The Blunt Truth Marijuana is a drug that contains the chemical compound THC‚ Tetrahydrocannabinol. This compound is believed to be responsible for the psychoactive effects of seen in marijuana users. Marijuana comes from an Indian hemp plant. The part of the plant that contains the “drug THC” is found primarily in its flowers‚ as well as trace amounts in the seeds‚ leaves‚ and stems of the plant. This drug is used for leisure activities‚ cancer‚ and AIDS patients. Marijuana should be legalized in
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In the novel 1984‚ Orwell produced a social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia that made the world pause and think about our past‚ present and future. When reading this novel we all must take the time to think of the possibility that Orwell ’s world could come to pass. Orwell presents the concepts of power‚ marginalization‚ and resistance through physical‚ psychological‚ sexual and political control of the people of Oceania. The reader experiences the emotional ride through the eyes
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year? Some days I wish that I had a guide for surviving a typical freshmen day. In Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar‚ Scott the main character gives you tips on how to survive your freshmen year of high school. The book is basically about Scott going through his freshman high school year and the challenges he faces during it. There are a bunch of characters in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie‚ but this paper is not going to be about all of them. No‚ it’s going to be about a character named Wesley
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I’m not going to lie‚ I was not thrilled to be assigned a summer reading assignment but I thoroughly enjoyed Of Mice and Men. When I first picked up the book I told myself I was going to read the first twenty pages because that’s the type of reader I am and I ended up reading the first seventy-three. I couldn’t put the book down and I don’t know why. It’s not the type of book I would generally pick out‚ but Of Mice and Men stood out to me. One thing that stood out to me was the couple lines on page
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While reading “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “Here Dead We Lie” by A.E. Housman‚ I made sure to decode every word that the poems contained in order to self-interpret the pieces of literature. These World War I based poems carry significant stories of our once war torn planet. For example‚ “Here Dead We Lie” is a short‚ yet meaningful‚ poem about nationalism and pride towards ones country. In this poem‚ the author discusses the fact that soldiers often chose to die for their country instead
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or another everyone has told a lie of some sort. Society has The Occasional Liar‚ The Frequent Liar‚ and The Compulsive Liar. Lying can be devastating. It hurts not only the person being lied to‚ but also the person telling the lie. Many of us aren’t even aware of all the lies we tell. Most of us are occasional liars. We are not happy about lying but don’t want to admit to doing something wrong or having the embarrassment of an unhappy situation. We might lie to our boss about being late to
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believes the human seeks a truth buried in its heart. It believes the human cares for it - why else would the human cry‚ but out of a sense of guilt? it seems to think- and this is the most basic truth for the onion. From there‚ the onion expands its truths; the human is fanatical and melodramatic. The human cannot see that what it searches for does not exist. The human is inevitably doomed to a death by emotion. Thinking itself clever‚ the onion assumes it has built a tower of truths- a magnificently garnished
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Celebrated Mistakes You Should Never Tell a Lie And Always Tell the Truth Ernestine M. Stevens Springfield College Lying is so easy to do for most people. We do this at an early age and do not even realize the trouble that we can get in. It seems so cute at first. Once you get grown and the legal complications start it is ugly. You can lose your freedom‚ family‚ job‚ and friends. In the worst way you could possibly lose your life. A lie can seem so small from the beginning then
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The difference between Tim O’Brien’s story truths and real truths is that the story truth is figurative and makes the reader feel the emotions that he felt‚ while the real truth is literal and makes the reader understand what actually happened. Tim O’Brien’s most thought-provoking statement is one where he creates a paradox of sorts to let the reader decide whether he may be a coward or not. The TED Talks explain why veterans miss the war and why it’s difficult to adjust from war‚ which connects
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variety of teachings and concepts of Buddha that leads to an ultimate goal. Buddhism discusses a reality that is impermanence and interconnectedness‚ the idea that there is no self. It gives five aggregator concepts of and Four Noble Truths. Through the Noble truth comes the eightfold path which explains how to eliminate suffering. Two concepts of Buddhism are impermanence and interconnectedness. Impermanence translates to "not permanent." (Stevenson‚ Haberman‚ and Wright 62) According to impermanence
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