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    the young professional athletes. 2. What is the central message of the passage? Any professional athletes should not miss their education too as it is vital for their future. 3. Determine what is at issue. What is your initial personal viewpoint? Issue: Most of the parents of young sports athletes neglect education and gives priority to their children’s career. Personal viewpoint: We do agree that education should be given main priority despite being a young professional athlete as

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    her stature. The amount of care a specific posture indicates to me that she was a widely respected queen. The Brass Plaque Depicting the Oba Esigie is another brass work from the ancient Benin Kingdom‚ but it has such a different aesthetic it was likely created by a separate artist. While Brass Head of Queen Mother was crafted with quite a bit of realism‚ Brass Plaque Depicting Oba Esigie is much looser with anatomy and proportion. But it’s

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    In the poems of Dickinson “Because I could not stop for Death”‚ Housman “To an Athlete Dying Young‚ and Thomas “Do not go gentle into that good night” were written in different time period or era‚ it also seemed to refer to perceptions death; however‚ these poems could be referring as life experiences. Dickinson in her poem it seemed to have a connection with death the afterlife‚ Housman expressed acceptance towards‚ and in Thomas’s poem the author seemed to express desired to be alive and to fight

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    The transition from high school to college can be stressful for any student‚ but athletes may experience even greater levels of stress and other health issues due to the balancing act of athletics and academics placed on them during their freshman year. For the first year freshman student athlete‚ these demands may at times seem overwhelming and can have effects on mental and physical health. Coming into college as a freshman there are numerous things that can stress out any student‚ being in an

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    Conflicting Attitudes In “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike and “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman‚ each author has a different attitude toward his character. John Updike’s attitude toward his character Flick is of disappointment and pity. “Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps-“(1). He believes that Flick should not be employed at a gas station because his talent with basketball is so much better than pumping gas. He does not believe that he blends in at the gas station; he believes

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    Depicting Characterization and Heredity in Proof David Auburn’s Proof‚ tells of the struggle of a young Catherine who is the daughter of a mathematician‚ Robert‚ and although she inherited some of his genius she also believes she inherited his mental disorders. The play throws in a couple twists: tricking the reader into thinking Robert is alive when he is actually dead and finding out that Catherine wrote the proof. There are three themes that overrides the play: that is insanity‚ heredity‚ and

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    Death is something that many persons fear. In both poems death is viewed diversely. In contemplation upon flowers the persona fears death‚ while the persona in to an athlete dying young is more acceptant of the fact that death has to happen. In the poem ‘A contemplation upon flowers the persona creates an instance where he admires flowers because of its acceptance to death‚ this situation is personified. The persona articulates that he wishes he could be as brave as the flowers as they are able

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    is thematically linked is not an uncommon occurrence. Though written nearly twenty years apart‚ A.E. Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young”‚ and Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚ are examples of how poems have similar themes. Though Housman’s work is about a young athlete that has passed‚ and Owen’s is about the death of young soldiers‚ they are linked by the theme of young death. Aside from their similar themes‚ these two works share many literary components. Housman and Owen both share

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    December 4‚ 2013 History 287 The Vietnam War Romance Of War In the book‚ “Novel Without a Name‚” by Duong Thu Huong‚ the novel is told from the North Vietnamese viewpoint in the Vietnam War. There are many themes that are shown throughout the novel. However‚ the three main themes are the effects of the war to its soldiers‚ the relationships and the love between each soldier‚ and the symbolism of nature throughout the novel. I will explain how the war has an effect on these three main themes

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    Are Athletes Overpaid?

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    When sports exploded in the 1900’s athletes were paid like regular working citizens. Most athletes had to work over the summer to keep their mortgages paid. In present day‚ professional athletes are dished out astronomical salaries in exchange for their play. Many of these athletes have the opportunity to be set for life within the first years of their contracts. Eighteen and nineteen year olds are given multi-million dollar contracts. While these athletes are getting paid these ridiculous amounts

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