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    Fear of isolation Solitude is the fact of being alone; Modernism has alienated how our relationships with each other and with social institutions such as the place of worship, Educational Institute, place of work, and family unit have alienated some individual from our society or community, while many factors influence isolation weather they were forced out or their own personal ’choice. Both written literature, On My Own: The Art of Being a Woman Alone and The Yellow Wallpaper introduces…

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    The Outsiders Mob

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    and chaos takes over. Also in the story “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton it shows how you can be part of a group and still feel alone if the group does not share the same ideas as the individual. Incidentally, a crowd can easily turn into a mob when anger, hate or aggravation arises. In the book The Outsiders by S. E.Hinton, Dallas says, “The socs and us are having all-out warfare all over the city. That kid you killed had plenty of friends and all over town it’s soc against grease”(83). This…

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    What is a hero? If you ask this question of a simple man, your answers are many. A hero is brave, selfless, honest, strong, kind, relentless, courageous. In the mind of peasants a hero is perfection. The perfect image of what humans wish to be. Perfection and heroism are vastly different scales, And this is where our tale begins. . . When the gods put the stars in the sky And water in the seas, They also created two souls, One of perfection and one of valor These souls were intertwined, One…

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    Dopamine Research Paper

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    Do you ever feel like you are addicted to texting or Instagram or Twitter? In a recent study 84% of people admitted that they can’t go a day without their phone. This is because every time you get a notification, you get a little dopamine release. Dopamine, although thought to control the “pleasure” systems of the brain, actually causes you to want, seek out, and each. Dopamine’s increasing in arousal and motivation to search for information is vital from an evolutionary standpoint to move…

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    teenagers. Loneliness and isolation can cause teens to participate in dangerous and harmful activities. For example, John Conlan from the novel The Pigman drinks, and smokes even though he is a sophomore in high school. In the article ¨How Well Do You Know Your Kid?¨, the authors talk about how ¨If parents and other adults abdicate (give up) power, teenagers come up with their own rules.¨, now some of these rules can be good and meaningful…

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    White is all that you can see. Crunch is the sound of the ice cracking beneath your feet. You are traveling through the Yukon alone, and slowly facing death. You are the man from Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”. Journeying between camps in an attempt to make it back to the boys the man encounters obstacles and makes foolish mistakes that lead to his eventual death. The three things that lead to the man being killed were his decisions to travel alone through the treacherous Yukon climate,…

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    Hemmed in Despair “I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again and again.” –Gladys Lawson, Blood Borne Connections In the United States alone there is 2,085 reported sex trafficking cases ranging from females and males, U.S. Citizens and Foreigners, and lastly adults and minors becoming victims of sex trafficking (). These are only the ones that have been set on record noncumulative, there still many victims out there who are currently entering,…

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    Ransom Of Red Chief Theme

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    ties ransom of red chief and home alone . Like in the ransom of red chief once they kidnapped the kid and he kid did not want to go home because he was having a lot of fun. In the movie home alone kevin wanted his family to disappear and never come back. In the story red chief said aww do i have to go home that is what red chief said in the story. In the movie kevin said i don't want to ever see you again. That proves that the ransom of red chief and home alone are the same. Even though the…

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    Juror 8 In 12 Angry Men

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    Have you ever met two different people who are so similar but yet so different? After reading the play “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose, I realize that juror #3 and juror #8 are so different but somewhat alike. Even though there is not a lot of similarities between them juror #3 and juror #8 are both somewhat similar they’re both so determined to speak their minds no matter what anyone else says. For example, when everyone was slowing paying attention to juror #8 and trying to understand his…

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    surrounding them in their lives. At school, someone may stand out because they sit alone at lunch and don't talk to anyone. Feeling alone can be hard, so having a friend to help them through it is helpful. Although there are benefits to being alone, having a strong companionship with someone is beneficial for a person because having someone to lean on would prevent the feeling of loneliness. Feeling like no one is there for you can make someone feel lonely and/or like they don't fit in. The…

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