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    coward or | | |someone who was just scared to say no. I learned that there will be times | | |that you have to say “no” cause if you dont learn that your allowed to | | |then there is a possibility you could get in trouble or something stupid | |

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    Effects of Consumerism

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    cell phones have become more comprehensive. Cell phones now provide people to shop‚ to calculate‚ to connect the Internet‚ to watch TV‚ to listen music; in other words nearly everything. These features make cell phones indispensable. On the contrary‚ although they have these useful features‚ they have negative effects on people’s health. They have physical damages and psychological damages. Cell phones are working with signal emission which causes physical damages believed to have various effects

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    Youth and the Culture of Materialism  We live in a materialistic society. Take a trip to your local shopping center‚ watch television for a few minutes‚ or check out a magazine stand at a corner convenience store‚ and this fact will become quite evident. Our society places significance on what you own—not who you are. This reality prevails in most areas of our social fabric‚ but it is‚ without a doubt‚ most apparent in the mainstream media. The culture of materialism conspicuously presents itself

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    Are Americans becoming too dependent on computers? Nowadays more and more Americans are too independent on electronic devices especially they can’t do without computers. This is a commonplace opinion as well as a problem in American society because it is hard to imagine a modern world without information technology that are widely used by Americans beginning with little children and ending with seniors. All this dependence undoubtedly has a negative impact not only on human health‚ and on other

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    modern issues such as materialismconsumerism‚ procrastination and alienation. To what extent does Death of a Salesman show evidence of at least two of these issues‚ and how does Miller present them? Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ is a modern tragedy; one that incorporates both the tragic genre presented in theatres for centuries as well as essences of the modern world we live in. Materialism is a modern phenomenon‚ something which possibly began due to the American Dream – an idea which

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    roots of eugenics can be traced back to Britain in the early 1880’s when Sir Francis Galton generated the term from the Greek word for "well-born". He defined eugenics as the science of improving stock‚ whether human or animal. According to the American Eugenics Movement‚ today’s study of eugenics has many similarities to studies done in the early 20th century. Back then‚ "Eugenics was‚ quite literally‚ an effort to breed better human beings – by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good"

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    I do not support the changes that are tried to be implemented with allowing liquor stores to have the ability to be open on Sundays‚ and to have access to refrigerated beer in their establishments. Alcohol in our American society has had a mostly bad influence and harsh consequences to the public. There are numerous statistics about how many deaths and poisonings are related to alcohol each year. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention also known as the CDC listed on their website that excessive

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    Consumerism is Ruining the World Every commercial on television has one thing in common: its purpose is getting you to buy the product at any cost. This is the reason that there are more toy commercials around Christmas time than any other time throughout the year. Why do retail stores advertise patio furniture and grills at the beginning of summer? It is the time which people will most likely buy them. The same concept has been applied to food. Food companies will do whatever it takes to get their

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    Consumerism in America Why do people buy things they do not need? Whether it is the newest piece of technology‚ or even a pill that promises weight loss in a short period of time‚ even though they never saw an overwhelming need for them in the past‚ these newfound distractions seem to creep their way into their thoughts‚ making them think they have to own it. Either way these wastes of money are not new distractions‚ in fact they were bred first in the 18th century‚ “While spurred by the new colonial

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    Materialism and Family Relationship American Beauty‚ a dark comedy movie‚ satirizes problems of American lives such as materialism and family relationship. In modern society‚ people live in affluent lives. It’s easy for people to over-emphasize materialism. In the film‚ Carolyn‚ one of the main characters‚ owns a lot of luxurious things which people envy‚ such as a mansion‚ a sumptuous dinning room and a top-class Mercedes. However‚ she is unhappy with her life. On the one hand‚ although

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