Who wants to be a Filipino? If you were to be reincarnated and given the choice‚ would you opt to be Filipino again? It was in 1998‚ at a Forum of students of top schools at the University of Asia and the Pacific‚ that I raised this question. As expected‚ everybody‚ except me‚ gave a resounding yes for an answer. Hypocrites! I could see from the way they talked‚ from the clothes they wore‚ from their ideas of what was good and beautiful‚ that even in this lifetime they were dying to camouflage
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North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Harper’s Weekly September 1‚ 1868 Harper’s Weekly September 1‚ 1868 “Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life‚ Liberty‚ or Property?” “Is This a Republican Form of Government? Is This Protecting Life‚ Liberty‚ or Property?” Overview: The twelve years after the Civil War proved to be a difficult time for America. Called Reconstruction by historians‚ this era saw an increase of freedom for former slaves. However
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office. The setting of the story takes place in 1853 New York City‚ a metropolis with Wall Street capitalism at its center. Much like the lawyer’s other employees‚ Bartleby is described as having eccentric tendencies. Bartleby is a middle-class man‚ who must work to make ends meet through monotonous tasks and following orders of his employer (the Lawyer/narrator). Eventually‚ Bartleby ceases to follow these orders. Rather than be fired or removed from the building‚ the Lawyer attempts to connect with
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Pussi Riot Who are they? Eccentric teenagers who wanted to become famous by their amoral behavior‚ glorified protestants against the totalitarian regime of Putin who successfully managed to attract attention of whole European society to the problems of dictation in Russia or Putin’s action against opposition? The minds split. One group of people believes that behavior of this girls was well-planned anti-Putin’s action‚ which should attract attention by its scandalousness. If it is‚ we can surely
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Norman Rockwell was an artist in the mid 20th century who was famous for his illustrations on the front cover of The Saturday Evening Post where he displayed his ability to create for almost 50 years. Although he was a more than talented artist he described himself as an illustrator more than an artist. Rockwell would have agreed with Clive Bell who argued there was a difference between art and illustration. Rockwell was right in containing himself to illustration due to his style‚ incentives‚ and
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think that Hitler and the Nazis were the only ones to blame‚ but Hitler could not have pulled off the Holocaust without the unwitting help of residents‚ Europeans‚ and leaders of other countries. The least responsible of these groups are the residents who denied the existence of the Holocaust or knew about it and did not do anything to help stop it. As Wiesel states‚ "But I wanted to come back to warn you. Only no one is listening to me” (7). This was said by Moishe the Beadle‚ a resident of Elie Wiesel’s
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HMHS Britannic and the RMS Olympic. Inside the ship‚ were three classes‚ first‚ second and third. There were 689 passengers in first class‚ 674 passengers in second class and around 1‚026 in third. Third class back in that time was for the passengers who could not afford
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Atticus Finch has a very humble heart. He’s a very respected man in the community but has never acted as if he were better than anyone. Although most of Maycomb turned their back on him once he began to defend Tom Robinson‚ he still respected them for who they are; he claimed that "they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions." Atticus’s morality shines through many times in the novel. Not only does he choose to respect the town for their opinions‚ but he also says‚ "they’re still our friends
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considered science fiction at the time and yet they were still able to build them with the little they had. But there are more than one theories of who they actually are. Most people will tell you the ancient egyptians were the makers of this enormous monument but other groups think differently. There is a percentage of people that believe aliens were the ones who created the pyramids. Some believe this because of how advanced the pyramids were for its time and lacked the proper tools and knowledge to complete
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Animals are being abused by people and they don’t have a law to protect them in several countries. 2. People who are murdering these animal are a big threat to people’s lives. 2. Thesis Statement: Violent acts toward animals have long been recognized as indicators of a dangerous psychopathy that does not confine itself to animal abuse. II. The Body : Research in psychology and criminology shows that people who commit acts of cruelty toward animals rarely stop there; many of them move on
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