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    pages the gradual maturation of an immature boy into a self-reliant young man. It is the unorthodox story of seventeen year-old Holden Caulfield, who is growing up in the decadent world of New York. He has thus far been unable to come terms with the fact that eventually, he must grow up, and that the world will never be pure. Holden has profound difficulty in accepting the inevitable, which in turn delays any form of progression towards adulthood. Caulfield’s rite of passage is at last…

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    Heart racing, adrenaline rushing, butterflies in the stomach, unsure if the performance will be enough and thumbs are moving, frantically. This is what a person would experience if he were a professional gamer in a tournament. A person would expect these kind of feelings from being an athlete. Not a gamer and this is what seventy-eight percent of the population would expect these emotions as well. Seventy-five percent of people support that video games should NOT be considered a sport and…

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    from this is that not knowing about sex is part of being innocent. It’s part of the adult world which kids are not ready for. Holden often talks about sex, and how complicated it is, specially for Jane. When they were sitting on the porch playing checkers, she was asked for cigarettes by the booze hound that was married to her mother. But she doesn’t reply and drops a tear, to such a simplistic question, suggesting that something was wrong. Similar to the Mr. Antonelli occurrence, Holden knows…

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    Also number games are available for children this will Improve children’s math’s skills without sitting down and remembering times tables such as Sudoku. Finally, strategy games will encounter children’s problem solving abilities such as chess and checkers. Playing games is always looked a pun in a negative way however, It’s the act of problem solving (Mackenty 2006). Gaming can increase the level of thinking according to (Schaller 2006) he states the important part of the learning process is…

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    and ordinary meaning. This can be illustrated in the case of Whiteley v Chappell [1868] 4 LR QB 147 in which the defendant was charged under a statue that made it an offence 'to impersonate any person entitled to vote’ and was acquitted due to the fact that the person whose name he had used died and thus was not entitled to vote. The main advantage of the rule is that it maintains the separation of power between the legislature and the judiciary by restricting the role of judges in law making.…

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    She finds this out later after they marry and move to Jacksonville, Florida – where Janie was able to interact with Tea Cake’s black community and engage in society without restrictions due to her gender. Janie learns how to fish, play checkers and hunt; unlike her previous marriages “their relationship is more equal” and “satisfies Janie's spiritual needs” Telgen describes. Although Tea Cake was the ideal match for Janie, their duration of being together was only for 2 years because Tea…

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    It was last summer. While browsing on the Wechat, I was captivated by a story. This story begins like that a couple broke up at the airport. The girl said: “every day I am waiting for you. It’s just exhausted. At first I thought you would come back if I just wait for one more minute, but now I know there’s no point to waiting for you any more, because just like you could never get on a train in an airport, I could never expect the wrong person on the wrong place in a wrong time.” On that day…

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    Media Shaming, Press Pacification, The Power Elite and Socialization The integration of views of misrepresented communities have been determined in many instances as ways of promoting collective identity in the process of normalizing their experiences within a given setting. However, the kind of globalization that is taking place today works ona different level. On the one hand it supposes that the necessity of promoting diverse views is informed by the idea that people are interacting on a…

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    The American political system is known for being dishonest and with the use of fact-checkers in recent elections, this is found to be true. The cause of these lies is usually politicians sharing what they believe will fix a prevailing issue. As they are unable to know if their plans or ideas will really work if they are elected, this paves…

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    and put some money up. If your a pimp plan on one of your hoes running off or getting out the game If your a soldier plan on going to war load up on ammunition ahead of time. You know a lot of people don 't know me they just know about me. Matter fact a lot of people don 't know themselves. Ima tell y 'all some things you may or may not know about me Im good is a LIE I often tell. I LOVE late nights and early…

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