John Krakauer‚ Into the Wild: Philosophical Journey or Suicidal Folly? Compared with oriental people’s implicit quest for freedom and truth‚ people in western countries are more direct which means that they pursue their goals through practice. The book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells a story about a guy who had a philosophical journey. The book shows a process of a person’s spiritual growth: from the yearning for the absolute freedom‚ a kind of irrepressible impulse and force‚ to the yearning for
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The environmental documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a film about the most destructive industry facing the planet today. The film’s maker Kip Anderson discusses how “animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation‚ water consumption and pollution‚ is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry‚ and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction‚ species extinction‚ habitat loss‚ topsoil erosion‚ ocean “dead zones‚” and virtually every other environmental
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Secrets of the Psychics Since the beginning of time‚ man has liked to believe in things. We believe in god‚ luck‚ and even psychics; but in the movie Secrets of the Psychics‚ James Randi proves u wrong. First Randy talks about Russia‚ where most of the psychic stories come from. He investigated the Russian Institute of the Brain to see if a "psychic" can control people’s brain waves and blood pressure. The psychic tested a man who was unaware of what was being tried. But only one-fourth
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Identification by definition is the state of being identified‚ which means the characteristics and feature that set you aside from everyone else. Question is: What makes an identity? Is it the heritage of our parents? The people we interact with? Or how about the decisions we make on a daily basis? Each of these are components to our identities in different manners though they each have different levels of impact upon us. Depending on the person‚ everyone has different opinions as to how important
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I didn’t feel like myself anymore. It was as if I transformed into someone I couldn’t recognize and there was no way to escape. As a 7th grader‚ my life revolved around my friends‚ my family‚ school‚ and sports. I was very healthy and other than the occasional stomach bug‚ I had never seen my doctor’s face fearful in regard to my well being. I never knew what it was like to be in a hospital for more than an hour for a few stitches. And I had never seen my Father’s eyes tear up over the anguish my
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"The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy-drama about a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor. The movie brings up serious issue of the addicting substance tobacco and its various effects on human’s health. In the opening scene of “Thank You for Smoking”‚ Nick has committed three fallacies: 1. “Joan‚ how on earth would Big Tobacco profit off of the loss of this young man... It’s in our best interest to keep Robin alive and smoking.” There is an element of False Analogy. He draws a weak comparison
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A Point of View: Is there a secret to a happy marriage? Nobody can explain the secret to a happy marriage‚ says Adam Gopnik‚ but it doesn’t stop people trying. Anyone who tells you their rules for a happy marriage doesn’t have one. There’s a truth universally acknowledged‚ or one that ought to be anyway. Just as the people who write books about good sex are never people you would want to sleep with‚ and the academics who write articles about the disappearance of civility always sound ferociously
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Chapter 1: Lying on her bed‚ Lily waits for the return of the bees that have begun to live in the walls of her bedroom. The year is 1964; Lily is about to turn fourteen. She lives alone with her father‚ Terrance Ray‚ and their black housekeeper and nanny‚ Rosaleen. Lily can’t bring herself to call her cruel‚ confused father “Daddy‚” so she calls him T. Ray instead. Rosaleen warns her to watch out‚ because “bees swarm before death.” Lily insists on telling T. Ray about the bees‚ so she wakes him
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Some people may say that Fuchs should have kept the secrets secret and he should have been a loyal citizen‚ and that he failed his national responsibility to Britain by sharing their classified secrets with another nation. This is false because Fuchs says he is doing the right thing‚ and he is. “Fuchs told Gold he was proud to be helping the Soviet Union…” (127) He believes that
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SUCCESS SECRETS OF $ELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE$ BOOKS BY BRIAN TRACY Advanced Selling Strategies Effective Leadership The Gift of Self-Confidence The Great Big Book of Wisdom Little Silver Book of Prosperity Mastering Your Time Maximum Achievement The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success The Peak Performance Woman Personal Achievement Success Is a Journey Successful Selling A Treasury of Personal Achievement Universal Laws of Success COAUTHORED BY BRIAN TRACY Speaking Secrets of the
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