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Plastic bags, worth the risk? A lot of states have passed laws that require stores to charge at least 5 cents per plastic bag which has some people fuming. Less 0.2 percent of plastic bags make up world pollution. Do we really need to debate a fee? There is other trash that is being dumped into the ocean, which is bad for the environment. Plastic bags also create jobs for people in factories and if we charge a fee on bags some people would not buy bags. So there should not be a fee on…

This is what I think about it. You save a lot more money if you bring your own snacks. You could get a giant bag of pretzels for the same price as 1 pretzel at the movies. One bag of popcorn could be $5.00 at the movie theater and only $2.00 for a box of popcorn at the grocery store. You could go to a gas station and get candy for .50 so why go to the movie theater and pay $3.00. As long as you don’t bring a whole turkey what’s the problem? What if you have a medical problem like a disease. If…

There are about 2.1 million people with an amputated limb in the United States of America. About 185,000 people have an amputation each year and about 300 to 500 a day. Many people with amputated limbs have phantom pains. There are many questions about phantom pains such as what they are, who discovered them, what causes them, and how are they treated. Phantom pains are pains that come from body parts that have been amputated. Not everyone with an amputated limb will have phantom pains, but…

notified Nissan that an unpaid franchise tax constituted a lien on the warehouse. Nissan Corp. requested a delay of 3 days to pay the tax and satisfy the lien. Belle, who had reconsidered her bargain, refused any extension, tendered her certified check for the balance, and demanded that Nissan deliver clear title. When Nissan Corp. was unable to comply, Belle said she was cancelling the…

When going into a movie theater they already have concessions but do you bring in your own food? Most people from the past years have been booting out the concession food and bringing their own but what do you think? People should be allowed to bring in their own food in a movie theater because food is expensive and unhealthy. It is argued, that people should not be able to bring food into a movie theater because movie theaters can go out of business. Movies theaters make their money by…

We’re officially one week removed from what many are calling the biggest blockbuster of the summer - Captain America: Civil War. Typically, whenever a monster (no pun intended) hit of this magnitude makes landfall, rival movie studios are smart enough to steer clear of putting any potential moneymaker against it one week later - from fear that it will be drowned out by the moviegoers that decided to wait a week before indulging in viewing said blockbuster. With that said, it’s difficult to say…

storyline, the image of the “black-box” is mentioned approximately 20 times. This box plays quite a large role in the plot of the story in that the pieces of paper inside of it ultimately determines the fate of one the villager’s lives. Whichever individual draws the sheet of paper from the black box with the black dot on is plagued with the fate of the lottery. This villager is sentenced to death by means of stoning by the hands of the remaining townspeople. The “black-box” is representative of…

The Flick is Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Annie Baker. It is set in an old movie theater, appropriately called “The Flick”. The movie theater is currently being upgraded from using an old 35 millimeter projector to a digital one. Just like the theater is undergoing changes, so are the lives of the play’s three characters, Avery, Sam, and Rose as they learn more about each other in the time they share at The Flick. The play begins by introducing to Sam and Avery, both of whom are seen…

CHAPTER TWO The City of Locked Doors Eleven Months Later The sky was an opaque, gray-brown color; a thick fog enveloped the city like a wet, sepia blanket, starving the populous of a fresh breath, or ray of slanted sunlight. Seldom was there a variation in hue from horizon to opposite horizon, it was stubbornly blended, one single, dull color through and through. Oblivious to the gloom of the outdoors, a tall man with fair, curly hair reclined thoughtfully in his black office chair. His mind…

27th of June, the entire town assembles to partake in the lottery, however, instead of winning a tremendous prize the ‘winner’ gets stoned to death. An old black box is the vessel that holds the townspeople fate, and after decades of use, it has become worn and shabby. Every year Mr. Summers tried to convince the townspeople to build a new box, yet every year “the subject [is] allowed to fade off without anything’s being done. (p.237)” Tradition is very important to the villagers and even the…