while in a relationship. I thought he was just being a boy and wanted to have sex with his girlfriend. When I told my story to my counselor and she explained that it was rape. This blew my mind. But what am I supposed to do with this? Act like the victim? No. I refuse to plea “I was raped‚ feel bad for me.” That’s not how I am. I don’t want people to look at me differently or feel pity for me. Yes‚ I forced to have sex against my will but I refuse to have a pity party. I will move on and know the
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Child soldiers are perhaps perpetrators in a way the story tells it‚ but are they? I believe that child soldiers are victims because Commanders made them‚ forcefully‚ go to war at the age around 9-12. Additionally‚ they were drugged and weren’t thinking straight‚ and thought they would feel more secure and safe with other armed forces. As a result of child soldiers following orders from adults‚ they don’t realize they can affect other people‚ and by that they start to think that it’s okay to hurt
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Minorities Fall Victim to Achievement Gap The achievement gap continues to be up for major discussion in America’s schools. Researchers‚ reformers‚ and educators alike are baffled by the achievement gap‚ for they have no concrete idea why it occurs or any stable solution to solve this growing problem. The achievement gap can be seen through-out grades‚ test scores‚ drop-out rates‚ and graduation rates. To show the extend of the achievement gap‚ Harold Berlak‚ a Senior Research Fellow at the Applied
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Othello: Victim of Vice Depicted throughout the 1995 movie Othello‚ which is directed by Oliver Parker‚ although originally a play written by William Shakespeare‚ is a tragedy that takes place in Venice about a strong Moor solider who eventually suffers from a downfall when he is blinded by trustworthiness and pride. Even though Othello possesses various bad qualities‚ which portray him as weak‚ his good qualities such as leadership and patience depict him as a man of much greatness. His virtues
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John Steinbeck planned out every word he put into his novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck did exactly this with the development of the character Curley’s wife. She had started the novel as a “tart” or a nuisance of a character‚ but later she turned into an admriable character‚ one that you really feel for. In Of Mice and Men‚ Curley’s wife is shown as a very unpleasant character. For example‚ while Lennie‚ Candy and Crookes were in Crooks’ room discussing their ranch‚ she walks in and says “Listen
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Lastly‚ In both novels there are two characters named Mr.Radley and Shylock that are victims of religion prejudice. Mr.Radley and Shylock were victims of religion prejudice because they both received negative attitudes towards their religions. Mr.Radley was a victim of religious prejudice because he was negatively talked about because of his religious beliefs. An example is when Scout asks Miss Maudie why Boo Radley never comes out of the house. Miss Maudie tells Scout that Boo’s father was a "foot-washing
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DETERMINING POLICE RESPONSE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL OFFENCE- THE ROLE OF VICTIM PREFERENCE The underlying object of criminal justice system is to ensure justice according to law. But justice must be to the accused and also to victims of the crime. While protecting and safeguarding the legitimate rights of the accused‚ the law should not forget that there is another person also who is injured‚ sufferer and the affected. An ideal system must take care of both‚ accused as well as victim. Ignorance of one or
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Sympathy for Shylock in Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare’s well-known play The Merchant of Venice was brought to the silver screen in 2004 in film adaption directed by Michael Radford. Adapting The Merchant of Venice to film helped make this classic English literature easily accessible to the public‚ while also making one of Shakespeare’s famous characters a bit more human. Decisions made while filming the adaption of this play changed the lens through which Shylock is viewed
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In the play “Macbeth”‚ William Shakespeare uses belief in the existence and power of witches to create and influence the audience’s understanding of the play. Our initial impression of Macbeth is one of a brave and capable warrior‚ however once we see his interaction with the three “evil sisters” (Shakespeare‚ 1996) we realises that his physical audacity is coupled by an intense amount of ambition and self doubt. It is believed that the witches are the motive behind this ambition which eventually
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2 Victims and Crime Evaluation All over the world‚ people are pronged to become victims of an offense against themselves or their property violating them. Most of the time people decided not to report the offense to a police officer for many reasons fear of their lives‚ embarrassment‚ loved one hurt him or her‚ and are not citizens. While not reporting the offense to the police department it only creates more numbers for the National Crime Victimization Survey department to report instead of the
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