notice‚ however‚ schools have to practice lockdown drills every couple of months and now have to keep their inside classroom doors locked. Why do they do this? “Every time you stop a school‚ you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It’s like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won’t fatten the dog” - Mark Twain. By the 1990’s‚ the U.S. was opening‚ on average‚ one new prison or jail every week. Today‚ the United States has the largest prison population in the world and
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What Impression Does the Character of Creon create in Antigone? At the start of the play Creon is introduced by the chorus who represent the old Theban citizens who say‚ “Creon‚ the new man of the day” which introduces him in a positive way towards the audience as it gives the audience a strong emphasis on his character as the words “new” and “Man” are both been placed in a positive aspect. After the Chorus introduces Creon‚ he begins a speech which shows him a strong and respectful leader; he has
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in Chapter 4? Chapter 4 develops the character of Gatsby and questions the reliability of Nick as a narrator. Fitzgerald reveals two different sides of Jay Gatsby and hints at Gatsby’s criminal doings as Gatsby takes Nick to meet some of his questionable acquaintances. Additionally‚ Nick and Jordan’s relationship is introduced and developed. Fitzgerald also employs the use of cinematic cuts which create the effect that the events of the chapter are real. Fitzgerald
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between what is ethically right and wrong is not an innate value‚ but rather a skill that must be learned and developed through experience. This concept is expressed in Mark Twain’s book‚ Adventures Huckleberry Finn‚ through the eyes of Huck. Huck is a seemingly naive teenage boy born in a time when slavery and racist ideologies are prevalent and he is strongly influenced by those archaic principles of society. Accompanying him during his adventure is an African American runaway slave named Jim‚ who
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Huck Finn – Themes Formal Education vs Moral IntelligenceRepeatedly Huck encounters situations which require a moral decision. He usually can differentiate between a bad moral choice and good one. He has no time for stories supplied to him by Widow Douglass and Miss Watson. He finds this life constraining and false and would rather live free and wild.Quotation: Chap 1 p. 6“After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers‚ and I was in a sweat to find out all about
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the characterization of Miss Watson. This was to say she cannot see clearly and is oblivious to reality. With the irony of Miss Watson seemingly knowing all when it comes to religion‚ even though she is very blind to reality and her hypocritical actions‚ Twain seems to use Miss Watson’s views of heaven in a satirical manner‚ “She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn’t say it for the whole world; she was going to live so
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What do people when their are backed against the wall. In Powers’ “He Don’t Plant Cotton” one snowy night in a lounge three workers had to carter and serve a crowd of over zealous and disrespectful white people. Through this we see how they deal with stress of work. Dodo‚ the bartender and a piano player‚ talks about them when his back turned‚ Baby‚ the drummer and waiter‚ does what they tell him to do with a smile‚ and Libby‚ the singer‚ plays dumb. Or In the end quit. The story demonstrates how
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center so that I clearly understand Vietnam accounting standards as well as international standards. I believe my strongest trait is my attention to detail. This trait has helped me tremendously in this field of work. Besides that‚ I am good at keeping a team together and producing quality work in a team environment. My academic background is average good and I also passed Toeic test with 660 points. I had opportunities to practise in Sao Viet Auditing Company as a official emplyee for 4 months
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Orissa. The picture below is the founder-chairman of this metals & mining company‚ who was poised to take over Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian had the deal to acquire Cairn India‚ gone through. Name the person or the company. Anil Agarwal – founder‚ chairman of Vedanta Vedanta Resources (Hint: The issue is related to the state of Orissa) 2) What is so unique about this airplane? World’s first
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Many people in this world will believe in the first impression they get. The appearance people see will usually satisfy them without further investigating into the reality of a situation. The difference between appearance and reality can be quite different. This also applies to literature. There are many instances where an author will describes a character as kind‚ but is actually deceptive and mean. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ there are characters and situations that show
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