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    Life at the factories was rough during the industrial era. Children picked up and put to work at factories to feed their family. They worked for 12-16 hours a day in a smoke infested rooms. They could lose limbs and get diseases just standing there. This document will prove factory life was unhealthy and dangerous for the workers at that time. A Doctor by the name of Michael ward was interviewed on the conditions he saw in the factories that summer.(House of lords committee and Michael w. 1819)

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    A Novel Is What It Is Realism or Racism Not many high school English teachers would argue against the importance of teaching English Literature in the school system. Many benefits come from reading these texts; for example‚ learning new vocabulary‚ which can increase one’s style of writing; learning different viewpoints‚ which gives a different way of looking at the world; and understanding modern culture‚ which allows the readers to see‚ through literature‚ how history has developed through

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    The Trail of Tears was a harsh and inhumane event that happened in the 1830’s. Indian tribes were forced off of their land and they were involuntarily relocated to what is now Oklahoma. There was fear and resentment among the white settlers when it came to their Native American adversaries. They were a different kind of people than the whites when it came to how they lived‚ spoke‚ dressed and as well as their religious beliefs. This unfamiliarity with them led to the settlers believing that they

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    What is illusion? What is reality? Illusions make reality and affect reality; therefore the illusion can become the reality that one perceives. This means that‚ if one keeps on telling oneself‚ one is "this"‚ eventually‚ one will become this. There are at least three specific times in Lord of the Flies by William Golding that this can be observed. The illusions that become reality are: Jack the Choir Boy who becomes Jack the Hunter‚ Simon who becomes a horrible beast to the eys of the rebel tribe

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    Macbeth: Appearance vs Reality Brooke Soper The way people act on the outside and who they really are on the inside may be two totally different things. Some may change because they feel they don ’t fit in. Others pretend to be something they truly aren ’t. No matter which way you look at it‚ if you try to act like someone your not‚ the truth will always appear in the end. That is exactly what happened in William Shakespeare ’s play‚ MacBeth. Banquo‚ MacBeth‚ and Lady MacBeth each project

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    behavior Tilly‚ Charles. 1992. Coercion‚ capital‚ and European states‚ AD 990-1992. Cambridge‚ UK: Blackwell. Trivers‚ Robert L. 1971. The evolution of reciprocal altruism. Quarterly Review of Biology 46:35-57. van der Dennen‚ J. M. G. 1995. The origin of war. Groningen‚ Netherlands: Origin Press. Wrangham‚ Richard. 2004. Killer species. Daedalus 133 (4): 25-35. Wu‚ Jianzhong‚ and Robert Axelrod. 1995. How to cope with noise in the iterated prisoner’s dilemma.

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    can one determine what is actually true from what only seems to be true? Throughout the play‚ the theme of appearance versus reality is constant. This theme is played out from the beginning‚ with Claudius’ attempt to conceal his secret intentions; Gertrude and Ophelia masking their own truths‚ and finally Hamlet‚ who assumes the role of a madman in order to uncover the reality behind his appearance. Various characters try to cover their secret intentions with a veneer of a whole other person. One

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    Balwinder Sandhu William B Smith English Two 6 November 2015 Illusion Vs. Reality Things are not always what they seem to be. We can be fooled by the mask `people wear everyday. As we get older we develop habits ad an opened mind to understand the difference between an illusion and reality. The use of illusion in the novel The Great Gatsby is used very effectively to show the nature of people. Through out the novel there are many examples where the appearance of the character is deferent than what’s

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    In real life‚ we should not judge people solely on their appearances. There are many people who appear to be trustworthy but in reality‚ are not. Appearance versus reality is an important theme in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The theme focuses on characters who are deceived by what appears to be real‚ and on the tragic consequences that follow this error in judgment. These characters include‚ Duncan‚ who trusts Macbeth too much; Lady Macbeth‚ who tricks by the witches and herself; Macbeth

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    Reality of battles: (nature) i. The land where battles took place is described as being damaged along with the soldiers. The farmers “tend the land back into itself” as though caring for it. Suggests its being restored to its natural purpose. ii. The earth is personified as patient and watchful. It “stands sentinel” as if protecting the memory of the soldiers‚ by constantly reveling more remains “reaching back into itself for reminders”. iii. The soldiers remains as described using images from

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