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    By the end of the novel‚ Holden experiences a coming of age and shows signs that he is ready to enter adulthood. When Holden is sitting on the stairs of Phoebe’s school‚ he sees profanity written in the school. He rubs it off to avoid the children seeing it. He encounters more profanity‚ rubs it off‚ but then realizes that even if he rubs off all the profanity he can‚ there will always be more in the world. This shows Holden’s growth into a mature character. He realizes that he cannot protect children

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    1.your family goes on a picnic every sunday and hides so they don’t have to share food with anyone else and you sit on carpets on the grass 2.your parents try to hook you up with your cousins (ok eww) 3.your freezer is filled with nothing but gosht and naanai khuchk 4.you drink tea 24/7 5.you kiss everyone 3 times on the cheeks for no reason 6.your parents call food basics.."basic food" and burger king..."king burger" 7.your friends call and your parents make up the stupidest excuses...you’re

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    calming. 2. What does Taku like to do? Taku likes to hide in bamboo basket and jump out to surprise the maids. 3. What happened to Yuki? Yuki was forced to take poison. 4. Which clan did Kenji help during the war? Kenji helped the Sadamu clan during the war. 5. How does Kenji plan to make amend with Takeo? Kenji plans to ally himself to Takeo to make amend. 6.Where is Arai waiting? Arai is waiting in small town named Shuho. 7.According to Takeo‚ why do warriors hold their code in high regard? According

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    Adele Douglas and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt both start their argumentative piece by defining who their argument is targeted to as well as what they will be arguing. Over the course of the two contrasting papers‚ they both use similar and contrasting methods to try and convince the reader of their opinion. By doing this‚ a number of flaws as well as good techniques can be seen in both writings. In Adele Douglas’s argumentative letter‚ she starts by making her definitive stance‚ that stance being that eating

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    argument that with new technology‚ new ethical concerns are raised. He believes that with the rapid increase of new technology being invented‚ there needs to be a larger focus on the ethical threats that they pose. In “The New Civil Rights” by Kenji Yoshino‚ the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University‚ a similar argument is made. His argument is that with the rapid increase of groups in a diverse society a new civil rights is needed. As a gay man he believes

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    Harrington Ms. Jocelyn 1/27/2013 Inequality in the United States Kenji Yoshino argues in his essay covering: The hidden assault on our civil rights “Civil rights has always been to permit people to pursue the human flourishing without limitation based on bias Focusing on law prevents us from seeing the revolutionary breadth of that aspiration‚ as law has limited civil rights to particular groups.”(235). Kenji Yoshino has a great point‚ what still exist in our structural and economical world

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    Pieces of the People’s Puzzle In total there are fifteen laws that count towards the topic of civil rights in the United States‚ alone. Kenji Yoshino‚ author of “The New Civil Rights” says that in order for us to turn our current beliefs into a set of ‘new’ civil rights‚ law must play a role. Obvious enough‚ law alone cannot bring about a new set of civil rights. There are more than enough pieces that could make up this puzzle. For instance‚ media plays a huge role in this situation. The media

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    modern technology. Kenji Yoshino‚ in his essay “Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights”‚ asserts that everyone covers‚ and people cover in order to be accepted by the mainstream. Many teenagers would rather text than talk on the cellphone. People avoid face-to-face or voice-to-voice contact in order to “cover”. On the one hand‚ modern technology can bring people countless convenience. On the other hand‚ these technologies can also boost covering described by Yoshino. And the reliance on

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    labeling to occur. In his essays “Preface” and “The New Civil Rights‚” Kenji Yoshino introduces the necessity for a change in the view of rights for the people. Due to the lack of rights that are specific to all persons‚ which are known as human rights‚ there are stereotypes imminent causing many people to cover. Covering means an action in which a person is hiding a characteristic that makes that person who he or she truly is (Yoshino 539). By covering‚ an individual can lose sight of his or her language

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    individuals’ characteristics and self-esteem. Amy Chua‚ in her essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ insists her successful Chinese parenting ideas that are considered to be tough and indifferent to children’s development by the western culture. Kenji Yoshino

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