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    Self-Esteem Everyone wants to be told they are good looking or special in some way. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by‚ Sherman Alexie‚ the protagonist‚ Junior‚ goes through the struggle of finding himself due to getting bullied and picked on about his appearance. People should not let what others say define how they view themselves. Bullying can cause one’s self-esteem to deteriorate. In the book‚ Junior gets bullied by the kids living on the Spokane reservation

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    The Clouds By Aristophane

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    give a good retort and left the court room defeated. The chorus of the clouds returns and sings a song about strepsiades meeting his karma. The chorus of clouds are singers who interact with the audience dressed in cloud costumes. They are often defending the gods‚ and they provoke strepsiades throughtout the play‚ and are the reason for his

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    believed that they should conquer the North American continent. This is called Manifest Destiny. If they were to attack and claim our land‚ how can we defend ourselves? Who is going to save us? If we were united there could be a better chance of defending ourselves. For instance‚ there are Irish Catholics whom they call themselves the Fenians wanted to end British rule over Ireland. The Fenians have started to make several armed raids across the border into the British North American colonies. Since

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    Raymond believes in racial equality‚ so for him to approve of Atticus indicates that he is someone worthy of respect to the black population of Maycomb. Besides respecting him‚ the blacks may have also stood to show their gratitude for Atticus defending Tom Robinson. For instance‚ the blacks know that Atticus did everything in his power to save Tom. While Atticus had no say in taking the case‚ as it was assigned to him‚ he genuinely defended Tom to the best of his

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    exposed to evil. Atticus‚ Jem and Scout’s dad‚ Tries his hardest to make sure Jem and Scout don’t have to ever experience evil but he knows that there is no way to not too. At the time‚ Atticus is defending a black man‚ Tom Robbinson‚ and a lot of the town disagrees with it. Since Atticus is defending Tom‚ A lot of the kids give Jem and Scout a hard time because of what their parents tell them. In the book‚ Atticus says‚ “What bothers me is that Scout and Jem will have to asorb some pretty ugly things

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    Zheng He or Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer that is considered to be the man who discovered the Americas. He was born somewhere between October 26 and 31‚ 1451‚ Genoa Italy and died May 20‚ 1506‚ Valladolid Spain. Due to the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans Turks in 1453‚ the silk road became much more dangerous and difficult to traverse which led to sailors trying to find a way to Asia by way of the sea. Columbus made four transatlantic voyages in 1492

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    to the widely conceived rumor of the Mexicans killed Americans on American territory. Jesus thought it was important to point out that this was not entirely true because the land was rightfully the Mexicans and they truly believed they were just defending their land. It was important to him to tell how the Mexicans were not just attacking American soldiers in cold blood. Even though there was a peace treaty wrote up before the fighting began Mexico did not consider it much of a compromise. They

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    be using it. He had the courage to send his daughter back to school where he knew everyone else was using the word and she would be criticized by her peers but he stood for equality even at his daughters expense. Scout asked if you should not be defending him why are you doing it. The next day at school Scout had the courage to tell Cecil Jacobs to take back what he

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    Moral courage Many people have courage and can express courage in plenty of ways. courage can be developed in many different ways. Whether it’s through your good actions or bad‚ if you’re brave enough to do it‚ you have courage. Moral courage is a pretty important trait. You are able to face emotional pain. Without it‚ you have no guidance ‚ fears take over. If things like coming off of drugs or killing wild stray animals is the case‚ you built the courage up to do these things. Whether it is moral

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    Attorney-Client Privilege AK Defense attorneys often have to defend clients who are guilty of horrible crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ or assault with a deadly weapon. Their job is to defend the client‚ no matter of what the client actually did; their job is to try and get them off‚ or get them the minimum punishment. Attorney also have an attorney-client privilege‚ where the attorney is to keep anything the client tells them a secret‚ unless it is agreed upon to be used in the trial by both

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