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    "A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain,"(F. Scott Fitzgerald). According to Fitzgerald the American Dream stresses the importance of a wealthy life, and a wife of high social status. In both his works 'The Great Gatsby ' and 'Winter Dreams ' two men from a poor background fall in love with a girl and achieve financial succession in order to win her heart. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby chases a girl that 's already taken, but that doesn 't…

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    Sometimes A Struggle

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    Sometimes a Struggle; Always a Blessing Highs, lows, and mediocres are all different stages we repetitively experience throughout our lives. Experiences throughout life are what shape us into the people we are currently. Similarly to this concept is the evolution of my literary background. There has been the highs at which I accomplish a goal I’ve been working for, but also the lows at which I am struggling to grasp onto a new concept that is being introduced to me. Comparing my literary…

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    already utilized paraphrasing and direct quotes, can we get rid of this section to reduce the paper? It would be effective to just use this paragraph to talk about statistics and emotions.) This is where Alcabes uses pathos to add to his argument. (paraphrase) Alcabes mentions that over 16,000 Americans die each year from overdosing on prescription pain killers and addiction continues to rise (Alcabes 2). This statistic is both alarming and gloomy (I like that word!). The writer is able to…

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    Mass Murder or Religious Homicide? Rethinking human Sacrifice and Interpersonal violence in Aztec Society Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock is a professor at the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient and Modern History, a Master of Studies in Women’s Studies, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Ancient Aztec History from the University of Oxford. She is the author of Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifestyle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture which won the Royal Historical Society Gladstone…

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    The anti-feminist still believed that women belonged in the household and still had no right to speak up in terms of politics. In the 19th century a “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments” was drafted by Elizabeth Stanton in 1848. This began as a paraphrase of the declaration of independence and further began to call for further rights and privileges given to women. The declaration basically called for women to receive the same rights as all males in the U.S, which included the right to vote.…

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    “Embracing that which makes you different,is what makes you most powerful and strong?”This quote by Darren Criss is good to live by because it is beneficial to people.Another way of phrasing this quote to help better understand it is that people gain strength when embracing what makes them unique.This quote is appealing because what other people may conceive as a weakness is actually what gives you strength.Today,people in society admire stories of triumph and overcoming obstacles.These stories…

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    Buddhism And Happiness

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    ordained Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard gave a speech at TED in 2007. He spoke of a recent essay he wrote on happiness at that time for a French paper. There was a counter article written named "Don 't impose on us the dirty work of happiness." Matthew paraphrases the article by citing- "We don 't care about being happy. We need to live with passion. We like the ups and downs of life. We like our suffering because it 's so good when it ceases for a while." From this point of view we can see that…

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    The ABC Model of Crisis Intervention is a tool that was developed to help Human Service Professional make sure we have the interest of the client in mind. Although not everyone you know may experience a crisis, for the ones who do experience a crisis they may not be able to cope in a healthy manner and may fall into a state of crisis. If the client does not receive proper care for crisis intervention, they are more likely to remained unable to function at the level they were f functioning…

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    others, whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial, afterwards declared; for what Moses now did was only to give a repetition and fresh declaration of such laws as he had before received, and delivered to the people; and so the Targum of Jonathan thus paraphrases…

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    Role Of Sport In America

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    Sports have undeniably been a huge factor in development of our modern day American society. Evolving immensely from the human nature of play, they have grown far beyond a simple leisure activity. Since the beginning, however, sport has played a crucial part in reflecting and contributing to the popular culture of each era. Sports in America also have a unique characteristic in that they are amplified and taken extremely seriously. Elliott J. Gorn and Michael Oriard, in “Taking Sports Seriously…

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