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    This is a written text‚ containing a picture of a flawless woman with the title “Fighting the Flaws” and pictures of acne and scar treatments down the bottom side. The intended target for this article would be mostly women who want to present themselves and make them feel better about their looks. You can tell this because in the paragraph it states that; “Research suggests that around 18 percent of adult women suffer from acne.” The authors of this article want the reader to realize that they are

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    The article‚ Ban Fighting in Hockey discusses the dangers of fighting in the game of hockey. Author Charlie Gillis is arguing the fact that the old saying says‚ “Hockey needs fighting” should be reconsidered. This journal coming out shortly after the death of rookie senior hockey player‚ Donald Sanderson‚ caused the uproar against violence from Gillis. His argument was up against great odds‚ because when Colin Campbell (who is the director of hockey operations) brought the topic of harsher punishments

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    society over generations. In the beginning of the story‚ the boys have been completely set free from the control of adults. However‚ the boys take this freedom and shape it into government‚ laws‚ repression. Through this‚ Golding shows us that mankind has become so dependent on and controlled by hierarchical society that it no longer recognizes what freedom is. When the boys first come together‚ they immediately elect a chief to govern them‚ giving a glimpse into how dependent society has become on a

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    addition to fighting with guns and a myriad of other weapons‚ Napoleon and Illya primarily use hand-to-hand combat against their opponents stemming from traditional boxing and Judo. The primary goal for their methods of fighting is to subdue their opponents instead of causing serious injury or death. When death does occur‚ it is usually in the form of self-defense‚ necessity‚ or the opponent is killed by an error in their own weapons‚ such as poison or killer bees. Napoleon’s and Illya’s fighting style

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    Dog Fighting “We need‚ in a special way‚ to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures‚ that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves‚” said César Chávez. Animals are apart of this world and play just as an important role as we do‚ but they’re often treated with less respect and as if they’re worth less. There’s so much mistreatment of animals around the world and humans are the root cause of it all. People even turn to abusing pets‚ although

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    Freedom Writers Task 1: The Narrative Elements Characterisation Erin Gruwell- Erin Gruwell was a young English teacher in a school in Long Beach‚ California she is a passionate teacher who gives up at nothing to help and teach her students Eva and Sindy – They both hate each other as they come from different gangs‚ but when it comes down to it they are extremely similar and have been through the same sort of situations as shown in the scene where they are both are getting ready to go out. Setting

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    The Cost Of Freedom

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    People have to demand freedom because it’s not given to them equally even though freedom should be given with no cost. As Martin Luther King jr. states in his I have a dream speech‚ on August 28‚ 1963 in Washington D.C. “There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights”(King 49). In this quote he states that the Native American people have been fighting for their freedom for a long time and they won’t rest until they are free no matter the consequences

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    World Theatre Greg Justice 07 November 2013 The View Unnerving. That’s the only way to describe walking into a dimply lit black box theatre to realize that the actor you have come to watch…is watching you. He’s acting‚ yes‚ but the whole premise of “The View” could not have been more clearly stated as we sat down to the crackle and pop of white noise in the background. In the tiny theatre‚ I couldn’t have been more than ten feet from what we were soon to learn was the main character‚ but it could

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    Fighting Ground Summer Reading Assignment The Fighting Ground is about a thirteen year old boy named Jonathan. Jonathan has wanted to be a soldier since he was a little boy because his father and his brother were also soldiers. There was going to be a war and Jonathan wanted to join. However‚ his father disagreed of him being a soldier because he was too young. Jonathan went to the tavern where the Americans prepared to fight without any telling anyone. Before he started fighting he was kidnapped

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    Fighting Dogs “He was dragging her and all her scalp was hanging by her side. He wouldn’t turn her loose. He would let her go and attacked her again. I saw police shoot the dog with a stun gun. That’s the only way they could cut him loose.”-Rudy Bernal. This was a report from someone’s “family” dog‚ a pitbull‚ attacking a person. This is why I believe that fighting dogs like pitbulls and Rottweilers should not be kept by the general public. There is a tremendous amount of danger for your own children

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