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    Rainy Weather

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    Rainy Weather Most people love sunny‚ instead of rainy‚ days largely because sunshine can often make us feel cheerful and a gloomy sky usually depresses us. As a matter of fact‚ all forms of life need both sun and rain‚ but any excess of the two can bring trouble or even disasters to the world. Thus if there is anyone who complains of the excessive rainfall in this winter‚ his complaint is understandable. Anyway‚ how many people can bear to see the world darkened and dampened because of

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    British leaders knew that Gandhi’s followers held him in such high esteem that they would engage in mass civil disobedience because of political and personal influence. They had no choice‚ over the course of many years‚ to negotiate with Mahatma and the Indian National Congress‚ which resulted in the alleviation of poverty‚ enshrined rights for women‚ status to ‘untouchables’

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    need the full support of the thirteen colonies even if that meant that Thomas Jefferson would have to change some of the topics including anything with slavery and anything that spoke negatively against King George. In Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience‚ he wanted nothing to do with the American government‚ Thoreau referred to it as a "machine" and "That government is best which governs least" people should not have to conform to government. They should able to do whatever they want; no

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    the subject. The author of this piece‚ for an example‚ went to great lengths to be well­versed in historical literature reading and analyzing works of art such as Niccolo Machiavelli’s "The Qualities of the Prince" and Henry David Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience". Through these readings‚ she learned about various rhetorical techniques such as parallelism‚ persuasiveness‚ comparison‚ and compartmentalized reasoning. She also placed herself under the instruction of the highly­esteemed Dr. Boggs‚ who guided

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    Civil Disobedience means to peacefully refuse or comply with specific laws you personally do not agree with‚ and accepting the consequences by not following said laws. Throughout history you see Civil Disobedience from great people such as Martin Luther King Jr‚ Rosa Parks‚ “later in life” Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela. Each of these great historic people contributed to Civil Disobedience‚ trying to equalize African Americans in a Caucasian set world. As a whole our instinctive feeling is to divide

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    A Rainy Day

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    longer than usually‚ I was already awake and it was not even eight o’clock yet. Still lying in my comfortable bed wrapped up into my favorite‚ soft and warm‚ blue blanket‚ I could hear the pleasing sound of water flowing down the gutter. It was a rainy morning outside. Not being able to help myself from wondering why on earth I had to be the one getting up so early today‚ I tried to prolong my staying in bed as much as possible. After few more minutes of stretching and trying to hide myself from

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    Why did the Vietnam War really start? Why was the United States fighting? Did it have something to do with the Domino Theory? All of these were questions Tim O’Brien had in “On the Rainy River.” O’Brien was an average young adult who had a job and a family and who did not really care about the Vietnam War that was going on. On day‚ O’Brien received a draft notice and all his thoughts on the war changed‚ but not in a good way. He hated the war so much that he went up to the northern tip of Minnesota

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    Disobedience is a valuable human trait and it promotes social progress. The beginning of time starts with disobedience. Humans tend to attract to trouble like a moth to a flame. When someone is born they start off disobedient. Humans have to be taught how to behave. It is to be imbedded into our brains to make the right decisions. The Bible is a good example of this claim. When God told Eve not to eat the fruit from the garden‚ what did she do? She ate the fruit instead of following God’s directions

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    Henry David Thoreau is one of the most influential individuals with the ideas he expresses through his writing. In “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience‚” Henry Thoreau goes into great detail about how our government system isn’t what it needs to be and what he wishes the government would change rather than completely getting rid of the government. Thoreau’s main point in this essay is that we simply need a better government. “...I ask for‚ not at once no government‚ but at once a better government

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    The Rainy Season

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    I find myself feeling the need to apologize for my favorite season being the rainy one because of its stark unpopularity among the masses. Nonetheless‚ my feelings are undaunted and will continue so until I have a change of heart. I will concede‚ however‚ that I truly love the summer for its relaxed‚ placid and warm days. The winter and fall seasons‚ on the other hand‚ have so much more to offer the senses and body that my decision between summer and winter is practically made for me. One of my

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