexual or bisexual service members or applicants‚ while barring openly gay‚ lesbian‚ or bisexual persons from military service. To avoid being barred or harassed from the military because of sexuality‚ exposing
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Unless Your Name is Judy Don’t Judge What does your appearance say about you? Is your look‚ swag‚ or gear telling others what you want them to know? In this the 21st century are we judging books (people) by their cover? Before you answer any of these questions I will attempt to convince you that we as a society do in fact pre judge people before they’ve even spoke. I’ve heard it said “If you knew better‚ you’d do better”. For the first example of how we all judge people before we know them‚ I
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Peyton Martin Mrs. Rose English ll 6 November 2017 The Bean Eaters Gwendolyn Brooks poem "The Bean Eaters" is about an old couple and how their lives changes. As they get older‚ they end up living in a small back room eating mostly beans. Old age can be a dark time but remembering the good times will keep people going. This poem implies that old age can be boring. For example‚ "Two who are mostly good/ Two who have lived their day‚ but keep on putting on their clothes and putting things
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The Man-Eater of Malgudi is a 1961 Indian novel‚ written by R. K. Narayan. [edit]Characters in the Novel § Nataraj‚ a printing press owner § Sen - a poet and journalist‚ friend of Nataraj § Sastri - employee and friend of Nataraj § Vasu - a taxidermist‚ villain of the novel § Muthu - a tea shop owner § Kumar - an elephant which was brought from Memphi Hills by Nataraj‚ for medical treatment. § Rangi - a temple dancer and a prostitute [edit]Summary This story revolves around sun which is
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“The Grass Eaters” A story of hope The Grass Eaters is a short story written by Krishnan Varma that took place in Calcutta‚ India in 1985. The author wrote about Ajit Babu and his wife Swapna‚ a couple left their home city running from the war between Muslims and Hindus. The poor family is struggling to find a better place to live secure and stable and suffering to survive on the poor pension they gets. Ajit Babu’s family had a lot of difficulties to find a better place to live running from a war
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