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    How does sin affect different people? Nathaniel Hawthorne tackles this question in his mid nineteenth century psychological novel‚ The Scarlet Letter. The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale as they deal with their sin of passion. Hester is forced to be open about her sin because of her child‚ Pearl‚ but Dimmesdale keeps his a secret‚ and pays the price for it. Hester’s husband‚ whom she cheated on‚ uses his anger to torture Dimmesdale psychologically‚ and in the end the effect

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    In times of conflict‚ ordinary people do extraordinary things. During times of conflict‚ we see how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. It is when we are placed in such situations‚ similar to Najaf in ‘The Rugmaker of Mazar-Sharif’ that we see these things reveal themselves. Najaf experiences‚ life threatening situations during the war and experiences the effects of the tragedies. Extraordinary acts of humanity are also seen when people of opposing views of the conflict come together

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    American people who had been suffering under the Great Depression. "It is common sense‚" Roosevelt said‚ "to take a method and try it. If it fails‚ admit it frankly and try another‚ but above all‚ try something." The relief‚ recovery‚ and reform programs of the "New Deal" were Roosevelt’s attempt to try something. Some of the programs were unsuccessful‚ but others are still in place today. Examining the "New Deal" programs can help one understand how government intervention affects people and the

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    mass murder of Jews by the Nazi’s‚ most are unaware that the people behind the atrocities of the Holocaust came from all over Europe and a wide variety of backgrounds. Art Spiegelman’s Maus: a Survivor’s Tale‚ Christopher Browning’s Ordinary Men: Reserve Battalion 101 and the Final Solution‚ and Jan Gross’s Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedbwabne‚ Poland‚ all provides a different perspective on how ordinary people felt about their experiences in the Holocaust both perpetrators

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    “humans must learn from‚ and cannot live without‚ animal beings” (Gehl‚ 2017‚ p. 93). However‚ the influx of European settlers affected the harmony between human and animals. The Europeans brought discrimination and racialization toward Aboriginal peoples by taking away basic rights‚ enforcing laws that affected their livelihood‚ and by the assimilation of Indigenous children.

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    Describe how domestic abuse affects children and young people Sablehouse (2013) state that all children are affected by the violence in their homes. Regardless of whether or not our children have been physically abused‚ watching their mother being battered is a frightening experience. Children from violent homes can exhibit a variety of behaviours. Some may "act out" and may be viewed as delinquent. Others work very hard to excel at every endeavour in an attempt to keep the family peace. Living

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    How did the end of the Cold War affect the concept of security? Introduction to International Relations INR 203 Major Essay The concept of security is a very large concept‚ which can be broken down into a group of smaller ideas. The end of the Cold War did affect the sub categories of the concept of security in positive and negative ways. The end of the Cold War helped to bring about more cooperation in the international system‚ after a period of

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    will explore the question: To what extent did the events of the Civil War affect American musical culture between the years 1851-1875? The time period chosen‚ 1851-1875‚ will be examined closely in order to determine the changes in American musical preferences and trends caused by the Civil War. The first source to be evaluated is the book by Christian McWhirter - Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War‚ written in 2012. The use of this source is essential‚ given that McWhirter

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    Browning‚ Christopher R. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. New York: HarperCollins‚ 1992. Print. In Christopher Browning’s monograph‚ Ordinary Men (1992)‚ he covered the answered the question of what transforms people into a cold-blooded killer. In synthesizing many different sorts of killings that place prior to and during the Holocaust‚ Browning studies the motives of the ordinary man‚ instead of the often-studied motives of Hitler and Himmler. By

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    How Do Veteran’s Affect Us? There is always that common question we often share with others‚ among these questions are: “What’s the purpose of celebrating Veteran’s Day?” The answer can easily be answered that the holiday was created to celebrate the soldiers who serve to protect this country‚ but many do not know why are they important to us. They uphold the responsibility of maintaining the safety of the reputable people of the home we all live in. Yet‚ these veterans are officially recognized

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