Kagdren Wiggins Dr. Michael Bowman Introduction to Mass Communication 22 April 2013 Deconstruction Paper: Beyond Scared Straight The Beyond Scared Straight television show sends this message: “In prison for a day to stay out for life.” It certainly appeals to a television audience. The hit series from the A&E Network became the most watched original series launch in the network’s history with an audience of 3.7 million people. The show is a spin-off of the multiple award-winning documentary
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punish them.” (C Sulivan‚ 2009)‚ as they re-enter society‚ they face countless of struggles that their title of being ex-convicts carry. The primary authors of this study are Jeffrey I. Ross and Stephen C. Richards. They are the authors of the book “Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society after prison” in the year 2009. Their claims are not based on any research-based methodologies but rather with first hand experiences and personal observations. After being released from prison‚ most of the re-entries suffer
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Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Pamelia J. Pointer University of Phoenix World Religious Traditions ll Religion 134 Dr. Johnny Boudreaux July 30‚ 2010 Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Unique in their own way there are numerous religious traditions‚ some of the religion traditions include: Buddhism – this is a means of existing based on the experience of Siddhartha Gautama‚ Christianity – earth’s largest belief‚ foundation of Jesus Christ teachings‚ Hinduism – collection
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Moral Obligations about Charity views of Peter Singer and John Arthur By Amy Gallaher The fact that we can afford to provide for ourselves even beyond our basic needs bring an important question. Is it then our duty to provide financial assistance to those who do not have enough to provide for their own basic needs? Peter Singer‚ in his piece‚ “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” would argue that we ought to prevent bad things from happening without sacrificing something of equal importance
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Religious and Ethnic Diversity Eth/125 4-21-201 Religious and Ethnic Diversity Religion and Race at one point went hand in hand. In 1609 John Smyth founded the first black church. Historically Black Churches we founded for Blacks as a safe haven. It was to support blacks and to encourage them to hold on‚ and to keep hope‚ that they would one day make through slavery. Since then it has evolved into many other things. There are no more color barriers. In today’s world‚ you will often see
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to live with a shred of fear about what other people will think. In today’s society‚ people should not have to live behind that fear instead people should be able to set out and fulfil the life they dream of. In Seeing Beyond Our Differences by Sheri White‚ White was able to learn a valuable lesson from her mother. She learned that “despite our differences in size‚ shape‚ and color‚ we humans are 99.9 percent the same” (White). Humans are guilty of only thinking about what is on the outside‚ but
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Religious Studies Research the work on a religious organisation- Who are they? Mission aviation fellowship‚ they are a Christian organisation operating more than 130 aircrafts in around 25 countries in the developing world. They fly across hostile environments and reach the world’s most isolated people. Which religion? Christianity. Some of the things they do? They share the love of God to unfortunate people. They seek to promote the growth of church! They support the work of many visiting
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The religious themes in the movie Batman Begins are numerous and many. Much of the movie focuses on the search for spirituality and justice. We will analyze the ideology of Bruce Wayne/batman in contrast to the ideology of his opponent Ras Al Ghul and his followers called the League of Shadows. In the film there are heavy themes of justice‚ which can be seen from the very beginning of the film where Bruce Wayne states that he embarked on a spiritual journey to “seek the means to fight injustice”
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The Misfit‚ a Character beyond Redemption”() In Flannery O’ Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” the Misfit is a character who is interpreted as the epitome of evil. He had just escaped the federal penitentiary‚ and‚ according to the Misfit‚ he was incarcerated for allegedly killing his own father. He encounters a family who has been involved in an accident. The play culminates with the Misfit shooting and brutally murdering the grandmother after she reaches out to him. Despite the
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RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN BANGLADESH Bangladesh is a small country in Asia‚ with the major population to be Muslim (80%). However‚ it is also the home of other religious groups‚ mainly Hindu‚ with a population of about 16% and also Christians and Buddhists with small percentage. Minorities include Biharis and tribal; among the tribal Chakma is the largest. In general‚ this country never had major issues regarding religious diversity; but to know the opinion of people in general‚ we interviewed a
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