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Death Row Family Members
763 wordsA few years ago I moved to Arizona. I was to be the office manager of a Real Estate Appraisal firm. Unbeknown to me the Company owed back taxes to Internal Revenue Service. The IRS came in and seized all of the Companies bank accounts and assets. All of a sudden I had to scramble to find a new job. I did not immediately find work as an appraiser but took a job with the Arizona Department of Corrections. What I thought to be true and what the reality was; were two different things. I believed tha...
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Opposing Viewpoints Religious Beliefs
1,005 wordsCensorship, a controversial word that has been with us since who knows when. Ancient dictators would burn books because they didn't like them and force people to believe what he did. The question I ask myself though is if censorship in Libraries and schools is justified. My answer is no, and that is what I will try to convince you. Censorship is ridiculous, unfair and selfish, and censors are hypocritical, intolerant, and arrogant. What I mean when I say censorship is ridiculous is exactly that....
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Feels Guilty Enjoyed Reading
988 wordsTask: Frank O'Connor stories often appear in anthologies of short stories because they are regarded as good stories. Choose one story by Frank O'Connor which you feel should be included in an anthology. Fully explain why you think this text deserves inclusion in a collection of short stories. I thoroughly enjoyed reading "On Christmas Morning" by Frank O'Connor as it covers many different themes. In this essay I will look at what makes it good in order to show that the story deserves inclusion i...
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African Americans Promised Land
688 wordsMan child in the Promised Land by Claude Brown is one of the most realistic books written about life in Harlem. Although the book is not a memoir, the main hero of the book resembles the author itself in many ways, there are a lot of details that allow us to suggest that actually the book is about life of Claude Brown himself. The main idea conveyed throughout the book is that life in Harlem was so violent and harsh in its nature, that it was not possible at all to be a regular kid in that commu...
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Red Army Faction Terrorists Or Freedom Fighters
1,384 wordsTerrorism is an issue that is at the top of the world society's agenda. But terrorism is a difficult word to define. Many scholars have made valiant attempts to define it, however there definitions have often been too broad or too shortsighted. Even the American State Department has a definition that is not all together agreeable. One must hesitate when calling any group who opposes the establishment or anyone who engages in violence a terrorist (Hoffman 13). The people themselves do not believe...
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Option To Shoot Subject Of Police Officers
508 wordsPolice Involved Shootings David Klingers Into the Kill Zone, explores the subject of police involved shooting; using his own as well as his fellow officers experiences and police policies in shooting suspects. The experiences involved two facets, one in which the police officers did not shoot even if circumstances allowed them to and the other in which the police officers exercised the option to shoot. The author introduced his view on the subject of police shooting with his own experience; deta...
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Freedom Riders April 16
706 wordsSegregation and How It Is Portrayed In the Media Akeelah and the Bee and Freedom Writers are two different videos, which have much in common, and at the same time are two different stories. The first movie, Akeelah and the Bee tells the fascinating story about the eleven-year-old girl Akeelah Anderson, a young girl from South Central Los Angeles. She has a gift for words and likes taking part in various spelling contests. However, when she finds out that her peers do not like smart kids, the gir...
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Visual And Audio Materials In Hip Hop Industry
1,746 wordsVisual and Audio Materials in Hip-Hop Industry Hip hop music and culture, once considered an American phenomenon, exists throughout the world today. In each cultural area, hip hop artists filter American and other foreign hip hop styles through their own local musical, social, and linguistic practices, creating unique musical forms. In this paper I will attempt to evaluate the visual and audio characteristics that contribute to the culture of hip-hop and produce the image of the aforementioned s...
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Member Of The Greasers Ponyboy Curtis Johnny
972 wordsBook Report On The Outsiders Author: S. E. Hinton Character Analysis: Ponyboy Curtis Ponyboy is a fourteen-year-old member of a gang called the Greasers. His parents died in a car accident, so he lives alone with his two older brothers, Darry and Soda. He is a good student and athlete, but most people at school consider him a vagrant like his Greaser friends. Sodapop Curtis Soda is Pony's handsome, charming older brother. He dropped out of school to work at a gas station, and does not share his ...
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Men And Women Andrea Dworkin
1,102 words" Letters from a War Zone" deals with the controversy between men and women banning pornography. In this essay there are many strong personal views on pornography and the brutality of women in porn. Men and women have been at war for many years because of this. I agree with banning pornography because pornography lures men into disrespecting women. This essay makes me angry because it shows another part of life that is really not acknowledged. It seems realistic to me because many wome...
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Jean Valjean Les Miserables
691 wordsLes Miserables known in English as? The Terrible? is a musical portrayal of the French Revolution. It is a musical tragedy, which served as a major powerhouse competitor for Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals in the early eighties and nineties. When first debuting on Broadway in 1987 it traveled a long hard road to compete with musicals of the decade. However, in time many well-known performers were proud to associate themselves with this wonderful work of art. The musical play begins with its lead cha...
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Don T Care Oliver Twist
378 wordsNancy Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Nancy a beautiful portrayal of a mother life figure, stands up for a poor innocent boy. She takes care of Oliver, a poor orphan. Nancy also has a conflict with in herself having to choose between good or evil. Nancy was often beaten. Thinking it was to late for her to search for a better life, she stayed in the company of the thieves. Even with the violent attitude, Bill one of the thief? s in the gang, had towards her Nancy challenged him to insure the protection...
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Fear Of The Unknown Lord Of The Flies
1,051 wordsTrace The Changes That Occur In The Trace The Changes That Occur In The Nature Of The Beast Throughout Lord Of The Flies In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding gives the beast many different forms throughout the novel. Fear is a very natural part of being human. Sometimes the fear we experience in our minds is stronger than any physical source of fear. The boys in the novel have many fears. They have to deal with the fear of natural threats in the dark jungle on the island, but they also have...
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Junior High School Mentally Retarded
1,352 wordsTake Off That Mask As sad as it seem first impressions often dictate the way people feel about one another. In most cases the way a person looks doesn? t at all reflect on their personality. This stigma of the way a person looks goes far beyond being pretty and ugly. All to often people are assumed mentally retarded because of a facial deformity when in fact that person is as able or in many cases more then able to perform and task they are asked to perform. Ironically in this modern society whe...
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Brain Stem Drug Abuse
423 wordsDRUG Drug Abuse Swinsick 1 DRUG ABUSE The term drug abuse is most often referred to as the use of a drug that causes physical or mental harm to the user or impairs the bodies functions (Drug Abuse 279). The information in this paper will help inform the reader on the sale, effects, and types of illegal drugs. Drugs, crime, and children play a huge part on today s society. The drug enforcement is getting longer, so the drug dealers and gang members are not willing to do their own dirty work. Adol...
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Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer
846 wordsIn the novel, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain uses a contrast of characters to bring out the Society vs. Freedom aspect of the novel through the two characters of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer, throughout the novel, uses rules and what is always done in the books to control how he and Huck do things. On the other hand, Huck goes for the simple things that help him and come the easiest to him when planning things out. In the beginning of the novel Tom tries to start a band of ...
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Lives Of The Saints Mother
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Lord Of The Flies Long Term
1,138 wordsThe line between give and take I think there are a few reasons for the conflict between selflessness and self-interest. The best real world illustration of this conflict is seen in the formation of a firm. The entrepreneur has the idea that in most cases requires help in its execution. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but without the cooperation of many people nobody except a few hundred would have one. In cooperating the entrepreneur must be willing to compensate the people who are involv...
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Ethnic Group Black Men
615 wordsDumb jocks, That person must belong to a gang, just look how he dresses. How often have we heard somebody mention these things, yet, how often have we said something similar? I believe our society is based on the superficial things, which we categorize people because of the actions of a small percentage. All of the above statements are prejudicial notions used to define members of a social or an ethnic group, and are called stereotypes. Unfortunately, stereotypes negatively affect our ability to...
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School Uniforms Cost Effective
255 wordsMandatory school uniforms would make schools not only a better place, but a better learning environment. Uniforms give a sense of belonging and prevent dress code problems. School uniforms are also very cost effective. Some students feel they have to have the expensive designer clothes to fit in and be cool. Uniforms would allow every to wear the same thing and help kids fit in. Not only would it help kids fit in but it would help kids concentrate on school not what they are wearing. Schools hav...
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