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    the soldiers use when facing the death of a fellow comadre. The soldiers tell jokes‚ write letters‚ tell stories‚ take responsibility of their death‚ and even reenact the death scene. Trying to cope with the death of a person in your life is a time of sadness and some people even feel guilt. Through the emotions people face‚ some try to cope with death by telling jokes to make themselves feel better. By telling jokes‚ it temporarily relieves the sadness that was on your mind and just reminds you

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    to be more serious‚ since the holocaust is nothing to joke about. A better example of a holocaust film would be The Pianist‚ by Roman Polanski. In this film‚ Szpilman‚ a Polish Jewish pianist‚ escapes getting taken to the concentration camps and the plot is about his journey hiding in Warsaw to escape deportation. This film is actually realistic and shows what it may have been like for an individual to live during this time. There is no jokes played on the characters and everything that happened

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    The most saddest part of this novel is when Celeste got separated apart from her parents. That is the most saddest part of this story because imagine just separating apart from your family. The protagonist will feel sad and depressed because she is missing her family. And including that you don’t know if you’re going to see them again because this story is taken place in the middle in a war.And there is a dictator taking over Chile due to the war. And being in another country. That got to be the

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    William Avrit Maori People and Culture Ashford University ANT 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor Henninger 11/17/2012 Maori People and Culture New Zealanders often associate the word “M?oritanga” with their culture. The words meaning is “being like the M?ori people”. The Maori do not call their home New Zealand‚ but rather‚ Aotearoa‚ which means ‘land of the long white cloud’‚ as named by Kupe‚ who discovered New Zealand. The Maori themselves did not call themselves Maori

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    angered conservative Christians with a controversial Christmas message on Twitter about Jesus. On Christmas Day‚ the comedian posted a message on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts calling Jesus “gender fluid.” Sarah Silverman also posted a vulgar joke about Santa Claus on the same day‚ according to Time. “MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jesus was gender fluid!” said Silverman. The term gender fluid refers to a person who does not permanently commit to being male‚ female‚ or neutral. A gender fluid person’s gender

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    In Dave Eggers’ A Hologram For The King‚ we meet our protagonist Alan Clay. In this novel‚ we see Alan struggle physically and emotionally‚ he battles with his past and present struggles‚ but more notably he battles with himself. We are shown glimpses of Alan’s now deceased friend‚ Charlie Fallon‚ and how Alan continues to see Charlie in his dreams and starts to process Charlie and his life decisions. We meet Kit and Ruby‚ Ruby is Alan’s now ex-wife and Kit is Alan’s daughter with Ruby. As a single

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    back‚death texts lol meaning that it is taken as a joke and not a serious matter‚ and the person who ends up driving and texting and can end up dead. Obviously‚ this image is trying to explain that it is very dangerous to text and drive and can cause you your life if you continue to do it daily in your life. The grammar is not correct it seems sloppy and makes the person not look intelligent. It is also trying to make the cartoon image seem like a joke. It is trying to see if it can make a social change

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    Everyone Knows What You Did Everyday someone is tweeting a joke online‚ not thinking much of it. A few weeks‚ days‚ or even minutes pass and the joke is trending globally. All of a sudden‚ everyone is calling the joke racist. Now the joke is world famous for being racist. What happened to it when it was just a joke? Nowadays public shaming is universal in everyday habits. In modern society social media has influenced the way many people act online. A lot of the time‚ there is public shaming if someone

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    never considered himself a comedian‚ but rather a song-and-dance man. Bob Zmuda‚ Kaufman’s long-time friend‚ believed he could only be described by his performance‚ “I was amazed. He comes on stage as this pathetic foreign man character trying to tell jokes. And he turns around and he does the most brilliant impression of Elvis‚ and people went crazy. Right away I knew. He was something special.” He mimicked Las Vegas performers‚ musicians‚ cartoons ‚ and blurred the line between himself and his characters

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    to hang out with me and you don’t keep your word. I want you to stop promising me that you’ll hang out with me when you really have no intention to. I feel sad when I make a joke about something that I didn’t know was a sensitive topic to you and you can’t take the joke. I would love it if you start warning me about things I can and can’t joke about around you so I can avoid the same mistake B.) Well when I was younger I was a huge Jonas brothers fan. I would get so upset whenever anyone insulted

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