Tolerance is the Strength of Society Tolerance is a sense of willingness to accept behavior and beliefs which are contrary to one’s own. While the disagreement to one’s thoughts‚ beliefs and ideology is considered as intolerance and it leads to confrontations and rivalry. Intolerance is on the increase in the world today‚ causing death‚ genocide‚ violence‚ religious persecution as well as confrontations on different levels. Sometimes it is racial and ethnic‚ sometimes it is religious and ideological
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people of Pakistan and don’t intend to. It is the root cause of every mishappening. Pakistan is the only country that has sacrificed more than any other country in the war against terror. These factors include social injustice‚ economic gap‚ political instability‚ religious intolerance and global conspiracies. Terrorist acts like suicide bombings have become a custom of the day. Terrorists have not spared a place. Markets‚ mosques‚ educational institutions‚ offices‚ all have been targeted. Root Causes
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Lee uses three minor characters‚ Mayella Ewell‚ Heck Tate and Dolfus Raymond‚ to help emphasise and explore some of the major concerns in the book. Mayella Ewell is the first minor character I shall discuss; a beacon of racial prejudice and the injustice of the courthouses. She is considered to be trash along with the rest of the Ewell’s; despite the fact that she is one of the few Ewell’s who can read and write. As well as being literate she tries her best to make that most of what she’s got‚ "the
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accepted as proper. Yet‚ for Scout‚ morality becomes not only a principle‚ but also a necessity in order for her to survive in the prejudiced society of Maycomb County. It is solely the essence of ethics that causes her to frown upon the injustices brought about by intolerance. Thus‚ Scout’s maturity towards understanding the vitality of morality allows her to become a noble individual in an unjust social order. Scout’s innocence is solely a consequence of her age and prevents her from truly understanding
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and manifestations which include fear‚ intolerance‚ separation‚ segregation‚ discrimination‚ and hatred. While all of these symptoms of racial prejudice may be manifest‚ the single underlying cause of racial prejudice is ignorance. Historically‚ a race of people is defined as a population with distinguishable biological features. Indeed‚ humans are outwardly different in appearance; the problem arises when the symptoms of the disease become evident: intolerance‚ separation‚ and hatred. In a positive
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recognition that “there’s no point perpetually grasping for something” as she symbolically “learn to play her” life “like an instrument” in “harmony”‚ emphasizing that humans should accept a ‘greater truth’ than individual desires by acknowledging “death‚ injustice‚ hardship”‚ as “part of life”. Guterson then metaphorically summates humans as “dust in
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formed without experience or knowledge‚ is a state of mind as old as humanity itself. Prejudice has been the cause of wars‚ hatred‚ and intolerance throughout history. Countless innocent lives have been lost or destroyed all because of prejudices based on things as simple as skin color. In Harper E. Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ prejudice is shown to lead to injustice and inequity. The manner in which people behave and the events that take place in To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates that prejudice
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started a foundation‚ stood up for other injustices‚ and inspired my own moral compass. There are countless numbers of documents and photographs depicting the Holocaust’s existence; and there are many people in the world that accept its existence. Although there are many people who believe that the Holocaust existed‚
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Twilight Los Angeles; 1992 very accurately depicts the L.A. Riots. It shows the hardships the citizens of L.A. Underwent during one of the cities most devastating tragedies. The monologues that Smith chooses all show the relationship between greater things than the L.A. Riots such as prejudice and tolerance‚ guilt and innocence‚ and class conflicts. These are all issues that are very prominent in most of the monologues. The actual events provide the focus‚ and stated or implied a reference point
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Intolerance on the basis of color‚ gender‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ social status‚ wealth‚ and other factors has caused the undue suffering of millions around the world. Even as early as the colonial era‚ Native Americans have been a prominent target of discrimination; the treatment of the American Indians portrays how modernization can open the door to oppression. Sherman Alexie‚ a Spokane author‚ illustrates how past prejudice continues to obstruct his fellow people from attaining success
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