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    THE ELDERLY SHOULDN’T LIVE IN OLD FOLKS’ HOMES Lately the trend of sending the elderly to the old folks’ home is increasing tremendously from time to time especially those who are bed-ridden and weak due to sickness. Moving an elderly parent into a residential care or old folks’ home is a major decision and not one to be taken lightly. There are financial‚ welfare and psychological aspects to be considered and very often it is a last resort. Sending elderly parents to a care or nursing home

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    Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 6. Fitzgerald uses Nick to introduce Gatsby’s past as “James Gatz" and his evolution into “Jay Gatsby”. Nick narrates entire the story retrospectively‚ resulting in the narration of Gatsby’s evolution containing a greater amount of Nick’s interpretations of Gatsby’s past‚ along side factuality. This is especially prominent as Nick describes Gatsby telling him “…all this very much later‚ but I’ve put it down here with the idea of exploding

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    evidence‚ explanation and a concluding sentence. In addition‚ be sure to use strong textual evidence‚ such as short quotes or specific details from the story‚ to support your argument. What do you usually do when you find yourself hating something or someone so much? Would you ignore your hatred and let it gradually slip away? In the story ’’The Tell-Tale Heart’’‚ the main character decides to take away the life of an old man‚ despite his love for him‚ all because of the old man’s pale blue eye‚ which

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    “The oldest and most often invoked argument is that art‚ whatever its form‚ is a public good” (Ginsburgh‚ 2001‚ p. 759). Why? Because as the author referred‚ it can benefit not only those who attend or see it‚ and who pay for it‚ but also all other consumers‚ who do not necessarily wish to contribute voluntarily to its production or to its preservation‚ in the case of museums‚ so they are free riders. We can easily understand that artistic activities also produce externalities to all civilization

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    In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ The Tell-Tale Heart‚ it focuses on a disturbed man who has an intense infatuation with his elderly neighbor’s “vulture eye”. The madman or the narrator says that the eye is evil and states several times that it needs to be terminated. The story builds up to the climax point where the madman snaps and kills his elderly neighbor. Throughout the tale‚ the man expresses to the audience that he is not mad at all‚ that his actions are justifiable. The man starts off by

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    The Symbolism of a Beating Heart With a descriptive epistle of murder and insanity‚ “The Tell Tale Heart” threw itself into history as a classic. The narrator tells of his plot to murder an old man with a “vulture eye.” Although he sneaks into his bedroom‚ night after night‚ he still cannot murder the old man‚ because he loves the man‚ but hates the eye. When seeing the vulture eye on the eighth night‚ he murders the old man and dismembers his body. While insisting upon his sanity he hears the

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    Publication: Children and Parents Journal Date of publication: 2013 Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-benefits-of-music-education/ The main idea of the article “The benefits of musical education” is how music works on children’s development and what opportunities have music .According to this article music helps to work the small muscles as ears

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    The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes In his The Way of White Folks‚ Hughes illustrates the blacks’ feeling of frustration and resistance towards the white-Americans that they live within the society they are in. When on analyzes his short stories‚ one can see the techniques Hughes used‚ to illustrate how the whites treats the blacks. Although Hughes blurs the racial line which separates the North America from the South‚ he effectively illustrates that the how the upper class treats the black

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    dissolution‚ [and] fatality” (Charles). Although it is not clear as to why Poe wrote such dark stories in his lifetime‚ one could assume the pain from the losses of his loved ones played a role. Writing in such darkness‚ could be his coping mechanism to dealing with all the loss and pain throughout his life. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is suspenseful and detailed. The narrator starts off the story by telling the reader how he loves the old man and has nothing against him personally‚ except

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    Strickland  Gloria Strickland  Mrs. Coy  APLit  5 December 2014  Folk Music: The Bridge between the Past and the Present  Sometimes the strongest way to get a story or point across is through words of song. In a  historical point of view‚ the oldest and most effective style of music that has had a major impact  throughout the world is folk­style music. Many of the United States’ immigrants from Europe  were drawn to‚ and influences to‚ the music in the South‚ mainly during the 1800’s (Cohen). The 

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