Potter Stewart once said, âCensorship reflects a societyâs lack of confidence in itselfâ(Brainyquote.com). Ray Bradbury wrote a book called Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451, the government has banned books, making those that live in this society ignorant of the ways of the world. Books and knowledge are looked at as things that just cause more confusion and distress; therefore, they should not exist. The main character Guy Montag is a fireman who's job is to burn the censored books. Later...
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Video games have been around for quite a while now. Violent videogames are being targeted by the media and politicians. No studies have shown a connection to video games and violent crimes. Videogames do not make people do anything it is entirely their choice. Older generations do not understand what video games is therefore they are the problem. Violent video games are not the cause of violent crimes. Violent video games are specifically targeted by politicians and media. Politicians attack...
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If indeed guns do not kill, then why do mass killers have to arm themselves with guns? As a mother and concerned citizen, I feel that the government ought to take action to end the unnecessary loss of innocent lives we tragically lose every day. Gun ownership and violence has been a controversial issue in the US for centuries. Approximately 40% of Americans own guns or live in households with deadly weapons (Legault, Hendrix, and Lizotte, 2019). The US is...
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How would you describe a hero? Many people when they think of heroes, they think of superman or batman, a police officer or a firefighter. A hero is described as a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. In literature, a hero can be a principle of the character of those heroic features for example like Beowulf and Hercules or in this case Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch is considered a hero in literature because...
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In the novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, gender stereotypes profoundly influence the entire village, the Ibo society has a strict system of behavioral customs that are assigned by gender. They have restricted the freedom of Ibo women to present that Ibo men are superior to women and gender plays a large role in the novel as it is structured around gender roles, masculinity and femininity. The roles of male and female have been controversial since the beginning of...
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Rape culture is the normalization of violent sexual acts and abuse. Without even realizing it, this society has turned into ones of prey and predator. Wild animals on the loose looking for release within its prey. All around people find themselves to be shocked and disgusted by the existence of rape, when they themselves, unknowingly, foster acts of rape. Rape culture has somehow slipped its way into our ways of existing, making it harder and harder to escape these tormenting...
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Competition is becoming the daily routine of every person. At every situation people has to suffer through competition because of the fast pace life style people has been adopted these days. People have to compete at work, in family, in schools and in society. Winning and losing are parts of competition. Competition has changed the perspective of viewing a task. People do so hard to be the best among all. Competition has great influence on society in different sectors like...
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In the United States, women oftentimes have to deal with the struggles that come along with maternity. No matter a womanâs race or ethnic background, almost every woman is bound to face a disadvantage at one point, however, African American women tend to deal with greater obstacles that affect them on a larger scale. Due to the less opportunity African American women receive with economic struggles, it is unfortunate that these women do not have equal advantage in accessing higher...
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Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave, self taught author, abolitionist, human rights and womenâs rights activist, and social reformer. He helped shape America through his determination and eloquence. His actions led to the Civil War, a pivotal point in time where slaves were freed. He was an advocate for teaching slaves how to read and write, and his story inspired millions to join the cause of abolition. was almost totally a self-educated man, his tireless efforts on behalf of the...
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In her novel, âTo Kill A Mockingbird,â Harper Lee brilliantly dissects the predominance of racism in the 1930s. By allowing the reader to experience the book through the eyes of one of Maycomb Countyâs own citizens, Scout Finch, the author goes beyond simply telling examples of racism, but rather draws the reader into the lives of those in Maycomb and letting one experience it for oneself. Lee accomplishes this through showing the pre-judgement of those of a different colour in...
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HISTORY OF ENRON Enron was one of the largest US-based companies formed by Kenneth Lay in the year 1985. It has become an interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline company. It offered its services to thousands of customers around the world. Enron had three main business units ranging wholesale service, retail energy service, broadband service and transportation. The wholesale service responsible for the marketing a number of wholesale commodity product, allowing industrial companies to manage commodity delivery and price risk...
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Reading classic literature is like traveling back in time, to live the life of someone who lived during a particular period in time, witness great battles, rise, and fall of great empires and that of men and women, to see how human mind though now evolved faces the same dilemmas of life from birth until death. Many of these classics enshrine within themselves the soul of a generation and serve as a cornerstone in the history of literature. Their narratives...
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By the definition of the American dream,âThe American dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyoneâ. The American Dream is achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking, and hard work, rather than by chance.â In the novella Of Mice and Men, the concept of the American dream is set by two migrant field workers in...
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By the end of the Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm is made out to seem like a saint, when in reality that doesnât seem to be the case. At the time that the book was being viewed as a bad guy, especially compared to Martin Luther King Jr, so maybe this book was written as an attempt to show him in a better light and this book being written by Alex Haley through interviews with Malcolm X. Through his change...
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This quote, âNonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals,â by Martin Luther King Jr. exemplifies that brutality is not always the right path to take. In this case one of the biggest issues in America has always been police brutality. Over the years police brutality has slowly been increasing across the United States and it has driven a wedge between the trust of...
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In the novel The Kite Runner, there are many people in Amirâs life have helped to shape his character. Throughout his life, I think that Baba and Rahim Khan have shaped Amirâs growth an acted as his mentors. Even though Baba is Amirâs biological father, Amir thinks that Rahim Khan has the idealistic fatherly figure that he has longed for. I believe that father, is a very important role in the life of a child. A father is a person...
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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, there is a young thirteen year old named Huck Finn who goes on quite the adventure experiencing, many different encounters along the mighty well-known Mississippi River. The setting of the novel takes place a little before the Civil War in the American South between 1830s-40s. Huck Finn cannot stand the idea of a âsivilizedâ society so he goes ahead and fakes his death to leave where he currently belongs. While going...
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Every human lifeâs natural end is death. Some people choose to end their own lives for reasons that have never been fully understood. This is known as suicide. It has been investigated that each year approximately 800,000 people die in the world by taking their own life. Suicide can be regarded as the complex behaviour that has led to numerous causes, including cultural, financial, psychological and social factors that influence the decision to take oneâs own life. Gender discrimination is...
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The infamous Malcolm X receives a tribute by a movie that came out in the year of 1992 admiring his achievements. The movie was named, of course, Malcolm X. He stated multiple speeches that was within this movie, but there was one speech that stood out and had a strong stand to it. The name of the speech was: Address to the People of Harlem on the âWhite Manâ. Malcolm had this speech in Harlem during the Civil Rights era....
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The United States it is said to be the land of opportunity where everyone has a right to succeed and be equal, but is it actually true? Racial Profiling has been a problem since the beginning of time, and it is still continuing especially throughout the United States. Racial Profiling is known as different groups of races that are being accused of everything because of their skin color; as a result, they are more of a target towards police officers....
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Introduction Meditation is a mental training process which yields promising health and educational benefits for both the body and mind. Each time a student participates in meditation, they can narrow their attention to focus on awareness. This creates a healthy sense of perspective which will then slow metabolism and harvest feelings of relaxation. Meditation is an effective skill that boosts confidence, strength, awareness and patience. Meditation in education is not solely a symbol of good grades. Through an analysis, the...
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There are many issues around the globe that affect the modern world. The society today is changing rapidly, which means there are more problems that range from being economical to social, political and environmental. One of the issues that this society is dealing with is the social issue, human trafficking. Human trafficking is the trade in people, but it doesnât mean the movement of a person from one place to another. Every year there are millions of women, children and...
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Although the term âfeministâ has only recently come in to use, universally, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte BrontĂ«, has been acknowledged as a âfeminist novelâ since published. The character of Jane Eyre is looked up to by many, due to her strong nature and ability to bounce back from the mental and physical abuse afflicted by her aunt and teacher from a young age. Despite the hardships she faces, Jane Eyre seems to come back stronger than ever, even risking her...
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What if one day a stranger came into your life and offered you a better lifestyle, a promise, that you believed but instead, it is just a trick to enslave you into human trafficking? Human trafficking is when a person is abducted and most likely used for forced labor; the most common being sex slavery/prostitution. Crimes like organ trafficking, young marriage, and children subjected to sex labor happen almost daily in Egypt. Egyptâs consequences on human trafficking are light and...
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âWe all know all men are not created equal in the sense that some people would have us believe--some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because theyâre born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others--some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most menâ is a quote from the wise Atticus Finch, this passage describes the reality that not all people are seen as equal,...
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Violence is a prominent characteristic of the United States. Despite the efforts made to make aware that it is an issue that must be diminished, it has become a social norm that many are numb to. Specifically, violence has increasingly spread to children, who have now become both perpetrators and victims. According to âChildrenâs Exposure to Violenceâ, in 2014, 37 percent of children were physically assaulted and about half had been assaulted during their lifetime. In cases like these childrenâs...
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Throughout âThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,â the main character Huck goes through a tremendous amount of challenges that cause him to grow in many aspects. These challenges affect the main character, Huck, by making him choose between right and wrong. In the novel Huck is torn by his moral influences. In the book, Huckâs âgood sideâ which makes him think positive and think about his actions before doing it, is embodied by the widow of the story. On the other...
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Guilt has the power to inspire a personâs motives and shape who they are at their core. In 2003 Khaled Hosseini wrote the moving and powerful novel The Kite Runner which has a major focus on guiltâs intense power. Throughout The Kite Runner characters use their guilt as the driving force of their actions as the plot progresses. The narrator of the novel, Amir, witnesses his playmate get horribly abused and does nothing about it, plaguing him with guilt for...
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Everyday of our lives, we spend countless hours under the grip of technology. In Ray Bradburyâs Fahrenheit 451, technology and media are evidently integrated into the lives of the characters in the novel. In this fictional, futuristic world, firemen start fires to burn books rather than stop fires. In this society, books are considered bad because they inspire free-thought. Many of the aspects of the society in Fahrenheit 451 are quite extreme. The TV parlour walls, laws against walking, and...
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In Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, women are portrayed as kind of peace-makers, clever, and child-bearers. But, throughout both stories they certainly reveal women as much more than that. In any case, these ladies were something beyond shrewd players in the plot of the ballad Sir Gawain and the Green Knight-they utilize their capacities and wants to fuel the occasions of the story. These ladies are instances of how ladies can have opportunity and control even inside...
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