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    Through fair trade, we can help avoid this devastating loss. I aspire to inspire and more people’s affirmative acts are needed to ensure that the world’s existing cultures stay healthy and that the beauty in those cultures that have faded away or are fading are revitalized and reestablished. By establishing inroads with craftspeople and farmers in culturally waning areas and setting up a supply chain, we ensure that struggling workers are provided a steady income that will help them to maintain…

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    Small town culture is fading. The 1790 census showed that 95 percent of Americans lived in the country. In 1790, and also today, living in the country means to live in remote areas, areas of sparse population, or in land around a large city. While the definition of the word country has relatively remained the same, the word city has developed over time and continues to do so today. A city is a large group of people living together in one area. In 1790, there were only two cities that were…

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    For example, when they talk about the box (refer to lines 1-3 of paragraph 2), The narrator said the box was shabby, splintered, and the color was fading. This shows it is old and has been used for a long, and this means the village has been performing this ritual for an exponential amount of time. With the tickets the narrator says, “Mr. Summers had been successful in having slips of paper substituted…

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    “Coolness”, What It Means And What Defines It In the essays “What Happens When Black Loses Its Cool?” by Questlove and “Jennifer Lawrence And Being a ‘Cool Girl’” by Anne Helen Petersen, there are two different viewpoints on the idea of cool. In the essays, the authors show a common idea that ‘coolness’ is identified by certain traits. Questlove and Peterson both agree on the idea of coolness and what that means, but focus on different ideas of what makes coolness. In Questlove's’ essay she…

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    Although chivalry has existed for decades, it is slowly fading away. We all know that the reasons why chivalry is fading has been apart of the community for such a long time. The 21st century has brought less gentlemen and more . As we grow older parental influence is less and less, men caring less about what women think of them, and finally…

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    socially, economically, and health-wise. It affects many people socially without even noticing it. For example, comparing our current lives with the old days, it would be so noticeable that the family tradition of eating together is slightly fading away. Furthermore; many fast food is delivered to our house steps now, meaning there is no much of socializing with people as it would be as sitting in a restaurant. Despite the amount of numerous diseases fast food can cause, many…

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    The brain is composed of many sections, the Hippocampus being one of those sections. The Hippocampus is responsible for memory. It has been scientifically proven that the Hippocampus continues to generate new neurons, even in adulthood. While other systems do not create new neurons, it is critical that the Hippocampus does. Since the Hippocampus is responsible for processing memories, it needs to generate new neurons so that new memories can be formed. If new neurons were not being produced…

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    Figurative language in the last paragraph of the book expresses Nick’s disappointment towards this inauthentic idea of social mobility. Nick emphasizes how strenuous the work is when he describes themselves as “boats against the current”. The green light in this passage is what represents Gatsby’s vision of the life he longed for. Gatsby’s struggle for happiness and a significant other symbolizes the struggle of living the American Dream. Saying that they will “run faster” and “stretch our arms…

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    Singer/Songwriter, Malcolm David Kelley, in his song, American Dream, published in April 2014, addresses the topic of the fading American Dream, and suggests that the American Dream might not be as real as it once was. He supports this claim asking, "whatever happened to the American Dream?" (Kelley 37). Kelley's purpose is to question how alive the American Dream is today, in order to invoke action from his fellow peers in America. He adopts a wishful tone for his audience, the listeners of his…

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    We’ll do this with two words. Slow and fading. The opening shot will begin with a blank canvas, the title Perks of Being a Wallflower appears letter by letter through the motions of a typewriter, alluding to Charlie and his signature equipment. Charlie’s words play over with his genuinely dark quote, “there is so much pain, I don’t know how to not notice it...” There is no music, so we may be able to detect and place an emphasis on the slight tremors and desolation in his voice. An impression is…

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