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    In the passage, Wharton’s Diagnosis, the main character Paul Dorrance was portrayed as a wealthy self-centered man who received devastating news that he had cancer. Although the cancer news was not a valid discovery, his circulating emotional state was an important narrative into the eyes of cancer patient. His experiences with the cancer scare foreshadowed the events which lead to the death of his wife. The ambiguity of his opinion toward medical culture is revealed in the analysis of his…

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    Trayvon Martin Case Study

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    The Trayvon Martin case is a challenge to psychological Science. It is hard to say if implicit bias played a role on Trayvon Martin’s death. Geraldo Rivera who is the host of Fox news stated that Martin died because he had a sweatshirt hoodie on when he was shot. Rivera’s remarks started criticism for indicating that black individuals who wear hoodies are thugs, and that this is the reason why Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin. Psychological studies have showed stereotyped cooperation’s connecting…

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    Problems of an Over cynicism teenager What’s wrong with Holden Caulfield? The protagonist in the book The Catcher in The Rye A boy with the personality of extremely cynicism. A seventeen years old boy that was been depressed by his brother’s death, which means he is unable to face and accept his brother’s death, this is shown when he sleep in the garage and break all the windows, he lies a lot, he can not open up to anyone which make him a pathological liar, and he’s afraid to…

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    Victor, an average young male, in his twenties it may seem, is living out on a reservation at the time. With little friends to talk to, the only person it seems he can talk to is an old friend of his, Thomas Builds-the-Fire. As a young adult, Victor’s father has just passed away, and forms a passive mood to show for why he becomes troubled as he is denied the money he needs to go to Phoenix, Arizona until he reconnects with an old friend, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, but the further along he goes, he…

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    Macabre Art Analysis

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    When thinking about this topic and how to address it I first began to really try and understand the meaning of macabre. The official definition is “disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury” and its implication can be clearly seen in the images we have viewed in class. The whole idea of the macabre is thought to have come from a dark time in history and represents more than simply grisly images. The artwork I decided to truly focus on is Hans…

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    Many people seem to forget that life and death go hand in hand. Whenever people think of life they think of a newborn child, rebirth, and everything good in the world. When the word death is brought up there are feelings of sorrow, despair, anger, and nothingness. Surprisingly enough life and death not only plays a major role on earth but also in the political atmosphere. One of the Supreme Courts’ major issues and something they seem to visit annually is abortion rights which is the most…

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    Breakdown of story Character Objective: The protagonist in my story is a depressed and anxious girl named Yuki and her objective in the story is to regain her family. Scene Breakdown: Each chapter in the story builds off one another by answering a question and providing important information about what happened in the previous chapter. I tried to end every chapter with a cliffhanger that could be answered in the next chapter. Without the story stalling, I also tried to make sure that each…

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    Despite this, schools should take the same approach from “three strikes, you’re out” because of the fact that suicide has been linked more to cyber bullying. The usage of cyber bullying is occurring at twice the rate of traditional bullying and with the development of electronics, schools need to be either just as aggressive or more so in trying to put a stop to it (Santrock, 2016). Suicide is an increasing issue so it is important that schools take every precaution they can even if that means…

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    The title of the poem is “Because I could not stop for Death”. Death is the action or fact of being killed; the ending of the life of a person or organism. I feel like the author could have avoided Death. Something happens to the author due to this because the title concludes that something happened with the word “because”. I feel like the author avoided death so long, that it pursued her. The poem could also be about all the times she was close to Death but never accepted Death. Emily…

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    About 68% of the US population has Necrophobia, a fear of death.(Seth) This phobia is most common in younger people in their late teens, and people over the age of forty. (Sarah Johnstone.) There are multiple reasons as to why one would find themselves fearing death. There are people who may fear the idea of losing somebody who they are emotionally attached to and having to cope with that loss. Life without that somebody may seem unimaginable and impossible. Some fear death for religious reasons…

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