Why Walk When You Could Run? It has been said by many‚ "Any society‚ any nation‚ is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members”. What if the weakest member of a society is placed in a position to carry the town’s woes? That is true in Ursala Le Guin’s short story‚ “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” Le Guin’s depressing tale describes a society that is neither compassionate nor relevant‚ speaks about a culture of people who are corrupt thereby making the characters static. However
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"If you would be loved‚ love and be lovable." Love is something we are all in at least one time or another in our life. There are many different meanings for the word love and many people interpret it differently. I would never call myself an expert on this matter. First of all‚ I’m only nineteen. However‚ for some reasons‚ my friends always turn to me for relationship advice. Maybe I’m good at giving advice or maybe I’m just good at making stuff up‚ but either way‚ my friends usually rely
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Hey so this is how you say Hi. Hi! You can also say hi by saying Hello‚ Hola‚ and bye..... wait that is not right. Bye is how you say bye. You can Which of the following describes the selection of federal judges? The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the Senate confirms the choice. The Senate nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the president confirms the choice. The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the House confirms the choice. The House
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With my latest setback‚ I felt like my life was at an all time low. I didn’t realize the old cliché‚ "Things could always be worse‚" was about to take on new meaning. One day after classes‚ I came home and discovered the shoe shop was closed in the middle of the afternoon. Feeling something was wrong‚ I rushed to our apartment and found my father in severe respiratory distress. He was wheezing and gasping for air. His skin had turned blue‚ and he was too weak to talk. I had never seen my father
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Imagine that you are preparing for a trip. You plan to away from your home for a year. In addition to clothing and personal care item‚ you can take one additional thing. What would you take and why? 8:50 If I was planning to spend a year away from my home‚ and have an option to take one more thing besides clothing‚ and personal care item‚ I would take my laptop with me. As we all know‚ it’s difficult to imagine life without computer. All human endeavors have extricable connected with the computers
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alliance that looks the most promising is the Central Powers because I think their armies are better trained than Allied Powers even though the size of army of Allied Power is larger than Central Power. Although before World War One ‚ Britain Navy was the largest in the world and Russia had the largest Army ‚ The Central Powers seemed to be more determined to win the war ‚ and the relationship between The Central Powers countries was closer than the countries that were a part of The
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“You are what you eat” Did you know that 31.8 percent of the children in America are overweight‚ and 16.9 percent of that 31.8 percent is considered to be obese? Though America is not the only country with an obesity rate over 20 percent‚ America definitely takes the lead. Some seem to believe that Americans are overweight because we are spoiled as a whole. While others may believe that‚ you are what you eat. Meaning if you over eat you will be overweight. Personally‚ I have to agree with the
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Topic: One language spoken worldwide would lead to a better world. Discuss. How many languages do you think exist in the world? In today’s world‚ there are approximately 6‚800 known languages spoken in about 200 countries. But can you imagine all people speaking only one language? It is still questionable if one language spoken worldwide would lead to a better world. Firstly‚ by using one language‚ people can be better for business communication. It cannot be denied that language is an insuperable
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that needs changing is the set of school rules. Some are so irrational or petty! Take‚ for example‚ the rule on short hair for boys. What is the rationale behind this? Do the people in authority believe that everyone with long hair will turn out to be a thug or a villain? Well‚ look at Hitler: he had very short hair and he almost caused the extinction of the entire Jewish race! On the other hand‚ punishments for serious acts of indiscipline should be made more effective‚ even if they have to
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The short story The Things People Say‚ written by Elizabeth Kolbert examines the consequences of group polarization and cyber polarization using the outbreak surrounding President Obama’s birthplace and citizenship. During the 2008 elections the media spread the concept that President Obama was not born in the United States and that the birth certificate he produced was a fake. The author analyzes not only the falsehood of the story itself‚ but also the larger idea regarding the internet’s interference
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