In the last 10 months there have been 45 school shootings in America. Since December 14‚ 2012‚ there have been 142 shootings at schools. Many say the chance that a person will be targeted in school shooting is bellow 1%. However‚ despite these odds‚ many students and parents have become extremely worried in the wake of the most recent tragedy. On Thursday‚ October 1‚ a gunman opened fire at a college in Oregon injuring many and killing 10. Many people all over the country are now demanding a change
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Throughout the beginning of Frederick Treves’s The Elephant Man‚ the character of John Merrick was simply a man that never got the chance to live a normal life. From the day he was born‚ his unfortunate physical deformities led him through a never ending cycle of ridicule‚ repudiation‚ and distress. This “monster” was considered to be a “burden that must be rid of” (185) for the greater portion of his being‚ compelling him to prefer a life of isolation rather than choosing to experience the everyday
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A Walk to Remember In the movie A Walk to Remember‚ many very important themes are present. The main theme in the movie however‚ is that love conquers all. Landon‚ a very popular boy in high school‚ falls in love with Jamie‚ a shy‚ unpopular girl that is extremely religious. Only the force of love could bring together these two very different people. When the other girls make flyers of Jamie‚ Landon comes in and stands up for her‚ thereby severing all ties with his old popular friends and becoming
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In part two of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert we see Emma’s development as a character in a negative way. Emma’s development is seen as she embarks on a path to moral and financial corruption all for a search of love and passion. The passion and love Emma seeks cannot be found in the reality of that time causing her to feel imprisoned in society with Charles whom she has no passion or lust for. To Emma love is defined as lustful‚ spontaneous action which she only reads about in her romance novels
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This poem is about how Elizabeth Bishop was out fishing and she caught a “tremendous fish”. She studies her catch for a while‚ holding it up half out of water beside the boat. The fish is old and wise looking with barnacles and algae growing on it‚ and it also has five fishing hooks with the lines still partially attached hanging from its jaw. The poet considered how tough this fish must be and how much he probably had to fight. She begins to respect the fish. The poem takes its final turn when the
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Title: The Shawshank Redemption Director: Frank Darabont In the movie the character Andy Dufresne played by Tim Robbins is sent to Shawshank prison on a double life sentence for killing his wife and her lover. In the prison he befriends Red‚ played by Morgan Freeman. Andy spends out his sentence helping the guards with tax returns and such and eventually he is laundering the corrupt money in which the prison makes. He is blackmailed by the warden when he says he is out so he escapes through a
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After reading George Orwell’s 1984‚ I came to see that my predictions were partly correct. I believed that the girl Winston met at work would become a significant person throughout the book. This is because when we meet her in the first chapter of the book‚ she has a mysterious tone to her. I was correct in believing this because she became another person to rebel along with Winston. I was wrong though to believe they rebelled for the same reason. I also believed that this girl would be involved
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God gave us all a talent‚ and if society were to be deprived of competition‚ how could the people in the society use their talent. I’m in complete disagreement with competition being taken away. Competition is a word that describes the highest ranks in the world. Competition is part of nature. The technology would be slowed by the reason of not having competition‚ the pride in people would disappear and the world’s education would change. The competition with other people won’t be the only thing
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For my paragraph I decided to discuss the movie: Lord of War. In this story Nicolas Cage plays the role of an arms dealer. In my opinion‚ this movie is a form of popular culture because it’s a story on a very controversial topic and it delivers quite a powerful message to viewers. In this film‚ Nicolas cage plays Yuri Orlov‚ a Russian international gun runner. This movie begins by telling the story of Yuri and his father‚ mother‚ and brother. Pretending to be Jewish‚ the family immigrated to the
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Citizen Kane is an American drama film released in 1941. It follows the life of the main character‚ Charles Foster Kane‚ and the investigation into “rosebud” – the last word spoken before his death. Kane was a wealthy newspaper tycoon who lived a reserved lifestyle; he had many possessions but isolated himself from the public eye wherever possible towards the end of his life. The director’s portrayal of the films main themes are shown in such a way that a Year 12 group of students would be able to
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