The articles that were assigned were accounts from Spanish men who actually lived during the 1700’s to the mid 1800’s‚ and their impact on the Indians. They were able to document different situations in which the Natives were exploited or abused‚ although some portions of the readings like the one by Father Junipero of the San Diego Mission‚ or that of Captain Alejandro Malaspina are completely one sided. Both make it seem to the reader like the Natives were uncivilized and didn’t have a fear of
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Naipaul is a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent. Very famous for his novels. His novels‚ reached to developing countries .He received the Nobel Prize in 2001 for Half a Life‚ a story about an Indian immigrant to England and Africa. One of his stories too is One Out Of Many. This short story talks about the live of Santosh. Who moved to Washington to follow his employer who is an Indian cook employed by a Washington government‚ when Santosh moved he saw many stranger things. In addition‚ he had
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As many of you may know for a brief time in the 1920’s alcohol was banned. The banning of alcohol is known as prohibition. “The Prohibition Era”‚ as we refer to it today‚ was brought upon the society of the 1920’s for a few reasons; many people were against the use of alcohol and suggested it was the drink of the devil and congress took a strong moral stance against alcohol use as well. The 18th Amendment established prohibition in the United States of America. The Volstead Act was also approved
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One Game‚ One Love By John Victor Marcelino After almost 4 months of waiting‚ the world’s most popular basketball league‚ the National Basketball Association (NBA) returns in front of its tens of millions of fans around the world. With the last season ending on a high note via an epic 7-game Finals series between the elite teams of Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs‚ NBA fans will expect more surprises this new period of basketball battle. By the bird’s eye view‚ let’s look on some teams
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Underlying Power One thousand and one nights‚ one thousand and one moral stories. The story of The Thousand and One Nights is a unique tale that teaches simple morals throughout the many stories within the main story. This tale is about a clever women that saves herself‚ as well as the women in her kingdom‚ from being put to death by the king. She does this by marring the king and telling him bedtime stories every night that lead into the next day. She would purposely not finish the story‚
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Vladimir Petrov was a third secretary of the Soviet Embassy. Petrov stated that there was a communist spy-ring in Australia and their role was to stop Anti- Soviet activities. On the 3rd of April 1954 Petrov chose to defect from the USSR and gain asylum in Australia‚ it is believed he did this to protect himself from the USSR as he was scared of what would happen to him if he returned
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Men were considered superior as they were able to vote and become anything they want while women couldn’t. Women had very little power and were often disregarded in society.(O.I.) Furthermore‚ women didn’t have rights to own property thus‚ men were at the top of households. Men and women were unequal since men received much more rights. While women had domestic jobs‚ men had a wide
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Have you ever watched in disbelief at other peoples achievements‚ thinking to yourself how were they able to get there? The Answer is exactly the opposite of the following statement "There are no challenges so difficult‚ no goals so impossible‚ as the ones we set ourselves’’ It’s because they themselves set their goals and as a result made it happen. The goals that we set ourselves may surely be very hard to achieve sometimes but still possible. on the contrary‚ the challenges that happen to us unexpectedly
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One Man‚ One Vote? Joseph Farkas thinks that every vote cast should equal every other vote. He feels that many people are voting without knowing why they are voting for a certain person or why they aren’t voting for another. He says that a vote cast by a person with no or very little knowledge in the election should not count as much as a vote cast by a person who knows a lot about the election. The people who care about who has an important role in the government should have a bigger say in
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