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    “Silent Sacrifices: Voices of the Filipino American Family” by Dr. Patricia Heras is a research that was made to help the Filipino Americans family end the relationship gap between the parents and the children. This documentary encourages Filipino-American parents and their teen-aged children to talk so that suicidal attempts can be thwarted. It also talks about the cultural conflicts and the struggles of the Filipino immigrant and their children on a daily basis encounter. The video begins by showing

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    The Awakening‚ by Kate Chopin‚ takes one back to an earlier time while still provoking the questions of morality and self-sacrifice that exist today. Edna Pontellier‚ the protagonist of the story‚ places herself in the position to be the individual going against society from the beginning of the novel. In the beginning chapters of the novel‚ Edna’s characteristics and actions worthy of rebuke lead to a breakdown of her moral integrity. These behaviors eventually lead her to become a woman that not

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    Definition Essay: Love Everyone has felt it at one time or another‚ be it for an individual‚ pet‚ or even a non-living item. That feeling is love. By definition‚ love means strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. Love is felt in diverse intensities; it may devour your whole being‚ or maybe it’s just a little crush. Some people search for what look their whole lives for love‚ while others may look to fall in and out of love on a regular basis. Of course‚ here we are

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    sacer meaning "holy" and facere meaning "to make". As a result‚ humans must then surrender one object for another (Shipley 308) when performing a sacrifice. Forfeiting an item from one’s possessions symbolizes thanks for God and respect for the divinity. Several religions believe that the highest form of divine worship is found in a sacrifice. Sacrifices may simply express reverence‚ or demonstrate thanks for good fortune through intentional acts (Steinmueller 562-563). One objective behind sacrificial

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    The Sacrifice for Equality At the age of twenty-five‚ a recently ordained Baptist minister entered the city of Montgomery‚ Alabama. When Rosa Parks was forcefully taken off the bus in 1955‚ Edward D. Nixon‚ a leader of the NAACP realized that this could be a rallying point for the people of Montgomery to stand up for racial discrimination. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ that same Baptist minister‚ was chosen to lead these people because of his wit and his great ability with public speaking. King believed

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    The English word "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚

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    sees her sacrifice of “Milk! Blood!... the essential liquids plus the docile flesh of the sacrificial victims?” as a means to gain the favor of her ancestors. (139) We find her viewing the sudden appearance of a bird emerging from the “motionless cinders” which rises‚ “straight up into the sun” as a sign of her supplication being answered. (139) Yet Tituba is powerless on her own for even if her sacrifice is answered with the death of a sailor pointing to the spirits demanding further sacrifice. As a

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    Nursing Essay Tafari Frazier During my childhood and my now teenage years‚ I remember my English teachers asking what do I want to be when I grow up? What do I want to study in college? Being the child that I was I would give a quick sentence or a couple of words. Things such as a police officer‚ a firefighter ‚or maybe a teacher. As a teenager‚ I was expected to write a three paper on what I would like to do as an career in my near futre. My answers varied each and every time I thought about

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    Henrietta and Immortality In the book‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ both Henrietta and her daughter Deborah achieve immortality through the people they have both saved‚ through the book itself‚ and through the different visual media they have managed to record. Both Henrietta and Deborah saved people in their own way. For example‚ Deborah inspired her grandson Devon to “go to college and continue learning about Henrietta until he knew everything there was to know about her” therefore

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    Benjamin Franklin wrote The Way to Wealth because he was frustrated that people were evading taxes‚ especially because these taxes were to invest in the people and city. Franklin explained that many people complained about the government’s taxes‚ but the real issue was that the lack of virtue taxed people much more. Throughout the rest of the book‚ the two ideas he tried to convey were that morality and public service were most important‚ and one should not be poor by working hard and hedge against

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