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    so it looks like I have a hook and evidence that connects my hook to my essay. If whoever is reading this has a few ideas that could help me to get a start on my paper that would be great. The next sentence is actually apart of my paper however. The play is a good example for how gender roles can change and how different people can take on different roles in order to get a point across or persuade people to do something. I don’t know what my thesis is either so this is just going to be a…

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    He not only provides us with the insight into complex human conditions but also tells us about the false reality that most of the people perceive. Primarily this play does not seem any different from other plays as it involves the basic three act structure comprising of exposition, confrontation and climax. The unique thing about this play is the way Miller has used time and space. He made the characters go back and forth in time which made audience experience both past and present…

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    career.he starts of by telling the audience about his early childhood,the he transitions himself to his life as a chinese american playing ball in a ivy league. BY SOME OTHER CRITIC:The story of Jeremy Lin's rise to fame is well known and was exhaustively covered in 2012. The American-born middle son of Taiwanese immigrants, he grew up in Palo Alto, Calif., and went on to play at Harvard before ending up in the NBA and eventually having a series of games that most professional athletes can…

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    always been and always will be about perspectives. In most social settings someone who plays computer games are often looked down on or viewed as a nerd. Not only is that thought stereotyped but also inaccurate. I have to say I’m far from a nerd and computer games are my life. I am completely capable of holding a conversation with anyone, as well as start one. Many people are often surprised when I tell them I play video games on computers since they often picture someone who’s overweight,…

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    set down their bag, probably get a snack, and sit down in front of their television and spend the rest of the day playing video games. Not many people are going out and spending time outdoors with their friends. Statistics show that 49% of American adults play video games and 10% of adults consider themselves a “gamer” (Krista Lofgren). Popular video games, like Assassin’s Creed, may be the reason that many people are spending more time playing games than being in the real world. In other…

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    75 percent of Americans have a modern-day cell phone. Games, technology, and communication have changed greatly over time. First and foremost, the games have changed rapidly throughout the course of time. Football has changed greatly within the last 100 years, or so. They used to wear uniforms with leather (pigskin) helmets. Back in the early 1900s, they used to play with marbles, and they thought that was very entertaining. Individuals would draw a circle in the dirt, and try to hit…

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    THE DEMISE OF AMERICAN DREAM Sports have been a big part of achieving the American dream because its has the power to be widely accessible to a lot of people. You can go to the YMCA and there are many teams you can join from youth all the way through college to train hard and work towards achieving the American dream. There are many examples of this throughout the years. One example, of this, is a man called Freddy Gomez. After his fourth year at Guilford, he achieved the American dreams of…

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    art and play areas do not seem to blend well together however, Noguchi’s Playscapes managed to accomplish contemporary art in a regular park space. His playscapes were influenced by his own adventurous childhood including the experiences he had with landscape. Noguchi's wish in developing his playscapes was to possibly lead the public to appreciate the art of sculpting. His vision and designs reveal art and humanity through play. Isamu Noguchi's philosophy is simple: rather than dictating play…

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    that I’ll not forget anytime soon. I have never felt such a genuine energy and calmness at the same time. But the story really began four years before that in an airplane. I was nine years old on my way to America, and I was looking at a page of American sports. I held the page up to my parents, and I asked the question,”Which one of these is basketball?” because, in Ethiopia, I had never even seen a basketball. I remember the first time I tried shooting hoops at a church gym. I couldn't…

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    never able to get along for more than short periods of time. As each of the family members holds very different ideals, experiences, and values it is not hard to see why they don't function together as well as they should. Moreover, in the play each family member seems to symbolize a unique emotion or aspect, each integral to the family as a whole. The unity potentially created by working together could be great, however the dissension between the family only serves to further…

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