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    In the early seventeenth century two separate groups founded two very different colonies. The first to be colonized was the settlement of Jamestown‚ located on the Chesapeake Bay which is in present day Virginia. Just over a decade later the colony of Plymouth was founded on what is now known as Cape Cod‚ Massachusetts. Though both the Massachusetts Bay colony and the Jamestown colony were established in a similar historical timeframe‚ they developed distinctly different social views regarding the

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    Period Chesapeake Colonies vs New England Colonies In 1607‚ the first permanent English colony was established in North America. This settlement was known as Jamestown‚ and it paved the way for future English colonies. Originally‚ the first settlements were established for monetary reasons‚ future colonies‚ namely the New England colonies‚ were established as religious havens for various groups. These first few settlements‚ Virginia and Maryland‚ also known as the Chesapeake colonies‚ were seen as a

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    the founding of the northern and southern English colonies? The major similarity of the founding of each colony was the reasoning the people were coming over in the first place. They were all looking for better lives economically. The differences were the northern colonies were mainly looking for freedom politically and religiously. The southern colonies were just looking for an all-around better scale of life. The people from the southern colonies came over with adventure on their minds instead of

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    Virginia Colony versus Massachusetts Colony Throughout the 17th century‚ the New World was being developed and the colonies were being formed. Two of these newly founded colonies were Virginia and Massachusetts. Between the two colonies‚ there were many similarities as a result of similar backgrounds of those who founded and were running the colonies. Although there are many reasons as to why people‚ the majority being from Europe‚ fled to the colonies‚ there are also multiple different aspects of

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    The psychoanalytical work of The metamorphosis By Franz kafka Done by Tania Al-abdallah Student No.201020155 The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a short story that is filled with a lot of ideas to analyze and criticize‚ and that could be looked at from a lot of point of views. The story is about a man named Gregor Samsa‚ who works as a salesman in order to support his parents and his sister‚ also to pay off his father’s

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    some similarities between colonies. During the colonial time period from about the 1600’s through the 1700’s‚ the thirteen original colonies were founded and divided among three major sections known as the New England colonies‚ the Middle colonies‚ and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ and New Hampshire. The Middle colonies contained New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware. The Southern colonies included Virginia‚ Maryland

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    Gabriele Raine Baljak English 11 Mr. Robert Barry November 4th 2013 Alienation in the Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka In the novella‚ The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka‚ a story about a young man named Gregor who was alienated from his job‚ his humanity‚ his family and even his body. Gregor barely notices his metamorphosis into a bug; life remained the same for him. After the metamorphosis‚ Gregor feels completely alienated from his room and environment‚ a symbol of this was through him being

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    members of the Samsa family treat the event as a random occurrence‚ like catching an illness. All these elements together give the story a distinct overtone of absurdity and suggest a universe that functions without any governing system of order and justice. The responses of the various characters add to this sense of absurdity‚ specifically because they seem almost as absurd as Gregor’s transformation itself. The characters are unusually calm and unquestioning‚ and most don’t act particularly surprised

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    there were several colonies but the ones that stood out the most were the New England Colonies and the Virginia colony. There were many differences‚ for example‚ New England colonies were full of families while the Virginia colony was mostly dominated by males. They mostly had differences and had few things in common. The foundations of the colonies were different. The New England colonies were founded because the founders wanted freedom of religion. The founders of these colonies were the Puritans

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    Dr. Micah K. Donohue ENG 104 3/6/18 The Broken System The penal system is the method in which people are punished for violating the legal system. In Robert A. Ferguson’s book Inferno‚ he sates and question are very view over how are system is functioning “is it ignorance or a more knowing disregard that explains the deplorable conditions in our penal system?” (Ferguson 17) In American society there is this believe in justice as to where a person paying the price for their mistakes has been

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