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    1. Describe how Will expressed his sexuality throughout the movie? For the majority of the movie‚ Will expressed his sexuality violently. First of all‚ during the scene where he and Skylar were making out in bed‚ she told Will that she is headed to California and wants Will to come with her -- Will didn’t accept his girlfriend’s offer since he believed that if he were to go‚ he’ll make a fool of himself and claimed that his girlfriend will regret taking him. When Skyler insisted‚ this filled Will

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    Huck Finn Criticized

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    Finn is considered one of his greatest works. It is so good that "Ernest Hemingway said it "was one of the great masterpieces of the world" (Wagenknecht‚ 34). The purpose for Huck Finn was to express ideas in the late 1800 ’s‚ which was dominantly slavery. The character of Jim as the slave as well as other minor characters in the story helps to fulfill this idea. This book is a good piece of literature that took "Twain over seven years to write" (Petit‚ 18). The intended audience of

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    Chapter 2. Question 4. How would you measure risk of being a victim? I would measure the risk of being a victim by incorporating the NCVS summary findings for 2009. This survey gives me a broad range of information to use to minimize the risk of being a victim of a crime. It gives us great information such as the following: 1. Gender: men are a little more being victimized then women. 2. Reporting: almost half of the crimes were only reported to police. 3. Race: the highest with 27% for 1000 persons

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    Huck Finn

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    and historians consider Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a great American novel‚ noting Twain’s influence on the American society through satire.  Throughout the characters’ journey‚ Twain observes the flaws he sees in societal norms‚ which are especially pronounced in two of his main charactersHuck and Miss Watson. Throughout Huck’s adventures with Jim‚ a runaway slave‚ Twain utilizes irony to highlight the idiotic stereotypes and narrow mindsets of the American people. Mark

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    Satire in Huck Finn

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    In Mark Twains novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the Grangerfords and Pap are the two characters who are used by Twain to condemn the civilized society. Twain tries to express his feeling that civilized society isn’t always the prettier thing. Twain uses the technique of satirizing civilized society. Examples of ways he uses satirizing throughout the story are though exaggeration‚ stereotyping‚ and irony. Twain’s use of satire exposes the Grangerfords as the typical southern

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    From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report‚ I found that the number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions is about 14.4 million. ("Bureau of labor‚" 2013) If you ask me‚ why would I join a union? The first reason why I choose to join a union is that the union can protect my rights. As we know‚ union is an important organization for employees. Employees can solve problems at work more effectively as a group. Through forming a union and negotiating a contract‚ employees can secure the

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    consider the novel to be racist due to the use of racial slurs and the unflattering depiction of the South. However‚ Mark Twain was not a racist but a true revolutionary who shed light on a dark time in American history. Twain uses the protagonist Huck Finn and the Mississippi River to help guide the reader through a time of turmoil as they explore the sensitive issues of racism. He pokes fun at society’s cowardice‚ lack of morality‚ and selfishness. This novel evokes much needed thought and discussion

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    written by Mark Twain is the story of a young man‚ Huck Finn‚ who runs away with a slave named‚ Jim. On their journey they break laws‚ encounter challenges‚ and Huck is faced with questions that define his identity. The events in the novel take place during the mid-1800s along the Mississippi river. Throughout the novel Twain uses sarcasm and ridicule to expose flaws in society during this time‚ making Huckleberry Finn a satire. Twain uses the characters to satirize the flaws in mid-1800s southern society

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    What Would You Do Analysis

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    "W.W.Y.D" Society is quick to judge and people are quick to stereotype other people. In the show "What Would You Do" three people were trying to steal a bike. The first one was a white male and most of the people just walked by or asked "Is that your bike‚" and his reply was "No‚" then the people just kept walking by and didn’t even try to stop him. There was roughly 100 people an hour that just walked by until an old couple walked up and tried to stop him. Next‚ was a black male and the first

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    appear at first that Huck is an escapist‚ for he enjoys not having to go to school when living with his father. He escapes from the cabin and his father’s abuse; however‚ he escapes from his father’s cabin out of the necessity of survival‚ not because he didn’t want to accept responsibilities. Even though Huck did enjoy fishing and relaxing in the sun during his stay with Pap‚ it wasn’t the responsibility that he was escaping‚ but the rules that society had imposed on him. Huck didn’t mind learning

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