can likely lead to a wrong manner of people to pursue their desirability. It is so for not only individuals‚ but also for the government and even a country. First of all‚ greed is a source that leads to crime. Normally‚ greed can explain why there have always been cases of theft. Since some greedy people are always not satisfied with what they have‚ they are thinking of an easier way to get more wealth‚ which is theft. A research in China has shown that more than 90% of theft cases are due to criminals’
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“Jay Gatsby embodies the beauty of the American Dream” To what extent and how do you agree with this interpretation of ‘The Great Gatsby’? The United States Declaration of independence in 1776 stated that all people have the right to “Life‚ liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. This is seen by many to express the vital spirit of the American Dream. Any individual‚ no matter their culture‚ social class or background‚ should be able to reach success and achieve their ambitions through hard work
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Hentoff‚ the author of “Should This Student Have Been Expelled” argues that no matter how offensive words go‚ that everyone has a right to say whatever as far as freedom of speech goes. In this article Nat Hentoff supports his claim along with the decision making by Gregorian‚ president of Brown University‚ whether not to or to expel Hann for his inappropriate language being held towards others at the University. Hann’s words that included “Niggers‚ Fucking Jew‚ and Faggot” have offended some of the students
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ is one of Joyce Carol Oates best short stories. Oates shows the reader what it is like to take things for granted and make mistakes through the main character‚ Connie. Throughout this story‚ Connie finds her identity and grows as a woman. In “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ Joyce Carol Oates shows us the struggle of a young woman dealing with her family‚ sexuality‚ and common mistakes that can be made
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childhood dreams. The journey between childhood and adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses
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How far do you agree with this statement? I agree with this statement to an extent because more things happened in this year than they did in the rest. An example of this would be that the French & Belgium troops had invaded the Ruhr in this year as well and that could have been a great burden put upon The Weimar Republic and Germany as at that time they were already going through money problems and the Ruhr was one of their sources of income. Without the Ruhr they would have been left with
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To what extent do you agree that the most important thing in life is the pursuit of material wealth? Material wealth brings happiness and joy to people‚ allowing people to be freed from financial issues. However‚ one may not know that the pursuit of material wealth is taking a huge risk and may bring about much harm to a person‚ a family or even the whole community. In my opinion‚ the material wealth will cause detrimental effects to a person‚ should a person pursuit material wealth. Therefore
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would cost the Africans an estimated 800‚000 lives‚ just in Rwanda. All in all‚ European imperialism had no benefit to the country which was being exploited. In conclusion‚ European imperialism in Africa caused a great deal of problems and overall had a negative impact on African culture‚ there is no doubt that any kind of imperialism was good‚ for it always boiled down to one country exploiting the other.
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they can do nothing and that only government and multinational companies can halt this destruction. How far do you agree or disagree with this? 2. More and more qualified people are moving from poor to rich countries to fill vacancies in specialist areas like computing‚ medicine and engineering. Some people believe that by encouraging the movements of such people rich countries are stealing the poor countries‚ others feel it as a part of natural movement of workers around the world. What is your
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“Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Paper “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is a short story that poses many questions centered around the protagonist‚ Connie and the antagonist Arnold Friend and his “comrade” Ellie. The fate of Connie at the end of the story is still up for debate after all these years after the story was published in 1966. The main question posed is who actually is Arnold Friend? Is he the devil or something else? The answer may never be fully known but in
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