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    We Real Cool

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    Great style to make the reading fun II) Diction D) The word choice of the poet E) “We Real Cool” makes the reader think the poem is something else than what it really is. F) Mrs. Brooks uses “Slang” vocabulary to make us understand the teenagers are uneducated. III) Rhyme G) She uses in every stanza H) Specific examples from the poem I) “We Real Cool- We Die Soon” Conclusion: Mrs. Brooks finds a great way in this poem to let the reader know what is the

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    Why We Lie

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    People may lie a couple times‚ but that doesn’t make them are liar. Your lying depends on the situation that you encounter. Some people think that lying is the worst thing; and on the contrast other people think that sometimes it would be necessary to lie. Lying can be acceptable on the situation‚ if there good intention behind it .For instance‚ if you think that I am giving my friend a moral to make him happy‚ then that kind of lying would be appropriate and acceptable. Wouldn’t be embarrassed for

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    How Do We Know What We Know

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    what we have learnt. Perhaps it is Montaigne’s experience as a statesman that has allowed himself to question the very foundations of human society or more notably laws and legislations as nothing is hardly ever seems obvious when it comes to deciding the punishment for a convicts. Works like such as Don Quixote written by Miguel Cervantes and Faust written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also questions the validity of social views and learning. By delving into Montaigne’s essay On Experience we also

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    Megan McAdams April 15‚ 2015 Altruism and Why We do What We do There are two types of people in the world‚ those who play and those who watch. Players find themselves getting involved in whatever they are passionate about. Those who watch find themselves warming the bench‚ not contributing‚ and missing out. One important game we play in life is connected to altruism. Someone who plays in the game of altruism participates in service and doing things outside themself. Why do they act so selflessly

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    and quit the challenge since it has gotten really late. The next morning‚ medals were given to the winning team and a hamper was given to the teams that didnt end the game‚ as a token of participation. From this story‚ we can see that if the phrase “united we stand‚divided we fall” is applied to our daily lives‚ jobs or tasks can be completed easily with the cooperation of every teammates. A teams problem is usually because of some teammates that disagree‚ignore or refuse to cooperate together

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    We Wear the Mask

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    Kyle Bigelow Dr. R. Clohessy English 202-203 July 7‚ 2013 An Unfolding of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s: We Wear the Mask The poem is concealing the pain and suffering as an ex-slave. Paul Laurence Dunbar created this masterpiece of literature around the same time former slaves were seeking civil rights and equality in America. He symbolizes the mask as a smile or grin that covered up the true emotions underlying – the unhappiness‚ disparity‚ and hopelessness. He was effective by using that symbol

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    Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love? “You love each other but can’t manage to communicate without arguing‚ fighting and ending up exhausted‚ each one in his corner‚ trying to lick his wounds and thinking of how to protect oneself against a new attack. And in spite of that..you love each other?” (Westt‚ James) Lorraine Hansberry’s acclaimed play A Raisin in the Sun‚ tells the story of the Youngers‚ a poor African American family in the 1950s. There are four of them‚ all living in a cramped and tiny apartment

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    We Real Cool

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    everyone can relate to this poem‚ not because of experience but it’s the things we see other people involved in with their everyday life. I like how the poet or writer used “we” to make the readers feel like they are a part of the poem as if they can see themselves doing the same stuff the poem speaks of. The poem We Real Cool was written in 1950 on page 521. I will try to explain the parts of this poem to help people understand my interpretation of it. By using the title‚ I didn’t struggle with taking

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    Yes We Can

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    Greg Oberschelp CAS 137 1 PM Dr. Freymiller “Yes We Can” The word rhetoric is widely thrown around by many different people in today’s age. Many people don’t understand the real context of the word‚ but that does not mean it is not any less common. Rhetoric is all around us‚ whether it is on television‚ in a paper‚ or‚ just in an advertisement. For most people‚ rhetoric is most widely seen during election season‚ especially during the Presidential election. Candidates rely

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    Are We Mean to be Monogamous? A Popular Press Review Topic Description For centuries now‚ we have been taught by society that being monogamous is the socially accepted norm. In fact‚ having more than one marital or sexual partner in many cultures is considered to be taboo. Yet that leaves many people wondering how that tradition was even constructed and whether or not we should continue to live in a monogamous manner. In this paper‚ we are going to examine if being monogamous is truly a

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