Healthy vs. Happy English Composition 121 Tonya Lavigne Never thought as a child that at the age of thirty I would be exercising daily or counting calories. I never imagined I would be writing this paper in college at Ashford University. But‚ I always believed that I was not smart enough for college because at the time I was around a lot of negative people. Once I met my husband and was able to get away from the negative. I‚ then seen myself as being smart enough for college‚ so here I am writing
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For this assignment‚ I had to respond to one of the readings discussed in class and focus on why I think my audience would or would not find the essay persuasive. I choose to respond to Lyubomirsky’s article “How Happy Are You and Why”. I think Lyubomirsky’s‚ article “How Happy Are You and Why” is persuasive. She includes evidence‚ had referred to interviews she had done‚ and included a couple of diagrams among other things to support her argument (and simplify it for the reader to understand/ follow
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‘Interpreter of Maladies’ explores how one culture adapts to living with another.’ Discuss. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story collection ‘Interpreter of Maladies’‚ the writer silhouetted the adaption of one culture to live within another in the form of allowing differences to exist and reaching a compromise. Lahiri drew the readers into the witness of different people battling with the obstacles they encounter. While some people like Mrs Sens‚ fell to the abysm of culture-displacement because of
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potential. One’s identity is formed and influenced by the groups one belongs to. Humans are by nature sociable beings that must learn to cooperate for peaceful existence to occur but are also individual personalities who seek their own self fulfilment. Belonging to groups; family‚ social or environmental groups‚ can have immeasurable benefits. But while groups do provide one with a sense of identity‚ security and protection it can however result in sacrifices to selfhood and can entail certain inevitable
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What’s Up DOC? A Bloody Outrage‚ That’s what In essay “What’s up DOC? A bloody Outrage‚ That’s what” by Katherine Ellison‚ it shows growing concern for the youth of today with the wide availability of the media. The article was about a cartoon that seems to appeal to children at first but then actually turns quite violent. Her prime example indicates in this sentence that “pedophile e-mail and teenage-boobs Web sites-here comes this new swamp-thing mass entertainment: the Internet “Flash
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people easily assume that she is black by her appearance. So families who we come across initially in life have a huge impact on us and shaped our identity and make who we are and what we become. Without them‚ there is no me. On the other hand‚ the belonging to a wider society determines our identity. Sometimes‚ it plays a more significant role on determining who we are than what our family gives us. My cousin as an Australian born Chinese‚ in the white society‚ she is considered to be an Asian‚ but
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Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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they are going to school‚ we have something to eat and no one is here try to kill us I was felling like i have everything. With our straggle and hard working in 1999 my dad buy a house we moved there our life was becoming more comfortable we were happy. But we didn’t know that now something really bad is running after us. A really nasty day my dad was sick at home I was coming from work it was 7pm‚ I saw a car blocked my way four guy was standing beside the care they abused me with a really bad
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I leap onto the hot‚ dry sand as it screeches under my burning feet‚ bolting with speed down to the water‚ so eager. The surfboard feeling heavy under my arm after trekking from home in the scorching summer’s heat. I dive in and it actually feels like heaven‚ exhilarating‚ yet I have never felt so alive. I paddle over a clean 3 foot wave rolling in and over towards my anxiously waiting mates‚ anticipating the next sets to come through. I finally get out the back of the waves and sit up on my board
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The first group we belong to‚ the family has more influence than any other group on forming our identity. Knowing who we are and where we belong to makes us feel happy and secure. Family is always the first and forever group that we belong to. They have more influence than any other group in shaping our identity. Other group like friends also help shape our identity but to a lesser extent. Family offers environment in which a person learns early‚ at the same time family is the first source of
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