‘The Streets-Morning’ by Charles Dickens is an extract taken from ‘Sketches by Boz.’ It is a descriptive piece and follows prominent features of the literary sketch technique‚ as it contains no prominent plot. The speaker narrates the “appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise on a summer’s morning.” The extract is in the first person narrative. This feature adds intensity and supports the use of details. First person narrative is generally considered unreliable due
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Police Brutality When one thinks of a cop what should come to mind is “hero”. Cops should be a sign of safety‚ when a cop comes around you should feel safe and protected. Although a few years ago it was that way it is no longer true. Now day’s cops are seen as people you want to stay away from‚ people are afraid of them. Cops are now abusing‚ assaulting‚ and killing innocent people‚ this is called police brutality. Police brutality can be caused by policeman’s ability to assume everyone is up
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Excellence is Your Best Weapon for Fighting Racism The Bible says that "the poor will always be with us." An similar statement is that racism will always be with us. So‚ the question is‚ "What should we do about it?" There are many ways to fight racism: you might march‚ protest‚ complain‚ or beg the government for help. Some of these methods have worked well in the past. However‚ I think the best and most effective weapon today for fighting racism is excellence. Excellence will bring down more
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called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the streets of New York. Bickman had three men dress up as a policeman‚ a guard and a regular passerby in a shirt and tie‚ he then had the three men ask other passerby’s to either pay a parking fine or pick something of the floor‚ it was found that the policeman was generally obeyed more as he was of a highly respected profession and had legitimate authority. In Milgram’s study‚ the participants all obeyed the
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Being a policeman is an important profession in our life. Society needs a police officer to control the system that the government has given them. Being a policeman is a very difficult job to consider‚ they catch criminals‚ rescue someone by sacrificing themselves‚ they even go to death for other ordinary people. However‚ not every police officer is not the same and many of them use their power against unarmed‚ innocent people. Some police officers have biased opinions about other race representatives
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Since the television was invented in 1924‚ news and current affairs programs have surly become one of our main media sources. With this in mind‚ reporters and stations alike are able to manipulate their audiences through a variety of techniques‚ to make them believe a representation of reality as opposed to the true fact. This is evident in the current affairs story "Video Game Violence" and the standard news story "Music Video Ban". These similar stories both originated from Channel Nine and represent
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Mehta & Ketan Parekh Scam ShareThis Harshad Mehta: the high-profile stockbroker Harshad Shantilal Mehta (1954-2002) was an Indian stockbroker who grabbed headlines for the notorious BSE security scam of 1992. Born in a lower middle-class Gujarati Jain family‚ Mehta spent his early childhood in Mumbai where his father was a small-time businessman. The family relocated to Raipur in Chhattisgarh after doctors advised Mehta’s father to shift to a drier place on account of his health. Transition
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Sexism in Language By Alberto García Acosta General Linguistics Ruth Elizabeth Delgado Carrillo Introduction Let’s begin by defining the word sexism: “Prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex”. So‚ as we can see from the definition‚ even though sexist attitudes can be directed towards both a male person and a female person‚ they are usually inflicted upon the female gender. Sexist language‚ therefore‚ refers to a certain way of
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Babel – Movie Review Babel is about four interlocking stories which are connected by a gun‚ but happen in different places in the world: Morocco‚ Mexico‚ and Japan. At first‚ these four stories seem not to be related at all. However‚ they come together at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of people around the world. The movie also reveals the fact that all of us connect to each other in some ways‚ and we truly are not completely different. Guillermo Arriaga‚ the writer
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because I am a good person but it’s not because I am a good person. It is because I can’t tell lies” most people think that telling the truth is the quality of a good person. But to Christopher it is a way of life “He said‚ “Did you mean to hit the policeman?” “I said‚ yes”. This quote tells us that Christopher can’t lie even to get him out of trouble The author also teaches us that Christopher is a very precise and logical person. This is shown by the way Christopher answers to others. He can’t understand
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