In the ancient era people who aged over 40 were considered as elderly. However‚ as time passed‚ many promotions were provided in the various aspects‚ such as medical advancement and improvement of life standards‚ that made the average age of individuals longer. Some believe this phenomenon must be viewed as a factor for determination of the age of retirement. They think that the age at which individuals retire should increase as the average age rises up. From my perspective‚ this work policy may
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Representation of Hulga’s Leg In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Good Country People” she introduces Joy -Hulga. Joy-Hulga is an educated and intelligent young woman who lives within an environment she doesn’t belong. Joy-Hulga feels as if she is not one of those good country people despite her education and intelligence‚ however‚ throughout the story she experiences situations that has her reconsider her life. Due to an accident when Joy-Hulga was young she now has a artificial leg‚ however
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similar characters. We have “Good Country People” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ both containing people who have trouble being true to themselves and lying to others. Who says that a good plotline is the most important element for a great piece of literature when you have manipulative and hypocritical characters to cause drama and suspense? The grandmother from “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ the salesman and Hulga from “Good Country People” are prime examples of people who exhibit duplicity and untruthfulness
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ten years ago‚ only a few people ran around with a cell phone as an essential body part. Now there is an estimated of 80 million people who own and use wireless telephones‚ and 85 percent of these people use their phone while driving. However‚ these handy devices are not just used in cars. They are ringing in the theaters‚ trains‚ and during Sunday mass. The phones sing the arrival of a meal and chirp while people seek some quiet moments in the park. Mobile phones in public areas like restaurants‚
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Good Country People is currently in third person perspective; the story would be a very different in tone and characteristics if written in Hulga’s perspective. At first reading Good Country People it is from the narrator’s point of view allowing you to understand everything that is going on with out the characters forcing a bias feeling or thought towards someone else. This objective type of writing allows the reader to think more about what they feel and interpret the information their way but
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In "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"‚ O ’Connor introduces the reader to a family representative of the old and new Southern culture. The grandmother represents the old South by the way in which she focuses on her appearnace‚ manners‚ and gentile ladylike behavior. O ’Connor writes "her collars and cuffs were organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident‚ anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at
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is no doubt that higher education is getting more and more expensive. And the cost per student has risen by almost three times since last decades. In Charles Murray essay‚ “[Are Too Many People Going to college?]. I agree that college shouldn’t be the primary objective after finishing high school. And there are some options like vocational schools‚ art school or starting a small business. After graduation and having college degree‚ still miserable to step out in life with huge debts. Michael Alleruzzo
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Secondhand smoke (also known as environmental tobacco smoke) is the smoke a smoker breathes out and that comes from the tip of burning cigarettes‚ pipes‚ and cigars. It contains about 4‚000 chemicals. Many of these chemicals are dangerous; more than 50 are known to cause cancer. Anytime children breathe in secondhand smoke they are exposed to these chemicals. The American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) has conducted research on the effects of thirdhand smoke and found that it is also harmful. Thirdhand
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can make a wonderful story but why not add a twist of mistrust and deceit. That’s what Flannery O’conner did in "Good Country People." By doing this she communicated her theme that people aren’t always what them seem. The Irony of the characters and what they symbolize exaggerates the theme very well. The way the characters were developed showed their diversity in "Good Country People". Hulga had a degree in philosophy which made her believe that she was smarter than everyone else because she had learned
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In Rome they had many monuments and public buildings. The monuments and public buildings are used for many different reasons. The monuments and public buildings can be used for “political functions to support or maintain the empire by either propaganda or by keeping citizens entertained and feeling they had a stake in the system.” One monument also is a public building is the Colosseum. The Colosseum was very important back in time. They would use it for many different things. It was mainly used
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