In the article entitled ’’fast food and body’’‚ the author Ann Pietranglo talks about the effects of fast food on the body. First she mentions that food supplies the body with the required energy‚ has an effect on the mood and general health. She also shows that fast food doesn’t contain healthy nutrition needed by the body; it just includes much carbohydrates‚ fats‚ sugar‚ salts and calories. The author also states that fast foods increase your weight& decrease health condition that may lead to
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In chapter I‚ The Mindsets‚ of her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success‚ Carol S. Dweck celebrates the fact that the beliefs we have about our potentialities to strive in life are determined by the way we approach the circumstances that we encounter. Starting from this broad idea‚ she ended up categorizing those beliefs into two sets of mindsets‚ which are the fixed mindset and the growth mindset. On one hand‚ the fixed mindset relies on an ideology of a constant reconfirmation of our potentiality
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“Shiloh” was written by Bobbie Ann Mason in 1982. The center of attraction of this narrative is a married couple‚ Leroy Moffitt and his wife‚ Norma Jean. During this story the characters are affected by their changing social rural Kentucky environment. In this time period‚ Kentucky transforms to a more suburb environment from their usual rural surroundings. Apart from their marriage changing with their social environment‚ so does their role of gender. Leroy and Norma Jean swaps traditional gender
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Discuss the role of the supernatural beings in A Christmas Carol In the story a Christmas carol‚ by Charles Dickens‚ a greedy‚ selfish man named Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by three spirits that try and get him to be a better person. On Christmas Eve‚ all of these Spirits had an influence on him First of all‚ this Spirit was dressed in a way that scared scrooge. The first spirit that visited Scrooge looked like a young adult type‚ and the second was like a giant. Unlike these spirits‚ the
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our friend Carolyn Smithers she has an electrifying personality and a smile that lights up a room. We have had the pleasure of walking with Carol for the past 6 years and she has been nothing but joy and love to us. Before Carol came to Dream Center she had been homeless for eight years after removing herself from an abusive relationship of fifteen years. Carol found herself lost confused and broken with no place to go. She stayed in shelters however soon realized that she was safer sleeping on the
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In her case study Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity‚ Ann Arnett Ferguson analyzes the factors that enforce the stigmatization of African American boys at Rosa Parks Elementary School in the 1990s. Ferguson’s desire to learn from young black males‚ rather than about them‚ allows for an investigation that is both inquisitive and analytical. Her work challenges the institutional and societal notions that African American boys make the personal decision to be either naughty
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Case 2.2 Carol Baines Q1: How would you describe carol’s trait? Carol’s trait can be described through the following points: Self confidence When the company’s reputation was going down‚ at that time she took some good steps to increase the reputation from going downward for which she had self-confidence that these steps are right for the company. Moreover after the death of her husband‚ Carol spent a lot of months to be familiar with the employees of the company to know the working style and the
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’A Christmas Carol’‚ Charles Dickens represents Scrooge as an unsympathetic man who is offered the opportunity to redeem himself. Through use of language‚ the reader is positioned to view him adversely‚ but during the journey of morality lessons shown by three spirits‚ Scrooge recovers his sense of joy by undergoing a significant transformation. Scrooge seeks redemption through the many lessons taught by the Spirits of Christmas Past‚ Present‚ and Yet to Come. In ’A Christmas Carol’‚ Dickens represents
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Christmas is a jolly‚ happy time for everyone to see family‚ eat‚ and give presents as well as receive them. In A Christmas Carol‚ it’s Christmastime and everyone is jolly‚ spreading Christmas cheer‚ except Mr. Scrooge. Mr. Scrooge is avoided by everyone and often frightens people‚ not to mention he’s mean. He also he also doesn’t like Christmas‚ so every year‚ his family has to spread the joy without him. Later Scrooge is visited by three spirits who try to help him change his ways. The Ghosts of
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change your mind on the decisions you are making? The authors changes the character’s feelings to demonstrate how a character and how people can change over time. In the stories "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"‚ "Thank you M’am"‚ and "the Christmas Carol". The author can use the changing in character in a variety of ways‚ the author creates a change in writing by changing the characters in the story. The Grinch shows how people can change over time in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The Narrator
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