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    10* Honors English Innocent and Corrupt Characters The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a classical coming of age novel that deals with a youth’s mental adjustment to a modern world. Holden Caulfield‚ Salinger’s troubled protagonist‚ has a flawed view of the world where youth and integrity fights maturity and corruption. Salinger explores this dichotomy using a variety of motifs and symbols. In this novel‚ Salinger denotes innocence by the way Holden views a variety of characters.

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    In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ power and control of the farm shifts from Mr. Jones to Snowball and from Snowball to Napoleon. Each‚ no matter how well their leadership‚ was corrupted by power in some way as compared to Russian leaders of the time. The most corrupt‚ Napoleon‚ uses several methods of gaining more power and luxury.<br><br>Like Stalin‚ Napoleon uses a Propaganda Department to make himself look good. The one responsible for Napoleon’s looking good and propaganda is Squealer. With a name

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    At this time‚ many people have been aware about advantages of nuclear power that can mitigate global warming impact but they don’t notice the disadvantages of nuclear power. The advantages of nuclear power are the emission of green house is relatively low‚ this technology is readily available‚ it can produce high amount of electrical energy. Whereas the disadvantage are the problem of radioactive waste‚ high risk‚ not renewable energy‚ not sustainable energy‚ etc. From the above explanation‚ nuclear

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    Macbeth’s Desire to Have Power Bill Bradley says‚ “Ambition is the path to success.” Ambition is the strong desire to achieve something. It can have a positive or negative effect on one. In Macbeth‚ Macbeth suffers from ambition‚ and it is his tragic flaw. Macbeth has a passion to become king and have power. He uses the ambition throughout the play which contribute to many murders. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the protagonist Macbeth uses ambition to kill the king‚ murder Banquo’s’ sons‚ and

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    attached report describes the investigation of Connecticut’s corrupt family courts. This report will inform you of the deception‚ fraud and corruption of judges and associated professionals in the law system of Connecticut. This analytical report has been designed to examine ethical behaviors regarding law officials taking the law into their own hands and proposes a reevaluation of the system as a whole. The investigation is recent and does not have an actual law case against a certain set of people

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    The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Published: October 31‚ 2011 Author: Carmen Nobel Executive Summary: When evaluating compensation issues‚ economists often assume that both an employer and an employee make rational‚ albeit self-interested choices while working toward a goal. The problem‚ says Assistant Professor Ian Larkin‚ is that the most powerful workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others. Key concepts include: • The most

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    race. The few remaining peoples living simple and remote lives still | |govern their actions by superstitions. Many African tribes live by a double standard. They adopt Western Attitudes for the most | |part‚ but the witch-doctor still wields great power. One wealthy example claimed that he could not only predict the winners of | |the World Cup but also‚ for due payment‚ prevent any participating team from winning‚ and all this from his native village. Some| |people believe him.

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    Who do you think is the most powerful person on earth? Why? Who are the most powerful people of the world? My fellows from my play group gave me many different answers. What are your answers? Do you think the most powerful persons of the world are: moms and dads? The President? Strong peoples with huge muscles‚ hefty athletes‚ or muscular boxers? Kings‚ princes‚ and princesses which are richly dressed in ornamented clothing‚ and have servants? Businessmen that have a lot of money? Friendly teachers

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    Assess the view that religion inevitably acts as a conservative force in society The main sociological theories all believe religion acts as a conservative force in society in a sense that religion helps keep things the way they are and keep everything stable. However some of these theories may be against the idea that religion acts conservative force for their own reasons. For example Feminism believes that religion acts as a conservative force nevertheless they are against it as they believe

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    “Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life”(Marley). In today’s society‚ corrupted leaders are often seen throughout the world. Also‚ almost every day‚ an event happens that forces the government into adding or changing a federal law. With all the historical revolutions from the past‚ one could occur at any time‚ any place. In his novel‚ Animal Farm‚ George Orwell demonstrates through the characters that a revolution could happen in modern society. By inspecting

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