resources that I picked for my final journal are ‘Not In Our Town’ and the CNN article about Officer Elsokary in New York City. The reason why I picked “Not In Our Town” is because this article shows that people are sometimes really mean‚ rude and obnoxious‚ but it also shows that people are sometimes nice‚ caring‚ kind and supportive. The attacks and this story took place in Billings‚ Montana. The attacks were against people in the town who were Jewish. The reason why I picked the CNN article is
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The first two “sleeping on the job” incidents While reading the case‚ my first reaction was an employee’s dismissal since there is plenty of evidence to support the decision. In this case‚ the employee got cut by his supervisor on two prior termination occasions. There was a written safety observation ward that stated that the grievant was observed sleeping for an extending period. I believe the company didn’t make the right disciplinary procedures after the first accident. A company’s employees
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Our Town is a play that takes place near the turn of the century in the small rural town of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The playwright‚ Thornton Wilder is trying to convey the importance of the little‚ often unnoticed things in life. Throughout the first two acts he builds a scenario‚ which allows the third act to show that we as humans often run through life oblivious to what is actually happening. Wilder attempts to show life as something that we take for granted. We do not realize
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The Last Town on Earth The Last Town on Earth in it of itself is an interesting read because unlike most historical fictions‚ the author does not drag the story with too many details‚ but captivates its reader with re occurring themes such as the irrational behaviors during a crisis‚ the American reluctance to enter World War I‚ the attitude towards war – which keeps the plot from fading away. Thomas Mullen brings the setting of his first novel in a mill town called Commonwealth in the
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Sleeping Freshman Never Lie Diction- style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words Pg. # Diction Explain Pg. 3 “We plunged toward the future without a clue.” plunge- descend‚ jump‚ dive‚ fall‚ dunk Pg. 34 “Very swift of you. Next one?” swift- rapid‚ hasty‚ sudden‚ quick speedy Pg. 64 “Since you weren’t interested‚ I found someone else.” interested- involve‚ excited‚ keen Pg. 98 “I think it could be an interesting experience.” experience- skill‚ wisdom‚ action Pg
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2. There are multiple symbols used by the author throughout the play Our Town. For example‚ the time capsule mentioned by the Stage Manager in Act One symbolizes the belief that specific things from the past should be remembered. The Stage Manager says‚ "So I’m going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now’ll know a few simple facts about us..." This symbolizes not only the want for people to appreciate the lives of the townspeople‚ but also
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Capt. B was once a hustler of jewelry in the town of Tarenda. He had a girlfriend named Jackie‚ but they were having some rather huge issues. She wanted to settle down and start a family‚ but his past was catching up with him and he just needed to get away. One night while Jackie was sleeping he packed up his stuff and slipped away into the night. Capt. B knew that people he hustled in the town of Tarenda were after him. So he just ran and ran until he found this nice little cave behind a waterfall
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have betrayed her. The next day‚ Margo is nowhere to be found. With help from a few friends and some clues that she left behind‚ Quentin begins on an obsessive mission to find the girl who stole his heart and made him feel happy. In the novel Paper Towns‚ John green infers human connections are often fake because people are inherently selfish. Margo Roth Spiegelman is the girl who "loved mysteries so much that she became one "‚ and while in school she seems to be the most dreamy girl of them all.
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In Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt‚ the Hadleys live a disconnected life. Their entire house is made up of technology. The HappyLife Home‚ it’s referred to as. “The house which clothed them and fed them and played and sang and was good to them‚” (Bradbury 1). It babysits. It bathes. It cooks. It thinks. As far as George and Lydia are concerned‚ their lives are already being lived for them. The Hadley children‚ on the other hand‚ live simply. Not in the sense that they are frugal‚ or selfless‚ but there
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Diversity June Sunday 19‚ 2011 LaToria Brent Final Project: Race and your Community I am from a small Bible belt town called Reform. Reform was named after a preacher refused to return until the townspeople reformed their ways (Ashcraft‚ 2011). I lived in this town from the time my mom brought me home from the hospital until I graduated high school and went to college. Reform is a town that history forgot about. Reform is still segregated meaning the white people live on one side of the street
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