Jeffrey Kluger

Annotated Bibliography Bruni, Frank. "The Elite Squeeze." Time 185.11 (2015): 48-52. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Bruni is an American journalist for Time Magazine, in this article he focuses on the difficulties that college applicants experience to be accepted to elite institutions of higher learning, but during this time there is enormous opportunities to obtain high-quality education in America that are not currently “elite.” Bruni supports his reasoning by singling out…

to violence it could cause the government to have to remove them from their land. Also people coming in can be dangerous to the tribe. Tourists could bring diseases that the tribes have never had to face before and could kill off the tribe. Jeffrey Kluger states that influenza killed about 4,500 people of this tribe wiping out over ⅘ of their tribe. The tribe was destroyed because tourists were bringing over diseases that the tribe did not know how to treat. The Nambikwara tribe had no immune…

Lost moon : the perilous voyage of Apollo 13 was written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It was published by Houghton Mifflin, in 1994 and tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission that almost resulted in a catastrophe. In April of 1970, Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts were sent by NASA on America 's fifth mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13 due to an electrical fault, one of the oxygen tanks exploded, causing its oxygen and power to begin to…

within their lifetime will form some sort of story that’s either happy, sad, evil or virtuous. It makes sense that a human beings are taught to be moral but it's mostly not taught to be immoral as if it were second nature. “What Makes Us Moral” by Jeffrey Kluger, Sula by Toni Morrison, The Help; director Tate Taylor are main sources based on the elements of morality. All of the elements of literature; shunning, moral entrepreneur, reciprocal altruism, empathy, ought, insider/outsider and moral…

The concept of happiness is a fundamental element of the American Dream which has taken different forms throughout time. The twentieth century has established the idea that materialism and happiness is linked when it is nothing more than an illusion. The Great Gatsby, “A Formula for Happiness”, “But Will It Make You Happy”,and “The Happiness of Pursuit” validate this point of view and reinforces it. People try to find happiness through external things instead of searching within. The Great…

There are many ways change can affect your life. The author, Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis this story builds up an emotional, powerful, and physical change for Gregor. Jeffrey Kluger made a powerful story called “simplexity” in which change is accepted easily and flowenling .Thomas Riedelsheimer wrote “Rivers and Tides” which talks about how time changes things.Through the use of theme, word choice, and imagery, the author reveals change as mostly favorable adverse. First, the theme of…

The Importance of Vaccines for People of All Ages Each year, vaccinations prevent more that 2.5 million deaths, and with new medicine coming over the next few years, that number could jump up to 4 million per year (11 Facts About Vaccines). This startling statistic is why almost all medical professionals would agree that vaccinations are necessary for a healthy life. Vaccinations are important not only for a person’s own health and their child’s, but also for every family member and friend that…

First off, I would like to say that as we Americans spend about 88% of our time on the phone either texting,calling and playing games Most our entire life is surrounded by a cellular device. We barely pay attention to the important things in life, such as the world. People would rather enjoy the pleasurable touch of their thumbs sliding against the surface of a screen to send a simple messages. Phones can change people's expectations and way of living. The best thing to do is to focus on…

After I read the article on how carcinogens are being found in processed meat, I began to think about how much meat I eat a day. I have come to relive that I normally eat a type of processed meat at every meal. Jeffrey Kluger, an everyday writer for Times Magazine, wrote this about how we should watch what we eat and how we cook it. He catches the readers attention when he says sizzle because people immediately think of food and how good it smells and taste. "That…

Birth order is entirely meaningless due to divergence, different environments, and exaggeration being the real reasons why siblings are different. Multiple studies prove that your order of birth doesn’t really affect you at all. An article wrote on this confirming the information and giving factual evidence.There has been a huge study of over 300 thousand people confirming it. Moreover, the researchers claimed that the studies were the biggest ever studies conducted on the birth order issue. If…