someone’s feelings.I firmly believe that lying is acceptable in our society. Lying is acceptable if it creates more positive results than negative ones.”When I was in high school‚ I would blame everything on my friends.I would blame them for bad things that I did‚so I wouldn’t get in that much trouble‚”says Sabrina‚18-year-old Harold Washington College freshmen.(8)SInce she lied she gets a positive result which is not getting in trouble‚instead of getting a negative result which is getting in big
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Meaningful things I consider myself a very organized person; however‚ I have learn not to despair every now and then when I lose things that I use in my everyday life such as my keys‚ my cellphone charger‚ and even my glasses; but when it comes to losing things that are of great importance to me‚ things that I am so attached to I think it will make me mad and sad because due to a distraction I will lost a piece of me; for example‚ my box of memories‚ my signed shirt from my last day of high school
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The Ever Changing Religion Hinduism is one of the oldest and perhaps the most complex of all organized religions. It is its complexity that has led it to be the subject of debate for several reasons. The primary dispute appertains to the fact that Hinduism encompasses a broad spectrum of Indian religious ways as if they were only one tradition (Fisher‚ 2014‚ pg. 71). In its defense‚ Hinduism’s great age can account for much of its extreme variations. It is an evolving religion. Hinduism has evolved
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deliberation and planning if one wishes to live through it in a comfortable and stress free manner. When contemplation the future it’s common for people to just think about how they’re going to study‚ get a job and start a family. Seldom do people ever consider the more advanced stage in life when they’re going to be retired‚ or have limited physical capabilities. The reasons for this are generally associated with the fact that most people associate old age with problems or difficulties. These people
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The Brie Suldo Professor Edwards Newman ENC1102 14 February 2013 TITLE The Thing in the Forrest Sometimes in life when we have an experience that deeply affects us‚ it can change our whole perspective. The story “The Thing in the forest” is a example of how this can happen. The two main characters Penny and Primrose meet when they are children and share a horrific experience in the forest. Then by chance meet back at the scene and briefly reassure one another that what happened really did
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In chapter two of the novel‚ The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson begins to tell the tale of the Christmas pageant. The narrator’s family was never too involved in the Christmas pageant. Father complained about going and the narrator’s brother had to be forced to be in it. So‚ it makes sense that mother did not expect to be the director of the Christmas pageant. But when Mrs. George Armstrong breaks her leg she ends up getting stuck being in charge. Typically‚ all the parts are
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Charlie was a molestation victim as a child‚ a fact he repressed until urged to enter into a sexual situation he could not deal with. While his breakdown provides the epilogue for the book and places him into a mental hospital‚ he comes out of the whole thing as a supposed fuller individual who is more self actualized than he would have been without realizing the sexual trauma of his youth or‚ more drastically‚
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“War is hell‚ but that’s not the half of it‚ because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (80) This passage is very significant to the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties
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an example of a simile. Similes use like and as to make explicit comparisons between unlike things‚ such as eyes and stars. Metaphor Her eyes were pools of liquid light. Again‚ her eyes are literally human eyes. Figuratively‚ they are being compared to pools of liquid light. However‚ the comparison is implied‚ not stated. This is an example of a metaphor. Unlike similes‚ metaphors compare unlike things without explicitly stating the comparison with “like” or “as.” Personification Her eyes followed
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Can prejudice ever be eliminated? What exactly is prejudice? Contrary to popular belief‚ prejudice is not the same as discrimination‚ even though both terms are usually tossed into the fray together. Prejudice refers to the prejudgment; where people make assumptions or decisions even before being aware of the relevant facts. On the other hand‚ discrimination refers to the treatment or distinction in favour or against a particular person‚ group or class. That being said‚ prejudice would certainly
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