The Honorable Ruben Hinojosa Washington‚ DC Office 2262 Rayburn HOB Washington‚ DC 20515 Dear Representative Hinojosa: I am writing this letter to you as a World Hunger Activist who is against the ethanol production that will contribute to global hunger. We can all agree that the increase of oil prices started a rising demand for food-based fuels. Many say this action can have the "potential to wean developed nations off of their oil addictions." However‚ as Lester Brown writes‚ the increasing
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Isabelle Gwak Ms. Therese English 10 3 September 2012 “The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is a work of dystopian literature” In my own opinion and from the evidences I found I hereby prove that the book “The Hunger Games” is a work of a dystopian novel. Here are some characteristic of a dystopian novel that matches up with the book “The Hunger Games”. First of all Dystopian literatures have social class on them (Ferrari). They always have single absolute rulers with the most power. Then
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Contrast the Similarities and Differences between the Text and the Graphic Comic Versions of the Hunger Artist “The Hunger Artist” is a short story first written by Franz Kafka. Then‚ the story was created into graphic novel by Robert Crumb. “The Hunger Artist” is about a man who experiences his fast for many days‚ travels from town to town with his impresario. He is locked in a case and on display in front of unknown people wherever he stops by. Throughout the story‚ the Hunger Artist performs
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Jurgen Kurti Howard Sage English 120 11/28/2012 How could people ’s selfishness towards each other lead to world hunger? Human beings are naturally evil‚ in a sense that humans care only for themselves and when it comes to the rest of the human population all over the world‚ this human would rather have them starve to death then see himself struggle. World hunger affects millions of people worldwide. It is hard to believe why world hunger still exists even when we are able to feed every single
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The book “The Hunger Games” written by Suzan Colins effectively uses Characterisation and links to famous events like the “gladiatorial fights” and “Alice-’n’-Wonderland” ‚ to portray the nature of violence and the theme of totalitarianism. Suzan Colins links the ideas of “The Hunger Games” to Famous events in history‚ like the Gladiatorial fights in Rome. The event of “the hunger games” its’ self is a link to the nature of “Gladiatorial fights.” Totalitarianism is shown in “The Hunger Games” though
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Shame is defined as "a painful feeling caused by a sense of guilt‚ shortcoming‚ impropriety; dishonor or disgrace." This painful emotion can come from either external sources such as the feedback from people around an individual or from internal sources such as a person’s own worldview. In the story "Shame‚" author Dick Gregory describes his experiences with both externally and internally motivated shame.The externally motivated shame Richard feels is caused most notably by his teacher‚ who made
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2. Why is it necessary to deal with the problem of over-population? Give specific reasons and examples to support your answer. China and India are the example of countries which have over-population. It is hard for countries which are over-populated to maintain their economics. Therefore‚ it is necessary to deal with the problem brought by over-population because citizen may not have place to stay‚ poverty may increase‚ causes economy to become unstable and there will be lack of food and resources
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LO Essay Cold‚ alone‚ hungry and nowhere to go‚ you’ve been abandoned by everybody you know and love‚ you’re sitting on the rocky pavement‚ its about to snow and the only thing covering your body is a piece of thin cloth you are using as a blanket. A car pulls up beside you‚ the driver has the window rolled down‚ you’re trying to smile hoping you are saved but the muscular collage boy just rolls up his window‚ locks the door and drives away. Your time is up‚ the heat in your body and the hope
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‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world and shows the realism of the world. It talks about a man who sees evil in the world but does nothing to stop it or extinguish it. He leaves all of the misery and bitterness alone and acts as though he does not witness it. Whitman argues that no one stands up to the injustices of the world‚ to make things right. He is urging us‚ not just to see and hear the meanness and the agony of people suffering in the world‚ but to correct
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Introduction: “A Hunger Artist” is a short story written by Franz Kafka. This short story focuses on a man known as “the hunger artist‚” who fasts for a living‚ and travels around with his manager. In every town he goes to he puts himself on display in a cage‚ where he fasts for up to 40 days. This creates a lot of tension within the story and for the people who are reading it. There is so many times throughout the story where the people in the town had to know something was wrong with this man
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