existence and survival. The bond that he had created with the Royals was no more than ’business’ if you will. The author doesn’t emphasize on the unbreakable bond that the gang members felt toward each other. After evaluating some main points in West Side Story I feel that the author elaborated a lot on the inseparable bond that the Jets had with each other. The story was very light weight‚ and there was a very up beat feel to it. The boys were very cocky‚ but it seemed that together they could take
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The Other Side of the War Story Thinking about the 1890’s in the Philippines‚ what comes to mind are katipuneros in their straw hats‚ kamisochinos and red trousers‚ raising their bolos in the air‚ fighting for the freedom of the country – basically‚ a bloody era of wars between the brave natives and the powerful conquistadores. It is probably only natural; since young‚ we have been taught in school that the Spaniards brought nothing in the country but bloodshed and indolence‚ aside from a few euphemisms
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Is Abortion Immoral? In Carol Levine’s book‚ Taking Sides‚ the debate discussing whether abortion is considered immoral or not raises questions about the relationship between law‚ society‚ and ethics. When discussing abortion‚ there are typically two polar opposite views in which to categorize the argument: the pro-life view and the pro-choice view. From a conservative point of view‚ the “pro-life” stance is one that sees abortion as the taking of an innocent life of a child. The pro-lifers would
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Week Five Individual Film Critique Neil A. Burgheimer HUM/150 Week Five Individual Film Critique This week for the final film critique I chose to review The Blind Side (2009). In this film Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a successful interior designer. Her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw is the owner of over 85 fast food franchises including Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Long John Silver’s. In the film Leigh Anne takes a boy named Michael “Big Mike” Oher into
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Television Has Its Good Side Television has become an important tool of entertainment and education for children. But is television really bad for children or the other way around? Or maybe both? It depends‚ it’s what programs and how many hours a day parents allow their children to watch that decide if television affects the child positively or negatively. Television is not necessarily bad for children as many parents and experts argue; there are plenty of educational programs out there
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The abstract text summarizing Misrach’s’ goal of this piece‚ “The easier side” magnifies the importance of facing major obstacles which are within ourselves‚ while connecting the reader with a very cynical tone. Misrach elucidates the fact that one small step in the right direction can assist in us in overcoming our obstacles. Misrach presents a young slim boy frozen by the view of a water container waiting ahead of him. His small bones and grey skin arising forcing us to realize the importance of
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The Sides of Pride No one thought he would live but he did‚ no one thought he could walk but he did‚ and they were proud. In the story the scarlet ibis they were so proud of doodle being able to walk and happy‚ but when that pride was unfulfilled it became painful. Pride is neutral it can be good or bad depending on your situation. Being proud can make you happy and be a lot of fun. Because of his brothers pride doodle learned to walk. This event caused his family to be happy‚ and in turn made
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The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo Student pack (Page references are to the Puffin edition) Chapter 1 – ‘Survivors’ 1. Which words in the italicised passage at the beginning of the novel convey a sense of violence? 2. Who witnessed the murder? 3. How is Sade’s father affected by it? 4. What is Sade’s response? 5. What is the name of the local language? 6. Why do you think the gunmen called at Sade’s house that morning? 7. Summarise Uncle Tunde’s argument. 8. What was the
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“To the Other Side of the Sky” and the article from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines both talk about the issue of landmines because Farah’s story supports the organization’s claims. In “To the Other Side of the Sky”‚ Farah gets hit by a landmine as a child. This blow caused many injuries to her body‚ like to her legs. According to the book‚ “‘Finally‚ I caught one quick glimpse‚ just one glimpse‚ and oh my God! That wasn’t my leg anymore‚ it was just meat! Oh‚ the redness of it‚ the utter
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The purpose of this experiment is to examine the results of stimulation on a frog’s sciatic nerve by looking at its compound action potential‚ the conduction velocity‚ and by quantifying the total and absolute refractory period between the nerve at room and cold temperature. An oscilloscope‚ preamplifier‚ and stimulator were used to stimulate the frog’s nerve located in the nerve chamber. Threshold voltage was determined by stimulating the nerve at increasing voltages until a compound action potential
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