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    Miller’s Death of a salesman uses Biff’s trophy to symbolize Willy’s paternal downfall. The trophy’s placement and history and Biff’s passionate remarks respectively prove the claim. Arthur Miller uses the trophy’s placement and history to illustrate it as a symbolism for Willy’s paternal downfall. Although trophies typically flaunt success and victory‚ this trophy ironically epitomizes Willy’s downfallen paternal relationship. Biff’s “athletic” (football) trophy alludes to a time when Willy’s paternal

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    receiving these “Participation trophies” for just showing up at an event. Is this right or wrong? These schools‚ as well with many other youth associations‚ are rewarding children trophies. There are many statistics that show both sides of this argument. People are starting to take things too far with the whole “reward everyone” and leaving no children or adults out of an event. It’s getting ridiculous. So the question being asked here is “Should kids get a trophy for participation?” and here is

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    Annual prize distribution | | | |The program is about to commence. We need no musical interlude. Therefore you are requested to switch off your mobile phones. | |

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    decades‚ participation trophies have been handed out like candy‚ regardless of how well a child has done in his competition. Lately‚ this has been a hotspot for debate. I believe that this practice shields children from the reality that they are not the best at everything‚ and do not always win. However‚ supporters of participation trophies argue that these trophies help build self esteem‚ and that they can be reminders of fond childhood memories. \Participation trophies can help undermine child’s

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    Discourage children from improving Denies winners exclusive recognition Essential to a child’s development http://isscd.org/reflections/should-all-kids-get-a-participation-trophy-rethinking-rewards-in-youth-sports/ http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/07/29/336301660/should-kids-get-a-trophy-for-showing-up Participation trophies discourage young children from improving and puts them at an increased risk of becoming entitled. “If everyone is special‚ then no one is. If everyone

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    youth athletes are playing more team sports lately‚ people find that there are benefits of playing team sports. Now a days youth athletes are getting participation trophy for the hard working and the ones that only kick the ball once. there are parents that even get in the way to share on the internet‚ but I can say that participation trophies are not that bad.Propenets of participation awards stared that it was worth a few bucks to give youth athletes a smile.

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    get be given trophies simply for participating.” By teaching this to kids at a young age will reflect on their adult life. Even when people that are taught this at a young age are in the workforce and fail at something‚ they still think it will be

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    anxiously awaited to be awarded our championship trophy but instead‚ we received standard participation trophies. I believed this was unfair and needed to be changed because I wanted to be rewarded for our team’s success. I didn’t want to be treated the same as the losing team. Throughout my years of sports‚ I have received numerous participation trophies although they don’t have the same meaning as those that were earned. Participation trophies

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    percent of children have a trophy for just showing up for something. Such as a fair or sporting event. However people have mixed feelings about this. So why do kids get a trophy for doing nothing‚ no one knows. Therefore trophies for just showing up or participating should not be awarded‚ this is because it is a loss of motivation and they are meaningless‚ but some believe they keep kids coming back but there are other options. Kids are not motivated if everyone gets a trophy. This is because they

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    food. If a person is doing it for fun it is just killing an animal that did not do anything to them. Some animals that are extinct are tigers‚ rare leopards‚ deer‚ and a lot of other animals . Hunting just for trophies is wrong. when you hunt you should hunt for food‚ not just for the trophies or money. There needs to be more protection of endangered animals in Africa from foreign hunters. There was a lion named Cecil. He was a very famous lion and he was also extinct. Cecil was killed by a dentist

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