...The film, “The Lives of Others” is beloved by many German individuals due to its historical accuracy in portraying Germany’s secret police and the German Democratic Republic before the unification of Germany. Furthermore, as stated by Stein, “Von Donnersmarck's film deserves praise for effectively recreating the look and atmosphere of East Berlin in the mid-1980s. The cheerless streets and dark interiors of official buildings capture East German socialism in its late decay” (Stein, Stasi With a Human Face, p.568). This film portrays many characteristics during the era of the German Democratic Republic, including the use of dehumanizing and immoral tactics used by the Stasi, and the accurate portrayal of the consequences caused by the Stasi...
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...Assignment 2 Changing Our Lives Essay changing our lives essays Alicia Carter Instructor: LaRuth Ensley ENG 090 10-22-2012 Changing Our Lives Essay We all want success, money, and happiness right? Would a college education not be the key to having all of those things? Returning to school now would ensure that I could have money, with a successful job and happiness in the gratification of completing my degree, all the while, setting a stellar example for my daughter, making my family proud and allowing me the opportunity to obtain a college degree. All of this is essential positive things to add to this journey called life. I was once the young high school graduate with bright eyes and a promising future going to college. I enrolled in a large local University and started my journey to arming myself with the necessary tools to have a stellar career. After the initial shock of freedom and adulthood, two years later, I found myself socially at the top of my game, but educationally the dean had placed me the former 3.8 high school student on academic probation. I was now struggling to make the grade in college. I now know that I was not focused, or driven, my priorities were not intact and the entire long-term goal to me was just a fleeting futuristic challenge. The importance of college had not set in and therefore it appeared I was paying to go to school to become a better social butterfly. My parents did not seem to find the importance of that concept...
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...| Changing Our Lives Essay | By: Jorell Austin | | Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 - Writing Fundamentals March 18, 2013 Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 Writing Fundamentals January 13, 2013 Dr. Kristina Nelson English 090 Writing Fundamentals January 13, 2013 Changing Our Lives Essay In 2012 I made an important decision. I decided to go back to school to earn my degree. For the first time (in a long time) I decided to put myself first and to care for myself the way I have cared for so many other people over the years. My quest to earn a degree actually started long before 2013. Like most people I grew up in a traditional middle class family with two hard working and wonderful parents. My parents (like most parents) wanted me to do better and accomplish more than they did. Both of my parents came from blue collar working households without much money and no formal education. My father joined the Navy at 15 in an effort to escape racism and inequality in Natchez, MS. He never completed high school, but he was street savvy beyond his years. My mother was the daughter of a maid and a ship laborer. In 1966, she completed high school and enrolled at the local junior college. She completed her junior year of college but was forced to drop out when my grandmother suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed and unable to work. Although my mother never complained, she never seemed to get over the disappointment of not earning her college degree...
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...Name: Mehmetcan Gök Course & Section: CS 101-05 HW_Essay: Contemporary Issues in Computing Date: 02.11.2015 Impacts of Smartphones on Our Lives Nowadays, most people have classic cellphones or smartphones and they are still buying it. Smartphones are spreading worldwide like an epidemic and as a result of this; our life styles have started to change. Now, people are living with their smartphones, they are taking selfies, organizing their accounts, playing games, find their ways to home as a navigation. According to Pew Internet Project’s research, as 2014 January 90% of American adults has cellphones and as 2014 October %64 of these adults owns a smartphone. In other words, smartphones had become a necessary part of our lives. As a result of this, our lives had been affected by smartphones in different ways, with beneficial and detrimental effects of smartphones; they provide new business areas, online education systems, healthcare assistance and more. They make life easier for us. However, they ruin our social lives, make us lazier and sillier than before and they make us addicted to their selves. Therefore, I will argue the impacts of smartphones in our lives....
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...Massachusetts is the Place to Live Is Massachusetts the best state to live in? Have you ever had true New England clam chowder or have you experienced the cools of winter and the warmth of summer. How about exploring the many college campuses? Massachusetts is located in the Northeast quadrant of America surrounded by other New England states; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Massachusetts has the greatest food, weather, education and medical facilities across the United States. The education you can get in Massachusetts is the best. In Massachusetts 39.1% people have either a bachelor's degree or higher. Many adults (16.8%) have either a graduate or professional degree which is the highest percent in the nation. The median annual earnings are $53,765 for people in Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree is higher than adults that have either a graduate or a professional degree in other states. Those that have either a graduate or a professional degree earn more than their median earnings and exceed up to 70,000. In the Massachusetts adolescent population, 97% of teenagers between the ages...
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...“Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, by David Eagleman is a bestselling non-fiction book that divulges into questions we have always wondered. Throughout the book, the main question we explore is that considering we only have access to a very little portion to the brain, which we consider our conscious mind, what does the rest do? Eagleman answered this question in an understandable and mind-blowing way that made reading this book a wondrous experience. We always thought that our consciousness was what was really running the show, but through this book we realize that that could not be even more wrong. The rest of our brain that we cannot gain access too is what is really doing all the work. So many interesting points are made in this...
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...Audre Lorde speech and point of views are good at catching people’s attention because it attacks the truth and flaws. Audre’s essay “THE MASTER’S TOOLS WILL NEVER DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE” is really interesting because this was a message given out at a time where people like Audre wouldn’t dare come out to express concern so everybody can hear. Her motives wasn’t just for her it was for everybody who are similar to her and people who was involved directly or not and to be support for other problems that need to be addressed. “Black lives matter” can be viewed as the same situation because it involves people who are seen and judged due to their different characteristics by a different group of people that think those characteristics are not appropriate. The black Lives matter movement is one of the biggest movements that is currently going on in today’s society. It came from years of unnecessary or brutal deaths that happened to minorities mainly black people. BLM is a framework of Audre’s essay and her movements, Audre...
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...Black lives matter, all lives matter. The Black Lives Matter movement has been expanding for years now. People in the movement believe that cops racially profile them and kill them for no reason. They have been protesting, starting fights, and even killing some cops because of this outrage. All of the protests turn violent very fast if they get big enough, SWAT teams are called in and end up throwing tear gas at the protesters. The protesters will push and punch back against the cops and SWAT team. Sometimes all of the violence is not necessary to use against the protesters if they are in a smaller group like some are. People have the right to stand up for what they believe in and yes, I know if it turns violent action needs to be taken to...
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...Exclusive Ideas on How to Stay Strong and Live Long We live in a world where it’s much easier to die than to keep healthy. Due to a wide array of factors (demanding jobs, hectic schedules, commitments, etc.), it’s very easy for a person to lose track and just implode. However, here are some tips to help you live healthy and longer: Try to Control Your Stress Stress is one of the most important catalysts of ageing. When you get exposed to tremendous amounts of stress, your age begins to show and you start looking much older than you actually are. Stress is everywhere these days; work, school, in public, etc. It’s gotten so bad that people can hardly stay home without being stressed out. This is why it is highly important to control stress levels and avoid it as much as possible. Although stress is something that can’t really be eliminated in truth due to the fact that the world is filled with unpredictable circumstances, there are definitely some things we can do about it. Keep a Tab on Your Blood Pressure...
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...It was a cold crisp December afternoon when my daughter and I marched in Washington D.C. We marched with handmade signs that read, “Black Lives Matter.” We marched in between cherry cheeked white faces, faces of Asian persuasion, and purple, blue black faces. Our hearts were warmed that breezy day as we recognized how many people of different races agreed that Black Lives Matter. Black lives stolen from senseless violence at the hands of over eager police officers. Police officers who love their jobs, who love their suburban communities, but are inexperienced in the Black urban communities they serve. Police officers who love their families so much they practice the survival of the fittest shooting technique; shoot first, ask questions later to guarantee a safe return to their loving families. We marched that day not to bash police but to recognize, we are all just ordinary people wanting to get back home to our loving families and that simple notion is lost on Black lives. Black Lives Matter is the bridge to unite the human gap....
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...Why Black Lives Matter. “One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” ~Pledge of Allegiance These were the words our great nation was built on. These were the words in which I believed was true until July 13th 2013, when they found George Zimmerman not guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Reminiscing on that day I felt a sense of solace for his family but also livid at the fact someone could take another man’s life due to the color of his skin. Of course this sparked outrage in the black community but one in particular Alicia Garza. Garza created a movement along with two other women by the names of Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors thus the Black Lives Matter Movement was born. The Black Lives Matter Movement is a movement created to fight the acts of violence and racism towards colored people. Now I have to make one thing clear, the Black Lives Matter movement is not to denounce another race but to tell the world that we matter as well. Instead of worrying about minor teenager things I worry about when I step foot outside my door am I coming back? When a police officer pulls over the car is he going to pull out a gun as well? I should not have to worry if i’m going to be the next face on someone’s t.v screen or my family worrying if I don’t come home that night....
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...Violence is something that teenagers, adults, and even children are familiar with today. It occurs throughout our nation and world. It can destroy families and lives. It can even kill someone, literally or mentally. We see violence through bullying, video games, and abusive parenting. There are bounteous causes for violence. Some people become angry and take it out in violence, while others just want to fit in. Whatever the case, violence is never the answer. As the Dalai Lama once spoke, “Through violence you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.” I personally don’t have much experience with violence. As the youngest of 5 and the only girl though, you can imagine the bickering that takes place in our household. Although my brothers and I fight constantly, I can’t really say that any of their violent actions have scarred me or even physically injured me too much. They tantalize me and sometimes even hit me, but not to the point where I’m in severe pain physically or emotionally. Violence can be identified through any physical behavior involving force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. We overhear about and see violence on the news, on TV and in movies, in books, in homes, and in schools. Violence can be caused by differences in opinions, race, ethnicity, age, height, weight, religion, gender, income, and...
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...The Lives of the Saints and A Doll’s House by Nino Ricci and Henrik Ibsen respectively show the authors challenging the traditional roles of women by creating protagonists that refuse to attune to their roles as married women. Both main characters; Cristina and Nora, challenge the traditional roles of women by refusing to conform to them. Unfortunately, due to the fear of ostracism from society brought upon them by not conforming to society’s standards, and both protagonists are forced to deceive others in order to achieve freedom from their expected roles. Unfortunately, their choice to pursue leads to undesirable endings to both stories. Through the use of the ‘liberated woman’ stereotype in The Lives of the Saints and A Doll’s House, both examples of literature can be seen paralleling the position of women in their respective environments, whereas Cristina and Nora, to a great extent, challenge the constraint of the traditional roles of women. Both Nora and Cristina extensively challenge their...
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...You Can’t Live With Them America was conceived under the idea that, “all men are created equal,” but our founding fathers did not plan on men being the problem. More than eighty percent of violent crimes are committed by men including fraud, larceny, rape, homicide and more. America was supposed to be the land of opportunity, but women were never given the opportunity to prosper in any way shape or form. Throughout history, women have grown accustomed to having their basic rights stripped from them. Not only the right to life, liberty, and property but the right to be educated to the full extent that their male equivalent is. Men have revoked these rights from women to maintain their power over them until feminists like Susan B. Anthony demanded equal rights. Almost a hundred years ago women gained the right to vote, but on the other hand, it has been nearly a hundred years and women are still fighting for equal pay, and the right to choose what they can do with their own bodies. After centuries of fighting for equality, it...
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...In October of 2016, for the first time in the United States, some species of bees were placed on the endangered species list. The U.S. agriculture industry needs these bees to produce food, fiber, and shelter. Should we focus more on measures to protect bees so that they do not become extinct, or should we focus more on keeping up the food supply without them? Take a position on this question and write an essay in which you argue for your position. Be sure to provide reasons for your position and evidence to support your reasons. Bees basically provide our food source, without bees we will not be able to get the food, fibers or shelter. In October of 2016, some species of land bees in the United States were put on the endangered list for the first time in U.S history. We can not keep up the food supply without bees. We need to be doing everything in our power to bring back up the population of bees in the United States before they are gone forever....
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