In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why‚ there are themes that teenagers can relate to in the real world. Death‚ guilt‚ and betrayal are what teens experience in high school. Hannah’s death impacted many of the students at her school‚ including a boy named Clay who receives the tapes he was given. Death is a recurring theme in the story. The death of Hannah Baker is a main one‚ but we can also see minor ones‚ like the car accident Hannah and her friend caused. Clay is crushed by the loss of her‚
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Aaron Palmer English Comp. 1 Staub 26 August 2014 Reasons To Go To College Three reasons to go to college are to meet new people‚ to learn responsibility‚ and to prepare for a career. There are many reasons to go to college. Some people want to further their education and create a better future for them. A college education secures our future. The number of employment opportunities is greater and statistics reveal that most leaders are college graduates. If a person has a college education‚ you
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The work of the abolitionists was the most important reason for the abolition of slavery and slave trade. Do you agree? In 1807‚ an Act of Parliament abolished the trade of slaves in the British colonies. However‚ it was not until 1833 that an act was passed to free all slaves in Britain’s colonies. The enslaved received no compensation for their sufferings or for having their freedom denied. On the other hand‚ the plantation owners did receive compensation from the British government for the
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Reasons for communicable diseases When someone contracts a communicable disease‚ it can spread very quickly to other people around then if precautions aren’t put into place in order to protect you and the people around you. There are three reasons that communicable diseases are spread from one person to another‚ the three reasons are; • Ignorance • Economic cost • Lack of education One reason that communicable diseases spread from one person to another is because of ignorance. Many people that
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Dan Student ID: 2011301001 Class number: 54915 Reasons for yellow journalism existing in the Internet Being unfamiliar with modern‚ yellow journalism is a controversial kind of journal which was popular with many publishers in the United States in 1890s. Seeing “yellow journalism”‚ most of us might think that it’s a sort of journal whose content is full of sexual issues. In addition to sex‚ yellow journalism refers to “exaggerations of news events‚ scandals or sensationalism as well” (Shirley
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Phenomenal Women The Poem I have chosen is Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. I chose this poem because it not only emphasizes the pressures society places on women but how one may overcome them. The poem helps recognize that one does not need only the stereotypical beauty that society portrays in order to feel confident. The begging of the poem begins almost in a reverse fashion‚ with a pretty women asking a potentially "normal" women where her secret to happiness lies. The poet uses the
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Word Count: 1478 What are the reasons for low productivity in organizations R1 and R2 Organizations with effective management and policies tend to have a higher productivity than its counterparts attributing to its survival in its industry. On the other hand‚ low productivity can lead to poor customer satisfaction and when prolonged could eventually lead to liquidation of the organization. Low productivity of employees can also result in their unemployment. In my stint as a part time employee
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13 Reasons Why focuses on a very emotional side to society. Though i believe the three main factors that relate to the real world in this book are blindness to the truth‚ failure of a safe environment at school and how they let us down in providing proper assistance‚ but also how cruel people are and how they don’t take responsibility for their actions. 13 reasons why by Jay Asher is an eye opener on how big suicide in teens really is and why it happens. In society we become blind to a lot of different
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educationally excel and others do not. If both boys in this scenario have the same opportunities‚ the same environmental settings‚ and the same level of intelligence then why will one excel and the other not? Research has shown that motivation reasons‚ such as fear of failure‚ incuriosity‚ and lack of ambition‚ can cause low classroom achievement. Have you ever been so afraid of failing at something that you decided not to try it at all? Or has fear of failure meant that‚ subconsciously‚ you
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AVON 1. What reason is given for the organizational change? The past several years had been difficult for the organization. Avon sales volume in the United States and international markets showed little or no growth. Profit margins on many products declined due to price discounting by competitors. Turnover rates of sales representatives had increased. The corporate debt was referred to as “staggering”. Avon’s research department informed the management that corporate problems centered on image
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