"Could You Live with Less" Stephanie Mills in her essay "Could You Live with Less" states her opinion about technology. According to this author‚ "technology comes at a serious cost to the planet and most of its people" (Mills 2). It is hard to argue with this author about how we can restrict our needs by using less technology. However Mills believes that technology has a more negative then positive influence in our lives. Mills is proud to live simply‚ restricting herself to technology. This
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Froom‚ Boom‚ Shake. 2017 was my favorite year‚ since I not only met great teachers‚ wonderful friends‚ but also enjoyed victories of my basketball‚ soccer teams and progress in my swimming team. Unfortunately‚ I have to leave them and come to VA. If I could go back to 2017 and re-enjoy these wonderful moments. I would go back to see these wonderful moments again. If I could go to the year 2017‚ the first thing is going back to school. I want to go back to see all my teachers‚ beautiful music
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Unfortunately‚ I always get struck with an unbelievable amount of them. During my Interview‚ I did many actions that could have been avoided‚ and I made some statements that could have been worded in a better way. The goal of most interviews is to remain professional‚ which I believe I did. So because of that reason‚ I am not completely upset with my performance. Some actions that I could have improved are my eye contact‚ facial motions‚ and the way I left the room. The eye contact I had was not bad
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If I could travel anywhere‚ I would go to... Egypt. The reason I would choose Egypt is to get a first-hand experience on the ancient method the Egyptians used to engineer structures. Their work was so exquisite and astonishing that it is crazy to think modern engineers find it nearly impossible to replicate them. Pyramids were the beginning of architecture and are considered to be the most precise structures know today. They had no modern technology and would generate the most precise masterpieces
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Compistion 2 Section 70 Literary Analysis #1 I WANT TO LIVE "I Want To Live" by Thom Jones illustrates the transformation to death in life’s last breaths through the inner voice of a dying woman.We only know her as "she" throughout the whole story. The de-personalization of letting her remain nameless makes her reality seem contagious to those reading the story. Her journey begins‚ or should I say ends‚ when she’s told she has cancer. Once‚ confronted with death nothing seems more real then the life of
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While reading the book‚ I Can I Will‚ I found the messages that were sent across to be very forceful and pertained to a lot of my own life experiences. The book teaches me to overcome my negative preconceptions and always say “I can I will.” It also teaches me to believe in myself‚ have positive self-affirmation‚ and spend my energy on important aspects of my life. Furthermore‚ it enlists self-confidence in the reader and allows an individual to introspectively assess the qualities that are needed
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of the question of “Why am I here?” being present to digest. To represent this idea is the story of Chris McCandless‚ as told in the book Into the Wild. The story actually begins quite late in the journey of Chris McCandless with him meeting a truck driver who gives him a lift‚ named Jim Gilliam. The story from there moves around from here to after his death‚ covering his high school days and even the life of the author himself. This non-linear story structure is used quite well to show the growth
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A Place Where I Would Like to Live I like the saying: “The grass is always greener on the other side.” To me‚ it means that we tend to believe that life in places different from our residence is for some reasons better. Considering this‚ I have tried to be content with the place where I resided throughout my life – a regular city in the center of the United States. However‚ due to various circumstances which would take too much time to describe here‚ I started to think about changing my life and
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In the novel‚ ‘How I Live Now’ by Meg Rosoff‚ the protagonist Daisy was thrust into an entirely different environment; a new country‚ a new family and the threat of impending war. Daisy faced and overcame many challenges during her time in London‚ which caused her character to grow and develop significantly. The author portrayed this idea well by incorporating the techniques imagery and narrative style into the writing of the text. These techniques helped me grasp the idea of ‘coming of age’ or ‘bildungsroman’
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Summary The story The Way I Used To Be‚ by Amber Smith‚ is about a teenage girl named Eden who is in her Freshman year of high school. The story starts during her winter break. Eden’s brother Caelin‚ has come home from college with his best friend Kevin. Kevin is almost like part of the family‚ they have known him since he was little. One night while Eden was sleeping in her bed‚ Kevin came into her room and raped her. He told her that if she were to say anything about it‚ he would kill her. Eden
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