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    Big Brother Has Gone Too Far ?If you have nothing to hide‚ you have nothing to fear‚? some people claim about the National Security Agency (NSA)(?Surveillance?). The Fourth Amendment protects United States citizens against ?unwarranted searches and seizures? (Jefferson). However‚ a short history of laws‚ including the Patriot Act‚ takes away many of these protections. The government has more freedom to spy on people than ever‚ even people that have no hard evidence linking them to crimes. The

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    totalitarian society‚ which is led by Big Brother‚ who is constantly watching and surveillance its people. Big Brother controls and sensors everyones thoughts and behavior. They achieve this by public mind control‚ which is known as Doublethink. Doublethink is a term coined by Orwell‚ it means “the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in ones mind simultaneously‚ and accepting both of them.” Therefore Winston lives in a time where the government (Big Brother) defines reality. Also the “process

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    Beloved Sisters

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    Jeremy Vandroff Beloved: Two Sisters In Toni Morrison’s Beloved‚ Sethe’s daughters Beloved and Denver are the force behind many of her thoughts and actions. Beloved and Denver are two very different characters who have equal of impact on the story and Sethe’s life. They are both similar and different in many ways. The sisters pasts which affect how they act help to mold the plot. Beloved is the daughter Sethe killed who has come back to life in an adult sized body but with the

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    Summary Of Sister By Lam

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    In “Sister”‚ Lam depicts a character of a woman named Eevie who is experiencing and dealing with post-traumatic disorder caused by his bitter memories surviving in her escape from the Civil War erupting in Vietnam. She has experienced flashback‚ nightmare‚ feeling of anxiety‚ and physical pain whenever she is trying to deal with her trauma that is closely-related to her home country. She has met with her psychologist and told him that “he’s leaving me. He’s going to some place I don’t know”(123)

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    My Sister Keeper

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    lot of operations to save her sister. Kate turns 15 and she has a renal failure and Anna knows that the only person who cans help Kate is she and she knows that their parents will force her to donate one of her kidneys. She realizes that if she does the operation‚ she will not have the life that she wants to have‚ she will not be able to have kids or even to play some sports. With Kate’s illness‚ Sara forgets to care about Anna and Jesse‚ Anna and Kate’s big brother‚ because she is concerned to keep

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    Not everyone can say they are a big sister. I on the other hand got blessed with not only being a big sister‚ but being one to Michelle. Michelle is my now 13 year old sister. We never really got to live with each other long because I was always moving‚ but there is no one that I love more. She can be the meanest person in the world‚ but she can also be my best friend. Because she is my sister‚ I have many jobs: making sure she is happy‚ making sure no one but me tortures her‚ and making sure our

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    The Brothers Grimm

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    work. But where did the first fairytales come from? No one really knows. Story telling began as an oral tradition and fairy tales were a way to interest children in these stories that would subconsciously teach them lessons for later in life. The Brothers Grimm wrote hundreds of fairy tales in their life time and in these works they used their childhood experiences and their creativity to mold these classic tales and make some of their own that would be passed on. Majority of these tales are the most

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    the ‘Big Bad Wolf’ being the good guy? Most people haven’t. In this essay‚ you’ll learn that he is. Just because he has the word ‘bad’ in his name‚ doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy. In the story ‘Shrek’ he is funny and has lots of friends‚ in the Three Little Pigs‚ he hadn’t eaten in days‚ and in Little Red Riding Hood‚ he was just looking for a good laugh and a snack. The Big Bad Wolf in the story is actually the hero and this will be proven by looking just a little bit deeper. First‚ in Little Red

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    Critical Overview “Nothing put a more monstrous face on the laundries than The Magdalene Sisters” (Bill Donohue). The film received praise with just about everyone but the Catholic Church‚ “none of this is true” (Donohue). The Magdalene Sisters won a multitude of awards and was nominated for more. The film followed only 4 of the over 30‚000 girls that were abused by the Catholic Laundries for a period of 5 years‚ while some women spent their lives slaves to the church (Neil Smith). The Catholic

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    I think I have a good legitimate reason to kill my little brother‚ not fake kill but actual kill. Usually‚ I would be kidding‚ but now I’m not. Also‚ orange is my color so I think I could actually rock it. "Jessica Abidemi Saller‚ why did you kill your little brother?" The judge will ask at my sentencing. "Your honor it’s a simple reason‚" I would start off‚ "Edgar walked into my make-out session with my boyfriend and my shirt was off. He didn’t even knock!" The judge would nod understandably

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