In the first two chapters of the informative book‚ Modern-day Vikings: A Practical Guide to Interacting with the Swedes‚ Christina Johansson Robinowitz and Lisa Werner Carr provide readers with an overview of Sweden’s history and relate it back to present day Sweden. Modern day Sweden is most notably known for their welfare state. They are reputed for the countries conscious efforts towards equality‚ fairness‚ and high values. However‚ the Swedes also have a barbarous Vikings past that contradicts
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Sherman Alexie is a modern day warrior in the excerpt‚ “Indian Education” by Sherman Alexie. Sherman Alexie is a warrior because he doesn’t give up. He would have easily dropped out of high school but instead he endured the difficult process of acquiring a diploma while many of his classmates only got buy with a certificate of completion. Also‚ Sherman Alexie is a warrior because he always kept calm. There were plenty of opportunities for Sherman to retaliate and fight back when dealing with unfair
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The Odyssey is a story of Odysseus’ long journey home after the defeat of Troy. He leaves his wife‚ Penelope‚ and son‚ Telemachus‚ to go fight in the battle. The Trojan war lasted ten year and his journey to return home lasted even longer. Odysseus meets many characters that help him through his journey‚ as well as characters that bring him many challenges. Secondary characters in The Odyssey demonstrates values‚ challenges‚ and motivation. The character‚ Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom‚ is very strategic
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Modern day vampires are normal people‚ in fact anyone can be a vampire (Thomas). Vampires are all around they are just most likely too scared to mention it or they don’t just go around showcasing it. One modern day type of vampire is a sang vampire‚ it is short for sanguinary meaning blood‚ they feed off of blood‚ unlike energy vampires that feed off energy or psychic vampires hat feed off of people using psyc methods (Thomas). A modern day vampire named Pixie was questioned
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one will argue that the effects of drugs bring good things to the people‚ a lot of others will look down upon the use of drugs. This depends on which type of logical conscience you are discussing with. In modern day culture‚ we are a little more accepting to the use of specific drugs as compared to previous eras. Drug use is not beneficial because it causes a loss of motivation‚ social isolation and an increase in criminal behavior. Drug use causes a loss of motivation‚ which prevents the user
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rising nationwide‚ but makes a mockery of a tragedy thats all too real. This modern day entertainment‚ as one might call it‚ shown by video games‚ music‚ television‚ books‚ and blockbuster films‚ has the uncanny ability to destroy our society. It can invade and infect the minds of impressionable youth‚ encouraging drug-use‚ violence‚ and premarital sex. It can steal from perfectly good‚ law abiding citizens many hours of each day that would otherwise have been put to better use. Of course like many aspects
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If I had the power to end modern day slavery I would. Slavery is when someone is under the control of someone else more rich and important. At the moment there are about 27 million slaves in the world out of seven billion people! Most slaves are from poor countries like India and Africa. They work in fields‚ brothels‚ homes‚ mines and restaurants. Imagine working for hours a day‚ in a mine or a not very pleasant environment and bought at an average of $90! Kids‚ adults‚ and even grandparents
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Prison for Profit: Modern Day Slavery Many people don’t possess realistic vision on today’s prison system. I have this knowledge because I had a chance to experience it for months while serving a sentence for Trafficking of Marijuana. We are often given the impression that prisons are full of bad people such as rapists and murders. This is a huge misconception. Unfortunately‚ most of America’s prison population (which happens to be the largest in the world) is non-violent drug offenders being
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Anne Frank is the modern day hero for knowing what to do in a Refugee Crisis. She’s a modern day hero for knowing what to do in a refugee crisis because she lived through it and she wrote about it in her diary. The Diary of Anne Frank is a non-fiction work written by a teenage girl as she hid from the Nazis and the theme is hopeful as the girl tries to see the best in people and to imagine a future for herself‚ and she helps us today to know what to do during a Refugee Crisis. Anne Frank tries
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TELEVISION AS A MEDIUM FOR MODERN DAY MYTHS Throughout the 1950s and 1960s television programming developed rapidly into more than an assortment of fact and fiction narratives; it became itself a social text for an increasing population‚ "functioning as a kind of code through which people gleaned a large portion of their information‚ intellectual stimulation‚ and distraction" (Danesi‚ 240). Since its inception in the mid-1930s‚ many of television ’s programs have become the history of many cultures
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