Has someone ever tried to change your opinion because they would gain from it? Have they ever tried to make you like them because it made them comfortable? It’s pretty rude‚ but countries do it all the time to other countries. This is what imperialism is like. Imperialism is the policy of one country’s political‚ economic‚ or cultural domination over other lands or territories. There are five motives for why people used imperialism- economic‚ exploratory ethnocentric‚ political‚ and religious reasons
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When Beowulf died‚ after the fight with the firedrake‚ Wiglaf was appointed king. Wiglaf was still very young at the time‚ so he was extremely inexperienced. He began training to become the best king in history. During his first day of training‚ he said to himself‚ “I will be just like Beowulf.” He went through all of his training trying as hard as he could to become exactly like Beowulf. After he finished the training‚ Wiglaf was dedicated to ruling the same way Beowulf did. He did everything possible
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Over the course of Harry Potter’s six years attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry‚ six different people filled the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position. Hogwarts finds this position very hard to fill. Some people believe someone cursed the Defense position and this fact leadest them to stay away from teaching. The supposed curse that hangs over the position causes major problems for the school. The lack of applicants results from the rumor of a jinx. If no one applies for
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John F. Kennedy once said‚ “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer‚ but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” Being an American citizen‚ we have multiple responsibilities to uphold. We as citizens‚ have these many responsibilities due to the fact that we have multiple freedoms. With freedom comes high responsibility‚ one being voting. Voting is not just about deciding the president‚ senate‚ or
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“A life is not important except the impact it has on other lives.”(Robinson). If you have an impact on people’s lives‚ why make it a negative one. Judging people for their skin color‚ academic status‚ or anything like that is extremely disrespectful. Most of the time‚ people see right through the good qualities‚ and just focus on the bad ones. Diversity is everywhere‚ and it is constantly looked down on. The prejudices and stereotypes that come with it make that obvious‚ but when you think about
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Could you imagine a world without accidents with cars‚ that involved seatbelts? This is possible! Car manufactures should create a system that prevents vehicles from operating when the seatbelt is disengaged. We would be able to have less deaths and injuries from people that don’t normally wear their seatbelts. As well as a great deal of money saved from insurance and accident-related payments. Even better‚ there will be an increase to the amount of safety you are given when people use these automobiles
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1.In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery‚” a “lottery” is a tradition which takes place each year where the whole town gathers and the man of the house takes a folded slip from a black box. Once each man has a slip‚ they are allowed to unfold the paper‚ the man with a dot on his paper would then have his whole family take part in the process. After the whole family had chosen a slip the person with the dot would be stoned to death. The title is misleading considering the literal meaning of lottery is
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Some people see breastfeeding negatively‚ they tell women to cover up‚ go to the bathroom‚ or to leave. This causes many women to stop‚ to not try and lessen their confidence. Nevertheless‚ some see it as a beautiful thing‚ like the bond of the mother and baby. Consequently‚ it does not just benefit the baby it also benefits the mother in ways of less chance of post-partum bleeding‚ helps with post-partum weight loss and a smaller chance of ovarian‚ uterine‚ and breast cancer. Breastfeeding should
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There was a beautiful castle in a wonderful town called mystic falls‚in that castle lives a king God Clio and a Godesses princess Minerva for 5 years.Clio was able to become a king during the 5 years‚he won everyone love by his action towards them.Clio is a god that has a power the power to control the weather by his emotions‚and Minerva is a godess that has the power to predict the future.Minerva is a young godess that lives with his father Clio and only with him because she lost her mother when
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Sexual abuse throughout childhood changed Lopez’s views on life and unfortunately lead him to murder human beings in order to justify what happened to him as a child. This connects to the same motivation as Garavito‚ which shows there is a common factor present in many serial killers. The last serial killer who has experienced sexual abuse as a child is Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha. He was speaking to Young about his only encounter of sexual abuse‚ and how it has changed him since then. According
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