In Langston Hughes short story “Thank you M’am” Hughes uses stealing as a topic for a way to express having dignity in yourself‚ even when the cards are not dealt in your favor. A young boy tries to steal a large women’s purse‚ but does not get away with it. Instead the boy fell on his back and got kicked right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. The large lady hauls him to her house to wash his face. She wants him to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. She brings him to her one room apartment
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In the short story Thank you‚ M’am by Langston Hughes and Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye both have a common theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different‚ to build up story and character. The story "Thank You‚ M’am” reveals the theme of helping anyone‚ even if they are different. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langstin Huges‚ Roger wanted blue suede shoes but he had to steal from a lady but when she caught him he became very nervous. So the lady decided to help Roger learn that stealing is bad and
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Studies show that smoking during pregnancy causes massive effects on a baby. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4‚000 chemicals‚ some of which include lead‚ and at least 60 other cancer-causing compounds. (Woolston 1) The bloodstream supplies the baby with oxygen and nutrients. When one smokes‚ toxins from the cigarette enter the bloodstream. Toxins‚ including nicotine and carbon monoxide‚ account for almost every smoking- related complication during pregnancy. (OBGYN James Christmas) Nicotine
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About Smoking The Causes & Effects of Smoking One of the most common problems today that are killing people‚ all over the world‚ is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress‚ personal issues and high blood pressure. Some people began showing off or some people wanted to enjoy it . One cigarette can result in smoking others‚ which can lead to major addiction. When someone smokes a cigarette they are not only hurting themselves‚ but others around them. Smoking does many
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Effects of Smoking Cigarettes According to Centers Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ “Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year. It is estimated to cause more than 480‚000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke).” Many people start smoking in their teens because of peer pressure‚ personal issues and media influences. In addition‚ most of them are addicted to cigarettes by the time they are adults. Smoking is related
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Smoking has become a trend in today’s world‚ even though people know how harmful it is. Smoking causes are obvious it will ruin your health and give you series of health issues. In America 85% teenagers first start smoking from the age of fifteen and sixteen‚ smoking tobacco is really addicting. Smoking causes heart diseases‚ blood pressure‚ series of cancers such as‚ lung cancer‚ mouth cancer and throat cancer. I have noticed that many people in my relatives who smoked all their youth quit smoking
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Thomas Friedman‚ a syndicated journalist for the New York Times‚ introduced me to Moore’s Law in his book “Thank you for being late”. It’s the idea that every year technology’s capabilities double‚ and the cost to attain them halves. He employed it in order to explain how quickly the world is morphing and how people’s innovative ideas are discarded for another in an ever decreasing amount of time. People are having trouble coping with the intensity of newness that is being thrust at them. Many countries
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Jiamond Watson Ms. Snyder AP English 8 Sunday 2014 Thank You for Arguing 1. Open Your Eyes The first chapter introduced the reader to the art of rhetoric. He describes how rhetoric works through real life examples. He demonstrates ways that rhetoric persuades us like‚ argument from strength‚ and seduction. He tells the reader that the sole purpose of arguing is
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Thank You Ma’am’ is a short story written by Langston Hughes and published in 1958. Though Hughes doesn’t explicitly state what the setting of the story is‚ there are some clues that indicate the general place and time period. For one thing‚ the story was published in 1958 and the themes of Langston Hughes’ work often revolve around the lives of African Americans in segregated America‚ so we can deduce that this story is probably set in the 1950s. Additionally‚ Roger wants to buy ’blue suede shoes
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The first Quit line advertisement depicting Zita Roberts‚ promotes the risks associated with smoking. With the use of an emotive and serious tone‚ they attempt to pull on the audience’s heartstrings which‚ in this case‚ are parents with a family. Quit line attempts to uses Zita’s story to encourage the audience to quit smoking as their life will be shortened if they continued to smoke. At first‚ the readers are drawn to the big‚ bright and bolded words that are placed front and centre of the advertisement
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