PEACE OUT “Peace”‚ or “Peace Man”‚ accompanied by V-fingers out or “Peace Out” with two closed fist pumps to your chest were slang used in the 1970ʻs that meant‚ chill or relax or good-bye‚ respectively. Although our nation has experienced wars that date back from the 18th century with the American Revolution‚ 19th century with the Civil War‚ 20th century with World War 1 and 2‚ to today with the War on Terror‚ it is only natural that the nation has taken comfort in a term like “Peace”‚ defined
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heard many people say‚ ‘’that guy should be really fast since he’s black’’ or ‘’that guy must be smart since he’s Japanese. These comments come from people’s judgments‚ and sometimes‚ these facts are true. Many people stereotype each other. Stereotype is similar to judgment. Often‚ many people have habits of judging other people. For example‚ if I see a guy with scary face‚ I would think ‘’this guy looks dangerous. I should stay away from him’’ but maybe‚ that guy is really nice to you. We just
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2/6/14 Fiction Paper Jewelry at a Cost The short story “The Jewelry” by Guy de Maupassant displays a theme of irony throughout the story through an objective narrator. The story begins by leading the readers to think that the relationship between M. Lantin and his wife is stable and pleasantly upright. Irony strikes after the sudden death of Lantin’s wife. The irony emphasizes hints that are given earlier in the story through symbolism of material and non-materialistic things. Irony is a clear
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11/28/13 Guys and Dolls Review At the Playhouse Theatre‚ the musical Guys and Dolls took place. It was presented on 11/8/13‚ at 7:30 pm. The ticket price to the musical was $12. The actors and directors‚ along with the back stage crew were responsible for the event. The show consisted of a love story along with drama and action. It also consisted of many songs that were accompanied by different dances. Overall‚ the show was amazing but had a few setbacks. Some of the things that made the show simply
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In Girl‚ Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen recounts her two year stay at a Boston psychiatric hospital and her experience of what she calls the "parallel universe" of madness‚ she makes the reader consider how thin the line is between ’madness’ and ’sanity’. Susanna describes herself as "sane in an insane world". It does seem like it may be an insane world when we look at how society reacts to something they do not understand‚ fear breeds prejudice‚ "possessed by the devil" "bad‚ and must be isolated
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In Guy de Maupassant’s short story‚ “The Necklace‚” Madame Loisel‚ a poor woman who has always wished to be like the others‚ is going to a ball. She protests that she needs the perfect dress. While finding the perfect dress‚ her husband searches up and down for the money to afford what his wife wants. Once the perfect dress was found‚ something was missing‚ her jewelry! She wasn’t one to own jewelry although she knew the perfect person. She would ask her friend! Her friend owned a piece for everyone
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destroy parliament with all the people in it. They rented a house next to them and started digging a cellar under the houses of parliament. They stored the gunpowder in barrels under the parliament and waited for the day of the meeting. On the day‚ Guy Fawkes‚ an explosives and gunpowder expert‚ volunteered to light the gunpowder resulting in suicide as well. He was willing to die for his religion and to help all Catholics all around Britain to live happy lives once again. In the morning of November
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Out of Time By Kieren Hovasapian Out of Time is a poem written by Kenneth Slessor and is one of his personally favorite poems to date he has written. Time is personified in this poem‚ but also associated with the natural phenomenon of water‚ or vessels such as yachts seen on Slessor’s favorite location‚ Sydney Harbor (which is itself personified). Personification gives immediacy to an abstraction such as time‚ and elicits evaluative responses which are more arresting than an address to an abstraction
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or experience. Girl-to-girl bullying is not wished upon as well‚ especially when you are apart of it. Since the beginning of my school education I seemed to become a magnet of bullies. In elementary school‚ I tried to be helpful towards others. I assisted with homework‚ cleaned up after activities‚ and I even did most of the work in group projects because the other kids groaned and complained about it. Unfortunately‚ due to my acts of being helpful I was called‚ "dog" by the girls who wore nicer
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In “The Necklace”‚ written by Guy De Maupassant‚ Madame Losiel‚ a main character‚ is seen by readers as an ungrateful human being. As the author develops her character throughout the story‚ many readers can produce many assumptions about Madame Losiel by the way she acts and by the remarks she makes. It is quite obvious that Madame Losiel is miserable with her life. This causes her to have many negative characteristics that many people do not wish to posses. With her pessimistic attitude‚ many readers
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