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The setting of Underground Scientist Save the Day contributes to the plot greatly. In the beginning of the story we learn that a boy named Jim and his family are stuck in their house because of the trash problem being so bad that the cant even leave their house. I learned this because in the text it states, "Jim Chang had been cooped up in his family's house forced inside by piles of garbage that now blocked ever single street of his town." This piece of text proves the struggle Jim and his…

In the article, "Organ Sales Will Save Lives, by Joanne MacKay, she appeals to the readers’ emotions by raising awareness that there are thousands of people in the world that die every year due to not enough life-saving organs, specifically kidneys. End Stage Renal Disease is when the kidneys stop working and the patient must endure grueling dialysis treatments and put on the transplant list, where they wait for a very long time for a cadaver kidney donation (MacKay ##). With only these options,…

Are Video Games are Bad? In Jane Mcgonigal's “Be A Gamer Save The World.” See expresses her opinion that video games are beneficial to any and all who play them. Her opinion contradicts that say video games are a waste of time. They also say that video games cause kids to become violent when they become adults: and not only have limited social lives but they claim that they even make them less intelligent compared to someone that doesn't play video games. Mcgonigal goes into detail and uses data…

Keep or Save the Penny? Chandler mertins Block B Should the penny be kept, or should it be thrown away and never used again? People have argued for years, whether the penny should be kept or not. The penny should be thrown out for many reasons, like cost and it doesn't really matter all that much. First off, the penny costs too much and it isn't worth it. The penny costs too much to make, at 2.41 cents to make(Sommer). Each penny got only is worth 1 cent, so you would be losing 1.41 cents…

Let’s save some animals One day me and my friend Griffin were walking down the street to the grocery store. When we were walking i heard something and i asked Griffin “Hey did you hear that” and she said “no” so we decided to look around then i heard it again but this time it was louder, but i still could not find where the sound was coming from, then i saw it it was orange and yellow and white and it was in some of the bushes. When i looked harder i saw a face some ears and a cute tail, so i…

In the article “How to Save Marriage in America” the author Richard Reeves discusses marriage in America and how marriage has changed over the years. Reeves tells is that American marriage is not dying, children raised by married parents do better on a range of educational, social and economic outcomes, lack of parenting in poor populations and that there is a lack of marriageable men. I agree with Reeves first two points. I disagree with his idea that there is a lack of marriageable men. I…

Can Genetic Engineering Save the Florida Orange? For the past decade, Florida’s oranges have been infested and starved by Asian citrus psyllids. They are invasive insects that feed on citrus trees and infests them, causing citrus greening. Due to its incredible ability to kill the infected trees, Florida’s $9 billion orange industry is in danger of being closed down. However, Erik Mirkov, a plant pathologist, has been researching on genetically modifying the oranges to contain some genes from…

" Frazier says, glaring up from her phone. She slouches in her chair, dark brown bags under her eyes from the night before. Frazier's work in art and advocacy is deeply personal. Her photography exhibit in 2012, "Campaign for Braddock Hospital (Save our Community Hospital)," addresses the struggle for economic opportunity and health care by Braddock residents. She shows me printed black-and-white photographs from the project of resident protests outside the demolished hospital in Braddock.…

Help! Our Planet is in Danger “Beyond Petroleum” was once the slogan of the big oil giant BP, before the company decided to pull the plug on its decades of R&D work on alternative energy. The organization had promised to spend a major portion of its investments on its energy efficiency and renewable energy research programs, but later, the company defaulted much of its capital on various ways to extract fossil fuels. When big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil and Chevron put their financial…

Statistics show that nearly one in four pregnancies end in abortion. There are countless options that an expecting woman can turn to other than an abortion. Many people consider abortion before they consider putting the baby up for adoption. If a mother would decide to give birth rather than have an abortion, her decision would help families that can not have children. When choosing to have an abortion, mothers should first consider the harm it will do to her body rather than carrying out the…