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    Science Gone Wrong

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    Mrs. Berry/Mrs. Carpenter English Literature 12 10 December 2014 Science Gone Wrong Have scientific technology and developments gone too far? For a question like this‚ everyone would have a different opinion. New scientific achievements have been a great step forward for mankind. However‚ even though everyone is excited about cloning humans and being able to teleport‚ there would still be a risk that it may all go too far; all of these experiments can turn from a good idea for helping people into

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    Writers can make suggestions or to try to change something about a society or simply to poke fun or satirize a part of a culture. Often these writings are aimed at a specific group of people. In the case of Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels and Voltaire in Candide‚ their writing is aimed at European society and its preoccupation with materialism. Swift and Voltaire satirize the behaviors of the wealthy upper class by citing two different extremes. In Gulliver’s Travels the yahoos are not even

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    DOES TV HAVE A NEGATİVE İNFLUENCE ON SOCİETY The negative effects of television are huge. To minimize the potential negative effects of television‚ it’s important to understand what the impact of television can be on children. Violence Over the past two decades‚ hundreds of studies have examined how violent programming on TV affects children and young people. While a direct "cause and effect" link is difficult to establish‚ there is a growing consensus that some children may be vulnerable to violent

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    Today’s society seems as though it is being taken over by consumerism. The term consumerism is defined as the tendency of people to identify strongly with products they consume‚ particularly of name brands and status-enhancing appeal. With the marketing world growing larger by day it seems more and more people are attracted to the advertised products and feel the need to have them in order to keep in style with the rest of society. The term "conspicuous consumption" applies to those people who

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    The Great Gatsby was written by American Author in 1925 one of the literature’s most read book. Moreover‚ we see the lives of Nick Caraway a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York City to learn the bond business. Then meets Gatsby the man whose name is in the title a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Tom‚ Daisy‚ George‚ Myrtle‚ and many more characters are introduced. In the book‚ the author glamorizes the American dream by writing about Gatsby and how he

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    In the short story Where Have You Gone Charming Billy‚ Tim O’ Brien‚ examines a conflict with the main character Paul Berlin and his internal fear of dying. The story takes place around 1965-1973 during the Vietnam War. It is Paul’s first day at the war and he has been fighting his anxiety. He has already seen one of the twenty-six soldiers in his platoon die of a heart attack because of tripping a mine bomb. Many soldiers continuously tell Paul to just get used to the fear of the jungle however

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    Poetry Gone Bad

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    Evocation of Feeling is a book written to show how the day to day actions and surroundings of people and events can change your emotions. I have included the title a Culture of Poetry showing that a mixture of everyday life has inspired me to write poetry‚ regardless of style. My poetry is certainly a mixture of forms and I hope you enjoy it. And to the critics‚ yes I have broken some of the sacred poetry rules. Times they are a changing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    Poverty In Way Gone

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    mankind. The effects of war have been noted to encompass a variety of detrimental and persisting effects on the countries affected. The economies of war-ravaged countries tend to dwindle and become unsustainable due to a notable increase in poverty and unemployment. Hunger and disease that arises from poverty that affect the numerous refugees of the war can be resolved given time and resources. The Syrian Civil War is the contemporary ongoing instance of war‚ having gone unimpeded for a substantial

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    we are ready to attack its sources in the fabric of our society and culture; rather than merely provide social and medical services to its victims..." David G. Gil ConsumerismMaterialism‚ and Cruelty to Children Inside Covers What is the CSPCC? 1 Letters 2 Consumerism 3 The Child Abuse Issue Cycle 12 Winning Through Cooperation 13 CSPCC Financial Statement 18 Removable Centrefold — To Have or To Be? 19 Voluntary Simplicity -1977 25

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    The False Promise of Green Consumerism By 20 Dec. 2013 Outline Thesis statement: Of course green consumerism helps the world greatly against pollution‚ degradation‚ destruction of natural resources and global warming‚ however the false promise of such consumerism will lead to their vast spreading‚ and increase in their affective power. I. The first and most important solution to such problem is the necessary decrease of consumerism in general‚ which is a very effective solution against

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