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    Sociological Movie Review The movie that I watched that has many references to our introduction to sociology course is The Boy In the Striped Pajamas. The Boy In the Striped Pajamas is about a little 8 year old boy named Bruno who must move to the country side with his family because his father who is a General in the Nazi military becomes assigned command of a Jewish concentration camp. The house that the family moves into is close to the concentration camp; Bruno can see the camp from his bedroom

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    Innocence is a treasure not shared by many; the lack of guile and the sense of purity is what many desire. Unfortunately‚ innocence is something very easy to steal from someone. Liesel’s innocence was displayed and used in many ways in The Book Thief. Before her innocence benefited others‚ it first brought her to Hans and Rosa Hubermann. Her parents were communists‚ a concept she didn’t understand because of her age‚ so she was in danger. Because she was young‚ she had the opportunity to be safe

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    History of Fiber Optics

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    1880‚ Alexander Graham Bell and Sumner Tainter invented the Photophone‚ a device capable of transmitting sound waves over beam of light. This is considered as mankind’s first attempt to to use light for carrying information. * In 1930‚ Clarence Hansel and John Logie Baird demonstrated independently image transmission using fiber. * In 1940’s‚ Heinrich Lamm successfully transmitted images through a single glass fiber used for internal medical examinations. * In 1951‚ Harold Hopkins and

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    Bruno had a hatred for Lieutenant Kotler the moment they laid eyes on each other‚ and once twelve year old Gretel and nineteen year old Lieutenant Kotler started to flirt. One boring day‚ Bruno wants to build a tire swing in the big tree in the front yard. Lieutenant Kolter orders an elderly servant to go out back and get an old tire and rope. Bruno was having

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    Outline Thesis: The American society has become so politically correct‚ that no one is able to speak their mind without facing major judgment or discrimination. Society would rather be peaceful Society feels that if everyone is getting along things run smoother To avoid offending someone it is best to keep things unsaid Instead of creating a polite society political correctness has destroyed the society No one gets to give opinions out freely People groups have to avoid using certain terms in order

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    but these issues are still there. This argument is often joined with a distain for political correctness. In ‘Moral Licensing: When Feeling Good Frees Us to do Bad’‚ Merritt‚ Efron‚ and Benoit through a series of studies found that being political correct removed moral inhibitions for individuals because of the illusion of goodness it created. It is perhaps the case that we must be presented with the ugly aspects of the world in order to dismantle them. This view further affirmed by Jennifer Littlewood

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    “The word style is originally derived from the Latin word ‘stylus’ which meant a short stick sharp at one end and flat at the other used by the Romans for writing on wax tablets”(Galperin 11). Nowadays the word “stylus” according to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary means “a special pen used to write a text or draw an image on a special computer screen.” We clearly see that the meaning of the word style has been changed greatly. According to Longman dictionary “style is a particular

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    Hedwig and the Angry Inch‚ on the other hand‚ functions better as a live stage show because of its more personal connection with its audience. In its original Off Broadway run‚ Hedwig and the Angry Inch was performed as a series of rock concerts‚ headlined by Hedwig herself and her backup band‚ The Angry Inch. Compared to the film‚ these concerts felt more real and the audience felt more connected to the characters as a result. Hedwig can talk to the people watching her concert directly and even

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    feelings‚ but some find PCE as “baby-ing” our society and think it would be better to simply tell it how it is. Some politically correct phrases make things sound worse than they actually are‚ for instance “aesthetically challenged” sounds like a disease‚ rather than another way to say ugly. I believe that the campaign to promote the usage of nonoffensive language and politically correct terminology is has not been a successful agent for positive change because it is taken to extremes‚ someone will always

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    Traditional Literature

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    Teacher Resource: What is Traditional Literature? Traditional literature is a genre that deals specifically with stories that were passed down through oral storytelling from generation to generation. Traditional literature consists of songs‚ stories‚ poems and riddles from anonymous sources. There are many forms of traditional literature (myths‚ fables‚ epics‚ ballads‚ legends‚ folk rhymes‚ folktales) and many of the categories do overlap. Folktales are a major form of traditional literature

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