Proctor. Just outside the meeting house‚ my husband and I heard her saying to Mr. Proctor‚ “Oh I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be...” (Pearson‚ 1246). Abigail covets John and it appears she would do anything to steal him from his wife. There is an additional rumor that John confessed in court. The girls were discussing that they heard him say‚ I have known her‚ sir. This convicts Mr. Proctor as a lecher‚ but it also convicts Abigail of being a common whore. The court is
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About eight decades ago‚ the most cruel and infamous prison in United States history was officially opened‚ Alcatraz. It was built on a deserted island 2.4 kilometers from San Francisco with cold‚ shark-infested waters in between. The building itself consisted of 336 jail cells housing approximately 200 to 350 prisoners at once‚ and had a cafeteria and recreation yard. The guards treated the convicts horribly‚ making their experience far worse than expected. Their overall goal was to isolate the
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Date] [Full Name] [Title] [School Name] [Address] [City‚ State‚ Zip Code] Dear [Mr./Ms. Last Name]: I am writing to you in support of [Mr./Ms. Full Name] and [his/her] desire to attend [University Name] for the [Program Title] program. Though many students ask me to make this request on their behalf‚ I only recommend students whom I feel are well-suited for the program of their choice. [Mr./Ms. Last Name] is one of those students and therefore‚ I highly recommend that [he/she] be given
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Why has there been a massive growth of the prison industry in America since the 1970 ’s? Since the 1970 ’s there has been steady increase in the prison population where statistics now show from the BJS that more than one in every 100 adults are now in imprisoned. Statistics from the "PEW" state that one in 30 men between the ages of 20-34 are behind bars‚ however just because there is an increase in the numbers it does not mean it ’s down to an increase in crime. To further emphasise just how
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****** Professor ****** Eng 104-13 3/2/2013 “From Violence to Victory” In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Martin Luther King effectively presented his arguments by using Pathos. King pathos is effective throughout his letter because he makes strong emotional connection with the reader. In the words of St. Thomas‚ Martin Luther King quotes‚ from a jail cell in Birmingham‚ “An unjust law is no law at all” (King). After an affiliate from Birmingham invited MLK into a non-violent action program
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threat to no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits
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Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government” and Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” The style‚ technique‚ and reason that each author used were intentional towards their cause. During the middle of the 1840’s‚ abolitionist Henry Thoreau was placed in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax. He wouldn’t agree to a tax that he believed supported slavery and spent his evening in prison writing the famous “Resistance to Civil Government” essay. Mr. Thoreau did not act out
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Richard Lovelace was a cavalier poet that was a member of the “tribe of Ben”. Themes cavalier poems had been their loyalty to the king‚ which in this case was Charles I. His two most known poems were “to Lucasta‚ Going to War” and “To Althea‚ from Prison”. Both poems allegedly express his “real” love to his beloved. However‚ Richard Lovelace does not really appreciate his wife as he says he does‚ due to the fact that he admits his love to the king is greater‚ would rather spend time in jail and be
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In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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On April 16‚ 1963‚ from the jail in Birmingham‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. wrote a letter to the eight leaders of the white Church of the South. They had attacked his civil rights work in a public statement released on April 12‚ 1963. To persuade his readers‚ King mainly uses three types of persuasion that are appeals to ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. First‚ King appeals to his own reputation and wisdom. Second‚ he tries to arouse emotions or sympathy in the readers. Finally‚ he appeals to logic‚ supported
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