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    Anthropologist by Barbara Anderson‚ is a book about a graduate student who moves to Denmark for a year to do an ethnographic report of the people in a small Danish‚ island town of Taarnby. She travels with her husband‚ Thor‚ who is a licensed Anthropologist‚ her daughter Katie and her unborn child‚ Sarah. Although a fictionalized book‚ it clearly and accurately describes the challenges and perils of being an inexperienced Anthropologist. The book starts out with Anderson introducing her studies

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    and feelings of the “Lost Generation‚” which faced the harsh brutalities of global war. In most Modernist texts‚ authors focus upon the ideas of disillusionment‚ alienation‚ collectiveness‚ disappearing faith‚ and having little direction. Sherwood Anderson‚ uses the ideals of the modernist era in his novel‚ Winesburg‚ Ohio‚ to negatively portray the American Dream. In this novel‚ which is entirely comprised of short stories‚ he tends the show the fragility in conventional means of success and the pursuit

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    Pamela Anderson is changing and trying a new career‚ to become a stand-up comedian‚ according to Fox News‚ April 16‚ 2016. Pamela had five minutes to get the audience laughing on Thursday night when she was the host of “Gotham Comedy Live” that was simultaneously broadcast live on the AXS network. Many remember Pamela Anderson as a former Baywatch star where she played the role of a sexy lifeguard‚ C.J. Parker. She had the part for five years where her main clothes were skimpy swimwear. “I’ve always

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    Feed by M. T. Anderson Feed‚ a satirical novel written by M. T. Anderson‚ depicts a futuristic world where technology is not just all around us anymore‚ but inside our own heads at all times. The majority of Americans have a Feed. This is the mechanism that is installed into one’s brain (preferably at birth‚ as the reader learns) that allows for one to immediately look up anything‚ watch a show‚ shop‚ message one another and everything else that people nowadays are used to doing using laptops and

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    Summary Paragraph In Feed by M.T. Anderson‚ Titus is a teenager with a feed. A feed is a computer implanted in the brain which is used similarly to a smartphone. The story takes place in the United States as well as the Moon‚ roughly one hundred years in the future. Titus and his friends receive suggestions‚ such as advertisements‚ from the feed on what products to purchase and venues to visit. Titus’ love interest Violet is against the feed and her and Titus discover the damage that the feed is

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    the gardens were small and they were covered with soil. 2.25 million families had Anderson Shelters located in their homes. One of the most important advantages of Anderson Shelters is that they had a very little chance of falling apart‚ however‚ there was a very little chance that they would not be able to survive a direct hit. They were cold and damp and often flooded when it rained. There were four types of Anderson Shelters: Semi-sunken‚ sunken‚ surface and deep shelters. Semi-sunken shelters were

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    Anderson Cooper was born on June 3‚ 1967 in New York City‚ NY as Anderson Hays Cooper. He was born to Wyatt Emory Cooper‚ a writer‚ and Gloria Vanderbilt‚ an entrepreneur. Early in his life Cooper was exposed to his mother’s glamorous lifestyle and the media. He

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    inner city neighborhood in Philadelphia written by Elijah Anderson. The “code of the streets” combined with respect‚ loyalty‚ and honor is a system used to regulate social interactions within the city. The people within the inner city are pressured into living by the code of the street as a survival mechanism. The book describes the issues that are present within the city like teen pregnancy and the absence of economic opportunity. Anderson used ethnography research methods to obtain his information

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    are‚ and constantly giving more and more of our “private information” to big corporations. In ‘Feed’‚ the novel by M.T. Anderson‚ we are taken a step towards our possible future‚ where computers have become so integral to our society that they are now implanted in our heads‚ connected to our brains. This is called the feed. While this seems like a wonderful innovation‚ Anderson reveals the detriment all this new technology is causing our society. The feed‚ and inventions like it‚ are causing the

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    As soon as I walked through the front doors of Anderson High School‚ I knew my feelings and thoughts would fly around all over the place. It was almost like my stomach was turned completely inside out and all I could do was stare as people of all kind wandered to their first class. I did not know where to begin looking; I had just been here five days ago but my mind went blank as soon as I stepped foot inside. Eventually the school bell made a noise almost similar to something you might hear in

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