reaction of Haymitch is after Katniss takes the place of her sister at the reaping: “Now I truly am in danger of crying‚ but fortunately Haymitch chooses this time to come staggering across the stage to congratulate me.” This may seem like a drunken rant; however Haymitch has clear motives to fake being dunk (one of which being able to say what he wants if he is “under the influence”). So‚ believing he is not actually intoxicated I think Haymitch does this in order to give Katniss time recuperate and
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pragmatist would be William James. "An example of a pragmatic theory situation would be ‚ when you do a math problem that is supposed to be done a certain way‚ but do it in different way and end up getting the exact same answer anyways"(Drifty’s Rants-Truth). This is possibly the easiest theory of truth‚ because it basically means‚ if it’s true‚ it "works"! Truth is made by human adjustment. An example of an argument of the pragmatic theory‚ would be that not all beliefs and ideas that are useful
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Rant – Writer’s Block I have decided to do a topic near and dear to my heart‚ writer’s block. Actually that was such a lie. I struggle with this almost every time I have to write something‚ whether it’s a writing prompt or even just a simple response. Say you have to write a five paragraph essay that is due the next day‚ but you hit a rock and you’re stuck on what to write next. What do you do? How can you get out of this misery? Well‚ it looks like you have come down with a case of writer’s
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as phones and the services that come with them grow to be more advanced‚ the advertising tactics do as well. Both articles present one side of the story. One presents it as a business opportunity‚ The Economist‚ and the other presents it as a rant against companies for doing this‚ ComputerWorld Magazine. The Economist views the industry side about how this is good for the wireless companies and how it is also good for consumers by allowing the customer to get free rewards for
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A major theme that I would like to focus on in the movie Scarface is criminality. This film is littered with criminals and is the basis of the whole movie. Three techniques that I believe identify the theme are costumes‚ lighting‚ and acting style. The acting style that I am referring to is depicted in the scene where Tony Montana is being questioned by immigration officials. He is being deceitful to keep the immigration officials from finding out about his background. " Tony is quickly revealed
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along. At the end of each lines in the poem‚ metaphor of death keeps getting repeated. Through this poem‚ the poet is pleading to his dad to not just let death take him that easy and that he needs to struggle and fight with it. In line 2‚ the word “rave” associates with “rage” which is repeated a lot
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mission is to reinvent unloved but important devices in the home such as thermostats and smoke alarms. Since its launch in 2011‚ the Nest Learning Thermostat has been a consistent best seller- and the recently launched Protect (Smoke + CO Alarm) has had rave reviews. Larry Page‚ CEO of Google‚ said: “Nest’s founders‚ Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers‚ have built a tremendous team that we are excited to welcome into the Google family. They’re already delivering amazing products you can buy right now- thermostats
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The Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse ENG 121 November 26‚ 2012 The Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism and drug abuse is a devastating disease that affects not only those that suffer from it‚ but also all those around them. Alcohol and drug abuse is very prevalent in the US; it takes many shapes‚ forms‚ and knows no color. This abuse can start as young as 9 or 10 years old and can continue until death. This disease affects many different types of people. It affects women‚ men‚ children
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A History of Electronic Dance Music By Naomi Clair | Culture | 19 March 2013‚ Tuesday Electronic Dance Music‚ also known as EDM (we at Poached Mag are not exactly big fans of that acronym)‚ has in recent years‚ taken over commercial music by storm. Big name producers such as David Guetta‚ Skrillex and Armin van Buuren have dominated airplay‚ and current crowd-friendly artistes like Rihanna and Lady Gaga have incorporated electronic elements into their pop-till-you-drop chart-toppers. However
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voice‚ my eye‚ your eye‚ My tongue should catch your tongue’s sweet melody” (1.1.180-189). Helena is always in her own head. All Hermia asked was “Hey pretty Helena‚ how are you?” and Helena responds with an aggressive mean rant. She turned a kind and positive interaction into a rant about how she isn’t as pretty as Hermia. Instead of listening to the complement‚ she focuses on the worst. Similarly‚ when Hermia tries to explain to Helena that it is not her fault that Demetrius loves her‚ Helena doesn’t
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