A Gift of Fire: Social‚ Legal‚ and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet (Third edition) by Sara Baase Presentation Assignments and Class Discussion Topics for Chap. 1: Unwrapping the Gift General instructions given to students The presentations should analyze the situation‚ use analogies and similar cases where possible‚ mention various possible risks or consequences‚ etc. Include some discussion of how the new technology changes the situation. What advantages or problems result
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To Build a Fire This story is by American author Jack London. The story is considered a prime example of the naturalist movement and of a Man vs. Nature conflict. It is also considered to be a reflection of his own life after his experiences in the Yukon Territory. This story demonstrates negative interactions because the man has not and does not prepare him for this journey. He is not respectful of the nature he can’t control‚ and he ignores the advice of those far more experienced than he.
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The Fire of Jubilee Santo Domingo. In 1799 two white guards were killed while transporting slaves through Nat’s hometown‚ Southampton County. The first attempted large scale insurrection on American soil was the Gabriel Prosser conspiracy in Richmond in 1800. Gabriel and his accomplices planned to burn Richmond‚ and take the governor hostage. His plans were spoiled before he had an opportunity to carry them out‚ but the event contributed dramatically to the uneasiness of many Southerners. Nat toiled
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delusional daydreaming‚ and constant questioning‚ “ Does she like me‚ does she not? You may need to consult your doctor because these are all symptoms of having a crush. There is not a thing as torturous to a teenager as having a crush. It is like the two sides of a coin that the human heart can not control. It can be the best thing to happen to someone or the worst. Gary Soto‚ in his poem “ Oranges”‚ satirizes the conundrum that is having a crush. “Oranges” tells the story of young love between a boy
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The illustrated text “The viewer” by Shaun Tan and Gary Crew tells the story of the curious protagonist‚ Tristan whose obsession with random artefacts lead him to discover a corrupt view master‚ in which depicts horrific events of our own history. The protagonist and responders are lead to make several discoveries in which force a re-evaluation of modern society and their attitude towards the world. The theme of urban disintegration and wastefulness is explored throughout the text. The use of the
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Catching Fire As the second book in the triology you wouldn’t ecxpect anything great from it‚ because most of them aren’t your favorite. Though in this triology it was my favorite. It was action packed and did everything you could ever imagine. This book will cause so many mixed feeling your will lose your mind until you finish and move on the the third book. This book shows how easy it can be for something to fall for more then one person. It displays how lifelong friends can fall for eachother
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Is it possible for people to make comments about me for who I am as a person and not my outer appearance? This is the question I constantly asked myself everyday because most of the time I am bombarded with criticisms on how I looked. To put it bluntly‚ I‚ myself‚ have not met the body figure standard of what a Vietnamese woman should be. My family and relatives have always been saying that a Vietnamese girl should have a slim figure. Since I was small‚ I was that chubby girl‚ who loved to eat delicious
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"The Worm"‚ it says in stanza 4‚ "I didn’t like the taste a bit‚ so I didn’t swallow it." Instead of saying‚ I didn’t like the worm so I spit it out‚ or something like that which would sound blander than what the author really used. And in hatchet Gary Paulsen used figure of speech to describe the feeling of eating a turtle egg. On page 95 it states it had are really oily and greasy feeling when it passed down his throat. The author used the descriptive words‚ greasy and oily because those taste
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Enrolment Day Written Task 1. The title ‘let the children play’ suggests ideas such as; let the children be free or leave the children to do what children should do. 2. The writers main argument is that parents today are molly-coddling the next generation and denying them the opportunity to mature and develop essential life skills. b. Her concerns are that the next generation of children will grow up almost scared of the outside world. They will learn to be distrusting of adults and also
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The Deadly Fire West Hampshire Colony 1698 Catherine Hatchet is a poor misunderstood girl in the American colonies. All she wants to do is get an education like a boy‚ but this continuously leads to her being beaten and whipped. Life was hard for a girl way back then! She throws a rock at one of their heads Then She runs home to her parents‚ who threaten to beat her too. She is called Bad Luck Catherine‚ because she was born under a bad moon Bad luck Catherine. She Then finds her only true
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