GOOD CITIZEN Human beings are used to living under laws and patterns that are dictated to us by society‚ but following those patterns does not make us good citizens. To be a good citizen first you have to be a good person. By that I mean that you have to be full of values‚ principles‚ ethics‚ etc. When joining all these aspects together you will find out that there is nothing else to be needed. One important aspect for being a good citizen is to help people. All around us‚ we can see there are
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Movie: The Patriot Characters: Benjamin Martin is a farmer and was a member of the military during the Seven Years War. He had lost his wife and joins the Revolutionary War due to the loss of his 15 year old son. He is promoted to colonel in the continental army and leads his eldest son to find recruits to stall General Cornwallis until the French arrive. He uses hit and run tactics to take out many British soldiers‚ many of these battles taking place in the swamps. Gabriel Martin is Benjamin’s
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Senior Citizens What is the most important problem that senior citizens face today- Deteriorating health‚ malnutrition‚ lack of shelter‚ fear‚ depression‚ senility‚ isolation‚ boredom‚ non-productivity‚ and financial incapacity are the most common problems that senior citizens all over the world face today. These problems can be grouped into two categories that relate to the physical andmental health and the financial capacity of the senior citizen. 1. Physical and mental health –
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The Unknown Citizen "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden‚ is a commentary on government and the materialism of modern man. The poem is written in the form of an obituary inscribed on a monument built by the government in commemoration of an average‚ upstanding‚ and decent community member. Throughout the passage‚ the speaker lists facts about the citizen’s life which he believes prove that the deceased was a valuable person. In actuality these facts represent nothing more than the socially accepted
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Jonathan Diaz 1-29-13 The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision stated that corporations‚ like people‚ have a right to free speech‚ and that the spending money in campaigns is a form of expression‚ so the result was that it took down regulations against corporations spending money on advertisements directly for and against candidates. The court did not act accordingly to Rawls because I will argue that his concept of restrictions and regulations placed on liberties‚ so that everyone has
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Imagine a world where belligerent Islamic fundamentalists were trying to take away the lively hood of every Christian American. Even worse than that‚ trying to seize the world into becoming an Islamic terrorist who would die if they went against the Islamic faith. In The Last Patriot‚ Scot Harvath and Tracy save Anthony Nichols from a car bombing and then from a shooting inside a hotel where the two of them are interrogating him. All three of them are on the hunt for the Don Quixote book to get the
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Citizenship A good citizen is one who properly fulfills his or her role as a citizen. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Theodore Roosevelt said‚ "The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight." Education is sometimes viewed as a prerequisite to good citizenship‚ in that it helps citizens make good decisions and deal with demagogues who would delude them. Human beings are used to living under laws
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Boston Bombing & Patriot Act In the early afternoon of April 15th during the 117th Annual Boston Marathon‚ two bombs were detonated and exploded‚ killing 3 people and injuring 183 others. The bombs had been placed near the finish line‚ along Boylston Street. The bombs‚ which were pressure cooker devices detonated at 2:49 p.m‚ 13 seconds apart. No warnings had been given‚ and no one has been arrested or claimed responsibility for the bombing.(Bacon) The FBI have found two suspects that are responsible
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Lobsterbacks. They get into an argument‚ which isn’t unusual between Sam and Father. Later‚ when the brothers are outside together Sam reveals to Tim his plan to steal their father’s gun to fight-with the Patriots. Tim protests‚ says that stealing the gun would be a sin. Also‚ fighting with the patriots could get him killed‚ and it would be betraying Father and the King. But Sam won’t give in. The next morning‚ Sam is gone-and so is the gun.
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2305 1 April 2017 Who Are True Citizens? Everyone have their own thought and ideas about how should be an American citizen. And they must do to become one. 1 As the 14th Amendment states “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof‚ are citizens of the United States” (14th Amendment‚ Section 1). Most people do not agree with this because illegal immigrants come into this country and have birth to make their child a citizen. 2 The west side of America
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