* How can we become a good citizens? A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said‚ "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight.” Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Roger Soder writes
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Ideal Citizen in the Superhero Movies The 2012 summer movie season is coming to an end and guesses who the winner is? Ding! Superhero movies! Quite a lot of them shattered box-office records. Just in U.S. theaters‚ “Marvel’s The Avengers" ($618 million)‚ "The Dark Knight Rises" ($410 million) and "The Amazing Spider-Man" ($257 million) were the top three highest-grossing movies‚ lumping $1.3 billion together. It has been noticed that there have been around 50 superhero movies since 2002 and it
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Lighting and Darkness of Citizen Kane Directed by Orson Welles and released in 1941 by RKO‚ "Citizen Kane"‚ is considered by mane film critics to be one of the greatest examples of film ever made. Many critics believe the acting is one of the major reasons for the film’s greatness. Due to Orson Welles background in radio and live theater‚ others believe the music and sound effects are what truly make this film great. Orson Welles and Greg Toland‚ the cinematographer‚ both were considered to
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Making Good Choices By: Keria Owens Making choices can affect any and everything in your life whether it’s dealing with your family or just everyday situations. Everyone in life is faced with good and bad choices that can either have a good outcome on your life or it can make a turn for the worst. Yes‚ everyone wants to make good choices in life. But does that always happen? Nine times out of ten know. Recently‚ I made a bad choice that affected my life in numerous ways for instance when I got
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The Reason Why You Should Vote The reason why you should vote speaker 1 gave a good motivational speech. In my opinion her speech gave good reasons to get people to go out to vote. Being a victim of domestic violence‚ by voting for a change in the justice system for harsh punishment for domestic abusers‚ helped victims not to be afraid anymore. I thought her speech was very emotional because her speech was from a personal experience. By her voting as a victim of domestic abuse can help push some
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Citizen Kane Essay – Consequences of Obsession In Citizen Kane‚ Orson Welles explores the consequences of obsession. Such obsessions include Kane’s desire to win the love of others‚ regaining his lost childhood‚ Kane’s obsession with his reputation and public image‚ and Thompson‚ the journalist‚ seeking to unravel the mysteries of Kane’s life. Kane’s obsession with winning the love of others is due to him being stripped of a maternal figure at a young age‚ which the latter was replaced by the
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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND CHOICE INTRODUCTION Strategic analysis and choice are done at two levels‚ namely‚ corporate and business levels. Strategists at the two levels unlike those at the operational level can choose what strategies to adopt i.e. “doing the right things”. Hence‚ effectiveness in realizing organizational goals is critical at these levels of strategic management. Operational strategy‚ on the other hand‚ focuses on “doing things right” i.e. properly operationalizing or
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language of the native Romano-British. On the other hand‚ the Franks who invaded Gaul and the Ostragoths‚ who invaded Iberia‚ both adopted the language of the native population. Large-scale linguistic imperialism occurred during the colonial era. It first began with the Portuguese in Brazil‚ the Spanish in Mesoamerica and the English in North America‚ but widened to large parts of the world. In most cases‚ new countries and new territories covered a wide patchwork of linguistic groups. In these cases
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Literary Analysis: The Ultimate Choice In life‚ there are many choices that everyone must make many times each day. Whether or not it is ever the right choice always depends‚ but there is always a choice in everything. In the popular play‚ Hamlet: Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare‚ The main character‚ Hamlet‚ as well as many others face a choice that no one would like to face; “to be or not to be”. The ultimate choice between living‚ or taking their own life‚ and the imagery
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Nowadays‚ health is a major global concern and individuals rightly pay attention to what they eat. Therefore‚ the question of whether it is now easier to make healthy food choices is an important one. Firstly‚ as the world nowadays become more developed‚ there are more choices in food to eat‚ globalisation and the opening of international trading has bring the choices of food from locally in the past‚ into globally in the future as now individuals can eat and chooses food from around the world.
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