BBC World Service Essays

  • Child Soldiers and Suicide Bombers: The Brave and Courageous

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    through this abuse either. Children are abused and mistreated all around the world, and child soldiers/suicide bombers are one of the worst circumstances. First of all the child soldiers/suicide bombers are located in many different continents all around the world. The majority is based in the Middle East and Africa: Burma, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Congo, Liberia, and also Sierra Leone (British Broadcasting Corporation World Watch). Being poor, disconnected from their families, or get a poor to no

  • The Pros And Cons Of Globalization

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    Globalization, a term that has an ever-changing definition. It is defined as “transcontinental-or interregional flows and networks of activity, interactions, and the exercise of power” by some, while it is the “widespread recognition of a world wide human or of world society as a whole as the framework of action” to others (Larner, 497). Globalization is ambiguous because it is used to describe an all encompassing practice. When thinking of globalization, the images that come to mind will vary based

  • Analysis Of In The Forest Of Gombe, By Sherry Turkle

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    The “connectivity” of the world today seems like it is straying further and further from what was once thought as “connectivity.” In Sherry Turkle’s essay Alone together, she discusses how technology is becoming more and more powerful and tries to dispute the fact that if humans are still linked with each other on the same level we once were. Turkle discusses this point rather well when she states, “our networked life allows us to hide from each other,” (263). Also, Turkle discusses in her essay

  • The Importance Of Art

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    Art has existed for many centuries. It is a part of people’s daily lives and present cultures from all over the world. Most people appreciate art. They enjoy creating or observing art. Individuals support art by volunteering or financing artistry works. Art is a vital aspect for the different cultures around the world because it provides a deeper meaning and understanding of self-awareness and emotions. There is a desire in every person to create and express oneself through art. Observing a child

  • Writing Project 3

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    appearance, and control in Panem that is also seen in today's world. Although The Hunger Games and Panem are not real, the ideas and things presented in the movie could possibly happen. That idea is what draws the viewer in and has people really thinking about where our society is headed. Struggle is an important part of Panem and the world we live in today. In the movie District 12 struggles the most with food. It is almost unbearable. In the world today families all over the globe are fighting hunger.

  • Devolution and Survival in The Remember and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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    As the world turns around and around, our knowledge increases. Everyday that passes by is one lost to the overflow of information in our unending world. Soon, all that we will have left will be an innumerous amount of useless information. We might be understanding how our world works, but does it cost us? As we focus on the way our world works, we lose contact with the things that matter the most. We start focusing on how to survive in our world that we forget to live it. In literary works, The Rememberer

  • How Culture Connect Us Essay

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    babies will be born into a certain culture. Cultures vary throughout the world, such as Americans eating 18 acres of pizza a day on average and that 250 out of the 450 different cheeses come from France. How does culture connect or disconnect us? Language,religion, and music are all huge parts of cultre, and they all disconnect and connect us. These cultural aspects can be found anywhere around the world. Everywhere in the world, language is spoken. Language can connect us, but it can also completely

  • Importance Of Priority In Todays Society

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    may not realize it, but we are not living in a perfect society on this planet. But perfect is not the answer for our world, as it seems implausible. Rather, we are trying to work out into the opposite direction and not suffer chaos. Think of what would happen, if we all took the responsibility to keep our self disciplined and utterly focused in trying to do the best we could. Our world would not suffer the many consequences we suffer now. For example, if we decided to peaceful with other nations, and

  • Is Chivalry Alive Today

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    Chivalry is the type of thing that would be great to have in our society but I don’t believe that it exists too much anymore in the world today. Let me break down here some of the chivalry rules compared with the actions of the people of the current world. One rule of chivalry is that you have to honor and respect women. Back in the days of King Arthur this was carried out greatly but if you look at the lack of respect given to women today you see that this rule of chivalry no longer exists. Women’s

  • Malala Yousafzai Thesis

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    Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally.

  • Glaucoma Conference Essay

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    ABOUT CONFERENCE Glaucoma 2018 Scientific Committee will be honored to welcome you to the 18th Global Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma Conference (Glaucoma 2018) to be held during Sep 17-18, 2018 at Bali, Indonesia. 18th Global Ophthalmology, Optometry and Glaucoma Conference will raise the most dynamic and latest issues in the field of Ophthalmology and Optometry. The Congress will highlight the discussion around the theme “Exploring the Front-line progressions of Ophthalmology and Vision

  • Technology: How Does Technology Change The World?

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    technology change the World? Sara Almarri 201300591 Noor Alobaidli 201303364 Qatar University English 203-118 April 24, 2013 Mrs. Fatima Zumrawi How does technology change the world? In the current time, people cannot imagine their life without technology. Technology is all around people and it is helping people to live the luxury life. It can be seen that the most important part of life. Technology is just like the vein of society. It has many positive impacts on the world and it is involved

  • Tokyo Waka Documentary Analysis

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    1. The documentary covers the running’s of a local deli shop in South Carolina Columbia. 2. Deli also known as delicatessen a retail shop that sells a selection of food products that originates a foreign land. The documentary covers an interview with an employee of a deli shop in South Carolina, Columbia called “Diprados” and a preparation of deli dish. How are the food imported from a European country to America? How are they stored to avoid spoilage and infestation, is this practice profitable

  • Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael - Horrifying

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    want to destroy the world? Which want to destroy it? As far as I know, no one specifically wants to destroy the world. And yet you do destroy it, each of you. Each of you contribute daily to the destruction of the world.  This truth was stated by a gorilla named Ishmael who, through his experiences of being taken from the jungle, placed in a zoo in the 1930's, put in a menagerie, and bought by a private owner named Mr. Sokolow, had all the time in a world to think about the world around him. Daniel

  • Analysis of The Mayflower and the Pilgrims´ New World by Nathaniel Philbrick

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    The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World, by Nathaniel Philbrick (winner of the Massachusetts Book Award) is a captivating historical novel that explores the account of the Pilgrims and their involvement in the New World. It is a story of the Puritans (who would later become the Pilgrims), as they travel to the New World, a place they can hope to worship their God in the way they want to without any persecution and/or animosity from their fellow man since no European nation was safe for them. While

  • Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald

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    and he's gonna give his family finer things"(American Dream, Casting Crowns). We live in a society today that is all about getting ahead of the rest of the world, no matter what one must sacrifice whiter it be ones morals, belief systems, or even ones family, it as all become about "me" and "my needs". In the book "Ordering Your Private World", author Gordon MacDonald addresses the physical busyness f people today and how it is affecting them in other aspects of their lives. In this paper I plan

  • Together We Can Feed the World

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    Together we can feed the world 925 million people are living today without any breakfast, lunch or dinner. Day after day, they starve without any food. The worst part is that we don’t have enough food to feed the world today so how will we be able to feed the world in 2050 if the worlds population is supposed to grow by 7 billion people?! The world’s population will grow from 7 billion to about 9.6 billion by 2050 and food production will have to increase by 70 percent. Hunger is the most pressing

  • Thomas Edison Inventions Analysis

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    find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it." When Thomas Edison first invented the tin foil phonograph, it is unlikely that he truly understood the way that he had impacted the world. But impact it he had and many of today 's inventions would not have been possible without this creation. Imagine a world where no one had discovered the possibility and the means to record something and play it back. But, without this invention, this is exactly the kind of world that would exist

  • Analysis: Where Have All The Hero's Gone?

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    Where have all the hero’s gone? It seems as though history offers us a long list of hero’s – and in comparison, today we see so little. One explanation for this lack of hero’s in the modern age is that the media plays an insidious role in exposing the personal details of every individual who becomes a public figure that ends up diminishing their reputation. Many examples come to mind—from Barack Obama to Donald Trump—of individuals whose reputations have been subjected to scrutiny by the media and

  • Review of BBC One, 6 O'clock News

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    Review of BBC One, 6 O'clock News The BBC is a public broadcasting service, which has always been thought of as displaying and promoting views of the entire nation to the public, of which should always conform to the objectives of the institution (mainly educational). The news therefore is seen as a programme that informs and educates the public on current affairs, nationally and globally without introducing any bias or portraying anything in an unfair light. This is so that the audience