Character Examination Holden Caulfield is a figment of author J.D Salinger’s imagination‚ Holden is the exception to all rules‚ and the rule to all exceptions. He is in an unclassifiable category‚ and his physical traits give no clue on how to enravel this enigmatic young man. Holden is caring but cold‚ timid yet bold‚ passive but aggressive; these are three of perhaps hundreds of antonyms describing his psyche. Holden is the protagonist in J.D Salinger’s only acclaimed novel The Catcher in the Rye
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Birthright Citizenship Aff: We stand in affirmation of the topic Resolved: Birthright citizenship should be abolished in the United States. We define abolish according to the Black’s Law Dictionary as to annul‚ eliminate‚ or destroy‚ especially an ongoing practice or thing and “should” from the Merriam Webster dictionary as a word used to express obligation. The criteria for this round will be net benefits and if we prove that abolishing birthright citizenship provides even a minute benefit
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Examination of Bravery in The Kite Runner During a lifetime‚ most people are put in a situation where they can either help someone who needs them or they can be willfully blind and not do the right thing for convenience’s sake. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ bravery is a quality that is shown by many of the main characters. These characters use bravery to guard the things in their lives that are important to them even if their physical wellbeing is harmed‚ they still stand
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Should the Exclusionary Rule be Abolished? Since the introduction of the exclusionary rule‚ many debates have raged about whether or not it should be in place in our justice system. The exclusionary rule was set in place to protect citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights against illegal searches and seizures. As a result of the induction of this rule‚ law enforcement throughout the country has been affected and changed. Personally‚ I do not believe that the exclusionary rule should not be excluded from
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Capital punishment is the Permissible authorisation of executing someone who has committed an atrocious‚ unforgiveable and inhumane crime. The death penalty was removed from Great Britain in 1964-1965‚ however some countries‚ for example; China‚ Iran‚ North Korea and some states in the USA‚ still practice the use of the death penalty. Acts such as; genocide and general murders commonly result in the criminal offender being placed on death row. Some legal execution methods would be: Lethal injection
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I am one of the thousands of students enrolled in the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Many of us that attend are on some type of grant and or scholarship. We are students who are trying to make a better life and widen our knowledge of life for adulthood. Now that many things have changed from the previous generation of students at this specific college‚ the state is trying to use that against us. They are trying to raise the cost of tuition not only for the University of Louisiana at Monroe
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In today’s world there are many people that take the American people’s kindness for granted. There are millions of people in our country that have entered illegally costing us millions of hard earned dollars. By finding and deporting all illegal aliens we could cut down on welfare receipts‚ decrease our unemployment numbers‚ and lower the amount of prison occupancy. A majority of our country’s welfare receipts are illegals. This is including but not limited to: WIC‚ food stamps‚ Medicaid‚ and educational
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The Truth Be Told: Socrates Examinations of Life In this essay I am evaluating if Socrates death harmed the citizens of Athens more then it did Socrates himself. Socrates has two reasons why Athens will be more harmed then him by his death. When Socrates died he did just that‚ he left the earth and was no longer there‚ after this moment Socrates was no longer harmed by his own death‚ the people of Athens however went on to suffer the repercussions for years to come. It was Athens in the end that
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How would you react if you learned that the Presidential candidate you had cast your vote for‚ had actually received more of the popular vote than his competition‚ but was not elected the next President of the United States? Every four years in November over 90 million Americans vote for the presidential candidates‚ then in the middle of December the president and vice president of the United States are actually elected by the votes of only 538 citizens. Wouldn’t you think there was an obvious
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