What are the qualities of a responsible world citizen? A citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection. This can apply to anybody‚ in any country across the world. Being a world citizen means being responsible for the country you live in‚ to help the people around you and to participate in a community. A world citizen should be knowledgeable‚ willing to learn‚ and able to look at all sides of an issue. A
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In a world open to new ideas change is inevitable; this is illustrated in the film Pleasantville by Gary Ross. Ross’ intention in the scene where Bud is questioned at the soda shop is to show us that change is bound to happen. We begin to see this when the soft‚ jazz music enters this scene; which is used to enhance the curiosity feel that is shown within the eyes of all the teenagers who are watching Bud enter the store‚ this is reflected by the technique of quick shot sequence‚ panning and tilting
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The point of Appiah’s essay is to explain the topic of cosmopolitanism is today’s society. Basically‚ Appiah explains someone who is a cosmopolitan as "a citizen of the world"; it is also "our responsibility to exchange ideas about what is right and wrong in the world." We must also realize that we are responsible for other people in the world‚ and that every person has a different positive contribution that they can make to the "whole." He uses words‚ such as "shared humanity‚" to show that
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Writing task: Too much attention is paid to and too much money is spent on keeping pets‚ while people throughout the world are starving. Discuss the arguments for and against keeping pets. To what extent do you agree? Task Keeping pets has been very popular all over the world. Many people consider pets as an important part of their lives; however‚ others think that it is a waste of money and attention to spend on pets while there are thousands of people starving in the world. These two ideas
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1.I don’t fully agree with Friedman’s vision of the flat World. Though I think we are more connected and informed than ever. According to me I feel Friedman’s views and research is mostly concerning the developed countries focusing on business and targeting the cooperate world. Today technology‚ telecommunications has definitely helped people around the world to be closer. But Friedman’s does not mention the less fortunate countries where the globalization is still a far dream. I feel Friedman’s
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destroys ideas and knowledge‚ the world has a chance to regrow new ideas and rediscover knowledge. When Guy Montage meets Clarisse McCullen she destroys his entire world. She doesn’t use a physical fire to destroy it; she uses words as her fire. With one question‚ “ Are you happy?” (10) She burns every thing in his world; all his thoughts all his joys‚ and all his illusions of the world around him. Soon he comes to realize the truth‚ “He felt his smile slide away…He was not happy. He said the words
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the current death rates around the world are extremely significant; however‚ it goes on unconcerned due to the fact that there are enormous groups of people in the world. On the other hand‚ when dealing with a smaller scale of about 100 people‚ even one death would greatly affect the rest of the population; thus‚ this is the sad reality. Current statistics claim that nearly 28‚ 928 people died of hunger alone today‚ and about 3‚ 422‚ 424 people died this year due to smoking. Statistics also claim
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The Reasons of ‘Twixters’ Phenomenon We live in a world in which every one wants to be successful. Nevertheless‚ sometimes we have to do what we don’t enjoy doing for success. Therefore more and more “twixters“ will appear as inexorable trend. After I read Lev Grossman ‘s article‚ “Grow Up? Not So Fast”‚ Grossman asked: “Where did the twixters come from? And what’s taking them so long to get where they’re going?” (Grossman 1). So‚ I began to wander why the “twixters“ want to put off growing up
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Why I Want a Wife (The Story of a Politician with a God Complex) I also belong to a classification‚ a classification known as men. But I am not just a commonplace man‚ I am a politician. People may refer to me as a senator or with an affiliation of a party but I know I am something greater. What am I you may ask? I am a god. I am omniscient to the world’s suffering‚ able to answer every mortal problem given. At first I thought changing the world could be done in collaboration‚ but I thought
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is discrimination against the opposite sex; cause then those people would be against about 50 percent of the world’s population of humans. So‚ those who oppose this would try to show the world that the idea of sexism is wrong‚ and Sandra Cisneros is one of then. She indirectly discusses it in a book‚ "House on Mango Street." This book‚ "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros‚ showed feminism and machismo in the Latino culture. For example‚ I quote‚ "I thought I would because he was so old and
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