In the essay "Television: The Plug-In Drug" by Marie Winn‚ the author explains how television separates people from each other. Television‚ she claims‚ replaces the human contact by keeping the television viewers interested in the television programming instead of having a human companion. In the essay "Dearly Disconnected" by Ian Frazier‚ the author describes the cell phone as an object that will take out the payphones‚ increase human contact and decrease privacy. For example‚ televisions and
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Warcross by Marie Lu is an exciting story that takes place in the near future. The book seems to take place 10-15 years from now‚ when everyone is obsessed with a virtual reality video game called Warcross that is played on a device called the Hololens goggles. One day‚ when Emika Chen‚ a bounty Hunter‚ accidentally hacks into a Warcross championship tournament‚ she thinks she will be arrested. But instead‚ the creator of the Hololens goggles and Warcross is impressed with her skills and recruits
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The Lais of Marie de France offers an inquisitive perspective on the nature of love and the sacrifices one must make in relationships and marriage. While reading‚ I encountered many examples of a man and woman in love who must suffer for one another. This collection of narratives contains characters in relationships in which each partner suffers equally for one another and characters in which one partner sacrifices more than the other. In the first narrative “Guigemar”‚ when Guigemar is wounded
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characteristics of truthfulness‚ reliability‚ and endurance. Firstly‚ a true friendship is truthful. A friendship that involves lying‚ whether by only one person or by both people‚ is not a real friendship. For example‚ in the book series "Legend"‚ by Marie Lu‚ June tells the leader of the Republic about an assassination plot targeting him developed by the Rebellion she works for. This is an example of truthfulness because by revealing the plan‚ one that she was supposed to carry out‚ in fact‚ she reveals
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During one of the lectures‚ I was flipping through the humanities textbook looking for nothing in particular. I stumbled across Marie Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait of a Black Woman on page 326. For some reason I felt compelled towards the painting‚ I could almost see myself as the woman on the canvas. I did some follow-up research on the artist and the motive behind the art. The portrait was painted in 1800‚ by a woman who belonged to a small elite circle of professional women painters. The portrait
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I am writing to call for your urgent intervention in the asylum case of Mr Nestor Na Bokwala N’djoli Bokuli 18/11/41 and Mrs Marie Louise Likoka Bombito 28/03/46. (Case ref: B1176643). Kenyan Airways Mission Statement claims that your company is committed to ’Corporate and Social responsibility’ and your strap line “the pride of Africa” will no longer apply if you assist in this removal. By being party to the removal today of Papa Nestor and Mama Marie to the DR Congo I believe you would not be being socially responsible in any
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Funeral day I‚ Emily Marie Williams‚ believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge‚ that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts‚ that hope always triumphs over experience‚ that laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening‚ but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either
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Marie Antoinette’s impact on revolution Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France. She was born in Vienna‚ Austria. She was born November 2nd‚ 1755. Marie Antoinette was a daughter of Emperor Francis 1st of Lorraine. She was married to her husband‚ Louis Auguste‚ on May 16th‚ 1770. Marie Antoinette’s husband‚ Louis Auguste‚ was crowned king on June 11th‚ 1775. On that day Marie was crowned Queen of France and Navarre at the Cathedral of Reims. Marie
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Marie Curie Marie Curie was one of the most famous female scientists in history. She was born on November 7‚ 1867 in Poland during the Russian Occupation (“Madame Curie”). Madame Curie was the youngest out of five children. She was a bright child that loved to learn‚ and was always the top in her class. Her discovery of Polonium and Radium led her to be the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. Madame Curie passed away at age 67 on July 4‚ 1934‚ due to over exposure to penetrating radiation
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Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution Can you imagine powerful kings and queens being overthrown? Entire governments toppling by simple citizens who had no authority? A whole form of administration destroyed and modified‚ generally caused by the actions of a few selfish people? This isn’t an imaginary story‚ but a true historical event. The French Revolution endured for practically 10 years‚ starting in 1789 and ending in 1799. It is a very famous occurrence in history‚ and people of
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