Thesis/Central Idea: I believe taking a walk is the perfect stress reliever. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: According to the American Institute of Stress‚ 75% of all doctors visits are from stress related disorders. B. Thesis: I believe taking a walk is the perfect stress reliever. C. Overview: Walking is a versitile activity because you can walk anywhere‚ with anyone and at any activity level. II. BODY A. You can be almost anywhere and take a walk. 1. You can walk outside. 2. If the weather does
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My favorite quote of Audrey is “ As you grow older‚ you will discover that you have two hands‚ one for helping yourself‚ the other for helping others”. Even though Audrey Hepburn’s outer beauty is only a memory‚ her beauty inside will last forever.
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Deer in the Works Deer in the Works is a Cold War era short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It first appeared in Esquire in April‚ 1955‚ and was anthologized in Welcome to the Monkey House. It revolves around David Potter‚ a paper owner who finds new work as a a publicity writer at the mammoth Ilium Works because of financial strain who consequently leaves upon viewing the dehumanisation and quantification of human life. Vonnegut’s experiences as a soldier and prisoner of war‚ coupled with his anti-authoritarian
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"Differently Abled" "Harrison Bergeron" is a dystopian science fiction short story written by Kurt Vonnegut and first published in 1961. It deals with egalitarianism. The theme is set by the first line: "The year was 2081‚ and everyone was finally equal." Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (October 1961)‚ the story is available in the author’s collection‚ Welcome to the Monkey House. In the story‚ societal equality has been achieved by handicapping the most
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all just turns into dust. This just happens to be the worst day of my life. It was early in the morning‚ the day after my 7th birthday; I woke up to horrible cramps in the abdomen area of my stomach. The pain was so bad that I couldn’t manage to walk. I crawled down the stairs whining for my mom to rush over to me. “OMG! What is going on?!?” She shouted. I replied‚ “Just get me to the hospital” My mom gathered my sister and my dad and took me to the car. In the car she was asking all these
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Corruption in the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” takes place in Annawadi‚ a small slum near the airport in Mumbai‚ India. The story focuses on the Husain family‚ who makes their living selling recycled garbage. Sadly‚ even in this small slum‚ the population is inundated with corruption on every level. Corruption is so common that many of the inhabitants in Annawadi view it as a necessity to improve their way of life so they strive to be corrupt. Asha Waghekar‚
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Many families have filed suit against the companies that took their land‚ but due to corruption in the courts they did not win. This reminds me of the corruption in India presented in Behind the Beautiful Forevers. People who lose their lands are often forced to work in plantations under horrible conditions and with little pay. Referring to the title of the documentary‚ the companies are the elephants and the farmers are the grass. I do not think it is right
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In Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction‚ author Eric Foner analyzes the traditional understandings of the Reconstruction period immediately following the American Civil War. Foner begins by explaining that such traditional understandings came from white Southerners who blamed their misfortunes on greedy Northerners and inept African Americans. Rather than agreeing with such traditional understandings‚ Foner attempts to overthrow such beliefs by arguing in favor of African Americans
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Literature between 1800-1900 17 May 2013 Lord Byron: She walks in Beauty She walks in Beauty is a Lord Byron’s poem that I have chosen because of her lyrical form to describe an elegant a beauty woman that in my opinion is a woman that Lord Byron is in love with. It is a true declaration of love or a statement of admiration. It was written in 1814 and published in 1815 in “Hebrew Melodies”. Probably the poem was written
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In the community of Forever of Paradise education is very important and everyone ages 4-18 must attend either the Academy for Boys or the Academy for Girls. Everyday there are different activities that help students practice and learn about a certain job. At the age of four every child is given a series of test and then 47 jobs are chosen for them to practice. Based on how well a child did in an activity‚ they are given a certain amount of points. Everyone gets at least one point for participating
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