A hero is a man noted for his special achievements according to the dictionary‚ but if you ask most people what a hero is‚ you will get the same general response. They will probably say someone who does something for other people out of the goodness of his heart. Odysseus‚ who is the main character of the story‚ "The Odyssey" told by Homer‚ would fit the dictionary’s definition of a hero; but if you go deeper‚ looking at what people feel a hero is‚ he doesn’t even come close. In the book‚ Odysseus
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Opinion column in the glamour magazine – Stereotypical jokes on intelligence – For years and years I’ve been subjected to blonde jokes. You hear blonde jokes at elementary schools‚ you hear them around the water cooler at work and you hear them on morning drive-time radio. Ever heard of this one before? “Q. How do you get a blonde to laugh at a joke on Saturday? A. Tell it to her on Tuesday.” Are those jokes about blondes or intelligence of a certain ethnical group really considered as funny?
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Advantages: * You can carry a mobile phone with you so you don’t miss important calls * If you are lost‚ you can call for directions. * If you are in an accident‚ you can call the police or ambulance - and if the phone has a camera‚ you can take pictures of the accident. * You can listen to music‚ text‚ play games when you’re bored. * Most mobile phones have a calculator and a phone book. * You can use a mobile phone to call your customers or boss if you are running late to a meeting. * You
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Reading as defined by Webster dictionary is “the action of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud. Many young people are no longer interested in reading; whether it is a physical book or an electronic book. There are many different things young people get involved with which contributes to the lack of reading they do. There are interested in technological things like television‚ computers‚ cellular phones and video games. Many are easily distracted with what is going on the outside whether
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The author Tina Fanning in the newspaper article “cars no longer sustainable”‚ which was written in July 2007‚ contents the effect of car usage on global warming and the effect on the future of our children that proves the high level of harmfulness that global warming causes. The audience in this article is aiming at car users and state governors. the first argument that is used is that country people have “stopped coming to Melbourne for the big games‚ shopping‚ theater or the art galleries
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Female poets have their own opinions in poetry. It involves one of emotion and passion which strives to raise awareness of human wants and desires. Women poets make you think twice about love and all those crazy emotional themes that drive people crazy. These things are evident in the poems ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning’ and ‘Metho Drinker’ by Judith Wright. Both poets use a variety of techniques to grab your attention and create imagery. Barrett and Wright are two completely different
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We all have thing that we love or hate‚ but it is good to find our strengths and our weaknesses for an activity. I love to do different types of things but the most important thing I love to do is extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities are fun and educational in many ways. I love to do extracurricular activities because (1) it provides interactions in others and their age groups‚ (2) it also puts a positive force in children’s education‚ and (3) provides benefits for students that
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Ayomide Adeojo Mrs.Mucha ENG3U1 2014-03-31 Title Unknown Hamlet‚ Laertes and Fortinbras all seek revenge in an attempt to avenge their father’s deaths. Through these acts of revenge a comparison is formed between the three characters. All a experience similar situation. However‚ their reactions and methods of revenge differ in some instances. Comparison can be drawn between the characters‚ some stronger and more comparable than others. Hamlet‚ Laertes and Fortinbras all experienced the deaths of
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Advantages of euthanasia * This form of assisted suicide can act as prevention to extreme suffering which people dying of a terminal illness such as late term cancer * Respects a person’s right to choose what they want to do with their life and how they want to end it * Saves the family money for expensive medical bills which simply only are there to relive the pain and treat the illness which in most cases is terminal regardless * The persons organs can be used for patients which
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Although outer beauty is what the world sees first‚ inner beauty is far more important. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Simply put‚ Beauty is considered many different things to many different people. There are many ways to judge beauty in this world‚ probably more than there are people in the world. However‚ if we were to try and categorize “beauty” we would identify that there are two kinds of beauty:outer beauty and inner beauty. Outer beauty is a type of physical appearance. Outer
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