characteristics and values in which that particular society admires. There are many different cultures and separate values that coincide with each culture. In the United States‚ we seem to look at athletes like Michael Jordan as a hero. In China‚ Sun Tzu is an integral part of their culture and considered a military genius and philosopher. Finally‚ in the Greek mythological culture‚ Hercules is thought to be a hero and is one of the most well known characters in Greece. All of these people have different
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to make wars moral and were able to instill discipline in the battlefield. Sun Tzu explains that there is a strict discipline within their military. Sun Tzu clearly states that there are certain rules to follow during a time of war “a city‚ although isolated and susceptible to attack‚ is not to be attacked” (Tzu 113). This quote is saying that although a city is isolated and attackable one should not touch cities‚ Sun Tzu says this because it is not morally right and justified to attack a city with
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Thomas Cole David Jackson 8/2/04 Art Appreciation Maxwell Painting landscapes was very important during the 19th century. Thomas Cole was one of the most important figures in landscape painting in the United States. He went to many places searching for nature‚ which he painted to show the unmatchable beauty nature creates. His works of art helped people see and take pride in their great land‚ which was called America. Cole ’s works were often made people feel like they needed to go out in
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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis Sunny Herren American History Mrs.Lynn 5 February 1997 In this report I compare two great historical figures: Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president‚ steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery‚ and the first and only president of the Confederate States of America‚ Jefferson Davis. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union‚ and Jefferson Davis struggled to lead the Confederacy to independence
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Rasheed Juan SJCJC January 27th‚ 2014 Literature in English: American Poetry Hardy’s Poetry Presents the World as Terrible According to one of the Thomas Hardy’s autobiography‚ he presents a picture of himself as a sensitive young man who attended church regularly and believed in a personal God who ruled the universe. Then when Hardy went to London in his early twenties and discovered such intellectual ferment as caused by Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species by Means and Natural
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James Thomas was born november 22‚1980. His crime was that he raped and killed a women in wellston‚ Missouri in January of the year 1944. He murdered her after holding he at a knife point. His execution date was the 19th of october in the year of 1944. the Execution of James Thomas He was scheduled to make the walk to the prison chamber on February 10th. But a battle in court over the role of physicians in executions put his and two others lethal injections on hold last Thursday. “I’m keeping
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Jefferson refers to the election of 1800‚ Jefferson v.s. Burr‚ as the “revolution of 1800‚” because the government completely turned‚ instead of possessing branches with nearly all Federalists in power‚ the government possessed nearly all Democratic-Republicans. In 1800‚ there was a revolution‚ not one with violence‚ or “by the sword‚” but one by the “suffrage of the people‚” like Jefferson states. There was no brutality or bloodshed in this shift‚ only the people’s voices and opinions. Their votes
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Supreme Court Justice: Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas was sworn in to office on Wednesday‚ October 23‚ 1991 after he was accused by a woman named Anita Hill for sexual misconduct. After exploring the charges from Hill‚ the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature found no convincing evidence of proof in the allegations against Thomas. The Committee gave him no recommendation when reporting his nomination to Senate. The Senate voted 52 to 48 to the appointment of Thomas into the High Court. Since
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Thomas Tsai Thomas Tsai is a freshman whom just started to go to Coast Community College. His family immigrated to America from China when he was young. In high school‚ his grades were not the best and he doesn’t do well in any classes except those classes that he like. When he was still in high school‚ he had two extracurricular activities which are Chinese Club and Future Business Leaders Club. He managed to graduate from high school and now he starting to go to college. Since then‚ he had been
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are guided by an adult to become better. We are evil by nature although we may become good people much like Mencius says‚ but I do not agree. I believe man’s nature is inherently bad‚ however man’s nature can be altered and wants to be altered. Hsun Tzu says man’s nature is evil‚ he states that man is very much influenced by his environment‚ to which I agree. We are going to do what we are taught‚ and what we are led to believe by our influences in life. If you are born in a stable home with two loving
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