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    depression of the mother. Although, it says that women have abortions out of cruelty, research actually says that abortions happen for socioeconomic reasons. Some may ask when a human being is considered living, to answer this question, one must have a heartbeat to live. Arguing whether a baby is living or deceased proves irrelevant once the heart begin to beat. One may hear some mothers argue about a fetus and a person; they exist as the…

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    about to strike and kill an object in which she could not even make out, and in recounting that moment she states “I didn’t know what this little thing was, but it was pulsating, so that meant it must have had a pulse… which would mean probably a heartbeat, which would mean it could suffer.” (2 min) She later found out that the pulsating object was two bats that had become stuck together and fallen during the act of procreation. Although the pulsating object did turn out…

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    she ends up having to make a decision that will determine not only her fate, but the fate of the city. In the novel, symbolism and imagery are very clean and clear but also have deeper meanings behind them. One great example is the heartbeat. Tris mentions heartbeats many times throughout the book and I noticed that usually it meant one of three things- a foreshadowing of someone’s death, a hope that someone will dye, or…

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    Psychopaths rarely have remorse if any. He didn't feel bad, for anything he did. He actually felt on top of the world, like what he did was amazing. He almost knew he wouldn't be caught. But he heard something, before and after killing the man, His heartbeat. It drive him crazy, he tried to block it out but it got louder, and louder. Many psychopaths may hear, and see things that aren't there, This man was lost. Confused. But the thing is, being a psychopath doesn't had much to do with it,…

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    One of the biggest arguments in today's society is the stance on abortion. Abortion, which is the killing of innocent unborn souls is ruthless. Would you be willing to murder a innocent child? What's your stance, pro-life or pro-choice? While most people believe abortion should be legal, others disagree. After the Roe vs Wade case, the Supreme Court simultaneously decided that women have the right of privacy under the 14th amendment; making it acceptable to abort a pregnancy within the…

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    Linear Horn Essay

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    Linear Horn: The linear horn, also known as the straight-sided horn, is a cone-shaped shell with no curvature, it is the oldest and simplest design. The pressure change through the horn is linear as a sound wave moves through it, so there is no distortion of the sound. The gradual change in the cross-sectional area of the horn decreases distortion and provides a good phase response due to compressed air in the throat. Devices intended to reproduce human voices, such as the megaphone, are…

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    gets to the point where the eye makes him so upset that he murders the old man. When the police come to investigate he thinks he can still hear the old man's heartbeat and it drives him crazy. In his head it is so loud that he rips the floorboards up and shows the police where he hid the elderly man just so he doesn't have to hear his heartbeat anymore. Was the main character in this story a cautious and careful calculated killer, or was he just mentally insane? The first reason as to why i…

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    A Psychopath killer In the story “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Edgar Allan Poe shows the hidden darkness of the insane narrator. Narrator says “TRUE!—NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”(Poe). Narrator claims to be nervous but not mad. Narrator says that he likes the old man but he does not like his vulture looking eye. Narrator gets mad when he looks at old man’s eye. All he wants to do is get rid of the old man’s eyes. The only way narrator…

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    Even in Ohio, a law just passed called the “heartbeat bill” banning abortions once the heartbeat is detected. The heartbeat can be detected around six weeks into the pregnancy. Pro-lifers were thrilled once they announced this news, thinking no more abortions will happen here in Ohio. Pro-choice people knew that this bill was not going…

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    the night of the old man’s inevitable death. The story also hints the narrator is going to go crazy. The narrator could not bear the sound of the man’s beating heart and in the end he could not stand his own heartbeat. He is paranoid and must of felt a little guilt because after his heartbeat became very loud he confesses what he did to the cops and tells them exactly where to find the body. Readers can feel the tension building throughout the entire story. The narrator is starting to slowly go…

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