In his essay “Is google making us stupid” Nicholas Carr explains how the internet has helped us to gather vast amounts of information very quick‚ but also how it has affected our attention span when the time comes to read long pieces of texts. Carr also feels that our brains are constantly getting rewired due to the amount of time we spend online has caused him to lose concentration when he is reading. Besides‚ make it easier to find information and rewiring our brains the internet has changed the
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In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” published in The Atlantic Magazine‚ Nicholas Carr begins by talking of a national issue. Our concentration levels are diminishing. Carr uses the title to point out google as the perpetrator‚ but he refers to the web as a whole. He used to be able to read for hours. However‚ he struggles with reading a few pages now. Carr says that our brains are being programmed to learn the answer and shut down. You no longer submerge yourself into knowledge. You simply
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The Banning of "E for Ecstasy" by Nicholas Saunders The book entitled E for Ecstasy‚ by Nicholas Saunders‚ is a book of history‚ information‚ and stories about the illegal drug ecstasy. The author presents a vast amount of information about many aspects of the drug such as the history of the invention of the drug‚ information about how the drug effects people in different ways‚ positive reasons to use the drug‚ side effects and negative reasons to use the drug‚ and an overview of how the
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Ronghao Tang English 101 Badge Quoting In his article: Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author Nicholas Carr describes how Internet searching influences he and his friends. He states that he became to lose “concentration” on books and long-articles. Therefore‚ he raises a view that we need to care about the Web information‚ although it makes human life more convenient. He wrote: “The Web [had] been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of
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It’s no surprise that people are enlightened by romantic love stories. Nicholas Sparks’ novels are all based upon falling in love‚ but captivate the reader in many ways. His stories have a romantic element‚ as well as many plot twists incorporated within‚ making it impossible for the reader to put the book down. Nicholas Sparks is unique in the way that he isn’t afraid to have the main characters face difficulties‚ and make readers upset with his unfavorable endings. The books The Notebook‚ Safe
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Kaitlyn Stoen English 3 Mr. Schmidt March 11 Nicholas Sparks: The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31‚ 1965 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. As a child his family would move around a lot due to his father working on completing his graduate work. His family was financially unstable during his childhood also (Bio.com). In high school he attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks‚ California and was nominated valedictorian when he graduated. Sparks was accepted into the University of Notre
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today‚ specifically older people‚ believe that the Internet and some specific search engines are making this generation stupid. Two people who seem to disagree on whether this is true or not are Nicholas Carr & Jamais Casio. Both have very different and opinions on how the Internet is used today. Nicholas Carr was the first person to publish an article involving the problems with today’s technology‚ specifically Google. In his article Carr gives detailed information to his readers on why this type
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Casual Sex In “On Fucking Around” by Nicholas Halwani‚ he asserts that casual sex is immoral because it objectifies one or both partners who engage in the act. According to Halwani‚ in a casual sex arrangement with two individuals‚ person A and person B‚ he claims that person A only has sex with person B for the purpose of A’s own sexual pleasure. He also believes that person A’s desire for sexual pleasure comes at the expense of being concerned about person B‚ and as such A is using B solely
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Message In A Bottle Nicholas Sparks PROLOGUE The bottle was dropped overboard on a warm summer evening‚ a few hours before the rain began to fall. Like all bottles‚ it was fragile and would break if dropped a few feet from the ground. But when sealed properly and sent to sea‚ as this one was‚ it became one of the most seaworthy objects known to man. It could float safely through hurricanes or tropical storms‚ it could bob atop the most dangerous of riptides. It was‚ in a way‚ the ideal home
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Title: The Notebook Author: Nicholas Sparks Text type: Novel Note: Lucy writes all the questions and answers What is this Novel about? The structure of the novel is told on two levels – one is the present day when Allie and Noah have grown old and live in a home; the other is the story Noah reads from the notebook in which he tells how he and Allie met‚ fell in love‚ lost each other‚ and then found each other again. The end of their love story is tragically altered by Allie’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis
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