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    Organ Donation Living organ donation is the process through which a person donates organs or tissues that they can live without. During the past years‚ the organ shortage increased‚ which is one of the reasons why living organ donation became an option. After reading about it‚ I decided to consider the possibility of becoming a living donor. One important reason why I want to become a living donor is that the waiting list keeps growing‚ and the number of donors keeps decreasing. The amount

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    Cited: Alexie‚ Sherman. "Capital Punishment." Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. By John Schilb and John Clifford. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2000. N. page. Print. Heaney‚ Seamus. "Punishment." Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. By John Schilb and John Clifford. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2000. 1156-157. Print.

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    Suicide and New York City

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    Cited: Sharon Olds " Summer Solstice‚ New York City” Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Reader and Writers . Eds. John Schilb and John Clifford. Boston‚ New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 5 edition. X.J. Kennedy " Death of a Window Washer” Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Reader and Writers . Eds. John Schilb and John Clifford. Boston‚ New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 5 edition.

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    written in first person narrator form. Writing this story in first person narrator form makes this particular story very interesting and much better of a story‚ and keeps the reader very interested in the story. When Butler writes this story he sets the story up from the beginning when he recognizes his wife‚ this places the reader in a zone to try and figure out how exactly the story is going to play out. In the story Butler uses the parrot as the first person narrator in the story which turns out that

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    teeth each writer can stand alone‚ but using all three together gives a person the best results. In Lao-Tzu’s Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching‚ a person could compare him to Toothpaste. Lao-Tzu’s poetic style provides wisdom‚ however it is up to the reader to interpret the message for themselves. Much like the teachings‚ toothpaste does not do the cleaning‚ rather it is up to the person to grab the toothbrush and turn on the water. Lao-Tzu says that‚ “the Master acts without doing anything and teaches

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    always the best place to start is the beginning‚ so understanding the terms that make up literature is just as important as the examples that are used. Understanding the setting of a story can give the reader a feeling of being there within the story. The goal of any author is to transport the reader to the world they have created and to experience what that author wants to show them. The setting of a story is defined as “the context in which the action of a story occurs.”(Meyer‚ 2011) That definition

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    Flannery O'Connor

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    Flannery O’ Connor’s method of writing is extraordinary with the right amount of religion. She writes in a way in which the reader can easily comprehend. Nonetheless‚ let us first discuss her short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find‚” in this particular piece of writing O’ Connor gives us a sense of irony and suspense throughout the reading. One can easily recall when the family was passing by the beautiful scenery of Georgia and the grandma had made a racist remark of a Negro child standing in front

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    American Literature 21 November 2012 Unfair Bias in Children’s Books: Father Figures In response to Brotts article over the portrayal of the father figures in children’s book‚ I would have to strongly agree with him. I found this to be a great read‚ but also at the same time very informative. After doing a little bit of research of my own‚ and looking at the facts in “Not all men are sly foxes”‚ I came to the conclusion that his statement is very accurate. Men are portrayed as irresponsible and

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    Defining True Love

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    Loving Husband.” Rpt. In Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2009. Print. Shakespeare‚ William. “Let me not to the marriage of true minds.” Rpt. In Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2009. Print. Szymborska‚ Wislawa. “True Love.” Rpt. In Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2009. Print.

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    experience in which he survived a chemical warfare attack. Although he survives‚ some of his fellow troops do not. His choice of words brings this traumatic experience to life for others to understand and sympathize. He sets up his poem by giving the readers the setting and background. Wilfred Owen writes a museum’s worth of images with these short words introducing the setting: Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks‚ Knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through Sludge‚ Till on the haunting

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