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    teens that drugs are-so called-"cool". Rappers should be guiding kids into standing up for what they believe in. 90’s and 2000’s meaningful rap songs have better moral values compared to current hip-hop which is present in the songs ’’Mockingbird’’‚ by Eminem‚ "Juicy"‚ by The Notorious B.I.G‚ and Gucci Gang‚ by Lil Pump.  Mockingbird‚ by Eminem‚ an emotional song from 2004‚ illustrates

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    children‚ as roses of red leap high towards her‚ like baby chicks feeding from their mothers’ beak. The roses smile in the light‚ cheerful as chimps‚ as high as can be‚ waving to all the busy bees that pass by and flicker on a motor way. All but a single black rose; segregated from the red tipped lips. I squander down low with horrendous posture‚ shrieking from the impending rays of the sun in the shadows of the single old oak; feeling cold‚ lonely and rejected. Mid-morning arrives and makes happy the skies

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    deaths with her beautiful singing‚ The woman had drowned herself in the river because of an unfaithful lover. Heine’s poem‚ based on this legend‚ first appeared in his most famous volume‚ the ‘Book of Songs’. Like much of his early verse‚ it was influenced by the Romantic writers’ fascination with folk songs. The poem deals with the theme of unrequited love. While reading it we are lulled into a false sense of security. The outstanding feature of this poem is the turn‚ i.e. ironic twist‚ which concludes

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    Soul Surfer Summer Read Questions 1. Soul Surfer takes place in Kauai‚ Hawaii. In the story‚ the main character-Bethany Hamilton- is an extremely talented surfer. Her whole life basically revolved around surfing‚ she loved it more than anything else in the world. Bethany spent most of her time in the water‚ either practicing or competing. Until one day during a practice session with her best friend‚ Alana Blanchard‚ something tragic occurred. Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Alana

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    "Soul Surfer" Brings Hope Christianity plays a large role in "Soul Surfer‚" the true story of Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003. Bethany’s family and friends are a huge support system for her. Her faith in God is what gets her through the horrific time that she has trying to overpower the grief of losing her arm. “Soul Surfer” could be compared to the movie “The Blind Side” which was filmed in 2009. Michael Oher and Bethany Hamilton both have a lot in common. They are

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    Explain Aristotle’s body/soul distinction. A key question for the ancient Greeks (as it still is for many people today) is whether the soul can exist independently of the body. Anyone who believes in immortality also believes in the independent existence of the soul. Plato certainly thought that the soul could exist separately. Here is what Aristotle has to say on this topic: . . . the soul does not exist without a body and yet is not itself a kind of body. For it is not a body‚ but something which

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    old. And think twice before you send them to the old folk’s home.  Maybe one day‚ your kids will treat you the same way like how you treat your parents. Some people who become rich when they grow up will sometimes send their parents to the old folks home because they think that their parents are useless and will embarrass them. No‚ this is not how it should be. A good parents

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    live in. In Tupac Shakur’s song “ Changes” (1992) the most important controlling idea supported by the lyrics is the way African Americans were treated bad for being a minority. He specifies struggles they go through living in the ghetto‚ war on drugs‚ and how they would get treated by the police because of their skin color. This was how it was back then when he wrote this song and we still see it now going on. As we look closely to this lyrics he starts the song with this question‚ “Is life

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    of the third line‚ we can piece together than the quest Dylan is embarking on is one that Guthrie had also been on‚ many years before. Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan are both singer-songwriters who played a role in the initial shaping of patriotic folk songs with their use of political‚ social‚

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    1. What are the three distinct parts to the tripartite soul? Explain how Socrates thinks about the three different parts of the soul. What do you think of this notion of the soul? The “tripartite soul” is a theory created by Socrates and states that a soul or mind consists of three parts. Each of these parts relates to motion and the ability to change. Motion and the ability to change is what makes something alive according to the Greeks. The three parts can be visually represented by a triangle

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