George Leslie Mackay is the founder of the churches in Northern Taiwan. His life had great impact on Tamsui through his missionary‚ medical and education work. He not only changed the cultural landscape of Tamsui‚ he himself became an inseparable part of Tamsui history. * Background and childhood Mackay was born in Zorra Village‚ Oxford‚ Ontario‚ Canada on March 21‚ 1844 to a Scottish emigrant family. His parents were typical Presbyterians‚ with immovable faith and devoted family values.
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HarrGeorge Ferguson Mrs. Eck English Harrison Bergeron After reading the title I wasn’t interested in reading the article whatsoever because it appeared to be just another one of those articles designed to bore me to death. After reading the first sentence the author slightly caught my attention. With the first few words in all caps the author said “THE YEAR WAS 2081‚ and everybody was finally equal.” As I was reading it I had a puzzled look on
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thoughts and feelings. It seems like every time George thinks something critiquing the government that a sound will go off in his ear piece‚ happening a little too often for comfort. Even though “Harrison Bergeron” seems like a bare essentials story with little description or scene setup‚ there are a few symbols present in the story that are significant. Two symbols that the significant to the text are the rings in George’s ear and the act of Harrison Bergeron and the ballerina floating in the air and
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ideology that consists of a perfect society that runs by perfect regulations‚ and because of this‚ our society tries to place rules on us as individuals as to what is acceptable and what is not in order to achieve this sense of equilibrium. We are then left with deciding for ourselves whether to conform to such a social decorum. In Harrison Bergeron‚ we encounter a society that has finally reached complete equality in the eyes of the author. However‚ throughout the text‚ we learn that our expectations
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Senestraro‚ Intro Phil F2012 Jeffrie Murphy on “Forgiveness” 1. What is ‘forgiveness’ and when is it best to forgive? Jeffrie Murphy defines forgiveness as the “principled overcoming of feelings of resentment…directed towards a person who has done one a moral injury.” (JM) 2. JM distinguishes forgiving a person from excusing the act and from justifying the act. To (successfully) excuse an act is to show that the wrongdoer is not fully responsible for the wrongdoing: “He was tired.” “She
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“Harrison Bergeron‚” a short story by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. and 2081‚ its movie adaptation‚ are stories that take place in a totalitarian society where everyone is supposedly equal‚ but are actually not. Harrison Bergeron‚ the main character‚ escapes jail and tries to show society that their lifestyle isn’t equal and that greatness is okay to have‚ but in the end‚ Harrison ultimately fails and nobody learns anything. “Harrison Bergeron” and 2081 are stories where characters are heavily symbolic (for
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The story Harrison Bergeron takes place in the year 2081 and everyone is equal by their physical and mental qualities due to enforcement by the law. A married couple named George and Hazel can only think in short bursts because of Hazel’s low iq and George’s small radio in his ear. The two of them have a son named Harrison who smart and strong and is taken away from his parents. Complications arise when Harrison escapes and people worry that he may take over the government and change society itself
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How can others choices impact you? Choices are decisions made by a human‚ it can be for their good or it can make things worst. Those can not only impact them but it can make thing impact you in a good or bad way too. Paul’s family’s choices impact Paul by making him legally blind‚ Paul hating himself‚ and Paul not having a good relationship with his dad. Paul’s brother‚ Erik Fisher‚ made the choice of helping his friend paint Paul’s eyes. “And I remembered Erik’s fingers prying my eyelids open
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Proving They do not Work Many societies strive to make every person as equal as possible to the next‚ believing that this makes everything fair for everyone. In all truth though‚ society cannot function in this way; no matter what‚ there will always be someone or some group that has more power than everyone else. Equality should only concern the important issues‚ such as equal rights for all races and each gender. Both the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell and the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt
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