Taking Sides Essay Fonseca‚ Ricardo English Period 5 October 3‚ 2012 In the story "Taking Sides" by Gary Soto‚ Lincoln Mendoza‚ the main character‚ faces many conflicts that you may think that they won’t affect him but when these problems become a major role‚ the result of them cause him to act differently. Lincoln deals with these problems in different ways. He tries to resolve them by talking to the people he has problems with. Another thing he does is that he tries
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The Dark Side of Chocolate is a documentary that was produced in 2010 by a journalist named Miki Mistrati. Who investigates the use of trafficked children to be used for child labor in the harvesting of cocoa beans for the production of chocolate. According to the documentary 3 million tons of chocolate are consumed every year‚ half in Europe. But the success of chocolate is partly due to the fact that child labor is used to harvest cocoa beans on cocoa plantations in Africa. The filming started
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based her career decision over Ian’s. Her determination is showed throughout as she keeps trying her best to make Ian a part of the active conversation‚ so that she can get a fair idea of her life with him. The contrast between the two characters is also created by the title of the book itself “the other side of the bridge” it suggests reader of the existing distance between them. The contrast between the characters helps the author to get the reader indulged thoroughly‚ as naturally reader gets into
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Side effects of SNS In 2011‚ a story of a young man who burned himself to death had provoked a democratic movement in Tunisia called the ‘Jasmine Revolution’. It surprised the world that twenty-three years of dictatorship had collapsed in a flash. Social networking services played an important role in the movement of that as soon as the young man killed himself‚ people were sharing and tweeting how he died. As far as that moment‚ SNS seemed to have represented political power in a positive way
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Page: 1 PERSONAL SIDE OF POLICING Smokin’ Joe Warner Fundamentals of Policing J**** G***** CJS-210 23 March 2012 Page: 2 Stress is a major contributor to burnout in the Law Enforcement field. There can be many contributors to this‚ but among them are the idea of having to use deadly force against someone or witnessing deadly force being used against a partner or coworker‚ lack of support from department members
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‘The Other Side of Truth’ is a novel written by author‚ Beverly Naidoo. The novel is mainly based on telling the truth and lying‚ and when it is right to do either. In the book are various types of situations where characters need to make a decision on whether to lie or to tell the truth. Beverly Naidoo provides the correct decisions and the wrong ones in the story. Naidoo shows in the novel‚ when it is ok to lie and when it is not. Naidoo suggests that if your life is in danger it is considered
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In his academy award winning movie‚ The Blind Side‚ released in 2009‚ John Lee Hancock‚ an award winning director and author‚ illustrates the relevant racism against African American in modern society shown through the non-fiction narrative of Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a woman who encounters a young African American boy that only has two personal belongings‚ an extra shirt and pants. Hancock develops his illustration by retelling the story Ferdinand the Bull through Michael Oher’s character as well as developing
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Shiqueta Kenyatta Patterson Brandi Lee Tionte Tharpe English 1102 Literature Composition 7/12/13 The Wrong Side of Attraction “Love Can Be Deceiving”‚ most people would say‚ but Tommy Shooter did not believe so. A General in the United States Marines in his mid-30’s‚ Tommy was muscular‚ quick-tempered‚ highly trained sniper. One day Tommy led his troops to Afghanistan in search of terrorists when they were ambushed. Tommy was shot in the leg during this and‚ the medics quickly carried him
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Why do women stay with men who beat and rape them? Why don’t they leave? Why do they remain in abusive relationships even as the violence escalates? Most women have at least one dependent who must be taken care of‚ many are not employed‚ their parents are either distant or unable or unwilling to help. She may lack the access to cash; she or the children may be in poor health‚ may face a decline in the living standard for herself and her children. Many older children may resent this decision
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Police on the Dark Side One can say that corruption‚ misconduct‚ and brutality are issues that exist in police agencies across the country. With power comes responsibility‚ which is a trait that he or she would assume that every officer would have‚ but with an undisciplined mind power and authority can be terribly abused. Police corruption can be defined as “acts” involving the misuse of authority by a police officer in a manner designed to produce personal gain for him or for others(Walker &
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