The first major hassle in my life is my car. I bought it off craigslist with my tax return money and it has broken down three times. It is currently broken down and now I take the bus. I am grateful to have the availability of a transit system‚ but I live quite a ways from my work. So‚ my second hassle would be my long commute time. My next hassle is linked to the first two. It is time-consuming to grocery shop‚ go to the laundry mat‚ and do errands while taking the bus. There are countless tiny
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The Old Demon In the short story “The Old Demon” by Pearl S. Buck‚ Mrs. Wang is a practical person‚ who takes things at face value‚ does whatever she thinks must be done‚ and accepts her fate. Foremost‚ Mrs. Wang takes things at face value. Seeing things as they truly are‚ after rescuing a wounded soldier from a fallen plane‚ she learns from a crowd of Chinese soldiers that he is Japanese. Though fully acknowledging that he is the adversary‚ Mrs. Wang saves the young man from being stabbed
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goosebumps painted on the skin are worthless without it. “Last Night”‚ written by Sharon Olds‚ is a perfect reflection of how being in love has a profound effect when in relation to intimacy. Olds compares her experience while being in love‚ to her experience when her feelings for her partner are neutral. Throughout this piece Olds conveys her message with the use of similes‚ repetition‚ imagery‚ and hyperbole. Olds included a variety of devices to convey her message‚ one way was through the use of
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PSY 212 April 23‚ 2004 "Old People: Individual Blessing or Societal Disaster?" The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in combination with New Jersey Medical School held a symposium on April 30 dealing with the topic of aging in our American society. One of the sessions on the agenda for the symposium dealt with whether or not aging in our society was a blessing or a disaster. I found the introduction to the presentation to be an interesting article‚ and I can imagine that
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Talking animals and historical figures have something in common in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell’s novel describes farm animals rebelling against the humans and creating their own society. The novel’s intent compared the simple plot and characters to the more complex Russian Revolution and criticized communism. Using literary elements‚ the novel’s allegory successfully shed light on the dark part of history. Therefore‚ Orwell uses characterization‚ conflict and theme to symbolize the figureheads
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shameful state of affairs that there has arisen a need for old age homes in modern times. Why do we need these homes? Why are we considering our older relatives as a burden on us? Not too long ago we used to have a strong joint family system. It was an unquestioned norm of the society to take care if of the elderly. It was considered an honour and a blessing. Sadly‚ joint families have become relics of the past. In this nuclear age‚ old people are considered a liability. Time is money. And time
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Between the 1860’s and 1890’s‚ the west of the United States got its name "the Old West" and a reputation of being violent. Now there are many movies‚ books‚ television shows‚ and many other things based on the Old West having: cowboys‚ gunfights‚ rough towns‚ and Indian attacks. Some people may believe that the Old West really was like this‚ but I think the west wasn’t any more violent than other areas of the United States at this time. Less people lived in the west at this time so one murder may
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Animal Testing: The Destruction of Animals Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ is the use of non-human animals in experiments and development project‚ usually to determine toxicity‚ dosing and efficacy of drugs before proceeding to human clinical trials (Biology online). These tests are to examine new products‚ such as vaccines‚ shampoos‚ household products‚ cosmetics‚ foods‚ and personal care products on the animals so they are “safer” for the consumer‚ which never is an absolute
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On September 1‚ 1939‚ Poland was invaded by Germany. The Nazi leader of Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ tried to make the claim that this was a strictly defensive move on their part‚ even though all along his main goal for invading Poland was to gain more Lebensraum‚ or “living space” for the people of Germany. Hitler had a plan to colonize the territory and to enslave and eliminate those citizens that he considered to be inferior‚ specifically the Jews‚ to make room for his “racially superior” German citizens
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told and what they remember specifically about the incident‚ because those characteristics better classify the definition of a flashbulb memory. In their Challenger explosion study‚ it was said that participants who rated themselves as being more confident remembered more after specific probes. This too poses a problem in my opinion‚ as being probed to specific questions can trigger memories that participants wouldn’t have necessarily remembered in free recall. If someone were to ask me what I was wearing
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