Everyone has their own story to tell in regards to people or events that have shaped their identity. Mary Gordon puts these sentiments to paper in her writing’ More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island’‚ an essay reflecting on her ’search for self’ through exploration of her ancestors’ immigration to the US. She tells us‚ for example‚ "The minute I set foot upon the island I could feel all that it stood for: insecurity‚ obedience‚ anxiety‚ dehumanization‚ the terrified
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What made this boxcar unique was the extreme probability of it being used to transport thousands of the holocaust victims to concertation or extermination camps across Nazi Occupied Europe. It clearly demonstrated the bleak conditions faced by those caught up by the Nazi Party’s “purification” of the German people. After viewing the permanent exhibits‚ the students were privileged enough to participate in one of the
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danger. The black community as a whole have suffered far more casualties than police have when it comes to protests. They have constant weights on their shoulder; they are always having constant reminders of what their ancestors have been through and what they’re going through now. On the off chance‚ the police are in danger‚ it’s not during a peaceful protest. The police force is not in danger during protests because the black community has more to deal with constant fear‚ always looking over their
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A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure by Deena Prichep warns students to look deeper into a colleges demographics. In 2000 Diallo Shabazz‚ a student of the University of Wisconsin‚ was told that he was featured on the front of the admissions booklet. He was excited until he realized that he photographed at a football game he did not attend. Later he found that the admissions department had taken a picture of him and Photoshopped his head into a crowd of students. The university
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Deeds are a lot more important than words. The little saying ‘easier said than done’ proves that point. A lot of the characters in The Iliad say a lot of things‚ just to say them. Only a few actually go about their words. They usually are bluffing throughout their speeches that they give or conversations they have with other humans or gods. Achilles bluffed through a lot of his words. In Book 1‚ he tried playing it cool by helping Chryses get his daughter back from Agamemnon. “Just how‚ Agamemnon
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"Technology ultimately separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together." It is always a controversial issue whether technology separates and alienates people more than it serves to bring them together. From my point of view‚ technology has done more to bring people together than to separate or alienate them. Therefore‚ I disagree with the statement. Here are some reasons why. First of all‚ technology has brought about a revolution in the way we communicate with each other
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Do you think you’re beautiful? What is beauty anyway and according to whom? It has never been harder for people to feel good about themselves. Ironically‚ we have more “things” to help us in the process—technologically advanced makeup‚ an abundance of expert advice about nutrition and exercise‚ and even drastic medical procedures such as elective cosmetic surgery. But still‚ many people in our society feel unattractive and unworthy. Beauty is something that we all crave for – but what exactly
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Question: Water is an increasingly valuable resource‚ but people continue to waste a lot of it. Some governments want to impose permanent water restrictions on domestic and agricultural use. Others feel we should put more effort into recycling water. Discuss these views and give your opinion. Although we have thought about the sustainability of the water for a long time‚ it remains many arguments to preserve the water between nations‚ private sectors‚ and civilians. This trend is now one of
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Red Smith: More than Just a Sportswriter There is truly no person that has ever deserved to be called a writer more than Red Smith. As a man who loved and believed in the art of writing‚ he once stated‚ “All you do is sit down and open a vein and bleed it out drop by drop” (Schmuhl xx). Even more‚ he was a hardworking and dedicated man that put his all into each piece of literature‚ despite the constant and restraining deadlines placed on him. His dedication was never more evident than when he stated
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Television does more harm than good When the TV was invented‚ it impressed the whole world‚ so everyone since then seeks to buy a one. In the past TV was only has less than ten channels and it were locked in the latest hours of night. But now there is thousands or millions of satellite channels are broadcasted on TV. As a result the number of TV owners has risen until 98% of American households have a TV set and the same is true of most developed countries. In fact‚ television channels
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