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TITLE: Study: Old Age Is the Happiest Time
AUTHOR: Lindsay Tanner
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2008

Main Idea #1: Getting older shouldn’t be depressing

Summary: This article describes being old as nothing to feel scared or worried about. It is just more years in your life to look forward too, not dwell on the past.

Quote: "The good news is that with age comes happiness," said study author Yang Yang, a University of Chicago sociologist.


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Main Idea #2: Nothing is perfect and you have to accept what you have.

Summary: This article also discusses how living with what you have can just make things easier. A woman talks about how even though she has vision problems and these aren’t the happiest years of her life exactly, she still is content. She learns to deal and appreciate what she has left.


Quote: "Contentment as far as I'm concerned comes with old age ... because you accept things the way they are," she said. "You know that nothing is perfect." (siger)


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How will this source help you write your paper?
This source will help me write my paper because Morrie also feels that being old isn’t something to be sad about. I will be able to use this article to give back up information that this them in the book is related to a everyday feeling for elders. The article talks about how being old is the best; because you have more knowledge and so does Morrie. Having this information in my paper will help me show the difference of how Tuesdays with morrie would be more meaningful to read than The House on Mango Street.


TITLE: Forgiveness could be balm for the body, too; The shackles of the past can harm your health, experts warn.
AUTHOR: Karen S. Peterson
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2003

Main Idea #1: Forgiveness

Summary: Forgiving someone is a lesson to be taught to everyone. Everybody needs to understand how important it is to forgive someone and that holding a grudge, will just cause more problems.

Quote: But forgiveness "isn't just removing the bad stuff. It's moving beyond that to adding the positive."


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Main Idea #2: Improving life with forgiveness.

Summary: Forgiveness is so important that it can change your life. When you hold a grudge it will just cause more stress and you will be come bitter. Forgiving someone can just improve the social skills.


Quote: “The ability to forgive just might improve your marriage, your health and your outlook on life.”


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How will this source help you write your paper? This source will help me write my paper because one of the main themes in Tuesdays with Morrie is about forgiveness. The House on Mango Street never even talks about forgiveness. This site states that forgiveness is proven to help improve your life. This will help me write my paper because I am going to have to argue that we need a book in the curriculum that has an impact on us and has themes we can relate to.

TITLE: Greed is Good and Bad
AUTHOR: Phil B
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Main Idea #1: greed is good

Summary: Greed might be good because it can help you be more motivated.

Quote: “greed is good, because it is the most important incentive for people to work hard, get a good education, start a business, or invest in a company. This makes people productive and contributing members of society.”


Question: Aren’t there other ways to achieve these goal rather than being too greedy?


Main Idea #2: Greed is bad

Summary: Greed is bad because it causes a lot of problems. Not only does it cause problems in business, but also it does with people and your self. Greed can ruin someone’s life. Money can’t always make you happy.

Quote: “In other words, it is alright to retire from work but do not retire from society. If someone is physically and mentally able to contribute, do so.”


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Main Idea #3: Collection money afterwards.

Summary: If you are going to be one of ht epoeple that still collect moenya nd work when they don’t need it atleast don’t keep it all. Do something nice with it like donate to charity.


Quote: “This is why some people, such as Bill Gates, his wife (Melinda Gates), and Warren Buffet are donating most of their huge fortunes to charity. They understand the virtue of generosity, instead of succumbing to greed.”

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How will this source help you write your paper? This source will help me write my paper because between the two books, The House on Mango Street and Tuesdays with Morrie, Tuesdays with Morrie has more themes to offer. The House on Mango Street demonstrates a young girl who is unhappy with her life because she has no money, but in Tuesdays with Morrie and this article, they both talk about how money can’t always make you happy and to be happy you should do things for others. This will help argue my point that Tuesdays with Morrie needs to be replaced for The House on Mango Street.