War Is Not a Game Etgar Keret’s “Not Human Beings” is the story of Schmulik Stein‚ a soldier who is young and jaded by the realities of death and violence. As an officer during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict‚ he is forced to recognize the serious nature of conflict he is involved in when he is recruited to go with Israeli border patrol officers. He is then put to the greatest test of all‚ to dehumanize‚ stand his ground and witness things he may never be able to forget. At the end of the story
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The Hunger Games Chapters 1-5 1. I would describe District 12 geographically by being in the slumps. It is a poor place; therefore I compare it to a place of poverty. 2. Katniss crosses the gates to go hunting and she is able to get food to feed her family. 3. Gale is Katniss’ best friend and somewhat of a love interest. 4. The reaping is a lottery where someone is selected to participate in the hunger games. A boy and a girl are selected from each district. Katniss responds by putting her
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Wesley Bolton Samuel Good Jake Jones JonMichael Lopez Honors English 9-1 January 28‚ 2013 WORK CITED INFORMATION: Card‚ Orson. Ender’s Game. New York: Tom Doherty Associates‚ 1977. PLOT SUMMARY AND THEME OF THE NOVEL: Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott Card‚ is the story of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ a third born child in a prejudiced‚ futuristic world‚ as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”‚ an alien species that previously
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Malia Morgan March 28‚ 2014 English 50 Cheryl Foster “Video Games Can Be Helpful to College Students” In the article‚ “Video Games Can Be Helpful to College Students‚” by Scott Carlson‚ he discusses a study that examined the effect of video games on college students. The report he says‚ “suggests that video games are a vital and positive part of college students social lives‚ even though games may be keeping them from their studies. I believe that this can be true because there seems
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team’s best shooter comes hard off the screen‚ given by the tallest player‚ looking for the ball. The ball is riffled to him with three seconds left in the game. He is tightly defended‚ so he does a pump fake‚ which fakes everyone in the gym out. He takes one dribble back to position himself behind the three point line and pulls up for the game winning shot
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and ladders or Chutes and ladder is a children’s board game. It is played on a square grid‚ each small square is marked with a number from 1 to 100. A player starts from 1‚ roll a single die and then move depending on the number on the die. On the way there are ladders and snakes. Ladders are reward; skip a player to a higher level whereas snakes are penalty leading to lowering in level. Any number of players can play simultaneously and one who reached 100th square earlier is winner. It was played
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“What Video Games Have to teach us about Learning and Literacy” I’m sure that we all are‚ or were at one time‚ around video games whether we were playing the game or someone we know was playing. Most adults think children spend too much time playing video games. I know my mom is constantly yelling at my 10 & 15-year-old brothers to get off. My mom thinks that video games for so long will eventually ruin their eyesight. My brothers are video game addicts. My brothers always complain when my mom
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Becoming a professional athlete takes time‚ skill‚ perseverance‚ dedication to intense training‚ and some good luck. Sometimes‚ however‚ the small percentage of those who make it to the “big leagues” are often regarded as being overpaid for their talents and deemed unworthy. Tiger Woods‚ professional golfer‚ is the highest paid athlete in world‚ making $75 million last year (Highest). Before assuming that athletes are paid too much‚ it is extremely important to think about what they contribute to
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Facebook Games Facebook is a worldwide social network in which people all around the world socialize with one another. Not only do people log on to Facebook to tell all of their business they also log on to play the free online social games and playing games on Facebook can be addictive. In other words‚ people sit up all night playing these games and those that have no jobs sit up all day playing them. They somehow forget that there is a real world and that they are a part of the real world. One
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Nowadays‚ there are hundreds of games with different characters and plots. If I can be one of the game characters‚ I want a character in a game called‚ ‘In Modern World’. In this game‚ the character has many abilities‚ like teleportation and telekinesis. Using these abilities‚ the character destroys an alien battleship. Also‚ the main character is fifteen; therefore‚ it will be perfect for me to be the main character of this game. The characters in this game are I‚ and other superheroes. Using
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