orbit around that rectangular piece of steel...and it’s not even a sphere! I can’t disagree though…I’m one of those people that just can’t part with their phone. Every few minutes I’ll be checking my phone. (Mimes checking phone) Oh look! I have…zero missed calls‚ zero new texts‚ the facebook frontier is quiet… Then I remember I’ve had zero incoming calls‚ zero texts‚ and I have three friends on facebook: mom‚ dad‚ and my dog. I used to have four but then the cat died. Anyways‚ I’ll still be sitting
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read the thoughts of the main character. Readers are allowed to to look in the eyes of the eyes of the protagonist. Good authors use first person to feel a way or develop thinking similar to the main character. Ned Vizzini‚ author of It’s Kind of a Funny Story‚ uses the first person view to help develop the character and find out what Greg is thinking. The story is about a young male‚ named Greg‚who suffers from disorders such as depression. Greg is slowly getting worse due to his imagination going
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Socratic Dialogue - Capital Punishment In May 1990 Jesse Tafero was convicted for the murders of two florida highway patrol officers and was executed by electric chair. This conviction was overturned in 1992 after a recreation of the crime scene revealed another person had committed the murders. In 1974 James Bain was convicted of breaking and entering‚ rape‚ and kidnapping and was sentenced to life in prison. This conviction was overturned in 2009 after he was found innocent through DNA evidence
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cause of pollution. Every day a large number of people are coming to towns and cities in search of jobs and employment. Towns and cities are being expanded. Forests are being cleared off. These spaces are being utilised for setting up of factories‚ and making buildings and houses. But there is a wide gap between demand and supply. It has led to spread of slums in cities and towns. The slums do not have basic amenities for the inmates. These people live in unhygienic conditions. They go for natural
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I’ve read this chapter probably seven times at this point. Each time I’ve wanted to comment‚ but never had the right words. I don’t think I do at this point‚ but I will do my best. I want to move to the next chapter. I’ve read other comments‚ and from what I picked up‚ the Reader’s name is “Hope”? So I’ll call her that. The first paragraph is amazing. So few words and you’ve caught my attention‚ and the rest is quite well-written as well. We get somewhat a feel from who the reader is in this chapter
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Funny Stories How They Forecast a Cold Winter One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2009/10 was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man‚ but he too had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes. In truth‚ neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter. However‚ the chief decided to take a modern approach‚ and the chief rang the National
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Topic: Divorce There are three significant causes of increasing the divorce. The first main cause of getting divorce is because women have changed their parts. As we know‚ nowadays everybody has equal rights to do anything‚ unlike in the past only men could do whatever he wants. Before‚ men have to go out and earn money in order to afford the expense of family‚ whereas women only do housework and look after the children. Since women have no job‚ she has no money to support the family besides
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What if your determination was the only thing stopping you from reaching your goals? Ned Vizzini’s novel‚ It’s Kind Of a Funny Story follows a teen who is so committed to doing good that he is pushed too hard and he begins to consider suicide. When Craig is at his worst point and ready to end it‚ he instead decides to call the suicide hotline and checks himself into the hospital. This novel touches hard on the little things in life that make Craig’s life good or bad. Since this novel is based on
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30 Funny Persuasive Speech Topics 1. What to do with good advice that actually isn’t good? 2. Everyone a university degree. 3. How to get rid of boring blind dates. 4. If you think you can‚ you can - or not. 5. How to laugh every day. 6. Bingo keeps grandmoms off the streets. 7. What is a funny topic or humorous speech anyway? 8. Why vegetarian don’t love animals. 9. The bigger the worser‚ or vary on the adjectives of this funny topic for a persuasive speech. 10. Limiting alternatives will
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“Its kind of a funny story” -Ned Vizzini Mikayla Petersen Wednesday‚ May 3rd 2013 “Its kind of a funny story” is kind of a funny story. It’s about 15-year-old Craig Gilner‚ who attends a prestigious college prep school that will set him on his way to the right college‚ the right law school‚ and the right job on Wall Street --- assuming he can bring up his 93 average. Studying for his school’s entrance exam occupied Craig for months‚ and he was proud of his perfect score. Now‚ though‚ the school
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