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    “Dark Knight” was a smash hit for it’s fame‚ explosions‚ and chase scenes‚ but what really had me on the edge of my seat was perhaps the most riveting villain I had ever seen. The Joker. The Joker is a mob-backed terrorist with suicidal tendencies and a textbook sociopath. He is not reasonable‚ he’s not afraid of anything‚ and the last thing he cares about in the world is himself. As Alfred explained to Bruce‚ “Some men just want to watch the world burn”. Given the tortured nature of our subject

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    individuals of a different race based on such a belief. Though racism is not extinct and plays a role in today’s society‚ it was much more severe and widely accepted during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Anne Moody’s book‚ Coming of Age in Mississippi‚ and Tate Taylor’s film‚ The Help‚ based on the book written by Kathryn Stockett’s‚ are both novels that expose the severity of racism and prejudice during the Civil Rights Movement. Though both novels take place during the same time period‚

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    After careful consideration‚ I have selected Mississippi State Senator Chris Massey (R-Hernando) to interview about the topic of federalism. Senator Massey is a first term state senator from the first district. The first district is made up the entire city of Hernando. Senator Massey is self-described “new to politics”. He has served in the past has president of the Mississippi association of builders. He is a builder by profession and resides in northern Hernando. Senator Massey stated the most

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    \ a. What evidence can you observe from analyzing the financial statements that might signal the cash flow problems experienced in mid-Year 14? There are a few factors that attributed to the cash flow problem in year 14. First‚ one of the most important areas that shows how liquid of a position a company has is by analyzing the difference in the current ratio and quick ratio over a period of time. The current ratio is current

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    It’s not right to treat others negatively. Approximately Eleven million people died during the holocaust. What makes it even worse is they were held captive due to their race‚ sexual preference and religious beliefs. They were taken from their homes against their own will. People should be able to believe what they want with no consequence or repercussion. The Concentration Camps were very immoral places where people were taken and imprisoned. First off their barracks were small and over capacitated

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    Young Boys Really to Idolize their Fathers In “My Father’s Garden” by David Wagoner‚ Wagoner depicts the speaker as an older man‚ looking back on his childhood with admiration for his father. From the poem the reader can infer that the speaker’s father was a poor laborer‚ who did everything in his will to provide for the family. Through authorial techniques such as; tone‚ imagery‚ and setting the reader can understand how the speaker viewed his father and the things the father valued in his working

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    Throughout the book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Huck and Jim travel along the Mississippi River. Even in the title of the book‚ the reader can get a sense that a journey or adventure will be present in the story. Huck and Jim both go on this “journey” to Ohio for their own reasons but they both are getting away for their own personal freedom. At first‚ Huck was in it for the fun of it but we later see that he is getting away from his alcoholic and abusive father. Jim is escaping from slavery

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    In “The Adventures Of Huck Finn”‚ the Mississippi River plays several roles and holds a prominent theme throughout much of the story as a whole. Huckleberry Finn and Jim are without a doubt the happiest and most a peace when floating down the river on their raft. However‚ the river has a much deeper meaning than just a compilation of water. It almost goes to an extent of having its own personality and character traits. The river offers a place for the two characters‚ Huck and Jim‚ to escape from

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    A Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine: Charles Banks of Mississippi Pilots of the Ground Charles Banks‚ the subject of this appealing biography was a seemingly well-known Black leader‚ like such as Obama Baraka and Jessie Jackson. Banks status‚ demeanor‚ and power were unlimited‚ way beyond his hometown of Clarksdale and Mound Bayou‚ Mississippi all-black towns. Born in 1873‚ in Clarksdale‚ Mississippi‚ Banks spent most of is life in this well known racially discriminating and violent town

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    (2) Anne Moody‚ Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968) In the beginning I never really saw myself as a writer. I was first and foremost an activist in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. When I could no longer see that anything was being accomplished by our work there‚ I left and went North. I came back to see through my writing that no matter how hard we in the movement worked‚ nothing seemed to change; that we made a few visible little gains; yet at the root‚ things always remained the same;

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