The story Everyday Use written by Alice Walker led me to feel disappointed to see that people cannot embrace their heritage and ancestors. The message of the story is to show that one’s heritage helps to define who you are as a person and most importantly‚ one should not be ashamed of their origin. The protagonist of the story Dee was a very selfish girl who did not care for her family and their situation. Her family does not live in the best lifestyle‚ but they manage with the few things they do
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Lord Capulet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a horrific father to Juliet because he doesn’t care about her‚ he disrespects Juliet’s opinion‚ and he is verbally abusive. Lord Capulet is a terrible father because he doesn’t care about his daughter. Lord Capulet shows that he doesn’t care about her daughter as he never talks to her and when he does she threatens to throw her out and let her die on the streets. This proves that Lord Capulet is a bad father because does not care about his daughter
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Breaking Katherine Into Submission Imagine a woman who is publicly insulted. Abusive‚ outspoken and bitter‚ she is shunned from society for going against her prescribed social role. Her only option is to change; she must submit completely to men‚ accept her inferior role‚ and relinquish her opinion if it contradicts her husband’s. William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew illustrates the consequences brought on women who went against their social roles and suggests that women must be submissive
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to respect others throughout the novel from the actions of Atticus‚ who told Jem and Scout to respect Mockingbirds‚ and Boo Radley‚ and Calpurnia. Scout and Jem also learned the virtue of tolerance from Atticus‚ Calpurnia‚ and Boo Radley when he tolerated the kids bothering him constantly and Boo not doing anything back to them. Lastly‚ courage was taught by many figures including Dolphus Raymond‚ Mrs.Dubose who overcame her morphine addiction before she died‚ and Atticus. In the end‚ Jem and Scout
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is given and sorrow some when its taken away. The beauty of something alive can easily outweigh the beauty of it dead‚ to some people. To some people the thrill of the kill is all that matters and showing that they are the dominant species. This disrespect of life itself is portrayed in the story Travels with Charlie. Steinbeck‚ being an older wise man at this time knew the beauty of life and felt that it was better to keep the two coyotes alive than kill them and take the beauty of them away. He
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the only one of its kind and any other God is from a different religion. The people that say that all religions lead to God often perceive anything and everything to be a religion. The real goal is not to support everyone’s views and not to disrespect anyone‚ even if you do not agree with them. What matters is that everyone share the common belief that we all suffer and that there is a God. Different religions have different ideas of God. Some view God in spiritual terms‚ other more physical
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opened up to boys and girls equally to seek out far greater possibilities than were even imaginable a hundred years ago. Yet‚ with this privilege of learning has came a decline in our education system. The lack of adequate teachers‚ the high rise in disrespect for authority‚ just the lack of caring whether you learn or not has affected our education system. A hundred years ago the thought of a higher education was just a dream for most. If you acquired a fifth grade reading level you were doing good.
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It’s the same with the army there is an unspoken understanding that everyone has to be there 10 minutes prior at their destination if some on says to be some were. also In some cultures being late is a huge sine of disrespect ‚its like saying there time isn’t valuable like there not important ‚but like in some cases everyone knows to be on time for a plane because you know if your late you miss that flight then you would have to wait for the next available flight out
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conch is a symbol of civilization. This is because as civilization is still fresh in the boys’ minds‚ the boys’ still respect the conch as if it is a grownup. The boys would not disrespect a grownup in civilization‚ so they dare not disrespect the conch. Throughout the course of the novel‚ the boys start to disrespect the conch because civilization is drifting away. For example‚ when Jack takes the conch from Piggy‚ Ralph cries‚ “’Jack! Jack! You haven’t got the conch! …. The rules!’ shouted Ralph
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planet from a higher developed civilization would we be proud or ashamed of the state of human race today‚ taking a deeper look into our race I can only conclude that they would be disappointed. Would they want to breath in our polluted air‚ see the disrespect that humans often give one another based on a race or culture‚ agree with our disregard for other living things‚ agree with our decisions to get abortions because we can’t live up to our mistakes‚ or would they be aggravated with the lazy people
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