Stefonn Pinkston SOC 215 Sports in Society Instructor-Mark Zane The Last Shot By Darcy Frey Paper # 1 October 2‚ 2012 Growing up in Coney Island seemed to be no easy task. For many‚ basketball may have been the only way out. For Russell‚ Tchaka‚ Stephon‚ and Cory it was the way out. It was a way for them to escape the rough environment and the poverty stricken streets that they were forced to reside in during their youth. Though each individual had their own destinies
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own beauty. As she locked eyes on her soon to be husband she started walking slowly at first toward him and quicker as she got closer‚ eventually running to him in a dramatic fashion as if her lover had returned from war. Now pushed up against his unwilling body‚ she snapped her neck back with enthusiasm making sure that every last hair would not interfere with her big finale‚ a kiss from the equally handsome
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The gender that makes a more dramatic impact has to be the male for many reasons. The males are the one that ends up starting things over a family feud that we don’t even know how it started. Like at the start of the story it starts out with them trying to fight with Montaue servants just because of a family feud. Then when Montaue and Capulet come and see what is going on and they found out that their servents fighting‚ which made them want to join but their wives to them not to because they are
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Christopher R. Browning wrote the book Ordinary Men to show how different leaders created cold-blooded killers within Battalion 101. The book described the mass shootings of Jews in Józefów‚ Erntefest‚ and many other locations in which the bloodied scenes traumatized many reserve police officers‚ causing them to find other jobs that were not as gruesome. Ordinary Men recounted many stories from various officers about the effects that their job had on them. The end of the book describes what happened
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For the last two years‚ Sadie has been a vegetarian‚ which means she doesn’t consume any meat but is still able to enjoy dairy products‚ like one of her favorites‚ cheese. This was not a hard transition for her‚ although she does miss chicken every now and then. So much so that she had a minor relapse when her grandfather bought her chicken nuggets from Wendy’s‚ without remembering she was a vegetarian. That was the last time she had chicken‚ and has remained vegetarian
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the Spring sun would start a gentle thaw and my secret would be out. I’d like to say I hadn’t meant to kill young Jessie but that would be a lie. I enjoyed every moment of it‚ revelled in her clawing and screaming and the following adrenaline rush of disposing of her body. It had been my first time but I knew it wouldn’t be my last. I realise now‚ how fortunate I’d been‚ you could call it beginner’s luck. Dumping a body in the lake would not now be my first choice‚ too unpredictable‚ no saying how
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The Last of Us The Last of Us is a video game for the Playstation 3 and 4‚ created by the game company Naughty Dog. It follows the storyline of two characters in a post apocalyptic world. “What is the disaster?” you ask. A zombie outbreak‚ once again. However‚ this one has a new spin on things to keep it fresh: it is based on a real infection called cordyceps created by plants‚ using fungus spores. The spores infect ants and other bugs that may be threatening the plant ecosystem. The Last of Us
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Throughout Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus demonstrates‚ through dramatic irony‚ hamartia‚ and catharsis‚ changes from an ignorant egomaniac to a humble wanderer after everything is taken away. Dramatic irony‚ where the reader knows something the characters don’t‚ is abundant in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. For instance‚ when Tiresias‚ the profit‚ and Oedipus are exchanging words in an argument‚ Tiresias says‚ “I say that you are Laius’ murder”‚ is never accepted by most of the characters‚ yet it was made clear
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I was slouching over in my chair as I listened to my theatre teacher recite difficult words from a book written by‚ what he considered an old friend of his‚ Bill; little did I know‚ Bill was going to change my life forever. Competitiveness runs through my blood so when I heard the school was hosting a monologue competition I did not hesitate to sign up. To my surprise‚ it had to be a monologue from one of the plays written by this Bill character that my theatre teacher adored so much. I irked his
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