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    people‚ and it came with the microphone which recorded what people said (Orwell‚ 2008‚ p.2). The devices were installed in every house to be in charge of the party who could see every action of the house owners (Orwell‚ 2008‚ pp.2-3). Besides‚ the telescreens were placed everywhere along the streets and in the ministries to remind all citizens that the Big Brother‚ who was the leader of the party‚ was always with them (Orwell‚ 2008‚ pp.3 and 23). Furthermore‚ the adoption of technology helped gaining

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    integrated into mainstream culture. However‚ especially with more recent waves of immigration‚ some pieces of their culture remain uniquely their own and sometimes cannot be directly translated into English and American culture. In The Joy Luck Club‚ the concept of “joy luck” remains untranslatable from mother to daughter‚ from Chinese culture to American. This is not because the words do not make sense in English‚ because they do‚ but simply because the daughters do not live the same lives their mothers

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    Dey 1 Debangshu Dey HRE3M1 October 26th 2010 A Brief Study of Hinduism in City of Joy Hinduism is a way of life. There is not any strict code of beliefs which confirms one as a practicing Hindu. Hinduism in reality and in City of Joy is backdrop in people’s lives. The movie‚ “City of Joy”‚ teaches us nothing about traditional Hinduism. It is merely a feel good‚ “Hollywood” piece of fluff but it elaborates about various undertones such as the cycle of Samsara‚ inexistence of traditional aspects

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    The short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ tells his story of an encounter with a loose elephant. He struggled through a dilemma in which he were to kill the elephant‚ or let it be. Politically‚ George Orwell was against an imperialistic run government‚ and used his writings to portray the many negatives he saw through imperialism. In the story‚ the elephant is a metaphor of imperialism‚ and its effects on the people. The actions of the elephant and the reactions of the civilians

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    Texting is something that most teenagers and young adults could not live without. Even my parents are texting constantly. My father‚ especially‚ because he is usually very busy and cannot answer a call while he is in a meeting. I have to talk to him every day‚ though‚ because I love him so much. I miss him while I’m at school‚ and it is very convenient that if I am randomly thinking of him or my mother while I am in class‚ I can send them a message letting them know. I can do this without bothering

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    Another thing I like about train travel is that I can get up and walk around. There is often a cafe or dining car so I can go there and have a coffee. I also like looking at the scenery from the train windows. And some trains now have kiddy cars so parents can go in there and not worry about their kids disturbing others. And those trains also have toilets that have plenty of space for kids and baby changing stuff. Well‚ at least this is how it is in Germany. And there is also the benefit of sleeping

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    Texting While Driving We all know that sticking our nose in a device to read and answer messages while we drive is akin to driving while impaired. But safe texting while driving is something I’ve done for years. Here’s how it works: There is a pad of paper and a pen on the seat next to me. Remember paper? Pens? They still work. And there is a road where I can drive very slow or even pull over to jot a couple of words. It’s become an almost daily ritual‚ because the break from "Butt In Chair" seems

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    accountable‚ they can positively impact their children’s futures. Joy reacts to Wes’s bad choices by taking action over Wes’s future. She takes action for Wes to ensure he does not make a “decisive and possibly irrevocable turn.” (95). When Joy speaks to Wes about attending Valley Forge Military Academy‚ he accepts the fact that his “mother made the decision to intervene- and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all.” (95) Joys decision was made in order to allow the best outcome from

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    As we age‚ we forget (parallelism). We forget the joys of being a child. We forget (repetition) how to play‚ how to laugh (parallelism). We tend to become so fixed on growing up that we forget many of things that we found wondrous as children as they have faded away like the night (simile) as the sun of time rises and illuminates the harsh reality of life. I have found however‚ one thing from my childhood seems to stick with me even as I have grown up and that is bandaids. This is not because they

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    With reference to at least four poems‚ explain how poets present both the joys and sorrows of life. Poets such as W.H. Auden‚ Bruce Dawe‚ Roger Mcgough and Elaine Savory clearly present the joys and sorrows of life in their truthful and realistic poems‚ using a range of techniques. These negative and positive aspects of life are shown by the poets‚ by using everyday occurrances like death‚ loss and love to involve the reader. All four poems‚ ‘Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone’‚ ‘Going’

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