Mice and Men” Have you ever wondered what books are challenged or banned. “Of Mice and Men”is the book that I could see has had a lot of controversy by high school parents over the last couple of years. The book is banned and challenged in a lot of high schools across America. The reasons for the banning of this book is racism‚ profanities‚ and adult themes. For me‚ it’s a high schooler’s book‚ and it is clear that “of Mice and Men” should not be banned. The first reason for “Of Mice and Men” being
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“Never‚ never be afraid to do what’s right‚ especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.” This quote‚ expressed by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. illustrates the tremendous impact individuals have on transforming society. Although today we live in a world in which same sex couples can get married‚ ailing patients can purchase cannabis in some states‚ and an infertile couple can pay
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battalion of Marines splashed ashore on China Beach. On April 1‚ President Johnson approved General Westmoreland ’s request for two more Marine battalions‚ plus 20‚000 logistics troops. He also agreed with General Westmoreland that the Marines should not be limited to strictly defensive duties; now they would fan out and begin
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Chair‚ members of the house‚ This house believes that women and men should not co-compete in all sporting events and we will argue this motion for several reasons. We all want to watch fair and entertaining sporting events‚ so is it fair to tell every sports viewer that the rules and regulations are going to have to change? That the quality of most sporting events will decrease for no purpose at all? Equality in sports is an issue‚ but men and women co-competing is not the answer to it. Physiologically
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Should Chinese Men Buy a House? Mr. Zou‚ who did not get married until he bought a house when he was 35 years old‚ sold his house last year and earned an extra profit about 200‚000 RMB. In China‚ much more men did not get married because they did not own a house; however‚ housing price keeps soaring. According to National Bureau of Statistics of China‚ from 2001 to 2011‚ during the 10 years‚ the average selling price of commercialized buildings in China has increased 147% from 2170RMB to 5357RMB
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David Bowie’s “Afraid” Explication Even though the emotion of fear is the dominating theme runs through the lyrics of David Bowie’s “Afraid” fear is not the first emotion the reader or listener encounters in the verses of the song. In the first stanza‚ the emotion of longing is the first sensation you meet with the narrator yearning to be smarter or even to be taller; testifying his goal of self-improvement‚ he longs to be a different person‚ different than he is now. In the second stanza
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Shylock as a plot device in The Merchant of Venice It is evident that anti-Semitism is a theme in William Shakespeare’s comedy The Merchant of Venice. However‚ the categorization of the play as a comedy has troubled people for some time. It is clear that if Shylock were removed from the play all of the problems that surround the play’s comedic status would disappear. Shylock functions as less of a man‚ and more of an object to reveal the social injustices at work in the play‚ and in the period in
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WHY WOMEN SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY WITH MEN If we look back throughout history‚ women have been treated as a minority everywhere. There have not been many female leaders that have overcome the equality between men and women and made great strides towards different areas such as political‚ sports and education. In the Bible‚ Galations 3:28 says “There is neither Jew nor Greek‚ slave nor free‚ male nor female‚ for you are all one is Christ Jesus.”. This makes it clear that at everybody and everything
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Shakespeare once said‚ “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great‚ some achieve greatness‚ and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Shakespeare has been through a lot that he was able to achieve his main goal in life which inflicted him to believe if he was able to do it then others can as well. He believes some were born with a talent‚ others work hard for their achievements‚ and lastly some has somebody who helps them thrive for their greatness because they believed in him or her. Along
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