Josephine Tschirhart Mrs. Hughes Advanced ELA 26 May 2016 Love and Fear A pair of star-crossed lovers. Two gangs who kill. Three young boys who die. In the musical West Side Story by Arthur Laurents‚ there are two gangs- the Jets and the Sharks‚ who are constantly brawling over a block in New York City. The leader of the Jets is Riff‚ and the leader of the Sharks is Bernardo. Bernardo’s sister‚ Maria‚ falls in love with Tony‚ who is from the opposite gang. The gangs eventually have a
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technologically advanced product. Throughout the last decade‚ technology has created things that people 30 years ago would have never even imagined. These items start from as little as headphones to cell phones to computers to even 3D TVs. Technology has a negative impact in teenagers’ lives. This will be proven by taking a look at how technology interferes with teenagers academics‚ how technology creates a social barrier and how technology makes teenagers lazy and get health problems. Technology
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The numerous effects of marijuana on our environment shape our society and their response to it. With the expansion of its use and education of its effects‚ marijuana is becoming more socially accepted around the United States‚ and the negative stigma surrounding it is dissipating. Marijuana can be produced by “squatters in national forests‚ hydroponic operators in homes and warehouses‚ industrial-scale operations on private land‚ or conscientious mom-and-pop farmers” (Zuckerman). The most common
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Facebook and its negative influence on people’s life The internet has become a part of life to everyone; people use it for almost everything including research‚ pleasure‚ social networking‚ and so much more. The social networking site Facebook is among one of the most popular sites visited and people usually use it to keep in touch with their friends or to make new ones and this site allows them to socialize in an easy way. Despite it has these positive aspects; the overuse of Facebook is causing
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The visual text “The Blind Side” has many significant aspects that support the effectiveness of the text. This critical response will focus on the aspect of setting‚ character and costume. It is through these aspects that major theme such as differences in society are highlighted evidence from the text will be used throughout this response. The setting of the film “The Blind side“ is a very effective aspect in helping the audience understand the theme of difference in society. The first example
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Introduction 1. Title: _The Blind Side _ 2. Author: Michael Lewis 3. Genre/Type of Book _Biography Body 1. When/Where book takes place: a. Time __1984-2009 b. Place __NFL____ 2. Who/what is the book about? The book is about Lawrence Taylor and the real life of Michael Oher._______ List principle characters Michael Oher‚ Lawrence Taylor‚ the Tuohy family‚ NFL Quarterbacks‚ Teachers‚ Tutors_ 3. Summarize Plot/Climax What happened in the book? The Blind Side contains two separate stories. One
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reading the children’s book‚ The Other Side‚ readers can understand the author uses a child-like tone‚ remarkable symbolism‚ and writes appropriately for young audiences. As portrayed in the story‚ readers can unconditionally recognize the authors child-like tone. Clover uses informal language such as “that girl didn’t” or “mamma.” This shows readers that the story is written to have a child-like tone. It is obvious that the intentional audience for The Other Side is children. The author writes from
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prototypical left tackle‚ Oher’s six-foot-five‚ 330-pound frame would have been pretty close to their model. And yet the fact that he was even still at high school was‚ in itself‚ nothing short of a miracle. The focal point of Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side is the story of Oher’s transition from a teenager so neglected by society that the Memphis school board can’t really account for his academic record to an eighteen-year-old college recruit with the potential for earning millions when he hits the NFL
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Racial Negative Stereotype- This advertisement from Playstation is a racial negative. In this advertisement the Caucasian women is grabbing the African American women at the bottom of the chin. Sony is trying to show that white is better than black. In the cultural perspective this is presenting that white race is superior to the African American race. Most people believe in equality and this advertisement shows racist action. This advertisement was quickly taken down by Sony last year because
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These systems generally have a negative impact on these minority groups‚ whether that be through forms of oppression such as violence or exploitation‚ which can be especially harmful to future generations. As a result‚ it is important for beneficiaries of these systems to address their
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