...Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder (and genetic disorder) where Schizophrenics experience severely impaired thinking, emotions and behaviors. Patients of this disorder are typically unable to filter sensory stimuli and may have enhanced perceptions of sounds, colors and other environmental features. Schizophrenics usually have false beliefs, hear voices and have violent and/suicidal behaviors. The major causes of Schizophrenia are not fully known. Although, Schizophrenia usually results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. There are 5 symptoms characteristics of Schizophrenia: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. However, not every Schizophrenic will get all of these symptoms. Testing...
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...human in Anansi. Not too long after, Anansi feels curious, a behavior associated with human development. He has a desire to know how to receive the stories from the sky-god. For animals, it isn’t uncommon to feel desire or curiosity. However, the desire for knowledge and curiosity for answers is what brings the human facet into play. In the end, Anansi and his wife Aso acquire a feeling of pride and flaunt what they have gained. After arriving home with the stories, Anansi and Aso, “eagerly learned each one of them… Everywhere you look, they spin their webs for all to see” (Kaleki 42). Aku and Aso are essentially bragging about their achievement and using their winnings to their advantage. With all these in mind, this...
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...“Everything of too much kills” (A reaction paper for the movie “Supersize Me”) The documentary film produced, directed and starred by Morgan Spurlock titled “Supersize Me” is made out of Spurlock’s curiosity about how the obesity cases in the U.S society spreads easily and continue to increase in rates. This situation of the U.S society is later declared “epidemic” by a Surgeon General, and fast food is the main reason why Americans easily get fat. And so, this muckraking documentary film aims to elaborate the cause of eating regularly at fast food chains and lets people know the effects of this not only in our body but also in our mind. Spurlock’s film will then follow a 30-day period wherein he will have a solely McDonald’s food diet – three meals per day and must agree with the supersize if asked – during the period and will limit his walk only with 3,000 steps in order to effectively document this kind of lifestyle’s severe and serious effect on his physical well-being. This will also explore the impact of fast food industry and how it encourages people to have a poor nutrition in exchange of having profits. But before this documentation is executed, he first began the shooting by consulting and submitting himself to three doctors – a general practitioner, a gastroenterologist and a cardiologist – who tested him and announced that Morgan has an outstanding general health. These three will also monitor his body during the experimentation period. During the shooting...
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...and what is the truth. Some people think that the truth hurts so they try and avoid it. Other people may think that the truth can set you free. The pursuit of truth is a challenging and satisfying affair. In this play, Hamlet is more looking for the pursuit of truth rather than revenge. He’s been looking for his father’s killer. He wants to know who killed his father just so he can act upon it and get revenge. He ends up finding out that the killer was his uncle who ended up marrying his mother. Truth can cause so much curiosity that can really make or break some people in life. Claudius is a big liar and coward in Hamlet, he is a master of deception. He shows that he is grieving and sad about his dead brother but in reality he is very dark and is the killer. We know since the beginning of the play that Hamlet does not like his uncle being married to his mother which is another reason to get rid of the king. The ghost of Sir Hamlet gives him a plan that seems like a great idea. “ The serpent that did sting thy father’s life/Now wear his crown” (1.5 39-40) This was still at the point where he didn't know the truth that Claudius did kill his father so he waited and didn't jump to the idea. Waiting turned out to be a very bad idea for Hamlet, but it showed how many people are so scared of the unknown that they end up doing things they regret, and go through great lengths before they do the bad. Most people after they find out the truth is they act upon it, try and take action for...
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...good or bad and it helps us to learn how to think before we act. The idea of choices in ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ is shown first by Andy’s choice of joining a gang. ‘That was when he’d first joined the Royals… He was a Royal. There had been meaning to the title.’ He joined because he thought he would find an identity, he would be known as somebody – a Royal. But he realizes too late that it was that name that killed him. Andy wonders if the Guardian had only stabbed the jacket, not him as an individual. ‘Had they known that he was Andy or had they dimply known he was a Royal wearing a purple silk jacket?’ The young couple, Freddie and Angela, who came by Andy, had to choose between helping Andy and not being found out by the Guardians. ‘We help him, and the Guardians will be down on our necks.’ In the end Freddie gets overcome by fear, and doesn’t want to face the consequences of getting mixed up in gang fights, so he leaves. Andy was similar to teenagers today in wanting to be part of the biggest, most popular groups. This teaches me that it is not always the best choice and could end in very serious consequences. On the other hand, Freddie thought before he acted and put his safety first, before others. I think this was a good choice because it was really Andy’s own fault he was in that situation. Choices are also one of the main ideas in ‘The Sniper’. The main character, the sniper, had joined the Republican side of the war to kill the enemy. The uniforms concealed the...
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...What if the truth is yet to be revealed?" I thought to myself. "Well, you certainly seem like a gentleman. Anyways, what brings you here?" I asked as politely as I could. He started hesitantly, "You probably read the newspaper with me on the front page. I'm came to tell you what actually happened. "What do you mean?" I asked in commotion. "It wasn't me! Do you think that I would kill my beloved family? It was the night before I saw you on the bus, I got home where I saw man with a knife entering my room. I grabbed the knife and kicked him down," he explained. I was starting to believe his story, but I still couldn't understand the entire picture. "So the wounds on your hands were from the knife? How do you explain the video footage? The ring, where'd you get that from? What were in the garbage bags?" I screamed. I was overreacting. I calmed myself and sat back down. "You have reasonable questions. I have answers to all. Yes, the wounds were from the knife. The ring was a gift from my mother. The bags were filled with my family's bodies. The footage was a set up by the real killer. Before I could call the cops, he got to my family, he killed them," the man...
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...Just like many, the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee had to experience what is like to have enemies and conflicts in the book.Throughout the book Jem and scout have crossed many paths with conflicts and enemies all involving them being...
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...'Death' , 'Revenge' , 'Unhappy endings' come to my mind When I think about the word 'tragedy'. What is tragedy? Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing.(Banham 1998, p. 1118.) Then what are Shakespearean tragedies? "Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy." (F. Scott Fitzgerald) I also think this quote applies very well to William Shakespeare's works, for he has created such beautiful pieces of literature in the form of tragedies. There are several elements of Shakespearean tragedy. For example, Tragic hero, Tragic(Fatal) flaw, Internal and external conflict, Comic relief, The supernatural, The abnormality, Revenge, and Death etc. I am going to take a look at some of the elements of Shakespearean tragedy used in very famous plays, 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet'. First of all, a 'Tragic flaw', by definition, is a personality trait that leads to the downfall of the protagonist. Hamlet is well aware of his fatal flaw from the beginning, he constantly questions himself on why he continues to delay the fulfillment of his duty. Hamlet finally acts to kill Claudius only after realizing that he is poisoned. But by putting off, his tragic flaw, leads to multiple death such as Polonius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Laertes, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern and himself, too. Second, Use of 'supernatural' elements is one of common characteristics of the Elizabethan drama. In Hamlet, the ghost of...
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... who taught him how to swim; the one who swam in the clearest of waters in a French hotel, gave the idea of his name to his own father. The name he dare corrected to his peers and professors. By memorizing every number in the equation of pi, he proved that he is pi. Complicated as it were, no matter how different your name is, challenging your belief of anything brings you closer into harnessing the essence of it. In his quotes, lines as it were, he emphasized that religion should be challenged in order for your faith to grow stronger as climbing through the metaphorical ladder to God. As Pi grew, so did his religious beliefs. Meeting or being introduced, discovering three different religions made him see that there is one god and many gods to believe in. He met Christ as his older brother dared him to drink from the holy water. He grew ever so curious as to why God would give his son to suffer humanity’s sins. His curiosity grew fonder and his questions grew more specific yet still unanswered. He met Muslim faith as he walked pass a temple full of men bowing on their knees, embracing the ground before them. He said, “I felt serene, as I bowed down to the ground. The feeling of peace through the earth I...
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...from school, and all of a sudden you hear a shrill voice calling "Help! Help!" You run toward the voice and when you run about a block up the street you smell smoke. You look up and see a house totally engulfed in flames. You see a woman on the lawn of the burning building crying, "Help! Help! My baby's inside!" "Inside the burning building?" you ask. The woman nods her head up and down. You tell her not to worry, that you'll save her baby. You run inside. Heat surrounds you. Your eyes sting and you can hardly breathe with all of the smoke, but you keep progressing because you know that you've got to save that baby. You make your way up the stairs, flames jumping at you from everywhere. You hear a young, high-pitched voice crying. You look around and see the baby to your right in a play pen crying its heart out. You grab the baby and you're about to walk downstairs when you see that the entrance to the stairway is blocked by a wall of flame. You run away from the stairs and search for another way out. You realize that you'll have to jump out a window. You eventually find one. You're hesitant, but you think that a two story fall shouldn't be too bad. Besides, you've got to get the baby and yourself out of this burning inferno. You take a running start and leap out of the window. When you land, the wind is knocked out of you. As you get up, a news van that came to film the fire decides they should get the story of the baby's rescue. You appear on the news and become a...
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...Marijuana”, 2013). It has recently become legal in a couple states, and more states are sure to follow their lead in the upcoming months. People can make the argument that marijuana does not have any negative effects, but they are wrong. Becoming addicted to marijuana is easy, and it only opens up the door for you to try other harmful drugs once marijuana quits getting you high. You need to know the whole story, how people become addicted, the negative effects it has on your body and mind, and what you can do once someone you know has become addicted. Many people experiment with drugs at a young age, usually marijuana is the first drug that many people start off experimenting with. Why do people decide to experiment with drugs? “People experiment with drugs for many different reasons. Many first try drugs out of curiosity, to have a good time, because friends are doing it, or in an effort to improve athletic performance or ease another problem, such as stress, anxiety, or depression”. (Robinson, Smith, Saison, 2013). As a recently high school graduate I noticed the growing number of students that started to experiment with...
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...right to bear arms. Even though this guarantee was written with no constraints, there are now laws that limit certain aspects of gun ownership. The reasons for gun control fall under the flag of public safety. Though there are many safety reasons why private ownership of firearms should be banned, these arguments are outweighed not only by the need for protection, but because the limitation of ownership rights could become dangerous to personal freedom. When the U.S. Constitution was written, some delegates thought Militia was military forces because the Federal Government had its own army to protect the people. The second amendment was made in response to the fear of being helpless before a standing professional army. "Aristotle said that decisions of a leader 'backed by a standing army' would be different from those made by a leader 'awed by the fear of an armed people'" (The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 28). Elbridge Gerry, a delagate to the Constitutional convention from Massachusetts, was an activist for the right of the Militia to bear arms. When asked what use a Militia has, he responded: "What sir, is the use of a Militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty" (The Commission of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 26). On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights, making it, with...
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...TOPIC Education Can End Terrorism INTRODUCTION Terrorism stands as a serious challenge before civil society today . It is an issue of global concern which almost all countries in the world, both developed and developing, directly or indirectly facing. Terrorist are the greatest enemies of society because they undermine it stability by creating chaotic conditions leading to mass killing, damage and destruction. To avoid terrorism from keep spreading through the entire globe, we agree that education is the key. However, according to economist, terrorist organizations may prefer to use highly educated individuals as operatives because they are better suited to carry out acts of international terrorism than are impoverished illiterates since the terrorists must fit into a foreign environment to be successful. TOPIC SENTENCE Education can end terrorism because education can promotes self discipline of the individuals, it is the best tool to reach the youth and while people can be killed, ideologist cannot. BODY: 1. Education promotes self discipline 1.1 helps individual to become discipline in self regulation 1.1.1 Self-regulation is the ability to manage disruptive emotions and impulses, and to think before you react. 1.1.2 most terror attack happens without considering other people but only because of the desire to get what they want and Fuller their wishes. 1.1.3 Trained people...
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...stops outside the door of the flat. He takes a breath, lifts his hand, and knocks. Dennis looks up, evidently not expecting anyone. He puts his book down and answers the door.) Archie: (Quickly, nervously) Hello! Dennis: Hi. (Beat) Yes? Archie: Erm... I think... I better come in. Dennis: Why? Archie: I just... ought to. It’s important, really. May I? Dennis: Erm I... 0k. (They walk into the flat.) Archie: Oh. A nice place you’ve.., got. Good view isn’t it? Dennis: If you like concrete I suppose. Take a seat. Archie: Thank you. Well, I’d better introduce myself l’m Archie. Dennis: Dennis. Archie: Good. (Dennis looks slightly puzzled.) Archie: You live alone? Dennis: Yeah, it’s only a one-person flat y’know, I couldn’t... too small you see. Archie: Ah quite, quite. But cozy. One gets tired of having too much space sometimes - take my word for it. Dennis: You live in a big house? Archie: Oh, not really big. Just a few spare bedrooms, couple of acres.., doesn’t really feel like home when you can get lost in ¡t - you know? Dennis: Not really. Err, why are you here?...
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...Secondhand Smoke: The Invisible Killer An I-Search Paper March 22, 2011 What I Already Know “You don't have to be a smoker for smoking to harm you.” This was my first introduction to secondhand smoking when my teacher in high school told me once about the topic. As I was listening, I was astonished when I heard the health problems I will get from breathing in other people's smoke. It is said that non-smokers who breathe in secondhand smoke take in nicotine and other toxic chemicals just like smokers do. It’s surprisingly unbelievable, that the health risks I would get from secondhand smoke are the same with the actual smokers. Some say it’s even harmful for the secondhand smokers than the actual ones. Smokers are everywhere. Indeed, I have friends who smoke. Everytime I'm with them, I want to tell them to stop smoking since I know it's not only their health that are being put at risk. They told me it's hard to stop smoking once you've started doing it. I'm bit curious about their answers. Is it that hard? I wonder if they care about the people around them who's affected by their wrongdoings. And as a non smoker, I’ve been exposed to other people’s cigarette smoke at many times. I feel a little of anger to smokers because I can still remember the words of my teacher. Knowing that my health is at risk just because of other people wrongdoings is alarming. As I want myself to stop them to smoke, I...
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