With social conflicts in America stealing the spotlight in most major news outlets, the people are beginning to question what qualifies as patriotic. A pure example of this can be seen in the National Football League where some players are refusing to stand for the country’s national anthem. This has caused uproars and debates among Americans across the land of freedom. Kenneth Jost, a reporter for The CQ Researcher, observes that many Americans fear patriotism is declining in the nation (Jost, 545)
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I am writing in response to Laura Colarusso’s published online article, “The Five most outrageous Obama Care analogies” published on November 9th, 2013. Laura Colarusso believed that the topic of healthcare reform has inspired some decidedly heated rhetoric. This is why she has listed 5 examples of the most outrageous analogies. The focus of this article is to compare and contrast the negatives of Obama Care to negative events in world history such as slavery, and World War II. In my opinion, the
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Nathan refuses not only assimilate, but to give up on his mission, “Even after the family gets discouraged about their mission, realizing Nathan’s failures, he continues to preach Christianity” (Becker 10). He is so sure of what he is doing that it blinds him from seeing the detriment that his actions are causing. His tenacity obscures any possible deterrents as he continues his mission against all odds. The political cartoon (Pinterest) represents this within not only America, but western powers
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Richard Meyer is arguing that censorship generates the publicity and reproduction of the works it seeks to suppress. The Jesse Helms Theory of Art teaches us that art recirculation typically fuels efforts to contain art. Meyer points specifically to how Helms drew more attention to the art that he wished so passionately didn't exist. Two different sources that Meyer uses to support his argument are that of "The Force of Fantasy: Feminism, Mapplethorpe, and Discursive Excess," written by Judith Butler
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The things people desire are sometimes the things that harm people the most. Robert Kubey, a professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor of psychology and management at Claremont University, demonstrate in their article, “Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor,” how television addiction can likely be associated with “drugs like alcohol and cigarettes” (Kubey and Csikszentmihalyi 259). Many Psychologists define substance dependence as
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The texts, “How the Teen Brain Transforms Relationships” by Daniel Siegel and, "Teens' Penchant for Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster" by Erin Ross argue that adolescence is a hard time in life. The authors argue that during the stage of adolescence, teens can feel many emotions. Adolescence can be scary, difficult, and stressful. I believe that while being an adolescent, teens may seek attachment to peers, feel more intense emotions, and learn from risks. The authors prove these statements
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In my own group, we wrote and performed about a wide range of topics concerning sexism, ignorance, and the disadvantage of marginalized groups, specifically women. Accordingly, we expressed these issues through both a very serious speech and a very satirical (and not so serious) performance, and the satire laced skit used a wide range of satirical devices to get our point across, using humor rather than solemnity. Exaggeration or farce was the most heavily used device in my own opinion, and can be
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Education is one of the most important values in life. Specifically, a higher education will lead graduates into opportunities where they can enroll on. A college education guarantees the advantages of opportunities in any direction in life where way they want to go ahead. College is an institution where students choose in which major they wanted to enroll on based on their interest to learn a skill and even responsibilities. Those skills and responsibilities that college students get can land on
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They are killing our minds “You must first realize the prison of your mind before you can escape it.” In today's society our minds are influenced by a plethora of different social infrastructures that have been affable and has captured our brain and wrapped it with just plain nonsense. Now probably people are wondering who or what is they? Or why are we talking about they? But they are the people who control this nonsense the illuminati or what they like to call themselves the New World Order a secretive
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Ariely’s incorporates a variety of rhetorical strategies to effectively present his argument, persuade the audience of his subject’s importance, and instruct them on methods of overcoming the tendency to make irrational decisions. His style of language switches back and forth between a formal and scientific tone with a conventional, familiar, and informal tone. Ariely demonstrates a good control in appropriately balancing his familiar style of speaking, implementing humorous personal anecdotes
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