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    one of our nations most controversial issues: capital punishment. The books narrator‚ Sister Helen Prejean‚ discusses her personal views on capital punishment. She was a spiritual advisor and friend to two death row inmates; Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Robert Lee Willie. From her experiences‚ she developed views on the death penalty. She believed it was morally wrong and spoke openly about it. Sister Helen successfully defends her views on capital punishment while stating that capital punishment should

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    Emily Hubbard 4-3-12 9th English A SPARK NEGLECTED BURNS THE HOUSE “A Spark Neglected Burns the House” is about two feuding neighbors‚ Ivan and Gabriel. After almost a decade of quarrels and pure hatred for one another‚ Gabriel decides to burn down Ivan’s house. In this story‚ Leo Tolstoy teaches that hatred has horrible consequences‚ that humility is essential in forgiving‚ and that forgiveness saves one from a lot of trouble. One of the first lessons Tolstoy teaches is that hatred has horrible

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    way of learning and living. Even with disabilities a person can become successful. When Helen Keller was a child she said that she was going to college. Despite her disabilities she still had the will to do something with her life and become successful and she did (“Helen Keller”). In order to be successful one needs to be a good leader and do not let fear be an obstacle on the road to success (Harper). Helen Keller was both deaf and blind but she did not let her disabilities be an obstacle in life

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    peoples of SOCCSKSARGEN. The term T’BOLI comes from the “TAU-BILI”; “tau” means “small human creature” and “BILI” means “fruit of the wild vine.” T’BOLIS way of living‚ they’re one of the farmers who practice the swidden or what we call (SLASH and BURN) this is the techniques or method of their agriculture. Finding the foods are also they’re responsibility‚ they hunt‚ gathered forest produce‚ and fishing for them to have their food. To supplement their incomes the T’BOLI sometimes sell bananas and

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    forgiveness and grace. Send your responses by email to your teacher hclark@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au or jlyle@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au or submit in the appropriate folder in the RE folder in the Y drive NB - INCLUDE YOUR NAME and RE CLASS In 1982‚ Sister Helen Prejean‚ a Catholic nun‚ started corresponding with a death-row inmate in Angola Prison in Louisiana. The experience changed the direction of her ministry and propelled her into activism against the death penalty. Dead Man Walking (1995 movie)

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    My Love is Like a Red Red Rose by Robert Burns My love is like a red red rose (7) That’s newly sprung in June; (6) My love is like the melodie (8) That’s sweetly play’d in tune. (6) So fair  art thou‚ my  bonnie lass‚ (8) So deep in love am I; (6) #And I will love thee still‚ my dear‚ (8) #Till a’ the seas gang dry. (6) #Till a’ the seas gang dry‚ my dear‚ (9) And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: (7) #And I will love thee still‚ my dear‚ (9) While the sands o’ life shall run. (7) #And  fare thee

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    As soon as I stepped into the Social Realism exhibition room of Tate Modern‚ I was prompted with paintings of different styles and subjects. This room’s exhibitions’ era stretches from the 1920’s to the 1940’s‚ with artists from celebrated muralist Diego Rivera to controversial surrealist Balthus. This room exhibited works of many different medias from traditional oil-on-canvas works to colour pastel on paper. This room may seem slightly bland at first sights as they’re mainly portraits of plain-looking

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    L185 Block 4 Session 4 Text 4.2 Market failures [Paragraph 1] Deforestation and forest degradation are ultimately the result of decisions by agents such as private entrepreneurs‚ corporations‚ shifted cultivators and communities. Generally‚ the main agents in the process of deforestation and forest degradation belong to the private sector. An underlying cause of deforestation is the discrepancy between the values of these private agents and those of society. Because of this‚ the satisfaction

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    all sorts of animals. The one thing that was most important to him was rabbits. Lennie’s maturity level played a major role on how much he liked rabbits. Lennie literally had the mind of a three year old. Just like the poem "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns‚ Lennie and George wanted to build a house and live in it‚ until something got in their way and ruined it. They were going to have all sorts of animals. Including puppies‚ cows‚ chickens‚ rabbets‚ etc. All Lennie ever wanted was to have a future with

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    “The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew”‚ said Robert Burns‚ in the poem “To a Mouse”. In this book Steinbeck uses foreshadowing a lot for upcoming events that will shock you. This book is about 2 friends that have a huge farm dream and a lot of things happen in this story to make that big plan go askew. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate the deaths of the farm dream‚ Curley’s wife dying‚ and Lennie. For one‚ John Steinbeck uses foreshadowing by giving us huge hints about the

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