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    daily lives that its power is often overlooked. Our culture has many sayings such as “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” that signify that words have no power. However‚ this is incorrect. In “Everyone is a Politician”‚ Robin Lakoff writes “Words become powerful because they can be used as tools… [W]ords make it possible for people to achieve the effects they seek.” (pg 64) Whether people are conscious of it or not‚ language is often used to manipulate and dominate over

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    dead stars

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    DEAD STARS The short story‚ "Dead Stars" was written during the American Colonization of the Philippines‚ a time when the modern short story‚ critical essay‚ and free verse poetry were introduced. English was the medium of learning‚ and became‚ as well‚ the language of the learned. This was also the time when utilitarian literature was slowly being overshadowed by the individualistic‚ modern view of creating "art for art ’s sake".  Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez (1894-1983)‚ which came out in

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    Is Poetry Dead

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    IS POETRY DEAD? Yes‚ poetry is dead to some extent. Poetry in the classical sense is dead anyway‚ but there is still poetry in today ’s society. We may not look at it in the same way we did years ago because it has changed. We as a society do not take the time to read as we once did‚ to understand and enjoy literary text. I agree with Wexler ’s statements "we have become lazy and lack the knowledge‚ commitment‚ and patience to understand and enjoy poetry." I myself do not understand poetry

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    Chandler Bushnell Mrs. Beswick Dead & Breakfast March 6th 2013 Eggs with a side of Cyanide. Dusty Came down to breakfast at 7:15… Dusty Dropped dead at 7:45. The person who killed dusty could have been anyone of these people‚ they all had motive but only one of them was desperate enough to kill one of his closest friends. (7:20)The murderer must have been wearing gloves when he set the table again because he left traces of sodium‚ carbon‚ iron‚ and gold. When the Murderer saw

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    Parenting Magazine Robin Wolaner has recently quit her job as publisher of a magazine called Mother Jones. She has gained a significant amount of skills with the magazine industry and is now trying to create her own startup magazine‚ Parenting. She has already raised enough research and development capital of $162‚500‚ and has already gotten positive feedback from direct mailing methods. With all of the positive feedback she has received form her direct mailing‚ she wants to get her company

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    Dead Stars

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    “Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo.  Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently

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    The Wives of the Dead

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    many literary techniques in all of his stories‚ but they do not always stand out. One may have to look deep into the use of his literary techniques to comprehend the story. Hawthorne effectively uses irony‚ conflict and imagery in “The Wives of the Dead” to create the mood of suspense surrounding the fate of the husbands. The story begins with two wives that are sisters learning that each of their husbands have been killed in the “line of duty” within two days of each other. The mood of suspense

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    Is Radio Dead ?

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    Is Radio Dead ? In the century in of modern generation a lot of things have changed dramatically. Technology has improved to such a large extent that it is rendered our lives to become more convineint and comfortable. Mass media such as radio‚ television and internet are also one such invention which has influenced human kind immensely. Nowadays‚ it is observed that radio is becoming less popular when compared to internet and even television. First of all‚ radio industry plays

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    The Walking dead

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    Walking Dead The walking dead is a horror- drama television series based on a comic book series with the same name. The show airs on AMC channel. The show starts out with a man named Rick Grimes as he awakens from a coma to a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh eating zombies. The story follows along as he searches for his family and encounters many other survivors along the way. The latest episode “Internment” that aired on November 10‚ 2013‚ has Rick and the rest of the tightly bonded

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    Epic Movie Research: Robin Hood The movie “Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves” can be considered an epic movie because it exhibits the following; Bravery‚ impossible feats‚ and strength. During the tale that is woven in this story it is reasonable to see Robin‚ the main character‚ being a thief‚ although he does not do so out of greed and self gain but instead in charity. Charity being the giving back to the poor townsfolk after they are constantly antagonized by the Baron‚ the antagonist of the story

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