Imagine this, you are living in France and are part of the current Third Estate which consists of a variety of people with different occupations, levels of education, and wealth. You consisted of around 97% of the people but only owned about 65% of the land whereas the other two Estates, the First and Second Estates, consisted of both the nobility and clergies. The First Estate was only around 1% of the population but owned 10% of the Land and...
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She is me and I am here Dearly beloved, I have gathered you through a letter to give you a description of how my generation was severed. See peace on these streets is a paper line thin, I am a witness. Bang, bang. That's the music our feet dance to When fear chases us down with a warm hug. Children lose their lives before they are legally grown. Generations norm, The sound of the soil on their coffin cripples my...
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Living in a world where the battle for supremacy has been a pressing matter for centuries, with the constant change in the world's economy as well as changes within individual nations' governments except a very few, there is bound to be some debate as what is considered to be right and what is considered to be wrong form of government. At the heart of this economic discrepancy lies the question that all humans must ask themselves-socialism or capitalism? Socialism by...
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The 1927 silent black-and-white film Metropolis critiques the stark inequality between working and wealthy classes to champion Marxism through a science-fictional, dystopian world. The text follows Freder, son of the city master Joh Frederson discovering the underground workers who have suffered under the strict regimen, slaving away on machines that power the city above, hence feeling obligated to save ‘his brothers’. Whilst the disparity between socioeconomic classes is still present today, it is not as exaggerated as in the film....
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Teamwork is when several people work together towards a common goal. Teamwork also means understanding between the members of those who are completing a task. A group of people combines their potential, skills, and ability to produce a better result. Perfect teamwork is performing as one and focusing on the performance to succeed in their shared goal. Teamwork is influenced by the contribution of all the members in a group and the marks will be given based on the outcome...
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Extinction Rebellion is an activist group that pushes for change across the globe through nonviolent civil disobedience. Martin Luther King and Thomas Hobbes both believed that rules should be followed, but believed in two different sets of rules. On the one hand, Martin Luther King argued that if you break an unjust law, you must do so willingly and accept the penalty (Birmingham Jail Letter, Page 4). Hobbes, on the other hand, focused on the state of nature and the...
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The upper class is responsible for creating friendships, initiating invitations, and more importantly, being charitable to those in a lesser position. When someone violates these social norms, they are met with indignation as evidence of Mrs. Elton not understanding entirely her social position in society. Mrs. Elton is insufferably conceited about new money and only has money because of her father’s generation and not even for most of his lifetime. Her father is described as being a “merchant” added by...
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Historical warfare has often catalyzed a decline in an individual’s well-being. Scholars of historical medicine have documented upheavals of health consequences within individuals in combat. The cascades of concurrent wars and the discovery of infectious diseases introduced military medicine protocols to be administered. Modern protocols administered in the United States military services include routine vaccinations before entry and the establishment of a medical corps. The Library of Congress presents an interview with William M. McConahey, Jr., a battalion surgeon serving...
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In Book XI of The Odyssey, in the underworld, Tiresias describes to Odysseus a final journey he must take to 'have a gentle, painless death... with all [his] people there in blessed peace around [him]” (Homer, XI. 155,157). Tiresias says that Odysseus must walk inland with an oar until he gets to a place where people mistake it for a winnowing fan. Then, he must plant the oar and appease Poseidon with sacrifices. The scene where Tiresias instructs Odysseus is...
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In both towns, Janie speaks as an outsider. The men’s stories feature silent women who are included in the stories as objects for the men to lust after or win, rather than active characters with their own emotions. They only include women in the stories about men. These tales cast women as men’s objects of desire, reduced to their appearance and the social status it affords them. In Eatonville, Coker and Hicks, just after greeting Janie and Jody to Eatonville,...
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Several photographers have photographed home and family life. Their styles range from the cinematic, staged, conceptual views of home, like Gregory Crewdson's 'Cathedral of the Pines' (2014) and Philip-Lorca diCorcia's 'Brian in the Kitchen' (1988), Tina Barney's family snapshots 'Theatre of Manners' (1997), showing the life of wealthy Americans, in an intimate, informal way, through to Richard Billingham's 'Ray's a Laugh' (2000), which documents a raw, chaotic image of his family life in a flat in the Midlands, using a...
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With DACA on the Trump Administration’s chopping block, the need for a permanent law to protect Dreamers is at an all-time high. The Dream and Promise Act of 2019 is the Democratic answer to this issue. While the bill has successfully passed the House it soon will face a Republican-controlled Senate where, to make the Dream Act and Promise Act of 2019 into law, the Democrats will need every Democratic and Independent vote as well the vote of at least...
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“Do you remember me, Cheena?” Growing up, I would hear this phrase constantly. Family is the most important thing to Filipinos, thus I had many, many relatives. Most of which, I did not remember their names. My nickname, Cheena, was born because I looked very Chinese when I was a baby. This may be because I have a little bit of Chinese blood. My dad and his dad are both named Confucius after all. However, I am fully Filipino. Growing...
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The novel Blindness depicts an imploding social order as an epidemic scourges society; delineating the oppression of people in a totalitarian style world. Abandoning morality, a city is reduced to savagery by the mysterious plague of sightlessness. Saramago creates a totalitarian state mirroring that of the context in which he lived; in a centralised dictatorial system requiring complete subservience to the state. In the portrayal of this merciless consequence of the epidemic, Saramago presents the dehumanization of the lower class...
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For centuries, environmental terminology and themes have circulated through works of literature (Christensen, 2018, p. 1). The topic has often occupied significant space in narratives due to its ability to engage readers. Literary writers, through their works, have the ability to explore the impact of the environment on society, how society consequentially develops, and how society engages with the idea of the natural world (Prentiss & Wilkins, 2016, pp. 46). Writers Barbara Baynton and Joseph Conrad intertwine environmental and natural...
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Symbolism- Can you spot any of these common symbols in your novel? What might they symbolize? In The Alchemist, sheep are one of the main symbols throughout the book. Santiago’s sheep symbolize the characters in the novel who are blind to their legends. Santiago loves and cares for his sheep, but sometimes he gets frustrated because of their basic desire for food and water. The sheep quite clearly have no desire for anything more in life than what is necessary,...
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THUG LIFE, Tupac Shakur’s famous acronym serves as inspiration for The Hate U Give. “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody,” is a statement that creates the foundation for the Black Lives Matter movement and the story of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old girl who decided to accept a ride home from a childhood friend, only to watch him shot before her eyes by the very person whose duty it is to protect her. The Hate U Give is more...
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During the 1980s, Iran was starting the biggest transformation in the nation's history. In 1978, Iran was ruled by a monarch called the Shah, with whom the people had been engaged politically with different nations. During the 1970s, Shah was not successful in his strategy and then lost his devotees. Marjane's family was fighting his standards and following an extreme development to attempt to get Shah out of power. As a ten-year-old young lady, the creator is compelled to wear...
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Defining and Understanding the Role of Women in Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” Marjane Satrapi’s first novel “Persepolis” is an autobiographical graphic novel that narrates the experience of a young Iranian girl growing up amid the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Within her novel, many themes are utilized and highlighted to further her story and create a compelling novel. One such theme that is heavily emphasized throughout the novel is the important role and differentiations of gender within a certain time, place, and...
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In our society, many advocacies have been presented around the world with different purposes. There are nonprofit organizations that help children in need through fundraising campaigns. Some, write books and print posters advocating for peace to give an end to violence perpetrated on people of all ages, classes, and genders. In addition, there are feminists and human rights advocates who protest and join worldwide forums to promote women's empowerment and promote gender equality. Because of these advocacies, we can now...
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Through all of our lives, we look up to tons and tons of people. It can affect lots of things we see and go through. One of the most influential figures kids have is their parents. Parents can have good and bad influences on their kid’s lives. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, there are multiple examples of how parents can be an influence on their kids. However, by far the biggest are Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch. Atticus...
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It failed to realize what was in front of it, seeing only what it wanted to see, sort of like a veil. The Crystal Merchant, when he discovered that there were potential business opportunities outside of his comfort zone. Our Englishman. For most of the time we knew him, he was absorbed by his books. When he and Santiago tried learning in the other’s way, they failed to gain any real knowledge. At the end of the story, it is...
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Socrates said that “the only true wisdom was knowing that you know nothing.” In Coelho’s novel, how is Santiago able to gain wisdom and knowledge? When judging wisdom, one should not look at their wrinkled faces but rather at the actions and words that they exhibit instead. Santiago is an intriguing character who, before his exhibition, appears to have a natural curiosity about life and the world around him. Santiago is a simple shepherd with a dream of finding treasure...
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Beauty And The Beach Traveling has always been an outburst of joy for me. Over the years I have seen and encountered so many wondrous experiences while traveling. Traveling begets I kind of happiness in me. Yet, over the years one major challenge has taken shape. Due to my extensive traveling expeditions, it is increasingly becoming hard for me to find new and exciting places that I haven’t been to before. This time around too I was wallowing in this...
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Education has for quite some time been considered as having an influence on the development or formation of self and character. The cycles of education and self-formation, being historically and socially formed, show the worries and highlights of time and spot. This essay will think about the job that customary types of education that may keep on playing a role in establishing self-formation and personality in a genuine, epitomized world. Education can be perceived as an interaction of self-formation or...
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In an article by Rachel Nall, she says “When playing offensive positions, being taller helps you reach to the goal. If you are playing against taller defensive players, being taller can help you shoot the ball without the risk of a player swatting the ball away from you.”. This is saying that taller people are probably better because they are closer to the net. In 1891, an instructor named James Naismith. Is a 31-year-old graduate student from Presbyterian College in...
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Upon reflection, I have discussed how changes in my motivation levels were severely impacted both negatively and positively in year 9 due to unexpectedly flying overseas for a very sick family member. Bronfenbrenner’s sociocultural model of development is the “concept of the ‘ecological niche’ is a very useful way to think about and analyze the context of childhood” (Clark, 2010), this piece will discuss how the microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, and macrosystem were being impacted. Also linking how intrinsic motivation is...
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People share troubling experiences to help others learn and grow from them in the future. In Night, a memoir by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the holocaust, he describes some of the tragedies of the Holocaust that he lived through in his adolescent years. As Elie grows up in Sighet, he wants to learn more about his faith and the world around him as he looks to his two biggest role models, his father, and his close mentor, Moishe the...
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Individuality is the quality or character of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind, especially when strongly marked. The book Night, by Elie Wiesel, demonstrates his loss of individuality as well as the other Jews in concentration camps. The book is about Elie’s life starting with him as a young Jew living in Sighet. He was a very religious boy and lived a happy life until the Nazis came and took all the...
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The personal project is the perfect opportunity for students to develop their critical thinking skills and motivate them to take charge of their own learning. It is essential to choose an inspirational topic that would keep me engrossed throughout the project. When the Personal Project was first introduced, I began veering toward topics connected to Design, Technology, and Sports as those were my interests. Since childhood, I’ve had a great affinity for Basketball. I started playing 8 years ago and...
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