richer. Life blossomed out of the war‚ but the flower it became was completely different than the ones before it. People questioned their morals and values leading to doubt in old beliefs such as nationalism and religion‚ in turn leading to a focus on materialism and the individual to fill the void. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby delves into the lives of the growing social elite‚ a class which defined the “roaring twenties” with their seemingly endless wealth and exuberance in life. However
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The Effects from Drug Use‚ Drinking‚ and Smoking While Pregnant Women who are pregnant or wanting to become pregnant should not drink‚ smoke‚ or abuse drugs. Abusing these substances could cause substantial harm and have serious side effects on the child from the time it is in the womb to post birth. Each of these harmful substances could entail damaging consequences if a child has exposure to them in utero. This can lead to physical‚ emotional‚ learning‚ and social impairments for a child.
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The Causes of Alcoholism (revised) Many people drink moderately‚ enjoy it‚ and come to no harm; however‚ some people become too dependent on alcohol. They are unable to lead a normal life. When people cannot control their drinking‚ it is considered to be abnormal behavior. Alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control their drinking. “Alcoholism is the dependence or addiction to alcohol” (Marlatt 211). The reason why one person develops alcoholism and another person does not
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Sleeping plays an important role in our life. According to statistics by scientists‚ we spend on average one third of our life time on sleeping. Nowadays‚ insomnia rate is increasing dramatically. Some reasons are to blame for insomnia‚ namely psychological disorder‚ physical disorder and some other temporary factors. First of all‚ insomnia can be the result of psychological disorder. Work nowadays requires a high intensity and people have to try their best to finish their duty. Sometimes‚ their
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RANDLE Lecturer: J GIFFORD Course: ENGLISH 109 Date: July 2‚ 2015 Causes of prejudice Prejudice and Racism have always plagued the human society since time immemrial. Being a controversial and taboo subject‚ many people have attempted to explain and establish the reason behind this kind of human behavior. These attempted explanations offer people an insight of the implications surrounding racial discrimination. Through the essay “Cause of Prejudice”‚ Vincent N. Parillo attempts to explain the reasons
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The causes of crime seem to be indefinite and ever changing. In the 19th century; slum poverty was blamed‚ in the 20th century‚ a childhood without love was blamed (Adams 152). In the era going into the new millennium ‚ most experts and theorists have given up all hope in trying to pinpoint one single aspect that causes crime. Many experts believe some people are natural born criminals who are born with criminal mindsets‚ and this is unchangeable. However‚ criminals are not a product of heredity
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teachers don’t understand how much stress students have during their high school and college years. (17) They also don’t realize how it actually affects their life. (10) There are certain levels of stress on the students; academic‚ social‚ and extracurricular stress affects the students the most. (19) Some students have so much stress in their life they start falling into bad habits. (15) 4/6 The stress that mostly affects the students is academic stress. (10) Academic stress is caused from an overload
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What Causes Crime? It is difficult to control or reduce crime without knowing what causes it. Criminology: The scientific study of the nature‚ extent‚ cause and control of criminal behavior. There are various theories about what causes crime. Theories About The Causes Of Crime Choice Theory Biological Theories Psychological Theories Sociological Theories Conflict Theories Integrated Theories Victimization Theories Choice Theory Belief that people commit crime when they perceive
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Cause and Effect: Teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancies is one of the most common and alarming issues in our country‚ many teenage girls get pregnant before adulthood‚ like the ages of 15 to 19‚ and give birth‚ it is shocking that the teen birth rate increases every year. Surprisingly come countries see teenage pregnancy as a clear sign of fertility and people celebrate the early teenage pregnancy. During the teenage years these is a burst of unknown emotions‚ and teens feel a natural sense of rebelling
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faster- 10-20 times more beats per minute. Nicotine also causes the blood vessels to constrict which eventually causes high blood pressure. Additionally‚ smoking seems to accelerate the process of hardening of the arteries‚ also known as "Atherosclerosis". Nicotine stays along the artery wall causing it to become thickened and less elastic. As these plaques or thickened secretions develop and hardened‚ the progress of Atherosclerosis causes even more serious problems in the cardiovascular system‚
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