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    One does indeed need hope to survive a difficult situation. Firstly‚ hope allows us to commit to the issues at hand . secondly‚ hope keeps us from breaking down and falling into something like depression. Thirdly‚ we need hope to survive a difficult situation because it allows us to see things that could be. Hope allows us to commit to the issues at hand. “ I would like to write a letter to the government to see if they will give me some money for the library”. Andy never gave up when writing to

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    best for ourselves and what’s best for ourselves is to get along with everyone. This is something that I have pondered and wondered for quite some time now. I often struggled with the reasons why people were confrontational. It made no sense to put any one down or say they are in the wrong. I always have been told treat people well with kindness and respect. But communication is defined as a process by which we assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding. This process requires

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    The Remains of the Day

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    The Remains of the Day Discuss the themes of loss and regret in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day. The story The remains of the day‚ by Kazuo Ishiguro is filled with both aspects of loss and regret. The term Loss is an amount that one suffers due to an event and the term regret means to feel sorry for actions that have been done. These two major themes can be both seen literal and figurative over the course of the novel. The book stresses importance on the past and all that could of

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    when there was a car accident‚ no one stopped and called the police. After the learning about the Bystander Effect‚ I realized that the examples above are the phenomenon that individuals are less likely to help a victim when some other people are present. One of the many explanations of the Bystander Effect is that we like following the group‚ in other words‚ we feel secure when conforming. The Bystander Effect is prevalent in today’s society‚ from school bullying

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    A Difficult Decision

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    Katana Misa Mr. Baits AP English 8 April‚ 2013 A Difficult Decision In Richard Wilbur’s poem “A Barred Owl” and the poem “The History Teacher” by Billy Collins‚ both describe adults attempt to protect children from fears that are known and unknown to them‚ sugar-coating real life events that could harm the children’s innocence. An elementary school teacher in “The History Teacher” tries to shelter his students from what he thinks would affect the children’s view on the world while parents in

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    will find ourselves in situations where another person‚ possibly a stranger‚ needs our help. Question number 3 addresses the topic of the bystander effect. Diffusion of responsibility is essentially not feeling an urgent need to step in and help. Because you are assuming that others who are witnessing the circumstances will be the ones to jump in and help (Gilovich et al.‚ 2013). The bystander intervention theory explains that people are less likely to help out in a situation‚ because they just assume

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    Bystander Effect In an emergency or crisis‚ the more bystanders there are‚ the less likely it is that any of them will actually help. A lot of the times bystanders will assume there is nothing because nobody else seems concerned. Bystanders will notice the event‚ realize the emergency‚ assume responsibility‚ and know what to do or not and last but not least act. John M. Darley and Bibb Latane claim even if a person defines an event as an emergency‚ the presence of other bystanders may still

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    Eric Hayes As A Bystander

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    Bystander is defined as a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part. Eric Hayes‚ the main character‚ is a bystander in the novel. Eric‚ a thirteen year-old boy who moves from Ohio to the city of Bellport on Long Island‚ New York‚ faces many challenges along with his younger brother‚ Rudy‚ and his mother. Eric’s father did not move with the family and was left behind. Eric had to adjust to a new school in a new community and life without his father. At school‚ Eric initially

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    Bystander Effect Analysis

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    Bystander effect is real‚ and it is still present in the modern society. A mock experiment in a YouTube clip “Bystander Effects” posted in 2009 highlights the reality of this situation. The narrator introduces the clip saying that one may think that in case of an emergency and surrounded by people‚ he or she is likely to get immediate attention. However‚ this is not the case as the film present a character named Peter who is acting to demonstrate the Bystander Effect in Liverpool Street London. Peter

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    From my reading novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ the article “obedience of Rwanda” and the “Gang rape raises questions about bystanders”‚ all of the text examples above identify the answers the readers need. Would the action of the observer change anything? Should people have responsible to the situation? People offer to help the victim because they know how horrible the event and the consequence will be. In the novel “To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee

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