A Risk or a Benefit? As of 2000‚ there were about ninety million cell phone users in the United States‚ with 85% of them using their phones while on the road (Sundeen 1). Because of evidence that cell phones impair drivers by distracting them‚ some states have considered laws restricting their use in moving vehicles. Proponents of legislation correctly point out that using phones while driving can be dangerous. The extent of the danger‚ however‚ is a matter of debate‚ and the benefits may
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Studying Overseas is good for you Wade‚ Betsy. “Practical Traveler; Study Abroad. How. Where. (Travel Desk)” The New York Times 19 March 1995:3. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Penfield High School. 23 March 2009 http://find.galgroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tadID=T004&prodid=OVRC&docid=A155489411&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&UserGroupName=nysl_ro_phs&version=1.0 “Nursing Students will study Abroad” Post-Bulletin (Rochester MN) 28 February 2009: 2 Custom
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The unnamed narrator and protagonist from the short story‚ “Greasy Lake‚” by T.C. Boyle makes a shocking display of immaturity in youth. The protagonist is introduced as an upper-middle class male with lower class intentions. In pursuit of some late-night fun at the local hangout‚ he and his two comrades encounter a little more mischief than they were hoping for. Quickly‚ his rebellion against society leaves him in a dangerous and unforgiving position that causes him to rethink his outlook on
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character and lead to a realization of who they really are. The three stories that illustrate both concepts are Greasy Lake by T. Coraghessan‚ Where Are You Going Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and A & P by John Updike. A & P is about a coming of age for Sammy. Though it takes place over the period of a few hours‚ it represents a much larger process of maturation. Greasy lake is about three young men on the road to maturity‚
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Robert E Bennett Jr. BIT 111-70 Professor Davenport 10/15/2012 Works Cited Steroids.com. (2012‚ 10 01). Retrieved 09 28‚ 2012 Aronson‚ A. (2012‚ 08 22). Boston.com. Retrieved 10 01‚ 2012 Assael‚ S. (2007). Steroid Nation: Juiced Home Run Totals‚ Anti-aging Miracles‚ and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America’s True Drug Addiction. New York City: ESPN Publishers. Bloom‚ B. M. (2007‚ 12 13). MLB.com. Retrieved 10 10‚ 2012 Bryant‚ H. (2005). Juicing the Game: Drugs‚
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Works Cited Research Guide to Biography & Criticism. 1990. Web. This edition reprints the original transcript of each poem by Allen Ginberg‚ also tells about his life and why he was the most famous living poet on earth. “Allen Ginsberg.” 2010. Gale. Web. 25 Sept. 2011 Shows all the works and awards he ever got and accomplished. “Allen Ginsberg.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6. 1 July 2010. Web. Talks about a long poem by Ginsberg and how its attacking American values in the 1950’s
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Sudden and Ironic events that happen to the narrator in T.C. Boyle’s short story "Greasy Lake" are the same type of events that in an instant will change a person forever. The ironic circumstances that the narrator in "Greasy Lake" finds himself in are the same circumstances that young people find themselves in when fighting war. The viewpoint of the world that the narrator has‚ completely alters as certain events take place throughout the story. His outlook on nature transforms into a wholly
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Greasy lake and the three immature teenagers Greasy Lake by T. Coraghesan Boyle’s is the story of a group of adolescents‚ searching for the one situation that will proclaim them as bad boys and how their minds change. The greasy lake is a short story which the narrator uses details‚ imagination and language to describe and represent the moral condition of each character. Also‚ during the story the narrator shows us how each character becomes closer to maturity after facing a crazy and
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Cited: 1. Carpi‚ John. "A Pox on the Pox." Scientific American 273: 10 (1995): 32-32D. York: HarperPerennial‚ 1996. New York: W.K. Freeman and Company‚ 1996. Pennsylvania: Rodale Press Inc.‚ 1995 Publishers‚ Inc.‚ 1998.
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Nicholas Chowdhury English 101 Class #0120 Greasy Lake Thomas John Boyle’s short story “Greasy Lake” is about a troubled‚ rebellious‚ out of control teen that learns that being “bad” is not at all what it cuts out to be. Through the gloomy narrative the protagonist goes from having a pleasurable worry free time into a horrific night that will be forever haunting to him and his juvenile friends Digby and Jeff. In this complicated story these “bad” characters nearly took a man’s life away‚ all
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