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    How Is Soccer Corrupt

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    decades of bribery totaling over $150 million (Mills). How is it possible that a sport so influential such as soccer can have corrupt leaders. This is not surprising though when you take into account that ex president Sepp Blatter has been re-elected four times. Like John Dalberg-Acton said “power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Soccer has the power to bring people from different cultures together‚ but the corruption‚ match fixing‚ and bribery in the excess of millions of

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    Trey Dortch Mrs. Castleberry AP English IV 13 October 2014 The Downfall of a Corrupt Teenager The novel‚ An American Tragedy‚ is a historical fiction story placed in the 1920’s which is based off a certain event that influenced the author Theodore Dreiser and how he portrayed American society as a whole. He uses a character by the name of Clyde Griffith to analyze how Clyde contradicts with his true human character‚ Chester Gillette. By utilizing Chester into the story as Clyde‚ Dreiser constructs

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    Looking back in the past‚ one can see a long history of corrupt leaders/people in power. In George Orwell’s novella‚ Animal Farm‚ Orwell recreates a time in the history of Russia‚ which highlights the aforementioned “corruption” of leaders in power. This recreation of corruption is through a group of animals that overthrow the farmer that owns the farm that they live in because they were convinced that their lives would be better without him. The Russian Revolution parallels this in that the people

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    atomic bomb. The story‚ “Animal farm” is an allegory based on the Russian revolution and when Russia became a communist government. Every character represents someone from that time. For example‚ the boar Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin‚ the dictator who was cruel to his citizens‚ Old major represents Vladimir Lenin‚ who started the revolution and finally Boxer‚ the working horse represents the working class. In the story it is demonstrated how a person changes ones gaining power. A person cannot adhere

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    Evident throughout Animal Farm‚ is the abuse of power and how manipulation from leaders is extremely dangerous. This is shown through the characters‚ their dialog‚ their actions‚ and in many events that take place in the story. Animal farm accurately portrays what can happen to a country‚ a group‚ etc. if the leader decides to abuse their powers. In the beginning of the book‚ shortly after the former Farmer‚ Mr. Jones‚ was overthrown‚ the animals then realized that the pigs were getting a very large

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    Everyone wants power. Even the most humble among us can be caught cutting the line at Target‚ cheating on a test‚ or using a tiny white lie on a resume to set themselves apart. We all want to stand out and feel superior to the average Joe. Shakespeare’s Macbeth shows how fast a person can change as a result of the desire for power. Lady Macbeth provides a perfect example of how power can corrupt a person’s life. After becoming the queen‚ Lady Macbeth’s downfall starts as guilt and remorse catches

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    The corrupting effect of power is one of the key themes in the book‚ Animal Farm. The essence of this book illustrates that during the Russian Revolution‚ there were many ambitious men craving wealth and power. The author of this book‚ George Orwell‚ interprets this issue with his novel. From the very start‚ Old Major proposed a speech to all the animals on the farm saying--- the oppression that the animals were experiencing will soon end when they overthrow human influences and build an equal

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    Throughout the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ Napoleon gained‚ managed and maintained his power over the animals of the farm. Napoleon gained power over the animals by using force‚ propaganda‚ manipulating the animals and sending his opposition into exile. His style of leadership involved using the media to support his decisions‚ enforcing a variety of new laws and using fear to keep himself in a position of superiority over the other animals. By changing events to his advantage and implementing

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    classic novel Animal Farm‚ the use of oration on the group of characters has a progressive and lasting impact on the audience. The story‚ which is set in England in the 1900s‚ takes a look at what would happen if animals overthrew their ruling humans and ran their own society. Though this social experiment does last several years‚ the political dynamic among the citizens of the Animal Farm shifts drastically because of the use of oration. This‚ along with the education of the rest of the farm ’s population

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    In the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ not only does it show you results of having too much power but it also shows the historical parts of the Russian Revolution and that everyone should be equal. But throughout the book the farm ruled by two different people/animals. One being Mr. Jones‚ the owner of Manor Farm and Napoleon‚ a pig. Power can easily be abused within the authority of one person or many people. Within the book it has come to discussion that the pigs have taken over and

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