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1. No, Cathy's acts were not justified. Cathy stole copyrighted work from an author who spent time and effort into creating the piece.

2. Once again no, Cathy seems to be a good person if her acts are anything to go by. Although her plagiary resembles that of a one time panicked act, Cathy still knew she was taking credit for a writing where no credit was due to her.

3. I would most likely feel cheated, Cathy took work from a professional writer and claimed it as her own. If I was aware of what Cathy had done, I would most likely speak privately to the teacher. Not in order to get a higher mark, rather to inform the teacher that Cathy had stolen work from a trademarked and copyrighted company, putting her in the position where if the company chose they could sue her.
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Once again cheated, as she is getting the position untruthfully. Perhaps I didn't deserve the position, someone else however might have.

5. No, Cathy may not be affecting me but in the long run she will most likely feel the repercussions of her acts.

6. This relates to Death of a Salesman due to Biff cutting corners to get through classes, cheating on tests as opposed to studying, despite Bernard's insistence that he will fail if he doesn't start to study for his math. Biff spends too much time on his extracurricular activities,so that he doesn't have the time to

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