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    Argumentative essay College Composition I      10-15-2014 Should drivers of automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? Driving requires a lot of concentration in order to keep the road‚ and ourselves safe. Nowadays‚ many people have a license without being able to drive in a manner that is responsible. This raises the question of cell phones. There are many factors that contribute to accidents. Eating‚ drinking‚ reaching for fallen objects and talking to passengers are also some

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    This story begins within the walls of a castle‚ with the birth of a mouse. A small mouse. The last mouse born to his parents and the only one of his litter to be born alive. "Where are my babies?" said the exhausted mother when the ordeal was through. "Show to me my babies." The father mouse held the one small mouse up high. "There is only this one‚" he said. "The others are dead." "Mon Dieu‚ just the one mouse baby?" "Just the one. Will you name him?" "All of that work for nothing‚" said the

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    In “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For‚” by Henry David ThoreauThoreau makes the statement‚ “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” What he meant from this statement was that if people can move away from the idea that their personal worth is based on the material goods that they buy or own‚ they are actually better off or richer. It is the intangible things that are more important than the material goods. Many people think that their lives are richer

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    Lydian sends Edward with Henry to go huckleberry hunting. Edward says he wishes Henry was his father‚ a sentiment he later repeats to his mother. Lydian suggests that Henry should get married‚ and he says nature is his chosen bride. Back in the jail cell‚ Bailey asks Henry to be his lawyer‚ but Henry refuses. The action shifts to Walden Woods‚ where Henry feeds an escaped slave‚ Henry Williams‚ on his way to Canada. The time shifts ahead‚ and Henry and Waldo argue about the fact that Waldo is not

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    PW 3 - ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Managing stress during exams: Effective methods of promoting a congenial environment for test-takers In Judy Churchill’s (2002) article: "Coping with Exam stress - the demystification and relaxation process”‚ it is argued that students dealing with exam stress has become a thorny issue leading to under-performance. This problem is the result of certain factors‚ such as the lack of familiarity with the exam’s format and fatigue‚ both of which may be avoided if students

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    | Breastfeeding is better for your baby | Argumentative Essay | | | Islas‚ R. Argumentative essay Among the many decision a woman faces when she is pregnant‚ is whether or not she will breastfeed her child. In our society and in this day and age‚ this has become a matter of choice as opposed to long ago where formula was nonexistent and the only means of nurturing your baby was to breastfeed. Many women are oblivious to the health risks their baby may endure having not being breastfed

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    with an illuminating promise (Thoreau‚ “Economy‚” 4) . The promise to have property (terra nullius)‚ and in that property‚ is the tabula rasa of man’s new beginnings. Yet that liberty came at the further expense of aboriginal‚ black‚ and enviromental freedom. The flame from liberty’s chalice casts its lawful protection of those considered citizens‚ and in that‚ disavows certain men from that sense of having security: “[a] slave and prisoner of his own [private] opinion of himself” (4). The material

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    Thomas Hobbes’ book‚ Leviathan and Henry David Thoreau’s essay‚ Resistance to Civil Government could not be more opposed when it comes to looking at the social contract from a political philosophy viewpoint. On the one hand‚ Hobbes maintains that humanity’s utmost obligation is to submit oneself to the authority of the sovereign state. Thoreau‚ on the other hand‚ argues that under specific circumstances‚ it is humanity’s duty is to resist the state. This paper will argue that Hobbes does not succeed

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    Argumentative Essay My argument comes from the essay‚ “The Business World as a Hunting Ground‚” written by Esther Villar. This essay describes how easy a woman’s life can be by just marrying a successful man. By doing that‚ they wouldn’t have to go through all the obstacles men have to go through. However‚ my argument says otherwise. The lives of women can be just as complicated as the lives of men. My claim is that men are not the only gender with the rising pressure; women undergo the same

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    Vignette of You Situated within a certain mansion‚ buttressed by stone walls covered in mould‚ therein lies a portrait. This portrait‚ caked in dust‚ had lost the vibrant splendour of which it attained years ago. It depicts a grandiose mansion‚ windows smiling brightly as candle light filtered through them‚ creating an atmosphere of joy and merry-making. However‚ such beauty was sadly hidden‚ for it was hung in the most depilated part of the mansion‚ which no one roams. On the other side of the

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