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    After reading an Inspector calls‚ I am certain it is obvious to any one who reads it that the inspector is not what he appears to be at all. At first you have no suspicions of the Inspector‚ but as the play moves on it slowly dawns on you that the Inspector might be an impostor. The inspector also has major impacts on some of the characters. He is "Priestley’s vehicle for his views on social responsibility. He represents social conscience. He has moral dimension." The Inspectors name‚ Goole‚ has

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    Henry Ford the first surviving son of Mary and William Ford. Born in 1836 on his family’s farm located Wayne county‚ near the town of Dearborn Michigan(Staff‚ 2009).Henry decided at the age 16 farm work didn’t interest him. Henry took up work at a shipbuilding firm in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ were he began his apprenticeship as a machinist. In years to come Mr. Ford would hone his skills‚ and expand his knowledge to steam engines‚ and bookkeeping. Ford married in 1888 to Clara Ala Bryant (Staff‚ 2009)

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    In his speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses‚ Patrick Henry tries to persuade the members that it is time to take up arms against the British. Targeting both the hearts and minds of his listeners through emotional and logical appeals‚ Henry uses rhetorical questions‚ figurative language‚ and repetition to convince them that it is time to take decisive action. Henry uses rhetorical questions to make them think of the decision they should make. Some of the rhetorical questions are “Why stand here

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    Do you want to be famous? Being a celebrity/famous person comes with its’ advantages and disadvantages which can make living life very difficult at times. Let’s look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity/famous person. Some of the advantages of being a famous person are as follows: Famous people have everything they can possibly want such as fast cars‚ big houses‚ money‚ women etc. They can go wherever they want on holidays or any other day of the week and do not

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    Do human deserve human rights in America? In my opinion‚ they do have to have human rights. In the documents‚’ The Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ The intro to the UDHR‚’ and‚’ A short history of human rights’. These three documents each say why human need rights. In the document‚ ‘The UDHR‚’ it states that people are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards a spirit of brotherhood. This means people are given with rights for a reason and should help other fellow

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    least life changing ones dealt by many people‚ while other predicaments can be on a more serious not‚ like choosing between what is moral and immoral. These accounts show that throughout life‚ situations arise and one has to think about how they should deal with it to approach a resolution. It might be easier to do what “we want to do” rather than doing what we “ought to do‚” and take “the one less traveled by” as Robert Frost might say. These decisions must be made‚ no matter the size of the problem

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    movie “Regarding Henry”‚ Henry demonstrates 2 different lifestyles. His first personality is his busy working‚ successful lawyer personality. But it also shows his lack of attention for his family‚ his will to do anything in a case as long as he wins‚ his self conscious thought of how people view him. Henry goes through a life changing event of nearly being killed‚ when he was shot in his head. He managed to live‚ but the mental trauma he would deal with for the rest of his life was a loss of memory

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    A Life Beyond “Do What You Want”‚ one controversial issue has been‚ do we find a vocation that we love and are passionate about or do we settle for a vocation that we are good at and do it very well‚ but not love or even like? Dr. Gordon Marino‚ Philosopher at St. Olaf College in Minnesota‚ suggests that both are important‚ and it is the individual who must make that decision. Marino also challenges his students to think about what makes them happy. Marino further tries to equip his students with

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    Was the Hunger Strike Campaign of the 1980’s the most significant IRA action of that decade? The Hunger Strike campaign during the 1980’s were well known in Northern Ireland and Britain and some say this one action was the most significant of the IRA’s during that decade. In this essay I will be exploring how actually The Hunger Strikes were maybe not the most significant actions as during this decade the Brighton Bombings and The Long War were other‚ very momentous action plans the IRA put into

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    What was the Bauhaus and what was its purpose? The Bauhaus was a school of art‚ architecture and design that existed in three German cities including Weimar‚ Dessau‚ and Berlin. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and it lasted until 1933. During its time‚ Bauhaus went through different distinct periods under different directors and cities including expressionism‚ constructivism‚ functionalism and architecture. The Bauhaus was the start of modernism‚ at the same time‚ it changed the

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