Far and Away successfully conveyed American society for immigrants in the 1890s by including realistic push and pull factors‚ the lure of advertisements‚ the diversity in immigrants‚ ethnic neighborhoods‚ and differences between the aristocrats and the poor. In Far and Away‚ Joseph Connelly faced poverty and inadequacy in land. When his father died‚ the audience learned that he and his brothers were left with all of their father’s debt. Because the rent wasn’t paid‚ the house was burned down‚ leaving
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GREYINGREYING POPULATION STAYS IN THE PINK Elderly people are growing healthier‚ happier and more independent‚ say American scientists. The results of a 14-year study to be announced later this month reveal that the diseases associated with old age are afflicting fewer and fewer people and when they do strike‚ it is much later in life. | | In the last 14 years‚ the National Long-term Health Care Survey has gathered data on the health and lifestyles of more than 20‚000 men and women over
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Gayle Forman‚ the novelist of “If I Stay‚” composed an amorous story revolving around a talented young cellist‚ named Mia Hall. Mia thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life‚ Adam‚ a rock singer and guitarist. However‚ a car wreck changes everything in an instant‚ and now Mia’s life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death‚ Mia faces a choice
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RUN AWAY SLAVE I had just escape from the brutal sugar cane estate. I had swum through the rough and unforgiving waters‚ I was soaked but yet relieved as it took away the foul smell of slavery from me. It was the first time I had gone beyond the estate. I didn’t have to the slightest clue to where I was or where I was going but I knew there was no turning back now this was the freedom I wanted and also an experience. The place I was in way nothing like the estate where there was the sight of
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Drugs in Sport The use of drugs in sports goes back a long-long time‚ in fact back to the original Olympics held from 776 to 393 BC. Old texts suggest that humans were always trying to find ways to do more work with less effort (work hard but suffer less). This caused them to find‚ invent & use drugs or supplements. Thus people began using drugs & performance enhancers. Doping is the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ it is illegal‚ but the use of drugs completely isn’t. That
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world. The director Miyazaki Hayao‚ cooperating with Japanese soundtrack master Joe Hisaishi‚ successfully links his “fairy tale” to the real world life in our modern society via a combination of music and the scene in the film. The music in Spirited Away significantly provides the audience with the inner world of the characters and the feelings of how the characters perceive their surroundings. The music in the scene “The Sixth Station” expresses a strong spiritual longing for home and love‚ which
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Literary Analysis Composition/ Put your laptops away In the Article “Attention Students:Put Your Laptops Away”‚ The author uses rhetorical strategies such as allusion and rhetorical question to portray his motivation‚ which is to inform students that writing your notes out helps retain the information better. Later in the article NPR uses a rhetorical question to illustrate how even though we are rapidly advancing in technology we might need to stick to the basics. As the author finishes up his
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Creating Other Worlds in Fly Away Peter In the novel Fly Away Peter‚ David Malouf explores the individual’s ability to transcend the immediate‚ and create ‘other worlds’ of his or her own: "Meanwhile the Mind‚ from pleasure less‚ Withdraws into happiness: ...it creates‚... Far other worlds..." Malouf uses the continuity of life to highlight the importance of the individual’s mind set against the meaning of human existence. Malouf’s three main characters‚ Jim Saddler‚ Ashley Crowther
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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Converting a Small Office to Windows 7 Danielle provides IT support for Swish It Away‚ a small cleaning service in the Pacific Northwest. The company has eight computers. Four of the computers run Windows XP Professional Edition and the other four run Windows Vista Business Edition. The company president has asked her to make sure all eight computers are running Windows 7 Professional by the beginning of the next quarter. What type of installations must Danielle perform‚ and which additional steps
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