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    We also ponder if war is necessary and when is it necessary and if there are other ways to settle the discrepancy. Throughout time war has brought on a lot of pain‚ pressure and countless number of casualties. And to me I believe it is not fair to innocent worldwide citizens. To experience or to hear about such destruction and chaos brings a shiver down my spine. Why do countries have to go to war? Why can’t they settle their problems in a peaceful and successful manner? These questions pertain to

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    violence.’Now for the third meaning‚ we will take “civil” to mean innocent. Once again we find ourselves in the midst of another contradiction. When Shakespeare uses “civil” to describe blood he is referring to the killing of innocent people‚ and the next part “...makes civil hands unclean”‚ proves that the killing of these innocent people‚ was in fact carried out by innocent people. This leaves us to contemplate‚ how the death of one innocent man can be caused by another. Yet again‚ Shakespeare proves

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    manipulates the innocent suspect. In many cases‚ the innocent subject has and alibi that police officers can easily tear apart‚ leading the suspect to give a false confession. One reason subjects may give in and give a coerced-compliant confession is because they have already been previously convicted of other crimes and believe police are already suspicious of

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    without the sadness.” (p.227). As the old man sat helplessly against the fence the soldiers continues to harass the innocent old man without any emotions due to the fact that he is dead. As dusk came closer Kiowa talked to O’Brien about what the soldiers had done was wrong. “ You did a good thing today‚ That shaking hands crap‚ it isn’t decent.” (p.227) O’Brien being the new and innocent soldier of his platoon was pressured to do something he did not want to but he chose not to because of his past experience

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    risk of executing innocent people. And‚ it costs much more than life in prison. Here are some facts about the death penalty system. While these refer to the system in the United States‚ similar things would apply to other nations as well. 130 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA‚ available in less than 10% of all homicides‚ can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. If someone is convicted and later found innocent you can release him

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    perspective. If and when a woman appeared in the story‚ O’brien would idealize them as use for the soldiers when they came home with open arms and in hope for more. Women were used as a metaphor of innocents that the soldiers have to release to help for all the memories and horrors of the war. The innocents and fantasies of the book from the soldiers perspectives were used to either discriminate the women‚ or have them be treated like objects. Clearly‚ the men thought that they could overpower them

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    main character‚ Gelsomina‚ is very innocent and child like. This is shown by often showing her by the playful sea as well as being followed by animals and children throughout the film. Then there is Zampano‚ a rather dull muscle man who doesn’t think much before he acts. Yet‚ Gelsomina follows him with unwavering commitment throughout the film. Only once does she appear to doubt her place with him and shortly after us seeing her doubt her place the Fool‚ an innocent playful man‚ puts her back in the

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    How would you like to be on trial for something you didn’t do? In Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ Steve Harmon is on trial for felony murder. I believe that Steve Harmon is innocent because he didn’t know Bobo Evans‚ the store wasn’t clear‚ and there was no signal. The first reason why Steve Harmon is innocent because Steve did not know Bobo Evans. For example‚ in the novel Monster‚ by Walter Dean Myers‚ writes‚ “Did you talk to Steve Harmon… No… But you had not spoken to Mr. Harmon prior to

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    Lord of the Flies‚ Jack and Ralph‚ we try to understand the true sense of Ralph’s innocence which was stifled on the island‚ and the innocence within Jack which had been lost way before his arrival on the island. Golding introduces the truly innocent character of Ralph as the story begins and the young boy is elected to lead the boys under him to a good life on the island and a hopeful rescue in the near future. His careless and idealistic attitude projects the true innocence of a child as children

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    How far would one person go to make the truth be known? If you know that you are innocent of an accusation‚ do you have to tell all you know? Guy de Maupassant’s character‚ Hauchcome‚ in "A Piece of String"‚ is the type of character who needs everybody to agree with him to validate his opinion. Because of his need to be validated by others‚ Hauchcome makes his situation worse. Hauchcome is accused of picking up a pocketbook and is taken to the mayor to be questioned. In the beginning of the story

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