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    It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols and implement or syncretize them into their christian faith‚ this side being supported by the like of Fransisco Poma

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    Modern Day Slavery Slavery has been a problem for hundreds of years‚ but it shares many of the same root causes. One of the reasons slaves are preferred to workers is because it is much cheaper to feed a slave than to feed a worker. Workers are also paid more if they are doing dangerous work‚ but slaves do not have this benefit. This also means that slaves are preferred in dangerous work environments. Slavery is a very profitable business overall‚ making it attractive to a potential trafficker

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    Modern Day Slavery in Texas Human Trafficking‚ best known as modern day slavery‚ is a major problem in Texas. Human trafficking can be defined into two types of Trafficking: Involuntary servitude which includes the domestic work such as Nannies‚ maids‚ and housekeeping‚ the business operations which consist of the Nail salons‚ massage parlors‚ and construction‚ and also the larger operations like the factory sweat shops and Agricultural farming. The second Trafficking is the most lucrative being

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    Superman‚ Why we need our Heroes Heroes‚ from Beowulf to Superman our cultures have always created heroes. We may always have political‚ social‚ economic and religious differences‚ but at the end of the day we all have one thing in common‚ heroes. They help define who we are and what we want to be. They give us hope and inspire us to head in the right direction. They show us that good will always triumph over evil and that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Heroes give us the inspiration

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    a cruel act. Despite slavery being illegal in the U.S people still continue using slaves. In the early 1800s‚ most slaves were used for harsh labor in the fields. Today‚ human trafficking is mostly exercised through other various forms aside from forced labor such as;forced marriage‚ domestic servitude‚ bonded labor‚ child labor and sex trafficking. During the 1800s‚ slave owners wanted a long-term relationship with their slaves. In modern day‚ slave owners don’t really care as much about how long

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    A modern-day example of Puritanism is Taylor Swift’s recent top hit‚ "Look what you made me do" as it contains negative energy and public punishment‚ which is what Puritanism is about. Nearly of Swift’s songs are similar to Jonathan Edward’s‚ "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God‚" as of the mood and energy. One of the reasons this particular song is an example of Puritanism because of the negativity. In the music video‚ the first scene takes place in a graveyard with Taylor as a Zombie crawling

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    “A Heroes Journey” “A hero is a ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles” Quoted by Christopher reeves. Christopher reeves was a famous actor but after his near-fatal horse riding accident on a cross-country course he could never go back into that business since 1995. “ To kill a mockingbird ” by harper lee. Atticus finch is a significant character in Harper Lee’s to kill a mockingbird because he is an idol in the eyes of his

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    A modern day hero is someone who chooses to make sacrifices without being asked to do so by anyone. Many may look up to a person and say that one day they’d like to have some of those attributes a modern day hero has. In the epic poem Beowulf‚ thought to be written by a christian monk‚ the central character and hero is Beowulf‚ who is looked up to by his people of Sweden‚ the Geats. Consequently a modern day hero that I admire immensely would be a nurse. Considering the actuality that nurses don’t

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    SEXTING: MODERN DAY FLIRTATION What is sexting? Why do we sext? Is it healthy? How to and how not to sext (Tips for sexting) What is sexting? For those of you who don’t already know what sexting is or haven’t heard of it before‚ it is basically a marriage of sex and the traditional text messaging. It is defined in most dictionaries as the sending of sexually explicit photos‚ images‚ text messages‚ or emails by using a cell phone or other mobile devices. Sexting as we know it today is a relatively

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    A good example of existentialism in a modern-day text is Michael Cunningham’s 1998 novel The Hours‚ which acts as an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway. The Hours follows a day in the life of three different women who each face distinctive circumstances‚ but who’s stories are connected by a shared thread. Although the plots of Sartre’s The Flies

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