Katerina Klingensmith Mrs. Drebus Honors English 10: 7 22 August 2014 Outline Thesis: The two Aphorisms here are trying to tell you that your life is short and you need to live it to the fullest before it is too late. I. “ It is better to die on your feet that to live on your knees” A. Euripides 1. Born in Athens‚ Greece‚ around 485 B.C. Married a woman named Meleto and had 3 sons. His family was most likely a prosperous one; his father was named Mnesarchus or Mnesarchide‚ and his
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The movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” is a true story on the life of a stockbroker‚ Jordan Belfort which first take place in 1987. By ways of scamming or illegally selling shares‚ and his coworkers make so much money they had to hide it across the world. Debauchery and drugs are only few challenges Jordan faces in his time of fame and fortune. Similarly‚ an excerpt from the reading “Ragged Dick” by Horatio Alger‚ a man goes through the same change in life. In many scenes in the movie Jordan is framed
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Most street crimes are rarely committed by big criminal organizations but its effects have a strong influence in society.In this essay‚ I’ll examine some causes and give solutions for this problem. Unemployment is one of the main causes.Unemployment leads to crime such as pick-pocketing.Unemployed people have no jobs‚ no money while they still live with their own needs and responsibility for their family.Sometimes‚they want to earn money in a short time and by any means so they do something wrong
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Street crimes have unfortunately become a regular feature of all big cities of Pakistan especially Karachi. Armed robbery‚ assault and mugging have become a common feature of metropolitan life in Pakistan. These criminals come well armed and well prepared to commit the crimes by overpowering their victims with fear and weapons. As a result the victims‚ which are generally white color citizens‚ are deprived of their hard earned money and valuables. There are many questions associated with rise in
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"In grave times‚ darkness grows‚ until the shadow swallows the fellow." (D. Yu). In the video‚ The Monsters are Due on Maple Street‚ directed by Debbie Allen‚ viewers find out that humans possess many characteristics‚ some good and some bad. In times of darkness‚ many do not realize it‚ when their flaws start to define them. In the video The Monsters are on Maple Street the characters’ flaws‚ aggressiveness and suspiciousness‚ start to grow when something unexpected hits them. Suspiciousness is represented
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In House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros‚ a young Latina girl named Esperanza Cordero‚ grows up in Chicago while going through a series of events throughout her transition from childhood to adulthood. Esperanza‚ excited to grow up and have the boys watch her dance‚ develops hips and soon endures sexual assault and other encounters that are the worst parts of growing up. As her future gets told‚ she is still optimistic of what lies ahead. As Esperanza begins her transition from childhood to adulthood
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Mean Streets is Scorsese’s breakthrough film‚ his first financed by a major studio – Warner Brothers‚ though it’s not exactly a blockbuster-budget affair. Charlie‚ the film’s protagonist‚ struggles to maintain his sense of Catholic values despite being in the world of the petty Mafiosi – he’s not a made man by any stretch of the imagination‚ but he’s trying. He’s also a devout Catholic‚ who understands that “you don’t pay for your sins in church; you do it in the street – you do it at home.” He
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solar power (CSP). Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into electric current using the photoelectric effect. A Street light‚ lamppost‚ street lamp‚ light standard‚ or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway‚ which is turned on or lit at a certain time every night. Modern lamps may also have light-sensitive photocells to turn them on at dusk
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AA00218MN3 Beat Street is a 1984 drama film‚ following Wild Style in featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s; breakdancing‚ DJing‚ and graffiti. Set in the South Bronx‚ the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends‚ all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip-hop culture. Kenny Kirkland (Guy Davis) is a budding disc jockey and MC‚ and his younger brother Lee (Robert Taylor) is a hardcore b-boy who dances with Beat Street Breakers (the New
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The short story “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street”by Wendi Kaufman. The story goes something like this.Vita is trying out for a play but she doesn’t get the spot of helen troy that she wanted. When she comes home the problems add on with her dad not being home for 3 years and a mom’s boyfriend. She becomes helen of troy and the night of the play she hopes her dad comes but he doesn’t this is where Vita finds something better. The Author always states clues of her finding her true self in the book.Such
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