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    Oliver Benz Research Paper

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    were looking for a more convenient and pleasant way for travelling. Vehicle was invented under this demand. First automobile patent was obtained in 1787 by Oliver Evans, an American inventor.[1] However, it was more of a “prototype” and incapable of family use because it was not introduced to the mass market. It took about a hundred years for Oliver and his successors to explore mass-production techniques. Benz’s establishment of modern car was a significant milestone in the era. Benz helped…

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    In Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Lena, a teenager, learns love is not a disease. To begin with, Lena lives in Portland where love is a disease and is considered larceny. The government gives everyone an evaluation so they can be paired with someone compatible with them and they are also given a surgical procedure to guarantee one wont love. Lena is scheduled to be cured in a couple months to come and her evaluation is just days away. In the beginning, it is the day of Lena’s evaluation and she is…

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    expand increases. Some of this increase causes the destruction of nature on the very foundation in which the new buildings and complexes stand. In the two pieces of writing, The Serpents of Paradise by Edward Abbey and Wasteland: An Elegy by Mary Oliver, the authors examine their own personal experiences with nature. In order to show that humans should treat nature with care, the authors narrate their story in first person, but choose different approaches to aspects such as tone and the use of…

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    In the scene, “The Flash Training with Oliver Queen”, the secondary character, Oliver Queen, helps us learn about The Flash because irresponsible person. He usually doesn't take things seriously and he is not a time manager. According to the video, Oliver Queen says, “ When you approach a new environment, do you case every inch of it. You could... you have the time… but you don’t.” This quote shows that The Flash is an irresponsible person because Oliver queen is telling The Flash that he…

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    This movie awakening is based on the book of neurologist Oliver Sacks, it is based on the real life story of the author Dr. Sacks he is the one who initiate to change the names of the characters, even his name so they come up with Dr. Sayer the movie is directed by Penny Marshall, it gives the people a great story about a Doctor named Malcolm Sayer played by the late actor Robin Williams he is working in Bronx, one of the hospital in New York. He met the patient named Leonard Lowe who is…

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    Did you know Mary Oliver has been compared to Enily Dickinson, with what she shares an affinity for solitude and inner monologes?Mary Oliver was born in September 10, 1935. She is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet".Mary Oliver's poetry is grounded in memories of Ohio and her adopted home of New England, setting most of her poetry in and around Provincetown since she…

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    your attention. When Oliver makes comparisons of serious issues to things that are comical, it makes viewers want to keep watching and even want to agree with him because he comes across as a funny, likable guy who knows what he is talking about. Not only do humorous comparisons make his show entertaining, but they also make what he is trying to explain easy to understand. An example of how he does this can be seen in the video about Government Surveillance. In the video, Oliver is trying to…

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    Sitting comfortably in his piano black Mercedes sports car, Oliver Wilson pulls up to a night club with a neon green sign illuminating the word "Verdant." Throughout his life, Oliver seemed to be the one "popular" and "cool" person in the crowd. He had a charismatic smile and had the quality of making anyone smile. However, he was heavy into partying and he had a passion for alcohol. He couldn’t remember having a relationship with another girl for more than a day. Everyday, someone else was…

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    Oliver’s mornings. Oliver uses her depictions of the morning, nature, and animals to create her poems in “A Thousand Mornings.” Oliver’s poem, “A Thousand Mornings” which she lists in her collection portrays her use of imagery and elements of nature which shows the reader how morning time brings her joy. National Public Radio (NPR) interviews with Mary Oliver and have a discussion about “A Thousand Mornings.” NPR asks her, “Have you always written in the mornings” (Martin 1)? Oliver response,…

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    In Last Week Tonight’s episode on Net Neutrality John Oliver tried to appeal to the audience’s pathos and logos, or the emotional and logical sides of their personality. This episode for example, judging by the five points of basic source evaluation: accuracy, authority, and is mostly credible.The most evident appeal here is the appeal to emotion. Oliver’s number one goal on his show is to make the audience laugh. Yes, the show tries to get the news of certain situations to the public, but it…

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