rising nationwide‚ but makes a mockery of a tragedy thats all too real. This modern day entertainment‚ as one might call it‚ shown by video games‚ music‚ television‚ books‚ and blockbuster films‚ has the uncanny ability to destroy our society. It can invade and infect the minds of impressionable youth‚ encouraging drug-use‚ violence‚ and premarital sex. It can steal from perfectly good‚ law abiding citizens many hours of each day that would otherwise have been put to better use. Of course like many aspects
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Prison for Profit: Modern Day Slavery Many people don’t possess realistic vision on today’s prison system. I have this knowledge because I had a chance to experience it for months while serving a sentence for Trafficking of Marijuana. We are often given the impression that prisons are full of bad people such as rapists and murders. This is a huge misconception. Unfortunately‚ most of America’s prison population (which happens to be the largest in the world) is non-violent drug offenders being
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If I had the power to end modern day slavery I would. Slavery is when someone is under the control of someone else more rich and important. At the moment there are about 27 million slaves in the world out of seven billion people! Most slaves are from poor countries like India and Africa. They work in fields‚ brothels‚ homes‚ mines and restaurants. Imagine working for hours a day‚ in a mine or a not very pleasant environment and bought at an average of $90! Kids‚ adults‚ and even grandparents
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TELEVISION AS A MEDIUM FOR MODERN DAY MYTHS Throughout the 1950s and 1960s television programming developed rapidly into more than an assortment of fact and fiction narratives; it became itself a social text for an increasing population‚ "functioning as a kind of code through which people gleaned a large portion of their information‚ intellectual stimulation‚ and distraction" (Danesi‚ 240). Since its inception in the mid-1930s‚ many of television ’s programs have become the history of many cultures
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Since the new modern GPS tracking systems appeared‚ parents have been chipping their children invading their Childs privacy. It affects the children’s life and ruins the fact that they have freedom and privacy. Paranoid moms and dads have been chipping and GPS tracking their children since the day these devices came out to monitor their every move. Although the parents are trying to keep their children safe‚ it’s not fair that the children‚ mainly teens‚ can’t have any freedom. Everywhere they go
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City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day. The national holiday‚ which was proclaimed a national holiday in 1937‚ has been under debate a lot recently. Many cities are debating to follow L.A.’s decision by changing it to Indigenous People’s Day. Here‚ I will explain why Columbus Day should no longer be recognized as a national holiday‚ and instead recognize that day as Indigenous People’s Day. Many people see Columbus as the hero who first set foot on America‚ the man
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while developing a basis for the respectful treatment of patients. However‚ this out-dated oath is not equipped to handle the modern trials and tribulations faced by physicians and health care in general. Many of its principles are simply unrealistic and inapplicable in today’s society. For this reason a revised version of the oath was written. As I will argue‚ this modern oath is necessary in defending the sacredness of a physician’s title in today’s ever changing world. This is a job the classical
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“Comparison of the journeys undertaken by Gilgamesh and Odysseus” Odysseus main challenge is to help defeat the Trojans in the battle of the Trojan horse. All the men who survived the war and the sea were safely back at home‚ other than Odysseus‚ he still had a long journey ahead of him. In the beginning of his journey‚ his challenge was brought upon him by the powerful God of the sea Poseidon. Poseidon became Odysseus enemy after a Cyclops held him and his crewmates captive. After escaping the
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intent to sell labor. As humanity progressed‚ slavery became a growing concern against the ideals of human rights. Deemed unethical and thought vanquished by most individuals‚ slavery still remains an underground market in the modern world. Referred to as human trafficking‚ modern day slavery exists as a brutal and abusive kidnapping scheme with all intents to traumatize its victims into slave-like obedience. Human trafficking stands as a living violation of human rights. Victims of the human trafficking
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Achilles and Gilgamesh. Are they villains or heroes? Two oldest and greatest poems "Gilgamesh" and "The Illiad" begins with description of the protagonist works. Both main characters in the poems are very young‚ strong‚ brave‚ endowed with extraordinary beauty and indomitable energy. Each of them is a model of selfless friendship. We see that in poems the death of a friend pushes both of them to decisive action‚ leading to the end of poem. There is no doubt that positive hero should have great
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