history. This is true even to this day; poems written now will one day become the poems of the future. These poems will serve as a window into early 21st century life which is amazing to think about‚ however‚ this is not all that poems can do. They can also speak on century old truths which may even be part of human nature. Meaning that a poem written in the 1600’s can still have a strong meaning 400 years later. The poem “I Have News for You‚” by Tony Hoagland is a very recent poem‚
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- � PAGE �1� - Park � PAGE �1� "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been" Vanity can be exposed as one ’s greatest weakness. "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been"‚ a short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ describes Connie ’s misconception of beauty as her only value‚ and also the ways in which Arnold Friend‚ a potential rapist and murderer‚ manipulates and takes advantage of Connie ’s vanity. Connie is a fifteen year old girl who knows the extent to which her beauty can be used to her
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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to their families what they couldn’t back in their original home countries. Now in our modern day society the American dream has been significantly altered. The overwhelming amounts of technology‚ money‚ and sex appeal now dominate this country. The accumulation and spending of money is now the new American dream. People say money doesn’t buy happiness but today we live in a generation where people seem to think money makes the world go round. Previously the root of the American dream was “the
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A hundred years form now we would be living underwater in a city like Atlantis. The 2 main factors which would have contributed to this situation would be the raising temperatures I.E global warming and UV radiation. Because of this enormous change in lifestyle which had to take place‚ many other scientific projects would be suspended‚ like the space program for example. Most our scientific efforts would be directed towards the improvement of human life underwater. Some people in America‚ Europe
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The Season Between You and Me Cassidy Emmerich‚ a high school senior in Robin Constantine’s fiction book‚ “The Season Between You and Me‚” is ready for a summer that will take her mind off her recent breakup‚ so she decides to visit her father whom lives in a small town named Crest Haven. Bryan Lakewood‚ a high school senior in a wheelchair who lives in Crest Haven‚ is looking at summer in a way of tough adjustments. Both Cassidy and Bryan are expecting a hard summer but neither are expecting to
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“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake”‚ stated activist Jeanette Rankin. Rankin‚ the first woman member of congress‚ utilized the metaphor demonstrate how inevitable danger and severe consequences come with the action of War. In this scenario‚ she illustrates that no one can win a war. I agree with this quotation. Much like an earthquake‚ war disrupts the physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ and economic conditions of a country or community. War is an occurrence that is often a
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these cases‚ generally the main focus and intrigue lies with the killer rather than the victim. Once the focus is switched to the victim‚ we might see all sorts of different scenarios play out. Although Joyce Carol Oates’s‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” was inspired by real life events and reports of a serial rapist murderer‚ it can also be read as a coming of age story in which we see the victim‚ Connie‚ mature and evolve tremendously from the beginning to the end of the story because
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Jerinesha Hafford Tardiness Mr. Yoist 9/19/12 Have you ever been tardy to class? Do you get penalty for being tardy? Is it a good thing for students to be tardy? Is being tardy means that you are not smart? Why is that students like being tardy? Is it a habit? Imagine if all of sudden students decide to be tardy. What will be the outcome of that? Will being tardy affect the student’s future? A tardy student lack responsibility and shows no interest in following direction. Being on time
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In the future‚ when your children ask you what you have done in life that you feel must most of proud of. What will you answer be? In my life‚ I overcame many obstacles‚ achieved more success and had defeats. Up to now‚ I do not care about what I do best. Once‚ my children asked me what I have done in life that I feel must most of proud of‚ I recognized that I have not thought about it before. But I know some things that I never forget and I always feel proud of it because I did it well. That is
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