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    Formula Essay Assignment Ali Ilayan COMM171 Section 072 Geri Dasgupta Wednesday 12th June Kurt Vonnegut (1996)‚ in his essay “How to write with Style” advised writers to choose a subject that interest them. I chose the essay “Effective Driving” by Olenewa (2008) because I share with this writer the fascination of perfect driving. In this essay‚ Olenewa mentioned the criteria by which a person can be considered as a professional driver. As driving is one of our daily routines‚ we can’t

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    w was kurt cobain a good person? Kurt Cobain was a very skilled and kind artist. he stood up for what he believed in. everyone who met had a high opinion of him. when Kurt was still alive people loved his music. he was amazing at what he did and will forever be remembered for it.. people loved him for all the right reasons. From everyone to slash to Billy Joe Armstrong loved‚ and miss him greatly. he was speaking to us & about us. he could write songs that would sound like he was talking to

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    Darwin sail aboard the research ship Beagle around the world from 1831-1836‚ during which he had the opportunity to examine different ways of life that until then were unknown to biologists of the Western world. Darwin observations made in the Galapagos Islands were taken with a lot of significance. He was particularly impressed by the differences in the peaks of the Finch birds. According to Darwin they developed their peaks from the nutrients needed‚ for he found eighteen different types of peaks

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    or by the opinion of an English Professor. Humanity is defined by the individual‚ and so the focus here is on the Kurt Vonnegut’s‚ and Tim O’Brien’s definition of humanity‚ which is characterized by human spirit‚ heart‚ and empathy. In Slaughterhouse-Five and The Things They Carried both Kurt Vonnegut and Tim O’Brien describe the destruction of humanity caused by war. However‚ Vonnegut highlights how powerless in war leads to decimation of humanity within a solider‚ while O’Brien highlights the struggle

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    Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of the Seattle based grunge rock band Nirvana. As Nirvana’s lead songwriter‚ guitarist‚ and singer‚ Cobain took the music industry by surprise and is considered the godfather of the grunge rock movement. Cobain and his band had a prevalent influence on young teenagers of the 1990s and were considered idols by numerous individuals. Nirvana took the popular music industry by storm when they were able to revamp the genre of grunge rock and cause a dramatic shift in music

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    Aristotle once said‚ “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron‚” the government attempts to create equality between all individuals‚ and unfortunately‚ propitiously succeeds. The equality laws state that all of mankind must be identical to each other in terms of appearance and knowledge. Intelligent beings are handicapped with a monitor in their ear which emits caustic sounds every twenty seconds or so‚ to wreck their train of thought

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    The Giver Short Answer by: William Nguyen (Core 2 Language Arts) While there are many themes that are present in "The Giver" and "Harrison Bergeron"‚ one theme stands out. That theme is‚ memories are important and if they’re lost‚ they can cause pain. In "The Giver"‚ by Lois Lowry‚ there are moments when important memories cause pain. When Jonas is talking to The Giver about [The Giver’s] daughter Rosemary‚ Jonas asks the Giver what happened when Rosemary was released. The Giver responds‚ "’The

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    In his letter‚ You Have Insulted Me ‚ Vonnegut Jr. states‚ “If you were to bother to read my books‚ to behave as educated persons would‚ you would learn that they are not sexy‚ and do not argue in favor of wildness of any kind. They beg people to be kinder and more responsible than they often are” (Vonnegut Jr.‚ 1). Books‚ documentaries‚ and other forms of media provide people with information and principles they can use

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    Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano was first published in 1952 and it is his first literary masterpiece. It examines a dystopian society run by machines in Vonnegut’s signature style— satirical‚ deadly serious but at the same time‚ wildly humorous. In Ilium‚ New York‚ people have no potential to be anything beyond a body with a letter and a number attached to it. For example Doctor Edward Francis Finnerty‚ a rebellious outsider with a brilliant mind and an old friend of the protagonist Paul Proteus‚ is

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    painting he was hired for was for Disney in Glendale‚ California (“Kurt Werren”). This job grew into a relationship between Wenner and Disney; he trained some of the top engineers at Disney Imagineering as well as theme park designers to use unusual uses of perspective (“Kurt Wenner”). The National Gallery of Art in Washington‚ DC has invited Wenner to speak about his art and his unique use of perspectives on several different occasions (“Kurt Wenner”). Wenner has a teacher side to him that urges him

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