The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a satire based on Victorian society in the late 1800’s. Everything about this play is a satire; from marriage to social class‚ and even the play’s name. Wilde criticizes these aspects of Victorian society with the use of witty puns and unusual‚ awkward situations. Wilde brings to light the fact that late Victorian society cared more about a person’s name and wealth than their personality. This debases the sanctity
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Natay Henry Mrs. Wiesinger Honors Sophomore English 6 February 5th‚ 2015 Avoid Global Warming Walking around the #1 polluted city in the United States‚ the beautiful smell of diesel surrounds the air. Oh sunny Los Angles‚ CA; visitors wake up early and perhaps go for a hike in Runyon Canyon Park. There is a beautiful trail that brings people to the peak of Los Angles to see all of its glory‚ the Hollywood sign‚ Disneyland‚ and the gray haze of polluted air surrounding the city. Maybe the view
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National Security It has come to my attention that the current state of our nation is one of peril and doubt. Due to the recent attacks brought upon our nation’s soil by terrorists and "evil doers‚" it is understandable that the current degree of national security must be heightened. Our country can no longer be one of completely freewill with utter disregard to those outside of our borders‚ but must now come to suspect all inhabitants alien to our land as potential threats to our sovereign
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Oh hello‚ didn’t see you there. I was just about to look at my son’s report card. But I don’t even need to look. I know he has all As. He is just like me. I came here all the way from China with no money and no where to start. But I worked my way up and even brought my whole family over (except for my daughter because she can’t carry the family name and some old American couple will adopt her). But I am not sexist. If my son doesn’t meet my expectations‚ he will have to get disowned as well. When
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Memo . no. BMOH / MDT/…………………………. Dated ‚ Alipurduar II ‚ the………..November ‚ 2012 To‚ Smt Shipra Majumder ‚ Health Supervisor‚ Alipurduar Block-II Jalpaiguri‚ On scrutiny of your service book it has been observed that you have joined in Govt Service on 02-06-1983 and promoted to Health Supervisor (F) on 15.10.2007 after getting ten years and sixteen years carrer advancement service benefit. After completion of 25( twenty –five) years service you
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THIS JUST IN!!! Oak Ridge highways considered most dangerous roads in all of Southeast Missouri. “Why is this?” do you ask. Well‚ when that bell rings at 3:13 Oak Ridge becomes a living hell. All students hit the roads ready to get home in a hurry. Oh that’s all fine and dandy except there is just one problem. They have cell phones‚ and they are texting at this very moment while you are meeting them in the other lane. It is a scary thought‚ I know. One of the main reasons kids text and drive is
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As I’m sure you know‚ drug abuse has been a big problem in the United States for many years. There are more and more people being taken to jail daily for having possession of illegal substances. Because so many of these people are being held in jail for such a small crime‚ people who are committing much worse crimes‚ like putting other people in danger‚ are getting away with shorter and less severe punishment. We are running out of room for the people who need to be in prison by filing them up with
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Nowadays‚ technology getting better than we expected. There will be a lot of big things coming up into our life that we don’t know. A lot of new things that people are not familiar with it or it haven’t seen by many people. It can be lead to very successful or chaos. With 7 billions people on the Earth‚ there are many new things happened everyday‚ so the laws will continuously creating to prevent from big problems. One of many hot topics that we have to faced it. The hot topic and the main subject
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Most people spend a majority of their lives trying to figure out who they are; as a teenager‚ it’s one of the biggest struggles we face. And as someone who is adopted‚ it’s an even bigger struggle. I’ve spent the past four and a half years trying to figure out who I am...where I come from. And even still‚ I only have half a story. Other than being adopted‚ some may label me as a pastor’s daughter. Others might say I’m just some rebellious kid. The only people who know me as all three‚ are close friends
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So‚ what exactly is child labor? Full-time work of children under the age of fourteen in situations that are damaging to health‚ education‚ or moral development for pay or no pay. Who’s bothered about this? Certainly not me! Am I taking action? Heck no! I don’t know about you‚ but child labor just might be the best thing that has ever happened to the world. If you don’t believe me just ask a factory owner‚ I’m sure they will agree and have a big smile on their face when they tell you why they use
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