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YouTube YouTube is a website that allows people to upload videos. Over time YouTube has changed from a website that was used to uploads family videos or school projects to a website that many people use to earn money by creating entertaining videos. Currently one major situation on the website is Subscriber count race of Pewdiepie and T-series. Pewdiepie or Felix Kjellberg is a Swedish you-tuber that has gathered over 75 million subscribers with few others by his side. He is currently the most subscriber you-tuber and has held the title since T-series is a company from India that is gaining many subscribers and is about to dethrone Pewdiepie.  T-series is a company that produces music videos and movies. Pewdiepie's presence on the web site are the only reason he still hasn't been dethroned. Pewdiepie is getting a lot of support from some of you-tubes biggest creators such as Jacksepeticeye, Markiplier, Mr.Beast, and Logan Paul. Mr.Beast, Pewdiepie's biggest supporter, h

Style Analysis Essay

Miguel Olmedo December 3, 18 AP English 3rd Style Analysis Essay The “Zen Parables” are a group of of third person parables written by anonymous author that are used to emphasize how people should live their life. In “Muddy Road” & “A Parable the authors indicate that you should live life at the moment & always look for the positive in life to promote their message the authors use Metaphors & imagery. In “A Parable” an anonymous Zen Parable the author uses metaphors to argue that you should see the positive in life. The parable starts with a man that encounters a tiger in the forest and is forced to hang on the vine. While hanging he spots another tiger at the bottom of the vine. In addition two mice begin to gnaw on the vine. The tigers are metaphors for a bad situation that everyone encounters in their life. The mice symbolize time because they make the man reach his fate. While hanging on the vine the man sees a strawberry. He then picks the berry and procee