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    Mark Twain had said that The Prince and the Pauper was a tale for young people of all ages. Primarily‚ it is a children’s book‚ and the dominant themes running through the books are of childhood fairy tales: death of a parent‚ cruel substitute parents‚ abandonment‚ lost identity‚ and injustice. However‚ the two most major themes represented by the book are that of lost identity and confronting injustice with righteousness and mercy. Mark Twain starkly contrasts the two worlds from which the two

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    Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ also known as Il principe‚ is a short treatise for Renaissance leaders on how to acquire and maintain political power (Kuiper‚ “The Prince”). It is a reflection of his political experience‚ a collection of advice Machiavelli had learned over the course of his political career. This essay will first explain and analyze the key ideas of The Prince and Machiavelli’s method of expression before putting the book in the larger context of the Renaissance and its contemporary

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    In machiavelli’s The Prince‚ Machiavelli discusses many of the traits and requirements a leader needs to rule properly. Machiavelli discusses many ideas and requirements a rule must do one of which is if you can’t be both loved and feared it is better to be feared than loved. In: machiavelli’s view being feared brings more loyalty from his people than being loved‚ he bases this on his view of people as a whole‚ which in my opinion is a strong argument that was definitely true in his time and still

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    In the passage from The Prince‚ Machiavelli discusses the idea of leaders coming into power through “popular favour”‚ where in order to maintain this‚ they must ensure that the people feel as though they are not oppressed. If one is starting their reign with the support of the public‚ this leaves them with the responsibility of keeping the people involved in their political decisions and maintain a democracy instead of a dictatorship . This comes into context through Machiavelli’s political background

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    always be ‘beast-like’. Having a disadvantage will put them in a situation to not reach their self-interests. The powerful must use any strategy to be authoritative. There are many present day situations that exemplifies Machiavelli’s points in The Prince. Positions of power take on a great responsibility. With that‚ comes an inevitable two face. Two face in terms of appearing as one person‚ but being hypocritical. Much like Machiavelli’s quote‚ “So it follows that a prudent ruler cannot‚ and must

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    Christian Smith DYFS and Principalities Centenary College Machiavelli’s book‚ The Prince has been‚ and still is‚ a guideline to the average organization in today’s world. New Jersey’s Department of Division of Youth and Family Services known as DYFS has grown to the organization that they are today because of the principalities it applies from The Prince. Machiavelli also composed The Prince as a practical guide for ruling. In this book‚ there are a few chapters that stood out and were compatible

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    Prince Among Slaves considered as a historical documentary directed‚ written and produced by Andrea Kalin. This film is a story of Abdul Rahman Sori‚ a prince from West Africa who had become a slave in the United States and got freedom 40 years later. Abdul Rahman was a prince of a kingdom in Futa Jallon‚ West Africa. In 1788‚ at the age of 26‚ his father sent him in war‚ where he captured and sold to English slavers. A slave- ship headed for American shores from West Africa with hundreds of men

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    The author of Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux‚ Gary Clayton Anderson‚ is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is also the author Kinsmen of Another Kind: Dakota-White Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley‚ 1650-1862‚ The Conquest of Texas: Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land‚ 1830-1875 and The Indian Southwest 1580-1830: Ethnogenesis and Cultural Reinvention. Other publications include Sitting Bull and the Paradox of Lakota Nationhood and he teaches U.S. Survey and

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    Book Review Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Totto Chan: The Little Girl At The Window is a book which has engaging series of childhood recollections tell about an ideal school‚ Tomoe that combined learning with fun‚ freedom‚ and love and adventure. The school was in the railroad cars for classrooms and run by a good head teacher who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity. This book depicts the childhood activities of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi‚ the author of this book‚

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    behind closed doors‚ far from the prying eyes and ears of the news media or the public. But this has not always been the case. Niccolò Machiavelli was brave enough to give the leaders of his day a how-to guide. In this work‚ The Qualities of a Prince‚ we are given a point-by-point description of what a leader should do to effectively lead his country. Machiavelli explains that‚ because leadership is (obviously) a position of command‚ "[war] is the only profession which benefits one who commands

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