Ursula K. Le Guin’s Those Who Walk Away from Omelas encourages students to face the dark side of modern civilization and utilitarianism. It tells of a nearly perfect city‚ where most everyone is happy. They lead cultured‚ complex‚ fulfilling lives. The reader is told to imagine it as they wish; let it have whatever amount of technology they want‚ to add in things they think would make the city better‚ and generally make the city as good as is believable to the reader. The one flaw of the city is
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the risks of smoking? Smoking has two kinds of effects‚ long term and short-term effects. The short term effects happen after a few years of smoking and usually are coughing‚ wheezing‚ dizziness‚ nausea‚ shortness of breath‚ phlegm production‚ bad breath‚ decreased physical fitness and reduced lung function. Although those may not seem bad or even noticeable at the time they are nothing compared to the long-term effects. The long-term effects‚ which happen after years and years of smoking‚ include Emphysema
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Imagine everything that you know being ripped away from you all in the period of one day. Moving to Utah from Texas was a big change but moving from a house next to your school surrounded by your friends and daily experiencing social media and constant contact to an all girls therapeutic home with no electronics and not knowing anyone. That was a huge change for a sixteen about to be seventeen year old. Going to Re-Creation Retreat was a life changer for me. I don’t see how anyone could not
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In the introduction of “The Ones Who Walked Away From Omelas”‚ the author‚ Ursula Le Guin‚ sets a festival‚ worry-free tone. The author lets our imagination run wild with the possibilities of what the city may look like or the people‚ but sets the general standards of what a utopia would appear to be. The city of Omelas‚ as described by Le Guin‚ is perfect‚ and graceful. “Omelas sounds in my words like as city in a fairy tale‚ long ago and far away‚ once upon a time.” All of the people of Omelas
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be garbage men‚ farmers‚ factory workers‚ custodians‚ etc.‚ because if we do not have those people to do it‚ then who will do it? In a sense this class division is what makes the world go round. The story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Le Guin definitely showcases how Omelas is very similar to the American society. The most significant part of the passage is when they bring up the young boy who is in the cellar. The idea behind this is that in order to make everyone happy‚ there has to be
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Cultural History of Alcohol Alcohol has been around for a very long time‚ and it is clear to see the culture impact it has made throughout history. People perceive alcohol in many different ways; depending on gender‚ age‚ religious background‚ or social upbringing (Hanson 11). Throughout history alcohol has affected different cultures and various demographics. Drinking alcohol is very exciting in many cultures‚ along with being one of the oldest rites of passage‚ especially in modern day American
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and is free from plagiarism. I understand that the assignment may be checked for plagiarism by electronic or other means and may be transferred and stored in a database for the purposes of data-matching to help detect plagiarism. The assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any other unit or to any other institution. I have read and understood Avondale’s Academic Integrity Policy. Name: (Please print) Signature: Date Abstract The consumption of alcohol in Australia
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Michael Rymar 1/17/14 Cigarettes‚ cigars‚ and pipe tobacco are made from dried tobacco leaves‚ as well as ingredients added for flavor and to make smoking more pleasant. The smoke from these products is a complex mixture of chemicals produced by the burning of tobacco and its additives. The smoke is made up of more than 7‚000 chemicals‚ including over 60 known to cause cancer. Some of these substances cause heart and lung diseases too‚ and all of them can be deadly. Tobacco smoke also contains
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culture Alcohol is a seemingly moderate drug‚ that over the years‚ became a key part of our Australian culture. This essay will examine how our society has turned a blind eye to the dangers of alcohol consumption‚ and in turn disregarding the numerous health issues. The Australian culture has normalised and legitimised binge drinking. It has become an expectation that alcohol is an accepted part of most social occasions. However‚ a society with a drinking culture‚ ignores the impact that alcohol has
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Alcohol Poisoning Not many people know about or what alcohol poisoning is. You can get it from excessive drink which will result in not only harming yourself‚ but others around you too. Some people find that drinking is a joke or think it’s funny‚ but it’s not. Every time you drink alcohol‚ your liver has to filter out the poisonous alcohol from your blood. Alcohol is absorbed quickly into your body (much quicker than food)‚ but the body can only process around one unit of alcohol each hour. If
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