CRITICAL RESPONSE: “MOBILE PHONES AND LITERACY” by Samuel Tsung AND “TEXT MESSAGES AND THE DECLINE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE” by Louise Dite As SMS messages has brought significant changes to our lives by revolutionizing the way people communicate‚ using abbreviations in texting has become more popular than ever as a quick and convenient choice to exchange information. Yet‚ there remains some disagreement as to whether this useful and powerful tool of communication has been positive or negative
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Response #4 Yayati was a peculiar story that I’ve encountered so far in this book‚ it doesn’t talk about war nor does it talk about women wanting to have freedom. Instead Yayati talks about how Yayati‚ Prince of ruling and fighting class‚ gets married‚ but gets punished due to this actions. To give a little background about this story; gods would always lose to demons led by Indra and the Asuras (anti gods). One difference between gods and demons is that once a god gets killed‚ a god will automatically
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Discussion Forum 1 • Project into the future and discuss what you think will be the nature of our society’s drug-use problems by the year 2025. Base your suppositions on some of the social‚ political‚ economic‚ law-enforcement‚ technological‚ scientific‚ and/or medical developments you envision occurring by that time. When the year 2025 comes I expect drug-use to be common place. It seems the recent “Molly/MDA” pill craze and marijuana legalization as indicators of what’s to come. It seems
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Karen Plemel English 242 D Leisl Sackschewsky 5/18/14 Reading Response #4 A theme is the string that ties to entire story together. It is constant throughout the entire plot and connects the concepts to a bigger idea. However‚ the theme can do more than just that. Themes have the power to make a statement about a greater idea. It allows the story to be applied to some type of real world scenario. In “Mrs. Sen’s” by Jhumpa Lahiri the theme is able to be applied to a larger scenario regarding
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Crime and Response 12/17/12 Today I am bringing you to read this proposal I bring to you today as store owners. Recently‚ the stores have become worried because this mall is now the hotspot for teenagers and gangs‚ because of this‚ both violent and property crimes have increased 150%. The parking lot robberies are at an all-time high‚ and shrinkage reports indicate that merchandise theft is 20 times that of the previous year. Some of the things that will be discussed in this proposal to you
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Essay Last Town On Earth and Farewell To Arms. The books; Farewell To Arms and The Last Town On Earth‚ are the books that are being compared and contrasted. Dayton has read The Last Town On Earth and Elaina and Autumn are reading Farewell To Arms. This essay will show you some of the major similarities and differences the authors of this paper noticed. If you have read both books it is likely that you have or will notice the same things the authors of this essay did. The Last Town On Earth is
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Tatiana Bigelow Engl1010-062 26 February 2013 Response paper Fat Is a Feminine Issue by Susie Orback Susie Orbach is a feminist involved in a organization "that companies body diversity" and has published several books on woman`s health and wellbeing. She believes that compulsive eating is a way to rebel against expectations of a sexist. In the United States it is estimated that 50% of women are overweight. According to Orback‚ everywhere we look there are commercials‚ billboards
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The Great Gatsby Response to Literature The Great Gatsby is a book based on the true American dream‚ where everyone believes they can get what they truely want from life‚ whether it be love‚ money‚ or just friends who care for each other. Though the book makes that so called dream seem true‚ it is all just an illusion thats not really what it seems to be. The book starts off with the narrator Nick talking about the time he had out west in New York with this man named Gatsby‚ though he just seems
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Karl Anthony towns is going to be one of the greatest players in the NBA. Now if you are a fan of the NBA‚ you would know that Karl Anthony towns is amazing. He was the rookie of the year. He averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds. I think we all think that he will be a special player. But what you might not know is just how unique Karl Anthony town’s rookie season was and how unique the situation for him now really is. Many people think that Towns will be the best player in the NBA and an NBA legend
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But for the characters in Our Town emotion consumes who they are as a person. In Thornton Wilder’s Our Town he shows that people and characters represent different emotions‚ which leads them to be consumed by their emotions. Hope is a major theme in Our Town. Mr. Webb showed the emotion of hope through his wanting to be more than his small town; “Very ordinary town‚ if you ask me. Little better behaved than most. Probably a lot duller.” He explains that the little town he lives doesn’t have any culture
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