"Touching the Earth" was written by Bell Hooks. Hooks starts off his writing by saying "when we love the Earth‚ we are able to love ourselves more fully." By opening with this‚ Hooks tells the reader that he is appreciative of the Earth‚ and believes that by loving the Earth‚ a person can love themselves. Hooks recounts his childhood‚ where he watched his family grow food on their land. The sharing of tips for growing and harvesting crops between Native Americans and African people is mentioned to
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with a hook or grabber. Explain why people generally feel the need to own guns. Explain why other people generally feel that people should not own guns. End with a thesis statement by stating the three reasons (or three articles) why you believe the President should OR should not tamper with the individual’s right to own guns and briefly give three reasons (or mention the three articles that you will use to support your position) why you feel that way. • Body – Begin with a topic sentence that
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Formal: I’d like to introduce myself; my name is Mr. Cobain‚ and I’m vice president. I’m glad to make your acquaintance. The pleasure is all mine. I’ve heard a lot about you sir‚ now I finally have the change to meet you in person. Now would be a good time‚ I think‚ for some instructions. 2. Opinions and ideas: 1. I feel that no other car comes along close as far as luxury and reliable are concerned. 2. If I’ve ever been sure of anything‚ I’m sure of this’ your team is going to lose the game
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and state governments. Transition: First‚ let’s look at how online sales tax would impact consumer behaviors. Main Point 1: When talking about sales tax‚ we‚ as consumers ourselves‚ apparently would love to spend less money getting the best goods and service. A. So a lot of times online shopping would first come to our mind even when we see something worth buying in a shopping mall‚ we would still refer to different online retailers to compare its price and decide where to buy it.
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1) mammal (n) 哺乳動物 2) native (adj) 出生地的/ 土生土長的 3) native to = originally come from 來自…的 The horse is not native to America 4) since prehistoric days 自有歷史記載以前的日子 5) since… I love you since you since you were thirteen. 6) Tame (v) 制服﹐控制‚ 馴服 After a few months’ contact‚ the monkeys are tamed. 7) Neighbor (n) 鄰居 Some of the neighbours have complained about the noise from our party. 8) Neighborhood (n) 鄰近地區；社區，街坊，四鄰 You ’ re going to wake up the whole neighbourhood with that noise. 9) Know enough about
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citizenship and their right to vote. In both Bell Hooks and Linda Harris Dobkins articles they respectively introduce race and power within the women’s movement and how it affected the movement. First off‚ in the passage Revolutionary Parenting Hooks acknowledges how difficult it is to define motherhood by including how race is a big factor and the perceived notion of mothers needing to be the nurtures and primary care takers of the children. When Hooks states the difference in opinions of motherhood
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The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school was a horrific event that happened in Newtown‚ Connecticut by Adam lanza. It caused many deaths of students and teachers. Lanza also Shot his mother in the head four times before going to the school. It all started on the morning of December 14‚ 2012 in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Students and teachers were all preparing for the day of school ahead of them. They had no idea that the tragic event was going to happen. At around 9:30 a.m. the shooter entered the
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old my sister Debbie died from cancer. The majority of my childhood and teenage years were spent in hospitals and the majority of my parent’s money went to paying the doctors. During this period of my life I thought medicine was doing more harm than good. Because I was older at the time of Debbie’s death my perception about medicine changed and I became motivated to find out why medicine costs so much and why some procedures cost more than others? So I studied hard‚ became Valedictorian of my class
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through their cell phones. A place where individuals are making changes to benefit themselves and the future generations. Today’s generation are living for the moment and not really thinking about the consequence for their actions. Pico Iyer and Bell Hooks both argues that people should start making “inner changes” in order to make “outer changes.” So what does this mean? Individuals should start thinking differently‚ stop challenging each other and start cooperating. With this one can possibly obtain
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In chapter 17‚ To Love Again The Heart of Feminism by Bell Hooks quotes; “If women and men want to know love‚ we have to yearn for feminism. For without feminist thinking and practice we lack the foundation to create loving bonds” (Hooks‚ 100). As I was reading this‚ it sounded to me as if feminism was a must‚ almost sounding like a religion‚ because it is something people practice. Yet‚ if someone was trying to make their ideology a requirement of life they should just put it aside. If feminism
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