Darcy Wear Mrs. Maxey ENG 3U 13 May 2015 Inspirational Novel Through the story Unbroken‚ Laura Hillenbrand meticulously depicts the inspirational life of Louie Zamperini. She does this using her unique‚ yet effective writing style. In addition‚ the novel allows readers to learn about the many horrors of war. Also‚ the reader investigates World War II from a different perspective by looking at the fight against the Japanese rather than the Nazi Germans. For these reasons‚ one can conclude that Hillenbrand
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Ikea: Ad Master The attached ad is one for Ikea. The ad itself contains the word ikea‚ albeit the letters are mixed‚ and a simple phrase‚ “Assemble yourself”. The ad plays on Ikea’s reputation. Most people know Ikea because of the fairly cheap furniture and the fact that you have to put them together. The colour scheme of this ad is in line with the simple blue and yellow branding that all whom are familiar with Ikea would recognize. The target audience for this ad are mostly people going through
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An Argument on Gun Control: Ann Coulter’s “Guns Don’t Kill People‚ the Mentally Ill Do” In this lengthy article “Guns Don’t Kill People‚ the Mentally Ill Do‚” that was published in the Townhall Daily‚ the author‚ Ann Coulter‚ argues about a major prevailing issue today‚ gun control. She believes the problem isn’t the guns themselves‚ but the mentally disturbed people. Coulter credits the declining mental health system as the main setback. She supports her argument by providing tragic examples
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In January 2003‚ then President George W. Bush signed an executive order that gave religious charities access to federal money. This order circumvented Congress and all their objections to the requests through the previous years of Bush’s presidency. According to President Bush‚ this would “help clear away a legacy of discrimination against faith based charities” (Wilhem and Williams‚ para. 7). The order made it legal for the organizations that were receiving federal money to keep their religious
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Me: What does it mean to say that something has been designed? Friend: I guess that if something has been designed it has a maker‚ and is usually intricate‚ like a watch. Me: Awe‚ but how do you know it was designed‚ couldn’t it just have formed by chance? Friend: Well each peace works together perfectly; if one part were missing then the whole‚ watch would be broken. Me: Yes! Here is another example: Imagine you are flying over the ocean in an airplane‚ when you suddenly think about what would
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While encouraging women to fight for their political voice‚ Stanton argues a valid‚ logical point to the men‚ convincing them is a much more difficult task‚ and they are the ones who can legalize her beliefs. She acknowledges her counterclaim‚ and understands that the public believes‚ “People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded‚ because they say ‘the right of suffrage will make women masculine.’” (Stanton). Stanton does not allow males dull or dumb down the
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Next on the agenda was a speaker for the COPE/ child crisis department. The COPE acronym stands for Community Outreach for Psychiatric Emergencies. COPE is called when there is a psychiatric concern. The COPE nurse will assess the patient and if needed mobilize a team of two individuals to meet with the patient. COPE works with local law enforcement to ensure that the patient and their family are in a safe environment. COPE has the ability to respond to a psychiatric crisis twenty four hours a day
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Beginning an individual can be extremely hard sometimes. It’s hard due to the constant trends we are expected to follow and the negativity surrounding who we truly want to be. Although‚ there are a few people in this world that decide to be who they truly are. Dylan is one of those people‚ and through the writer of this piece‚ we are able to see just how happy we could be if we all got to be ourselves. This essay was very informative‚ in many ways. It explained the type of person the subject was
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My mother has told me since I was a child‚ “Conversation before confrontation. You must use your words to solve differences before violence.” That saying has always stuck with me since the first time I heard it. In keeping it close to my heart‚ I have grown to live by those words. Before any source of conflict can arise‚ I take the pacifist route to try and solve differences instead of letting hate overcome a more peaceful direction. People in the world will always disagree. That is the one fact
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Socrates is known as the lover of wisdom and the lover of beauty. His speech is a response to Agathon who comically states that love is beautiful and young‚ the opposite of Socrates. Socrates inquires is love considered to be a love of something or of nothing? He compares that to how a father is a father to his children and a brother is a brother to his siblings. Socrates expresses that love’s desire suggests that one does not own what he or she loves. Socrates further explains this by giving the
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