Rosales 1 Cecilia Rosales Professor Allen Final Summary-Response Essay 16 October 2011 Argument Culture: Confrontation Online In “The Argument Culture” by Deborah Tannen‚ she describes our adversarial society in debates and dialogues. Tannen discusses our culture’s style of seeing issues‚ questions‚ and conflicts as having two sides that battle each other for one goal. She states that using war metaphors: war on drugs or fight against AIDS‚ makes every conflict a battle in the minds
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Exam Response A Qu. 7 MARK 36 Carol Anne Duffy and Sheenagh Pugh both use their poetry to write about youth and the process of growing up. Although the write about many of the same ideas‚ such as the idea that the old prey upon the innocence of youth‚ their different approaches to the subject matter mean that the poems are often vastly different. In Lizzie‚ six‚ Carol Anne Duffy presents a dysfunctional relationship between a young girl and a man‚ possibly her father or step-father.
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A Response to Sandy By: Marjorie Kirk Subway tunnels flooded; streets flowed with streams of trash; houses that stood for more than fifty years collapsed like top hats in the hands of turbulent children. Sandy left a great mark on this country. This country‚ in exchange‚ proved its ability to stand united in the face of adversity and exhibit the strength it gained since faced with similar scenes of devastation seven-years-ago in New Orleans. “Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national
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Constant essentially recommends that governments ought to respond to insecurity by increasing justice and liberalism‚ as only those methods will bring lasting security and legitimacy. The implementation of exceptional powers is not only an ineffective response to terrorism‚ it also creates more problems than it solves. Similarly‚ Machiavelli maintains that good leaders ought to remain attentive to the times‚ and have a spirit disposed to change. The time has come for the French government to be flexible
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Response to McCloskey’s “On Being and Atheist” I respect individual worldviews‚ as I desire people to respect mine. At the same time‚ I do have the freedom of agreeing or disagreeing with ones that are deviate in nature from my own. One prime example is the worldview of H. J. McCloskey. Although I respect his worldview‚ and understand his reasoning behind it‚ I also disagree with it as well. McCloskey’s views are one of an Atheist. I am a Christian‚ and consider myself a theist who believes in
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Beowulf Reading Response Beowulf (1000 A.D.) is an epic poem‚ written by an unknown author and tells the story of Beowulf quest to defeat Grendel and save his people. The author develops his theme of the story by setting the stage for the story and portraying a conflict‚ which are Beowulf and his needs to defeat Grendel to save his people. The author does this to show reader show difficult of a task it will be for Beowulf to defeat Grendel‚ in order to save his people. The author creates an objective
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Motivation is response Motivation ± the internalised drive towards the dominant thought of the moment. You cannot motivate anyone ± you can only create a situation to which individuals will respond because they choose to. The ingredients of motivation are within each. When we are awake the motor is running and our motivation for action is responsive to three signals ± neutral‚ forward or reverse. With stimulus‚ both internal and external‚ everything is believed to be possible. But what is happening
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Lance Hollingsworth Summary/Response English 1010 In the article‚ “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” by Stephen Marche we are informed of the negative effect social media can have on out psychological self. “Social media – from Facebook to twitter – have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity‚ new research suggests that we have never been lonelier.” (Marche 60) What is loneliness? It is a psychological state. Marche stated many times that loneliness
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Response to Deidre I am glad that you are ready to talk about and work through the anxiety that you have been feeling lately. I would like to inform you about the theoretical approach I use. Rational Emotive Behavioral Theory or often referred to as just REBT. REBT theory clearly asserts that despite the tendency to think irrationally‚ humans have the ability to construct self-enhancing thought‚ feelings‚ and behaviors and are strongly motivated to change things for the better (Capuzzi and Stauffer
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Readers response The Mortal Immortal was quite different than past assigned readings for several reasons. First‚ it was a short story rather than a long-winded‚ descriptive novel. This appealed to me because that‚ in itself‚ shows a turn to the modern side of literature. Gone are the days of praising the sublime and merely hinting at characters emotions. More presently‚ audiences want to be quickly brought into the action‚ and to experience a high level of energy and enjoyment throughout the entire
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