Odysseus, the man of winning words, uses multiple tactics to persuade Achilles to join the Argive cause. Odysseus uses Hector in his speech to persuade Achilles to aid them in battle. “And headlong Hector, delirious with his strength, rages uncontrollably, trusting to Zeus—no fear of man or god, nothing—a powerful rabid frenzy has him in its grip!”(9.286-289) Achilles prior to this war was seen as Hector’s equal. Both are the best fighters in their nation. Odysseus brings up Hector as a man who is
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Over the past decade internet usage has rapidly grown in America. The development of search engines allow immediate access of information and growing online communities allow users to connect with others instantly. We are regularly exposed to advertisements regarding the convenience of the internet. Through television advertising, eHarmony encourages us to use the internet to form relationships, and ultimately narrow millions of possible matches down to a single soulmate. By analyzing the rhetoric
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Jack Roth 10-28-15 Period 1 Funeral Compare/Contrast These two passages both deal with funerals and narrate the observances of them. The first anecdote describes a funeral as an entertaining view on how society lavishes social classes. This is shown through a mildly sardonic tone. The second passage describes the depression that the narrator feels within and around oneself, including a somber tone. Each short story differs in attitude through diction, details, and syntax. In the first narrative
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A Movie, a Word, and My Family’s Battle is written by Patricia E. Bauer, a mother of a daughter with Down syndrome. Bauer writes about her family’s struggle, emotionally and physically with the word “retarded” being used in a joking manor. She emphasizes that fact that the word “retarded” is an actual diagnosis, making the word a hurtful phrase when used casually to describe something or someone. Bauer begins with the production of a movie called, Tropic Thunder, that was made to make audiences
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Summer Ferguson The Awakening Pt. 3 Baptism Kate Chopin's The Awakening ends with Edna Pontellier's suicide after a long period of self-realization. Edna realizes that society's expectations of her do not fit what she wants out of life, nor what she can give. In this life she has too many connections to a life that she doesn’t necessarily want such as her kids, friendships, and a loveless marriage. Initially she escapes by engaging in a love affair, and by removing herself physically and mentally
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The dialect demonstrates Candide's advancement towards development. In the start of the novel the reader discovers conservative, beautiful and fresh sentences as Candide, the legend races through life. Later Voltaire embraces a quiet and intelligent style comparable to Candide's mental improvement. Voltaire ridicules the dialect of shallow thinkers who utilize a language of words and don't present anything beneficial. Pangloss is Candide is a solid case of such scholars. Voltaire once in a while
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The Anatomical Analysis table below shows joint movement, plane and axis, force of the driver, and contact during the critical phase. The full golf swing is a primary foundation of any other swing in the game of golf. This is the base of the golf game. During the critical phase of the golf swing you will be using all of your muscles in your torso to try and have good solid contact with the ball. The hips/torso and wrists are the most important things when it comes to driving the ball. During
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Introduction Dwight D. (Ike) Eisenhower was born October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas. He became the thirty-fourth president of the United States at the age of sixty-two. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. When he graduated in 1915, he became second lieutenant. The day of his wedding (July 1, 1916), he was promoted to first lieutenant. During World War I, Eisenhower was stationed in Gettysburg and ran a tank training center at Camp Colt. In 1920, he was promoted to
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Watching TikTok on an everyday basis can affect teens’ mental health, which can lead to depression and even self-harm. Through a recent testing, researchers found that the algorithm on TikTok is overbearing teenagers with self-harm videos, eating disorders, and suicide videos on their page “made for them.” Charles Hymas has written a short article on how “TikTok exposes children to suicide content within three minutes of joining app; Research by Centre for Countering Digital Hate finds social media
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Tyler Olson’s “cruising and boozing” around Uzbekistan through virtual exploration could never truly be a substitute for physical traveling. In Olson’s essay, “In Zarafshan”, he reasons that he saved himself from the horrible time he imagines he would have had if he were to have visited Zarafshan in person. During the short time that he spent roaming, or more accurately scrolling, around the city he claims that he was able to visit the most central locations and yet avoid, the dreaded, human interaction
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