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    Black Morocco is divided into two parts. The paired chapters of part 1 consider slavery within the broad Islamic legal and moral framework‚ on the one hand‚ and‚ on the other‚ within a specifically North African and Moroccan context during the medieval and early modern periods. Chapter 1 examines legal and moral perspectives on slavery in the Qur’an‚ ḥadīth literature‚ and Sunni legal traditions. El Hamel argues that interpreters of Islamic law chose to accommodate existing institutions of slavery

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    To summarize this Mill’s chapter two about what utilitarianism is‚ basically meaning that individuals would find some kind of pleasure that are more desirable and more valuable to themselves are inherently good. Utilitarianism is pleasurable when the actions are good; when the actions are bad the pleasure decreases. To Mill he compares human pleasures are as equal as animalistic pleasures. It depends on what kind of pleasure people are seeking. For this purpose‚ Mill mentioned that people would have

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    purpose in writing this chapter is to convince the reader that Tyrell and Jose‚ as well as many other gang members‚ had been trapped into joining the gangs or committing criminal activity such as selling drugs to provide for themselves‚ since the police could not provide them with what they needed. Tyrell is the first focus of the chapter and Rios goes into detail on the Ville‚ which is “a low income housing project on 66th Avenue and International‚” (45) known by many to be one of the most crime-ridden

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    While chapters one and 2 serve to characterize Meursault as generally emotionless (ie: his Mother’s funeral and affair with Marie) Chapter 3 works to establish Meursault as a “friend” to different people. Just the same as his relationships with his mother and girlfriend‚ Meursault’s relationships with his friends are what one can deem as unconventional. In doing so the author reveals some truths about Meursault and the nature of free will and judgement. The first set of interactions involves both

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    have pointed out as the essential attitude in writing history: being self-reflexive and letting the reader participate in the process of writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story

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    Barbara Barclay Andrew Buckler English Comp II 02/22/2013 Summation of Chapters Three and Four In chapters three and four I found the examples to be very interesting. Not only did they show a way of incorporating the lesson they also showed us wording‚ punctuation‚ format‚ and on top of that‚ they were very interesting clips from what I am sure would be great complete essays. The fact that statistics are not always reliable is something I knew but I was glad that it was reiterated in the

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    Sophia’s War pages 255 to end of the book In chapter 62 Mr. Smith told John Andre that they should start going on foot. Smith said Andre has a pass by General Arnold. Sophia was walking when he went to an old she was intending to ask if she was going the right way and for food. It turns out that she was going the right way. Smith and Andre got on a horse in started on foot or horse. Andre was also in civilian clothing to disguise himself. The horse had a badge that read the USA. Sophia

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    Now that the plausibility of the Resurrection has been established‚ critics begin introducing opposition. The next section of the book‚ chapters 5-8‚ addresses some of the opposing theories against the Resurrection. Chapter 5 deals specifically with “legend theories.” There are three types of these theories: (1) embellishments‚ (2) non historical literary style‚ and (3) myths in other religions. First of all‚ legend theorists might assume that the disciples and New Testament writers used embellishments

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    Chapter 1: No Return The story begins as the author is notifying the reader about the Sunday rituals that are performed by the prisoners. The orders are given by Vacek who makes the prisoners produce whipping sounds with their caps. Eventually people began dying because they could not follow orders. In addition the Vacek killed disabled people‚ for example the man with the paralyzed arm and the deaf tailor. The killings did not stop and more people were killed. To make the scenario worse prisoners

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    It includes 26 chapters and an opening dedication to Lorenzo de Medici. The book’s 26 chapters can be divided into four sections: Chapters 1–11 discuss the different types of principalities or states‚ Chapters 12–14 discuss the different types of armies and the proper conduct of a prince as military leader‚ Chapters 15–23 discuss the character and behavior of the prince‚ and Chapters 24–26 discuss Italy’s desperate political situation. The final chapter is a plea for the Medici family

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