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intelligent than the preceding generations by growing up with something that is designed to progressively diminish the human intellect. Furthermore is claim the underlying assumption that he and his comrades born into the era of books libraries and paperback research are superior to us Millenials. The parody of this entire argument is that the only way to add validity to Carr’s argument against technology is the use of advanced technology that could possibly include artificial intelligence, the…

but she does not know this. I think he was an amazing friend to her before he started struggling with his sexuality, but as he keeps struggling he does not treat her very nicely. In the first reading, it states, “When a teenage girl picks up a paperback romance novel and begins to read, she reads about a young heroine, alone in the world and without the strength of family or friends, but with inner strength and spunk and a perfect beauty of which she alone is ignorant. The hero is rugged and…

not only on the content of his book, but also on the intended audience. In order to ascertain how well Brettler accomplished the intended goals of the book, one must first decipher what the goals of the work are. In the preface to the paperback edition of the book Brettler asserts that he wishes to introduce the Jewish Bible to a wider audience than is normally brought into the circle of biblical scholars (Brettler, 2005, vii). His second objective is to present a “Jewishly…

readers: “...so he wrote his application essay about how he wanted to go to a school where he could read long books. The problem, he said in the essay, was that his dad would always hit him with the books in his house, so Chip kept his books short and paperback for his own safety” (Green 11). His abusive father left Chip and his mother. His relationship with his mom is full of love and appreciation. The Colonel takes the loss of his father and uses it as determination. Just like Miles, he deals…

D-Day Bald Eagle Times #58 Recently I was able to witness (with alot of convincing on my part) the invasion of Normandy Beach, France. This invasion officially began on June 6, 1944 better known as D-Day. However, in truth, it began long before that. It took tactical, strategic, combat, and productivity skils for this operation to have a chance at success and for the battle to have a chance at beginning even the basic phase of the operation, let alone the actual invasion of Normandy Beach and…

Blockbuster Syndrome and the Jaws Introduction The Hollywood at the moment is dominated by large media corporations. The way things work in this scenario is that movie makers most of the times are responsible to their stakeholders. These stakeholders want movies to make profit out of their “investments. The growing obsession of the industry with massive scale productions and profits is called Blockbuster syndrome. During the 80’s and 90’s specially, this phenomena was catching up with the movie…

An author "should write about what he knows and write truthfully”; Harper Lee embodied her own quote’s advice when writing To Kill a Mockingbird. There is much to learn from the mono-published Lee as she, in her one and only published work (until July 14, 2015, that is), was able to weave a greatly intertwining web of her own experiences, thrilling narrative, and themes of outcasts, racial equality, youth, and forgiveness. As a first-time writer, she was able to garner more success than many…

The only luminance came from the lamps distributed at even increments along the empty streets. Yet this didn’t inconvenience the people awake at this hour: the ones who avoid the light and welcome the shadows. The night was near pitch black and the shadows were plentiful. The sky’s light obscured by tall buildings and thick clouds; one could barely see their hand an arm’s length in front of their face. The buildings caused a labyrinth of alleys and side streets used by these shadow walkers, the…

Imagine it’s the year 1958, you are a teacher at post-secondary level. There are about 100 or so students in your class. What if you wanted to give them a work sheet full of problems to do or even a test? To do this, every test or work sheet would have to be written out by hand. Students and teachers alike have the invention of the photo copier in 1959 to thank for getting rid of this daunting task (Purdue University). A machine as simple as a photo copier or a project can help students and…

WOMEN WHO LOVE TOO MUCH By Robin Norwood, 1985 Reviewed by Rediet Merid The author of the best-selling book Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change Robin Norwood says "It was mostly from the wives and girlfriends of addictive men that I began to understand the nature of the disease," (Norwood, 1985, 40). In the book Norwood examines in it explains why women are involved in a harmful relationship with men (Powell, 1985). The #1 New York Times bestseller that…