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Is Humanity A Special Threat By Greg Easterbrook Summary

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In “Is Humanity a Special Threat?” author Greg Easterbrook states his thoughts about the Prince William Sound site oil spill, saying that in 10 years the William sound site will look as if it had never been affected by the destructive oil spill. In 1992, Easterbrook recalls himself aboard the research vessel Arctic Dream, in the waters of Prince William Sound. What he found amazed him. Author Easterbrook recalls the scene saying, “it was just 3 years later, and already the sound was so close to its former state, it was impossible to determine where the spill had occurred without resorting to navigation charts.” The quote emphasizes the authors’ original hypothesis, as the quote clearly states that it visibly looked untouched or affected by
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“The Perfect Weapon for the Meanest Wars’’ is an article by Jeffrey Gettleman from the New York Times on the subject of child soldiers. All over Africa militias are fighting each other for control over certain areas. These militias have deployed four foot tall killing machine that terrorize, loot, and destroy village after village these weapons: child soldiers. Mozambicans have learned that children were the perfect weapon since they were easily manipulated, intensely loyal, fearless and most important in endless supply. There are 300,000 child soldiers worldwide experts say that the nature of the conflict changes especially in Africa.

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In the essay "At Risk" by Jourdan Imani Keith, I can see many things in it. It is really interesting when you can see about “At Risk” in her essay. It appears in every part of the essay. In a first paragraph, the writer wrote about a really dangerous time “the heaviest storms”, we still have some people are working like in the essay. “For seventeen days, the teenagers I recruited to build trails for the North Cascades National Parkare camping during one of the heaviest storms in a hundred years.”

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Everyone has to overcome adversity in their life. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character, Rainsford, fell of his boat at night time On the Island, Rainsford finds a home where General Zaroff lives. The problem is that the only way he can leave the island is if he survives a “game”. Where General Zaroff is hunting him. So Rainsford has to survive for three days.

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For centuries the United States has been a beacon of hope for environmentalism, and it is imperative for our country that we preserve this identity. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or ANWR is in the secluded northeastern corner of Alaska and could contain large reserves of oil in the Prudhoe Bay region. The question of whether or not to drill for oil has been a controversial topic in American politics for decades, though the evidence will show that drilling for oil is a mistake for this country. This is because it will devastate and destroy the fragile environment. Additionally, drilling in Prudhoe Bay will not solve our oil problems.

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Since the mid-1900, NRDC and other organizations have been wondering whether or not it has been the Navy’s sonar testing that has been killing our whales and different animals in the ocean. In 2000, investigations led to U.S naval sonar testing being the cause of dozens of whales from different species found beached around the Bahamas. (Since) Reaching at 235-decibel pressure wave’s cause a certain high pitched noise that hurts the whales. Now, 200 decibel let alone can rupture lungs, and any higher can cause brain to hemorrhage. “If you’re not deaf after this devastating sonar blast, you’re dead.”

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In every Disney movie the villain is generally portrayed as evil or crazy, and it is taken as a personality type, but Disney movies also tend to sneak in a backstory for the villain geared towards explaining how they had come to be evil. And in the end, the villain is usually convinced that they should be “good” (again). So from this perspective, it may appear more so that the villain is not a personality type but a product of the situations they were in each moment that lead to he or she becoming the villain. Malcolm Gladwell is an award winning author who constructed a theory labeled The Power of Context, a chapter in his book The Tipping Point, to prove that people, such as villains in Disney movies, are products of their situations. In essence, to be a product of situations is to be a product of context.

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Value of a human life Value of human life can differ because of multiple things. According to some articles some people are worth more than others depending on their occupations. Logically this is correct but morally it is wrong. Although society has morals it does not deally with these tragedies morally. Society should compensate for lost loved ones equally.

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Helene Lawson’s article, Attacking Nicely: Women Selling Cars, illustrates the difference between how males and females experience the world. Young girls are socialized as to how to act and even think and feel. Females are taught to place importance on taking the needs of others into consideration and to maintain honesty in relations. Lawson’s article presents the idea that in a field historically dominated by males, women have changed the business of selling cars. As an inherent aspect of the profession, car salespeople are involved in situations laced with dishonesty, distrust, and immoral dealings.

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Who are “The Kind Worth Killing”? A faithless wife, a two-timing boyfriend, a child molester? What about seemingly respectable adults who meet on an overseas flight and plan a murder? That’s the question posed by Peter Swanson’s thriller.

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In the story “The Most Dangerous Game “ by “Richard Connell” is talking about a man named rainsford that has to literally survive for a few days in a place where people are hunted like animals. A survivor is a person who is willing to fight every day in order to stay alive, but then this will mean that he will have to be brave, instinctual, and intelligent. One characteristic of any survivor that i have is Intelligent. A example that was in the story was was when the characters said, “ How in god did you get here” “I swam , I found it quicker than walking the jungle.”

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Fear is not real. It is the product of thoughts you create. Danger is very real, but fear is a choice. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character Rainsford is being hunted which creates fear in him. He is scared of dying but overcame his fear by facing the danger of the hunting game.

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Michael Wigglesworth writes a religious poem, "Day of Doom", also known as "A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment. " The poem describes the day of judgement, in which God sentences men to either heaven or hell. Wigglesworth publishes the poem in 1662. The poem is a best-selling classic, especially in Puritan New England. The poem bases around how the weak Puritans are falling into sin and self-satisfaction.

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