Hicks 1 August 16‚ 2012 Can we decrease homelessness? The essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift is a brutal satire in which he suggests that the poor families should kill their young children and eat them in order to eliminate the growing number of starving citizens. At this time there was extreme poverty and a wide gap between the poor and the rich‚ the tenements and the landlords. Throughout the essay Swift uses satire and irony as a way to attack the indifference between classes
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* How can we become a good citizens? A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said‚ "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.” Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Roger Soder writes
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The Rhetoric of “Yes We Can” Darío Villanueva outlines the history and significance of the rhetorical tradition and highlights the striking persistence of the power of the word in American politics. Even in our high-tech age‚ a three-word tagline -"Yes We Can"- carries devastating clout. The Greek sophists -the original masters of rhetoric‚ notorious for their appetite for influence rather than truth- would be both impressed by the abiding power of their art‚ and dismayed that‚ in the Gutenberg
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We Can‚ But Should We? Chamberlain College of Nursing NR361 Information Systems in Healthcare Kathleen Fabian‚ Professor Fall B 2010 Radio frequency identification‚ also known as RFID‚ is a breakthrough in technology and could just be the next big step in surveillance. Yet‚ how far is one willing to go to be sure that all of their past history is accurate? This sounds a little like George Orwell’s 1984; a chip inserted into one’s skin‚ embedded with data that can be transferred to a reading
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Can We Say "NO" To Recycling Dr. Nadia El-Kholy. English 113. Tamer Wadid Shalaby. Final Draft Paper. Lately the earth’s capacity to tolerate exploitation and absorb solid wastes disposal has diminished‚ due to excess trashing. People dispose lots of stuff‚ and simply do not care. Therefore scientists found out a way to reuse things and that process was called "recycling". This new approach seemed quite successful at the beginning‚ until its true identity appeared. Recycling first started as man’s
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wrongdoer. We no longer see them as a fellow human‚ a creation of God‚ but we look at them only in terms of their sin. Have you ever been to 6-flags and had one of the caricature drawings of yourself done. They take your worst feature - your big nose or forehead and they make it huge. That’s what we do. We begin to exaggerate the other’s sin while at the same time diminishing our own. See when someone lies to us and hurts us we see that person as a “liar’ - that’s who they are. But if we lie it’s because
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people would argue that lying is not always morally wrong. From this perspective‚ telling a lie can be beneficial because the truth sometimes causes more damage than a lie would. To illustrate‚ a person might lie about how someone looks so that they are not offended. However‚ others argue that it is never morally right to lie. Stephanie Ericsson‚ who maintains this view‚ argues in her essay “The Ways We Lie” that “When someone lies‚ someone loses” (425). According to this view‚ a lie always leads
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Can we define art? Of course we can define art. According to dictionary‚ art is the quality‚ production‚ expression‚ or realm of what is beautiful appealing or of more than ordinary significance. But in the eye of some artist included Morris Weits‚ they believe art is undefined for many reason. According to Morris Weitz‚ he point out a few theories of art and argues in his article “The Role of Theory in Aesthetics”‚ that they are lacking to the extent that they cannot satisfactorily cover all of
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Can Divorce be Beneficial for Children? Jennifer Cersey DeVry University Can Divorce be Beneficial for Children? I stared into his uncontrolled‚ demonic eyes just inches from mine as I watched his body tremble and quake with wrath. It was an unbridled anger I had encountered many times before. I listened as the sharp words escaped his mouth‚ piercing me like daggers. Not knowing if any hasty movement would have dire repercussions‚ I stood frozen‚ heart racing‚ undecided of my next move
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Edwards The Ways We Lie Response After reading the article “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson I have discovered the ten different ways we as human beings lie to one another. Additionally‚ I have also learned which ways of lying are more harmful than others‚ but most of them seem to have their upsides and downsides. After reading‚ I came to the conclusion
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