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    influenced by the authors ’ social points of view‚ which misinform the reader. Rollin refers to an experiment using baby ducks as support for her thesis. "...baby ducks who lovingly follow their mothers seemed‚ in the mother ’s absence‚ to just as lovingly follow wooden ducks or even vacuum cleaners." This may be true but wooden ducks and vacuum cleaners cannot teach baby ducks how to swim‚ and how to survive. The previous is an example of a misleading analogy and hypostatization‚ which uses abstract

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    Kenji Lopez-Alt uses juxtaposition to convince the reader that his argument of ‘why we should eat Foie Gras’ is completely ethical. The way he uses juxtaposition uses imagery to compare the overfeeding of ducks to the production of every other meat in America. He quotes that‚ “The slaughter is not pleasant‚ but no different than for any animal. If you decide to eat meat‚ you must come to terms with the fact that an animal has been killed for that privilege”

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    aAlberta Oil Sands                 Today in Alberta‚ a huge economic development is evolving in the Athabasca oil sands. Oils sand is a natural mix of sand‚ clay‚ water‚ bitumen and any other minerals. This combination forms heavy oil that must be treated before it can be employed as usable fuels like gasoline. There are many methods that are currently employed in order to produce fuel from the oil sands. The oil industry is also constantly working on developing new technologies. However‚ at the

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    Ghost dances   Describe in detail the themes of this dance ‐ Christopher Bruce’s choreography around this time ‐ how the themes link together.   How does the movement support these themes (2 parts) and how has Christopher Bruce used costume to enhance the communication of the themes. Christopher Bruce created ghost Dances in 1981 with the Dance Company Rambert dance company. Christopher’s first inspiration for the dance was when he was given some records by a chillian group into‐Illimani

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    work—has given hope to people born without hope. This is one of the main reasons people come to the United States from other countries‚ but now the American dream is being questioned‚ does it still exist. The collection of stories‚ “Living it” and “From Ragged Dick”‚ are two examples of how the American dream does not exist in our generation. It is also shared in the articles‚ “The promise of opportunity” and “Whither or whether the American Dream”‚ the American dream is not viable today. The short story

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    A young man going through puberty‚ not knowing what he is doing or where he is headed‚ in a world in which he feels he doesn’t belong in‚ and feels he is always around a bunch of "phonies." This would describe the position of Holden Caulfield‚ the main character in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) written by J.D. Salinger. The book‚ all narrated by Holden in first person‚ in its very unique and humorous style‚ is about Holden‚ and all the troubles he has encountered through school‚ family‚ friends

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    Duck theorised that the amount of reasons why relationships break down are infinite‚ but that there are three categories these reasons can be put into: -Pre-existing doom‚ failure of the relationship‚ for instance incompatibility are pre-destined -Mechanical failure‚ the most common cause‚ two people who suit each other and have good intentions and good natures find they can’t live together -Sudden death‚ for example discovery of cheating can immediately end the relationship Duck identified

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    Ashley Owens Professor Lleweylln Music Appreciation 13 November 2012 Sergei Prokofiev How does music make us feel? Not what do we feel when we listen to music but more specifically‚ what is it about Music that triggers our human emotions? What effect did hearing those sad country songs on the radio during my morning drive to school have on the rest of my day? Why does upbeat hip hop music always make me nod my head with the beat? Why does a song like “Go rest high on that mountain” by Vince

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    wants to do or be in the future. Throughout the book‚ Holden makes many references to the ducks that he saw a few times in Central Park. He says‚ “The ducks. Do you know‚ by any chance? I mean does somebody come around in a truck or something and take them away‚ or do they fly away by themselves- go south or something?”(Salinger 91). This could be a symbol for Holden and his life. Holden is wondering where the ducks will go‚ very much like he is wondering where he himself will go. Holden wonders if he

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    Memories There is nothing like waking up to a loud buzzing alarm clock at four in the morning to go duck hunting after you just got home from a football game at midnight. In fact‚ this is the only occasion where I ever wake up this early. I have been hunting ducks since age eight and plan to do it until my body can no longer take the late evenings and early mornings. I roll out of bed and look at the time‚ hoping that my clock lied to me and I can sleep for another hour. Quickly I find out‚ to

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