“The Cask of Amontillado” is quite an abusive story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story starts off when Fortunato‚ the antagonist‚ insults Montresor‚ the villain protagonist. Montresor plots for revenge against Fortunato in harsh ways. In order to succeed‚ he has to maintain characteristics of being deft‚ cautious‚ and hard-hearted. Montresor shows his slickness when he first greets Fortunato with compliments like “you are luckily met” and “How remarkably well you are looking today” (p.374). Later
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ANIMAL TESTING SHOULD BE BANNED. “If those in power were smart or kind then there would not be any unnecessary animal cruelty in our world. "If.” ― Isabella Poretsis Animal experimentation has been a regularly debated about subject for a long time‚ is it cruelty or science? Around 1.4 million animals die brutally due to the animal testing. This is a result of abuse ways animals are dealt with like by their experimenters. Animals ought to be free of the harsh researchers expose them to as they
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Blake’s Utopian Ideas The utopian desire of these poems is experience and what experience is. The poem I will be referring to is The Human Abstract. I firmly believe that experience is something you gain‚ and something you never lose. Experience‚ to me‚ means one that has been through something. It gives you knowledge about that particular event. In the poem The Human Abstract‚ Blake states “Pity would be no more‚ if we did not make people poor” (Lines 1-2). Which says to me‚ that in a utopian society
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through‚ unethical practices. Later in the book he comes close to achieving his personal American dream by marrying the girl of his dreams. This endeavor was revealed to the reader once Jordan from the “Great Gatsby” . “The Great Gatsby” is a grand example for a more personal American dream‚ his dream being Daisy. In the real world grand and awe inspiring stories never take stage‚ most start at a lower level in the world of
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You may have heard of Christopher Columbus‚ and that he has his own day on the calendar. But do you know of all the things he’s done to trample his own reputation? He’s enslaved hundreds of Natives and had them know that there would be consequences for any mistakes made. He was careless and had treated them very poorly‚ some had even died due to them being exposed to foreign diseases! These are just a few things that make me believe that Christopher Columbus was a villain. Columbus did not care
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impulsively. When he found out Allie died‚ he punched out all the windows in the garage. Holden says that it was “just for the hell of it” (39). This shows that Holden isn’t the most psychologically most stable person. But‚ he does say that he can’t explain why he exactly did it. Holden just says‚ “It
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had to treat their people well‚ then the people will like their king and their generation. Even the ruler dead‚ people would still love him and missed him. Then the ruler’s generation will keep continue their government. Ying Zheng is the negative example.
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a war to fight for equality. Abraham Lincoln may have thought at one point that it wasn’t possible that blacks and whites could live peacefully in America‚ but when abolitionist and black leaders confronted him head on‚ he never spoke of it again. Why? Because Abraham Lincoln was humble‚ he listened‚ many of Lincoln’s mistakes and flaws could be viewed as too large to ignore but because Abraham Lincoln was the man he was‚ he fixed his mistakes. He stood by his decisions because he saw an end in sight
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Although both sides of the argument completely oppose each other‚ both have adequate reasoning. Hannibal gave many reasons to be disliked due to his characteristics and habits. He was very cruel to tribes that were not directly in the war. For example‚ both the Alpine and Flagellan peoples tried to protect themselves from the imminent looting of their territories by attacking Hannibal’s army
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By qualifying to apply for National Honor Society‚ I am able to assess myself and to think about all of the things that have allowed me to be successful throughout my high school career. All four of the National Honor Society pillars have played a role in my high school success and in my life outside of school. Service is one pillar of the national honors society that I believe a lot in. I believe that service presents so many opportunities and is such a meaningful way for one to spend their time
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