social issues do you feel strongly about? How do you go about solving personal problems? Do you readily seek help from others when you need it? Which of your values would you like to change? 1) What social issues do I feel strongly about? I feel strongly that the minimum wage should be raised because the lower class will be able to provide for themselves and their families.The government feels the lower your class‚ the lower the cost of living ‚ which is not necessarily true. I think that it’s more
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and we think about the past and worry that it will define our future. We find ourselves searching for a way to change. Change the way we were created to be‚ but for what? To impress the people that we think are our friends; to seek a compliment and feel popular or appreciated? Society tells us to change ourselves and act a certain way to portray us as someone else. We admire and want to be like people for all the wrong reasons. We change ourselves based on the insecurities that we have developed because
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What the text says What the text means Rhetorical Devices I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life‚ and see if I could not learn what it had to teach‚ and not‚ when I came to die‚ discover that I had not lived. Thoreau wanted to get the most from his life by determining what was really important. In this quote Thoreau uses the rhetorical device‚ aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth‚ such as‚ “if it ain’t broke‚
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“All I know is that I know nothing” argued the deep ancient philosopher Socrates. His argument is based on the fact that one cannot know anything with absolute certainty; they could only know something with a fractional amount of confidence. Socrates had written this quote nearly two thousand year ago. With our vast advances in modern technology‚ science‚ mathematics‚ and equipment to record data‚ over the last two millenniums‚ one would assume that we would long grow this view of not knowing anything
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When I look back at my past writing experiences the first thing that comes to mind is when I did Young Authors in grade school. When I was younger‚ I typically prefered to write fiction‚ but I also branched out to non-fiction and poetry in order to try to be able to win an award. This made me begin to fall in love with poetry and develop an understanding and respect for non-fiction. In fact‚ in fourth grade‚ I won the Honorable Mention in Wyoming for my non-fiction book. It was titled “How to Feel
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I Ain’t Comin Back After reading this short story‚ I ain’t comin back‚ by Dolphus Weary‚ I have such a different type of appreciation for what I have. My outlook on poverty‚ my lifestyle‚ and what I take for granted has all changed. I see poverty as a very real‚ scary‚ and possible thing for all of us. We‚ as a nation‚ should realize how lucky we are to be living in nation that is free. Free to do ultimately whatever we please. I have always learned about poverty and what the blacks had to deal
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Mind vs. Truth F.Scott Fitzgerald’s quote ‚ “whenever you feel like criticizing any one‚” he told me‚” just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”‚ which begin the story the Great Gatsby. This quote itself portrays many different messages and creates different reactions in different people. The way I personally understand the quote‚ is that‚ don’t judge someone less you know have the right facts or you have personally stood in that
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treat her in a negative way‚ therefore causing different degrees of sympathy from the reader. Sympathy implies that the reader feels an emotional connection towards the character. Her unhappy marriage to the boss’s son causes her great loneliness and unhappiness as she tries‚ in vain‚ to find someone to talk to on the ranch. The reader may feel certain degrees of sympathy for Curleys wife due to the fact that the ranch workers are always talking behind her back. This is
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What I Want To Be When I Grow Up “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a special calling. Many kids will say they
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I wonder if my life would be something more in this attic. I wonder if I’ll still be bored in this prison of an attic. Would I be better off alone? I just want to feel some joy in my life‚ and I am ready for this dark cloud of boredom to disappear. My husband fails to do so and I wonder if he even knows how to treat a lady? I guess not because I’m here bored and sad because I’m doing nothing with my life. The sky seems so nice‚ looking at it through my window gives me some type of aesthetic pleased
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