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    issues in American politics today‚ and can be seen as a fight against killing a fetus‚ while others are willing to argue that they are infringing on their personal freedoms. It is a woman’s right to choose what she does with her body‚ and no one entity should be able to decide how to take away such choices. These freedoms are given and protected by the Constitution. Regardless of this major debate‚ there are approximately 1.5 million abortions performed every year. Prior to the 1960’s‚ there were

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    Early in the 1830’s‚ there were about 125‚000 Native Americans that inhabited the areas of the present Florida‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee which covers millions of acres. The Native Americans and their ancestors had cultivated and occupied these lands for generations. It had been a growing importance to expand the United States of America and to be able to use the resources that surrounded them to grow as a country; cotton for example. For this to occur‚ the lands that were thought

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    The American dream as defined in 1940’s is “That dream of land in which life should be better richer and fuller with the opportunity for each ability or achievement (Ameado 1).” This relates to Willy Loman in the pursuit of happiness by the amount of stress it takes to run a household and keep all the bills paid. What makes it harder is with the new generation and all the modern technology which results in more stress to Willy. This is because he is part of the older generation and really does not

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    How do movies or television influence people’s behavior? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer Television and movies are the part of the strongest network of all times. People changes the way they act and the way they feel in a determinate situation after they watch television. Sometimes this change does not help‚ but most of them it is a good way out. For example‚ while watching a movie you become part of it. People use to identify themselves in a determinate situation when

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    this chapter‚ “What To Do?”‚ Carl Hoffman visits a lot of places in India. In the starting of this chapter‚ he plans to visit Bihar. Bihar was the poorest state in India. Carl Hoffman decided to visit there after coming back Bangladesh. The man who was shocked when he saw that Carl Hoffman was talking bus to Patna‚ I was shocked to while reading it because I know the conditions of the bus while going to Patna was not good. I have never been on a bus in Patna‚ but I have heard a lot about it. The crime

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    Today‚ stories are an intrinsic part of our societies and culture. Movies‚ books‚ music‚  news media‚ religions‚ architecture and painting‚ you name it‚ and the influence of storytelling is to be seen in all aspects of our life. Defining our values‚ desires‚ dreams and‚ as well as our prejudices and hatreds‚ don’t you want to know how it all began? Well‚ the history of Storytelling is the prime focus of this article. Traditionally‚ the oral stories have been handed over from generation to generation

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    The article "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King examines the popular trend of attending horror films and he explains several explanations for this craving behavior. King claims that attending these gory films is not just a trend; he believes that it is a necessity. As a result‚ King claims that we need/crave horror movies for various basic reasons. First‚ he suggest we need to view these horror films to fulfill our basic need for entertainment and excitement. Also‚ we need to view these

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    Jessica Shahinian Paper #1 Eng.102 Prof. Tabor To be American can mean many different things depending on each person‚ whether if they are an immigrant‚ alien‚ or a true citizen. The pure definition of what does it mean to be American is‚ “To be bored and raised in the United States”. Although it is also said and known that we have free rights‚ but that doesn’t mean we are a hundred percent freedom free because we are American. For example‚ say you are watching T.V and a commercial of having a car

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    The Horror in Movies Life is full of common and expected but yet‚ very frightening situations‚ events‚ or circumstances such as natural disasters‚ wild animal attacks‚ been aggravated by violent individuals‚ strange and chronicle illness or situations that threaten the safety or people’s life. There are also other events that rarely occur in people’s lives but are even more frightening because there are mysterious and dark beings involved. Humans know very little about these entities and the

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    named “The american dream” it states about how a book written in 1931 stated that how the ways of the American dream in the 1930’s was “the dream was to have land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability‚ or achievement” (library of congress‚p.1‚s.1) A little bit about our history of the American dream is that‚ our founding fathers started a revolutionary idea that each person should be able to pursue their idea and what they want

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