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    Scopes Monkey Trial

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    these conflicting ideas were different but on a similar topic‚ evolution. In the case of Tennessee vs. John Scopes‚ “the Monkey Trial‚” the recent discoveries of Charles Darwin had brought into question‚ are we related to monkeys? Even though the Butler Act was not scientific and not based on truth‚ its purpose was to maintain the traditional lifestyles that had been practiced for centuries. The early twenties were a time of drastic change in the mind of individuals. During this era there

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    no way out of being of slave‚ “That means we’re going to have to play the roles you gave us” (Butler‚65). Slaves were meant to be mindless robots that do what they are told and don’t cause problems. They were meant to have

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    Slavery‚ American Freedom. (W. W. Norton‚ 1975). Kupperman‚ Karen. The Jamestown Project. (Harvard University Press‚ 2007) Kidd‚ Thomas. The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America (Yale University Press‚ 2007) Butler‚ Jon. Enthusiasm Described and Decried: The Great Awakening as Interpretive Fiction. Journal of American History (September 1982)

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    someone in pain or not. Questioning oneself about whether being human has been their forte might bring up many questions. Grief‚ oppression‚ gender differences and violence bring out the true human‚ the translucent human‚ true colors of the human. Butler describes these and some other values in different ways that provoke questions in minds of philosophers and daily beings. Being beside oneself

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    Victorian Servant System

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    a good master.”-Plato. The butler‚ servant‚ and the service system played a huge role in the Victorian Era. In this time‚ the Service System was very important. It is the only way some houses got anything around the house done. Many households would be a wreck or would not be able to stay running without the master’s servants. The service system played a huge part in the Victorian Era. Most people in the service system were female. In the smaller houses‚ the butler would have to combine a number

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    and Pharaoh’s dreams help the story progress and get Joseph to one of the highest powers in Egypt. Had Pharaoh not dreamed his dream‚ he would have had the need for an interpreter‚ and as a result have no need to let Joseph out of prison. Had the butler never dreamed his dream‚ he never would’ve known about Joseph’s ability and thus not been able to let Pharaoh know about Joseph and his ability to interpret dreams. In both instances‚ dreams played an integral role in pushing the story along and giving

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    To Catch a Thief

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    It was around 8:00‚ half an hour after the crime had been taken place. D.I. Grouse came to the mansion out of his Corvette. He stood on the doorstep waiting for someone to answer the door. The butler opened the door and said‚ “Oh come on in‚ Inspector!” the butler muttered to himself. The butler guided him through the mansion and came to an extravagant living room. This was where the crime took place. The safe was intact and left open‚ but there were shards of small glass all over the floor

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    different point of view‚ the butler. The butler is trying to convince the reader that he is not crazy‚ but in fact sane. There are no details about the butler’s physical traits‚ it doesn’t give them a name‚ or even a gender. Anyways‚ the butler starts off explaining how he hates his master’s eye. So every night‚ the butler scares at his eye at around midnight‚ he does this for one week. Then on the eighth night‚ the butler scares the old man and he dies. After this‚ the butler chops up the old man‚ and

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    Do you think treating someone who is a different race different good? In the documentary “Murder on a Sunday Morning” Brenton Butler was beat up by the white police and in the novel‚ Monster‚ the law enforcement all thought he was guilty‚ both of the stories have examples of racism. The novel‚ Monster‚ and the documentary “Murder on a Sunday Morning” are more alike because they both are on trial for murder‚ they both are black and some of the law enforcement are treating them badly because of it

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    Purgatory Notes

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    Purgatory - William Butler Yeats The old man was born in the ruined house. His mother was an aristocratic woman who fell in love with a groom and married him despite the opposition from her family. The old man’s mother died while giving birth to him. She didn’t know that her husband wasted all her money on alcohol‚ women and playing cards. The old man’s father destroyed the spirit of the house by doing wrong things. The old man wasn’t sent to school but was taught by a priest and by the wife

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