like heart disease and stroke. Heart disease has controllable risk factors like‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes tobacco use‚ obesity and poor diet. It is important for one to address these risks early because only then he or she can prevent the problems of cardiovascular disease. A poor diet that consists of high fat‚ high cholesterol and excess salt can add to causes for heart disease. The chemicals in cigarettes harm ones’ blood cells‚ and damage the function of his or her heart and blood
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Broken Dreams From having unfulfilled desires to abandoning loved ones‚ Tennessee Williams encompasses both aspects in his most successful piece of literature that will be examined for generations to come. The struggles of Laura are displayed perfectly by Tom’s memory in respect to her shyness and incapability of forming into society because of a disability yet this play is much more than just finding likely suitors. In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams‚ the characters Tom and his father
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Throughout the novel Heart of Darkness Conrad uses the motif of the heart to thoroughly explain how dark people and places really can be. Conrad uses the heart as a symbol for the entire continent of Africa. The heart is also used to show what the heart of mankind truly is. Another use of the heart is as a representation of the inner station‚ which shows the darkness of exploitations through Kurtz. The different uses of the heart are amplified through such literary devices as irony‚ imagery‚ and
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A Prideful Heart Some people think racism is a black and white issue‚ but it’s not an issue about the color of a person’s skin or a simple problem to understand. The Declaration of Independence says all men and are created equal. Throughout history‚ men overlooked this principle and it led them to a horribly mistaken way of thinking and action‚ racism. Merriem Webster defines rasicm as “a belief that some races are by nature superior to others. Through the definition of racism and the example of
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Characterization is the process by which authors make characters come alive for readers. Authors have many techniques available to portray characters‚ and they can broadly be divided into indirect and direct presentation. In the short story “The Broken Globe”‚ author Henry Kreisel brillantly develops the two principle characters‚ Nick Solchuk and his father‚ through indirect presentation. Consistency is the key to good characterization. From first person point of view‚ the reader obtains
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infarction based on pathology: Transmural: associated with atherosclerosis involving a major coronary artery. It can be subclassified into anterior‚ posterior‚ inferior‚ lateral or septal. Transmural infarcts extend through the whole thickness of the heart muscle and are usually a result of complete occlusion of the area’s blood supply.[13] In addition‚ on ECG‚ ST elevation and Q waves are seen. Subendocardial: involving a small area in the subendocardial wall of the left ventricle‚ ventricular septum
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Political Science Democracy in the Age of Globalisation Clash of Civilizations or a Broken Clock? In his book The End of History and the Last Man‚ Francis Fukuyama argues that the only ideological alternative for post-Cold War nations is a capitalist free market economy‚ human rights and liberal democracy and that the world had reached ’the end of history ’. Samuel P. Huntington on the other hand believed that the worlds future primary axis of conflict will be along cultural and religious
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A Sample of Complex Stylistic Analysis J. Galsworthy. The Broken Boot (E.M. Zeltin et. Al. English Graduation Course‚ 1972‚ pp.88-89: finishing with the words ".. .walked side by side.") Text Interpretation The passage under analysis is taken from John Galsworthy’s story "The Broken Boot". It is about an actor whose name is Gilbert Caister. For six months he had been without a job and a proper meal. He ran into a man whom he had come to know in a convalescent camp‚ a man who thought a
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we look into the word social‚ it could be viewed as an issue that has to do with the way we are socialized into society. However‚ for this purpose we would have to look at some very important questions like: How is the concept of juvenile delinquency defined? Who commits delinquent acts? How much delinquency occurs each year? Is the rate of delinquent activity increasing or decreasing? What can we do to prevent delinquency? A juvenile delinquent can be defined as participation in illegal behavior
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