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    The story What You Pawn I Will Redeem is about a homeless Native American Man named Jackson who goes on a metaphorical quest to get back his grandmother’s regalia which he has stumbled upon in a pawn shop. The pawn shop owner says he can sell Jackson the $1000 regalia at a discounted price of $999. This is representative of how America treats Native American. This regalia was your grandmothers and was stolen. Well I bought is for $1000. Here’s what I can do for you. I’ll give you a discount of one

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    Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made

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    unhealthy diet ‚mostly people used to eat in fast food restaurants. Obesity leads to many health problems like heart attack‚ blood pressure‚ Cholesterol problem. Fat people can work less and with less efficiency. Balance diet which contains fruits‚ green vegetable ‚juices fibre are healthier choices for your regular die .proper diet plan is always helpful for better health like less oily and sugary food . Sticking to healthy diet keep you in great shape and in a healthy life

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    I’m writing this blog to you to talk about how your friends and family‚ your mind‚ the internet‚ the government‚ and science have an effect on your eating habits. The reason I’m bringing this up to you is because our class is finding out why we eat what we eat. If you read this blog you will already know about what’s going on once you get to high school. How do your friends‚ family‚ and your lifestyle have an effect on why you eat what you eat? Your family might only eat certain foods on holidays

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    What Environment Were You Raised In? Geographically my environment spanned from as far south as Texas and as farther north as Ohio. But has always been marked by love between family‚ and values of honor‚ respect‚ and commitment. With little to no exemptions in a stray of these values. I was born in Ohio with the majority of my immediate family nearby. With the predominance of my mom’s family in Ohio‚ and my dad’s family in Missouri or Michigan. I was always taught the importance of family‚ and

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    Understanding What You Pawn I will Redeem Do we always know why writers write about the things they do? Do we clearly understand what they are trying to convey if we don’t really know anything about them? As you read through different things you often wonder how the author was able to be so detailed and have so much knowledge and background on specific events. Here we will learn about how one’s life events can turn into imaginative stories. Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 on the Spokane Indian Reservation

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    definition can be altered in many ways by every person alive. Because of the way I saw society‚ I have come to believe that culture means the pre-born beliefs you are supposed to spread and live by. However because I‚ Tomas Watts am a free thinker‚ I can leave the preset definition of culture. Culture to me means an aspect of life that you love and will always be willing to change. My culture is Human. My culture is one which can be modified on the spot‚ a belief that can be used as inspiration

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    The Age of Exploration was a period starting in the early 15th century during which European ships‚ mostly belonging to Spain‚ France‚ and England‚ traveled around the world in search of new trading routes leading to India. All three countries set out to explore and possibly colonize‚ all expecting to find what they each set out for. While searching for what they came for‚ they established relationships‚ some friendly and some hostile‚ with indigenous Americans. Spain’s most prominent reasons for

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    WRITTEN PAPER : “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset In my paper I write about a quote from Jose Ortega y Gasset: “Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are”. Jose Ortega y Gasset (9 may 1883-18 octomber 1995) was a Spanish liberal philosopher and assayist working during the first half of the 20th century. His influence was considerable‚ not only because many sympathized with his philosophical writings‚ but

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    Implications of Cultural Values and Beliefs on Caring Concepts Abstract This paper is a personal response to Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. The paper includes a summary of the book‚ an overall impression of the reader‚ a discussion of three major themes evident in the book‚ and a description of a situation from the book and how the situation could be handled differently using references and material learned in 3020 Transcultural Nursing. Keywords: culture‚ cultural barriers

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