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Alex's How to 

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Ryan's Battlefield 1 

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The Dog in Society or the Elephant in the Room

Once there was a very sad dog. It was rabid and it wasn't liked very much, but everybody knew about it. Everyone who knew about the dog decided to ignore it and wait for it to go away. The people eventually figured out that the only way to get rid of the dog was to take action. Some people who got bitten by the dog died and they never saw the sun again. 

The dog represents a problem in society. The people who were bitten show how they were affected. The people dying represents the effect that the dog has on them. The sun represents the changes in society. The people who were affected and "never saw the sun again" were too affected by the dog to ever see the changes made if there were any. 

The end. 

How to Make Ramen Noodles

Ramen noodles seem simple but they are not. You can actually add a lot of different things to make the Ramen so much better. Starting with braised porkbelly. Pork belly that has been braised in oyster sauce and soy sauce for 2-4 hours. Then make a broth with part dashi stock and the pork marinade.

Top the noodles with the broth different vegetables and an egg that has been soft boiled. Then you can add Maki the original fish cake. Jullienned seaweed, spring onion and chili can round out your ramen noodles.

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Caroline's Free Write 

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Hudson's Winter

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Food and Travel

I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I like the food and the gathering of everybody. I think food should be more than just something that happens three times a day and should be something that is appreciated on occasion. The destination of Thanksgiving this year isn't very desirable, but I just want to go and enjoy the weather. Food brings everybody together though. Especially at a time where there is so much abundance it's humbling to realize that I am able to have something with such abundance. Food is a tangible and measurable object of standing. 

Everyone is about measuring and quantitative answers. Being able to come together and be together and enjoy something is something immeasurable. I thoroughly enjoy Thanksgiving. Maybe this year I won't want to stay home every year. The only downside is missing people I see everyday. 

Simon's Death

I think Simon's death had a lot of importance to the book. In the moment before and when her died, the true essence of the people finally came out. Everything that had been building up had been realized. The boys had lost yet another tie to humanity by killing one of their friends. Not to mention the symbolism of the literal Lord of the Flies.



Simon's death was my least favorite just because of how drawn out it was. Dragging it on though tapered the book into the end, so that readers could see how they were falling apart. It showed how everyone was willing to play the island's game no matter how taxing it was on themselves or their final tie to humanity.

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Ryan F's What do You do in Your Free Time or do you Have None

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Sydney's Create Your Own

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Self Titled : Mentality Versus and Complimented by Reality

I guess the prompt could be titled: "How does mentality conflict but also compliment reality". If you really put enough thought into it and came up with a good prompt then teach me how. Getting into the actual writing. Mentality is characterized by a certain mindset going into a situation. A disposition per say that can fluctuate, however with everyone being so diverse there's a different meaning to each person. A pessimistic person has the inability or lack of want to see the 'bright side', and An optimist is the flip side. Then a side category of the pessimist would be the cynic, who sees the flaws in human characteristics. All of these are very well known, baseline slots one person could fall into when being 'mindset evaluated'.  Circumstances do take a large portion of said mindset though a person's default is always noticeable. If someone is naturally an optimist a situation may change that but not the person.
One's mentality can conflict but also compliment the reality of a situation. This is quite a simple concept that lacks the need to be broken apart. A pessimistic person in a good situation can conflict, but also highlight certain parts of a whole. I think the best way to give an example would be books or movies. That one character who has the worst attitude or the best, but can highlight the darks and lights of a situation. Mentality can also be pitted against a person or situation as well as the other way around. I guess the entire concept could fall into the disposition of humans. Whether the entire species is destined to be a pessimist or an optimist.