crime being committed‚ the easiest option is to sit back and hope that someone else will step in and intervene‚ right? The problem doesn’t concern me; I am not responsible to act. The case of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese in the early 1960s is a painful reminder of the crucial need to intervene. Kitty Genovese‚ a 28-year old daughter of Italian-American parents‚ was walking home from a late night at work. She was an ordinary working girl—not at all wealthy‚ nor a member of any elite class—and she had
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Thirty-eight people witnessed Kitty Genovese be stabbed to death. Not one alerted the police. Even more conflicting than the fact not one witness called the police is that all of these bystanders were righteous‚ law-abiding citizens (Gansberg; Rasenberger). How could one single person out of thirty-eight not have picked up a phone to call 911? Looking retrospectively‚ it is easy to say that one would immediately take action‚ but in that moment‚ full of fear and shock‚ would one really be able to
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Kitty Forman is Eric’s mother. Not only is she a housewife‚ but she is also a nurse. She is the one who does the cooking and cleaning around the house. Her children Eric and Laurie are older so they are able to tend to themselves. Red‚ who is the father doesn’t do anything around the house. His day consist of working‚ drinking beer‚ and reading the newspaper. Red’s housework consists of fixing things around the house like plumbing and fixing the lawnmower. Kitty is seen as the mother figure for
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I read the article titled “Choose Your Own Identity” by Bonnie Tsui. The author starts off by using a personal anecdote about her son and that he should consider what his race should be(White or Asian). She states ”It wasn’t until 2000 that the Census Bureau started letting people choose more than one race category to describe themselves‚ and it still only recognizes five standard racial categories: white‚ black/African-American‚ American Indian/Alaska Native‚ Asian‚ Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
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email. For example: CBS1401‚ Chan Tai Man(陳大文)‚ Assignment 1 Task: Please translate the following sentences into target languages (English or Chinese) by yourself. Ensure that your translation fully accounts for the style and content of the source text‚ whilst conforming to established target genre norms. 1. Please translate the following sentences into Chinese by using specified translation approaches. 1) Looking for a quick way to feel lousy about yourself? Then forget the idea of a healthy diet
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Nirali Rawal Brenda Williams Honors English 1 June 2013 Chinese Proverb I sit there bored to death‚ waiting for my teacher to start teaching. "When will he speak?" I thought to myself. Tick tock the time went by. Five minutes later‚ he proceeded to talk about what we were going to learn that day- the concept of velocity. I continued to sit there‚ zoning out‚ uninterested on what he had to say and FINALLY the bell rang! I approached to my next class and realized the Mr
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don’t want to break the “norm” of society and maybe even take a picture of them and walk away to our normal everyday lives. In this case‚ “The Killing of Kitty Genovese” by Michael Dorman unfortunately can relate; a young woman was stabbed repeatedly as 38 bystanders witnessed the incident and did nothing‚ it took an hour for someone to call. Kitty bled out in the meantime as everyone stared and the poor woman screeched for help. The bystander effect is a real thing and it takes a toll on people everyday
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August 20‚ 1989 Jose and Mary “Kitty” Menendez were brutally murdered in their Beverly Hills mansion‚ with no lead suspects at the time. Lyle and Erik Menendez were reported to be the first witnesses at the crime scene‚ not yet considered suspects because of their physically altered states of mind. At 21 and 18 years old‚ the Menendez brothers walked away from murder. The disdain behavior the brothers acquired through negligent parenting were strong indicators in which investigators came to the conclusion
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I would like to continue with some other Chinese inventions‚ then introduce a small research and draw our conclusions. Paper Money It is so common in out everyday life that we hardly give a thought to the fackt that it had to be invented by someone. Around 650 AD (po kr.)‚ the emperor of China began to issue paper "value tokens" for general use. The first paper banknotes appeared in China about 806 AD. Its original name was ’flying money’ because it was so light it could blow out of one’s
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the foremost factors that Chinese businessmen take into account. Other factors include preparation for Chinese business meetings‚ knowledge of the Chinese Lijie‚ such as non-verbal communication and social relationships. Also‚ the Chinese banquet consisting table etiquette together with drinking and toasting. There will also be gift-giving‚ such as what should be considered to give and what should be avoided. Last but not least‚ different ways to negotiate with the Chinese for the best solution should
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