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    authority. Some of these places include prisons‚ concentrated camps‚ mental hospital‚ seminaries‚ and other facilities in which individuals are cut off from society forcibly or willingly. Jails play an important role in the criminal justice system because they keep offenders that have committed a crime off of the streets. Jails also help our community to be safe by holding the inmates who are charged with crimes‚ and making sure

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    How Shakespeare creates tension and suspense in Act 2 Scene 1 Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most dramatic tragedies which made it necessary for Shakespeare to create tension and suspense throughout the play. The play was written during the reign of King James 1st‚ and because of this the themes of the play have a striking resemblance to the period. Common beliefs in the 1600s are upheld throughout‚ such as witchcraft; King James felt threatened by ‘witches’ and this resulted in unmerciful killing

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    continue your bad ways and continuously go to jail. People who do wrong can make their lives better and do the right thing to become something. But some people choose to go back to jail and make nothing of their life. Going down the path of good can result in you becoming free‚ making money‚ and having a family. There is so much good that comes when you are on the right path. But going down the wrong path again and again can result in you having more time in jail‚ little to no freedom‚ and being unable

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    Night

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    AP English II 9 June 2014 Night: Changes between Elie and his father The concentration camps had a very negative effect on the people who ran them and the people in them: “I had to appear cold and indifferent to events that must have wrung the heart of anyone possessed of human feelings”. The guards questioned the orders they were given but they blocked out their doubts and replaced them with a cold and prideful attitude towards their camps. Throughout the book Night and in the article Commanding

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    someone is trying to make an impression. A person has to be able to hold him or herself properly‚ groom themselves properly‚ and wear the latest outfits to appeal to the many eyes looking up at them. First Lady Laura Bush‚ along with her two daughters spent a lump sum of 30 thousand dollars on one out of six outfits they wore during the inaugural bashes held on January 19 and 20. The Presidential suite package at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for inauguration celebrations cost 200 thousand dollars alone

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    Truths and roses have thorns about themThoreau is a very famous poet and philosopher. Thoreau was a man connected to nature and God. Thoreau was a very honest man; he believed that one could only get closer to God if he understood nature. In this quote truths and roses have thorns about them‚ Thoreau is referring to that roses are beautiful but have thorns just like truth. Truth can have roses‚ but in the end they are much more beautiful than lies. I myself am a person who usually tells the truth

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    Birmingham Jail Speech

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    King Jr vs. Birmingham Jail. On the year of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr was protesting with many others outside the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. These men and women were protesting against the treatment of blacks in this specific city. Then police officers came and arrested several people including King. They were not arrested for the sake of it‚ but because a court in the city ordered that King could not be able to hold protest in Birmingham. Martin Luther King was sent to jail for 8 days and while

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    How Julia Spent 3 Hours

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    time study demonstrated the various times spent on different occupations. She spent an average of four hours a day in sleep participation‚ under the category of rest and sleep. Her time spent with rest and sleep were about the same and balanced for the three days. Julia spent around four to five hours a day participating in activities of daily living (ADLs). Her ADL’s included eating‚ brushing her hair‚ taking a shower and brushing her teeth. Each day she spent one to two hours brushing her hair‚ taking

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    Birmingham Jail Thesis

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    Short Write #1 1. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thesis in the Letter from a Birmingham Jail is repudiation of the clergymen’s disapproval of his direct action-nonviolent resistance campaign. 2. Martin Luther King Jr supports his thesis by starting out refuting the idea that he is an outside protestor that doesn’t belong in Birmingham. He was serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ an organization operating in the southern states. The associate in Birmingham asked him to be

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    How I Spent My Holidays

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    How I Spent My Holidays Holidays come in a period where people have leisure time. In most places‚ it is called summer time. It comes after working periods‚ i.e. the time students go to school or people go to work. Last holiday my family and I except my dad had gone to Jamine. The journey was a long and stressful one. It took 9 hours to reach our destination. We went to Jamine from my country. In the airport there were no services in our phones so we decided to buy a sim card. After

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