Drop in a Plastic Ocean: How One Person Can Make a Difference.” The speaker is Emily De Sousa‚ an environmental activist. It was obvious from the beginning as to why she decided to speak in front of the audience‚ to persuade them. More specifically‚ it was a speech to actuate. De Sousa wanted people to agree with her that plastic pollution is a problem in the world’s oceans and get them to take action to better protect marine life’s environment. She wants people to find alternatives to plastic to stop
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maintain the happiness and confidence that individuality brings‚ one must create their own beauty standard that represents who they are as a person. Camille Paglia‚ an author‚ academic‚ and noted feminist‚ argues in her article‚ “The Pitfalls of Plastic Surgery‚” that these unrealistic beauty standards are becoming problematic due to the idea that individuals in the corporate world are striving for the same generic look. In the article‚ “What Meets the Eye‚” written by Daniel Akst‚ a well-known novelist
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eye-catching body that would make anybody jealous. Plastic surgery has always been seen as the "quick fix" for someone trying to look a certain way and in the past years‚ the amount of people who have gotten plastic surgery procedures has increased significantly. Individuals may say that plastic surgery is not an issue‚ but it is. These procedures cannot only harm the patients‚ but negatively affect others associated with that person. Plastic surgery defeats the whole purpose of natural beauty
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Should Plastic Surgery be encouraged? What is Plastic Surgery? Longman Dictionary (1987) defines Plastic Surgery as the repairing or improving of damaged‚ diseased‚ or unsatisfactorily shaped parts of the body with pieces of skin or bone taken from other parts of the body. The word "plastic" derives from the Greek‚ plastikos meaning to mould or to shape and its use here is not connected with the synthetic polymer material known as plastic. There are two types of plastic surgery which are
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Teenagers have an abundant amount of choices when selecting an occupation for their future. Choosing a career is no easy task for anybody. The profession I want to become when I’m an adult is a plastic surgeon. I chose this profession because I like to help others‚ but to achieve my goal I will have to obtain an extensive amount of knowledge. There also are positives and negatives to this profession. I chose this profession for multiple reasons: money‚ happiness‚ and status. Everybody has insecurities
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Plastic surgery is a very expensive procedure‚ which involves skin grafting. It can put tremendous financial pressure on you and your family. While assessing the cost of this surgery‚ people tend to take into account only the cost of the surgery‚ and completely overlook the unexpected cost that can arise from postoperative complications and the hospital charges they have to shell out in case they have to stay back in the hospital for any postoperative procedure. People also forget to consider the
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Plastic surgery is a personal decision made by an individual or for a minor or someone who needs help with that decision. Patients use plastic surgery for a host of reasons. Plastic surgery might include a breast augmentation‚ arm lift or a tummy tuck. It means surgical and nonsurgical procedures that alter parts of your body which improves your appearance. Cosmetic surgery improves the patient’s confidence and self-esteem. Plastic surgery includes repairing or reconstructing parts of your body
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more than 300 million tons of plastic is made‚ this poses as a threat when you take a look at how much of this plastic is only intended to be used once and thrown away. Throughout the entire planet‚ plastics are being used more often and are being thrown away rather than using the recycling bin. When you throw these plastics away‚ they are taken to a landfill which often times will bury the garbage underground; nevertheless‚ although you can no longer see the plastic waste‚ it is still taking a toll
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The world has a titanic problem with disposing of plastic bags. Literally. Floating in the midst of the Pacific Ocean is a double-vortex of garbage that stretches from the west coast of the United States to the Islands of Japan. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is composed six thousand three hundred and twenty-one miles of trash. The majority of this artificial waste continent is discarded fishing nets‚ plastic water bottles and caps‚ and plastic bags. Obviously‚ garbage in the vast expanse of the
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