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independence war.” (Gonzales 109) but this was the early 19th century that sure does not have an effect on current or previous happenings right? Wrong, the first 100,000 Cubans who came here were very poor so to help them live their lives they had to work in cigar factories that were fairly new that the Spanish and Cubans were setting in New Orleans. Yet these Cubans were not the rich and intelligent Cubans from later on but the poor who could no longer bare the stress of their homeland yet they…

This work was written during the time of the industrial revolution, while the factories were a booming industry. The workers during this time were not compensated enough in which the people were low income, and often suffering from these conditions. The people weren't considered civilized and they were categorized as aggressive people. This traits were perhaps due to the change from the dated agricultural lifestyle to the upcoming industry of factories, due to this change also literary works…

In 1999, a campaign was created to end youth smoking once and for all by the American Legacy Foundation. To make their campaign seem trustworthy, they named it “truth.” In 2014, “Finish It” was launched, which encourages teens to make their generation the one that ends smoking. To promote their campaign, they created a website, made videos on television and YouTube, visited many schools across the country, and they sold t-shirts. The facts and statistics “truth” commercials promote were solely…

residents, specifically parents do not want their children to be influenced negatively by unhealthful products such as tobacco. The person also confided that tobacco usage is mostly done at night within bars, lounges, and nightclubs. The use of filtered cigars is most common because resident believe they must smoke products that meet to their high quality of living. In reference to the theory of the Health Belief Model(8), their perceived severity is lax because they continue with their normal,…

products in order to help the government. This all sounds good but the downside is that with every pack of cigarettes they sell, about $2.06 of every pack goes to the millions of people that die annually from using their products, more specifically cigars and cigarettes. Lately there’s been a large number of sales with e-cigarettes, climbing to an astonishing number of 2 billion dollars over the last view years. The truth behind e-cigs is that they deliver 20 percent of nicotine that a regular…

The Unity of Effect in “The Man of The Crowd” While studying the works of Edgar Allan Poe, I was introduced to the “Philosophy of Composition” and the concept of Unity of Effect. I found it intriguing that the author is supposed to know what type of Unity of Effect they will convey before everything else such as the title, characters, place, setting, time, etc. My goal in this essay is to illustrate how Poe used a mysterious and curious tone to achieve Unity of Effect in “The Man of The Crowd.”…

He looked me up and down, gave me six cigars, some chocolate and shook my hand. We talked for a while, walking around No Man’s Land. I found out that his name Stefan Jünger. He had 3 kids and a wife at home. He joined the army because of the good pay. He hasn’t killed a man in battle yet and…

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It was a delight, inhaling the crisp scent of smoke from cigars, whilst watching the bubbling brown beer froth out of the bottle and fizz into…

Imitation of Life is a movie directed by John M. Stahl in 1934. Claudette Colbert plays the protagonist in the role of Beatrice “Bea” Pullman. Bea’s new found friend is Delilah Johnson, played by Louise Beavers. Together, both of these ladies create a successful business. Throughout the film we see both their daughters, Jessie and Peola, grow into beautiful women. The Imitation of Life is relevant to our class due to Bea and Delilah’s success after the Great Depression. The three literary…

In Steve Craig and Terry Moellinger’s article, ““So Rich, Mild, and Fresh”: A Critical Look at TV Cigarette Commercials, 1948-197,” they address the ways in which television commercials promoted the appeal of cigarette smoking to different groups as well as how cigarette companies responded to the rising fears about smoking-related cancer. To start, following World War II television captured the public’s attention as the next greatest technological advancement. Around the country, not only the…