The Lost Cause is an ideology that explains the mindset of primarily white, southerners post-war. It explains how they thought concerning the outcome of the war. The idea was that the Civil War for the south was an inevitable defeat from the start. The South never really had a chance to win due to the overwhelming circumstances and advantages of the North, but since the confederates were loyal to the cause they fought a hopeless struggle to preserve their honor. This unfortunately, resulted in a
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Summary and Response Have you seen the movie Wall-E? That movie is our future generation’s world. If you haven’t seen the movie it is about our world in which it is being destroyed. In Chip Ward’s “Letter of Apology” (2012), it explains how the human race is destroying the most essential things on earth. It also mentions how bad we want oil, the same oil that we are sucking the earth dry from. We are using all of the oil, the fertile soil is being ruined, and the fresh water is being poisoned. At
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When I first read this poem, the first thing that I noticed was the author’s blunt diction when he said “I saw a groundhog lying dead.”. This line automatically caught my attention and my expectations changed. The title reminded me of a sunny day in June after the groundhog decided that spring has arrived. The thoughts of spring blooming and the images of Bill Murray popped in my head. Then as I encounter the poem, I realized that everything that I thought was the complete opposite. The author showcases
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In a podcast called “Pursing Happiness” from NPR on December 29, 2012 there was four religious leaders from Buddhism, Judism, Christian, and Islam. Their names are the Dalai Lama, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain Jonathan Sacks referred to as Rabbi Sacks, Episcopalian Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori referred to as Bishop Schori, and Muslim scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr referred to as Dr. Nasr. They answer questions about finding, achieving, and practice happiness. A person can handle suffering by
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"The Demon Lover”, a story written by Elizabeth Bowen, can be interpreted in two ways. In other words it is ambiguous. It can be interpreted as a ghost story or as a psychological one. The first time I read the story I thought of it as a ghost story. Even though Mrs. Drover has psychological problems, other creepy and ghostly actions occur throughout the whole story and this gives out evidence and support that it is a ghost story. Just as the story begins we can sense creepy actions. For example
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Rich Manufacturing So many firms use cost-plus pricing for supply contracts because it is the easiest method in order to calculate cost and eliminate error. Most of the time when firms are working with numbers, they must find ways that are efficient and not time consuming. What managers do is simply target a rate of return thus saving time and increase efficiency. In fact, it can be more useful in some occasions than others. As stated by Brickley, Smith, and Zimmerman (2009), “cost-plus pricing
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Laura Baker Psy/270 February 18, 2012 Monica Mauri Psychological Disorder Analysis Maria is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who came to the clinic ascribing of having trouble sleeping, feeling “jumpy all of the time,” and experiencing difficulty concentrating. She further said, “That these symptoms are causing problems for her at work, where she is an accountant.” She perceived these symptoms to be her cause of declined performance at her job. So she is very
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While looking at the flag, I immediately had an idea of what the project would be involving. While online, you sometimes see these types of “tricks” with famous paintings. For example, people have found a way to make the Van Gogh painting Starry Night come to life. They use a black and white picture with many circles moving, and you must stare at it for thirty seconds then look at the painting. The painting will then start to appear to swirl around. Though the concept is different, it is all similar
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The “Why We Fight” film by Jarecki talked about the American militarism by not only speaking about the causes of wars, but also all the behind scenes of the doings including video clips of the public responding to the big question; “Why does the United States fight?”. Jarecki incorporates not only the past debacles, but also the ones that affect us to this day; by doing this he creates a panoramic view of the development of a three-legged complex that began after WWII. He begins with the infamous
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Tristan Poore Ms. Tubbs English 9 2 November 2015 Jack the Ripper Jack the ripper one of the many well-known serial killers. He murdered eleven or more victims. Jack the Ripper usually involved female prostitutes who worked and lived in the nasty parts of the east end of London. They had their necks slashed before their organs were removed from their torso so the killer had to know how to do surgery or he wouldn’t of succeeded The canonical five Ripper victims were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman
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