Maybe the parents should not be overly concerned with their children abusing the driving privileges so graciously bestowed upon them, but maybe their parents. ... As any human ages their skills are slowly diminishing. The reaction time is much slower than previous years of their youthful life. The eyes of many older people are going from bad to worse and many are afraid to admit it and seek further help. ... Ten people were killed in the latest accident and that cannot be tolerated and something drastic must be done to stop this. ...

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Sleep fled from my eyes", he recalls. He was so afraid that this would be his fate and the fact that people like him were being tortured in front of his very eyes. ... Such things were hard for an adult to go through let alone a child; she suffered severe mental scars and went through stages of confusion, blaming herself because she was a Jew. ... War is a terrible thing for a human to go through at any age. When people are exposed to and involved in war they watch people they know and loved ones die. ...

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Helen has been praying with her eyes closed, as Matt's eyes pop open when he is dead, Helen's eyes open too. ... The witnesses totheir executions were not able to see the look on their faces as they were dying. ... We were able to see exactly what they were feeling as Matt was dying. ... In the book, Dead Man Walking, Helen portrays the method as gruesome to watch. She notes instances where smoke came from the person's body, and the have to wear a mask because their eyes pop out. ...

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In the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front", I gained a new outlook on World War One, as seen through the eyes of the Germans, who I had previously only viewed as our enemies. I think the most important thing that I realized in watching this movie is that, while we try to un-personify the enemy, they are people just like us, they fight for their own cause, just as we fight for ours. ... Another scene that portrays the low levels of humanity that the men were forced to go into because of their survival instincts was when they guys all went to see their sick friend. ... There was a suggesti...

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The death of her husband related to the railway conditions of the Gilded Age; they were not very safe, so death was a common place. ... It dawned on her as "the vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed [the news of her husband's death] went from her eyes", that she was a free woman. ... The realistic idea was women are capable of caring for themselves and living independently, even without a man to watch over them. ... Yet when she let herself go, she felt as if she had "[drank] in [the] very elixir of life". ... Her joy of being free from her matrimonial duties was the a...

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Wild beasts of prey, with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails." ... The food was their life source for survival. ... Even Elie had to watch as his father was slowly dying of starvation. ... The food they were given, the cruelty of starvation, and the despair that they had to go through were all contributing factors to these once civilized peoples to react in such a way. ... It must never be forgotten what these people had to go through. ...

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He was the one who had to watch his wife being treating by seemingly second rate and emotionless technicians, not doctors. ... In addition, Mildred seem like a hard person to care for; she seems so engrossed in just watching television. ... First off, I assume that the Chief has read some books, for he has a great deal of knowledge about books and their contents. ... There were hints throughout the book that the bomber jets were going to have some role in the book, but what happened, was, wow, a total surprise. ... The people were becoming like robots; they had not real thoughts. ...

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In this time, men were still dominant, and only very few women entered the work force. ... "Beating his only wing, as I watched, afraid" Harwood uses the strong image of the dying owl to emphasise the child's shock and disbelief of death. ... "I saw those eyes that did not see, mirror my cruelty" this represents the child loses her innocence, the realisation of how bad of her action. ... Additionally, over time, her appreciation of her father has changed; this is shown through "who can be what you were?" ... For instance "you night and day are one" suggests that death can be as ...

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One book that really came to mind was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, a book that opened my eyes to the tragic world of rape, murder, and deceit. I became horribly aware of the pain and anger felt by the victim's family from their not knowing what had happened to their daughter, Susie. ... This book changed my opinion because in Susie's heaven, there will never be peace until she can let go of life on earth. ... From heaven, Susie watched his habits and learned of his previous and future victims. This taught me that most rapists are usually lonely people who know their victims prio...

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