The Coldest Winter Ever is a best-selling 1999 novel written by rapper and activist Sister Souljah. Set in the projects of Brooklyn‚ New York‚ The Coldest Winter Ever is the story of Winter (aptly named because she was born during one of New York’s worst snowstorms) Santiaga‚ the rebellious‚ pampered teenage daughter of a notorious drug dealer. Winter’s father‚ Ricky Santiaga‚ has attained substantial wealth through his drug empire and lavishes his wife‚ Winter‚ and Winter’s three younger sisters
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Teacher Ever My parents and I had the finest life in Miami‚ Florida. When my uncle died we moved Detroit‚ Michigan to go live with my aunt and my mema while they mourned his death. He died by having a rare flesh-eating-skin-disease that ate away his flesh. I could not stand Detroit it was loud‚ crude and had rats in places rats are not usually in. The most terrible part about was that I had school coming up and I was not at ease‚ being told that I was going to have the worst teacher ever. We could
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Is Protectionism ever justified? Explain with examples. Ria Rajendra C11IB (International business management) Dr. UmmeSalma Mujtaba October 29‚ 2013 Contents a. Introduction b. Arguments for protectionism i. Infant industries ii. Free Trade iii. Anti- dumping iv. Environmental factors v. Employment opportunities and the concept of balance of payments disequilibrium vi. Cultural influences c. Protectionism vs. Free Trade d. An analysis based on % news articles from‚ The Economist i. Appendix
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Le 1 Calvin Le Mr. Brazee World History Honors 23 October 2011 Is war ever justified? "Never think that war‚ no matter how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime." - Ernest Hemingway. Is war ever justified? Well that depends on how much you value your freedom. When the United States entered the war in Afghanistan‚ many people criticized President Bush as if he was the responsible for the war itself. What those people don ’t see is that if we hadn ’t entered the war‚ we ’d be ducking
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Lord of the Flies Final Essay Prompt: What is evil and where does it come from? Support your answer with Lord of the Flies and your own example. Two direct quotes needed: one for each body paragraph about Lord of the Flies. Where does evil come from? Was Lord of the Flies written to answer this question? William Golding wrote this spectacular story in 1954 to illustrate the concept of evil’s existence. The story is about several boys whose plane crashed because of a Soviet missile hit. The
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of Violence in Anglo-Saxon Culture In the Anglo-Saxon epic‚ “Beowulf”‚ the theme of violence is prevalent throughout the entire story. The hero‚ Beowulf‚ is referred to as the strongest‚ most powerful man in the world‚ and uses his strength to vanquish evil. He slaughters two evil monsters‚ Grendel‚ and Grendel’s mother‚ as well as battling a Dragon in his own kingdom. In Anglo-Saxon culture‚ heroes like Beowulf are looked to as symbols of hope and courage. However‚ why is Grendel’s violence considered
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whether desensitization to violence and video games are correlated in any way‚ we should mention first what is usually meant by ‘desensitization to violence’. Young people becoming desensitized to violence means that "they gradually come to not be aroused by violent scenes and to not be bothered by violence in general". The dominant argument in this respect is that because children perceive screen violence as play or spectacle‚ they somehow become "immune to the horror of violence‚ which makes them as
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The best journey ever I lowered myself into the sleek‚ red‚ open‚ sedan. I was tired from my journey by plane to Spain‚ but was looking forward to a rather enjoyable road journey with my best friend. So long as she was driving‚ how did it matter how long the journey was. Soon we were moving through a meadow. Dew glistened on the bright green grass and poppies danced to the beat of the breeze. A few miles away‚ a whole carpet of flowers covered the land. A heady‚ sweet scent reached my nose and
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Is it ever right to kill? What is Killing? What is killing? Well the dictionary definition is: to cause death/the act of causing death. But is that enough? I s there another type of killing? A type that is justifiable. For example if a person steals or puts you in mortal danger is it acceptable to take their life in return? But more importantly is it morally right? In this journey I hope to answer all these questions if not more‚ but also explore the views of theists‚ atheists and agnostics this
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woman‚ who the narrator is trying to discourage his friend from going after. "Tasteless fig‚ fold over fold‚ empty as dry-rotten garlic." This line finally made the title ring through the piece‚ which tied up a loose end for me. I kind of agree with Rumi‚ though how could a person desire a woman that is described by this quote? Think about how rancid food becomes once it has begun to rot. It ’s disgusting. Personally I don ’t think I could ever describe another human being as dry-rotten garlic unless
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