Imagine doing something so amazing that one would be awarded the medal of honor! Desmond T. Doss was awarded the medal of honor for being the first conscientious objector in World War II. He refused to carry any type of gun. Beside that fact‚ Doss saved many lives. After the war‚ he got tuberculosis and had to spend years recovering. Desmond Doss saved many lives without a gun in WWII. Before the war‚ Desmond Doss had grown up living a normal life. He was born on February 7‚ 1919 in Lynchburg‚
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law. Creon warned the city of Thebes that if anyone were to bury Polyneices‚ a stoning would take place as a punishment in front of the public. Antigone‚ Polyneices’ sister‚ went to her sister asking for her help in burying her brother and when she refused to help‚ Antigone went ahead and buried Polyneices herself. Once Creon found out what Antigone had done‚ he sent her away to the middle of the woods in a closed tomb where she then hung herself. The burying of Polyneices ultimately caused Antigone’s
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territorial aggrandizement. This notion is exemplified through the document provided. A huge contributor to this war was the Lone Star Republic of Texas. Mexico refused to recognize the annexation of Texas. Mexico even stated that if the United States were to admit Texas to the Union it would be considered an act of war. The fact that Mexico refused to recognize the annexation of Texas‚ and threatened to go to war over it shows one of the justifications that the war was neither unjustified nor unprovoked
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Behavioral obedience experiment by Milgram At Yale University an experiment had conducted on behavioral and obedience of the people by Milgram (1963). A total of 40 male volunteers of different age groups between 20 and 50 from New Haven and surrounding communities were selected to participated in the experiment by Milgram (1963). At the starting of the experiment Milgram (1963) wants to differentiate the participants into teachers and learners. So‚ he then asked the participants to draw the slips
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Gay right has long been a controversial topic‚ and the debate seems to never end. In 2015‚ after gay marriage was legalized‚ instead of subsiding the skirmishes towards this topic‚ more and more problems come to surface. One of the most representative cases is the Denver‚ a case about whether Jack Philips‚ a cake shop owner‚ should be sentenced guilty for breaking the antidiscrimination law by refusing a gay couple’s wedding cake request. Although I grant that everyone should be treated equally‚
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and Victor to meet so that he could introduce them to each other‚ almost show them off to each other (Munro‚ 118). This is the main cause why Victor rejects Barbara since she resembles him as she belongs to the same group. Secondly‚ Victor Sawicky refused Barbara because he feels guilty that he had an affair with his best friend’s wife. Murray Zeigler‚ Barbara’s husband and also Victor’s best friend helped Victor a lot of times. For example Murray gave him the caretaker’s apartment when he didn’t have
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some of them is by using the internet‚ reading articles or journal about the topic or reading a book. The topic that I chose is the boycotting of the busses in Montgomery‚ Alabama which came into play when Rosa Parks refused to give up her sit for a white man. To find out why she refused to give up her seat‚ I used the book “The Rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” by Jeanne Theoharis. Though the book was my source of information‚ the author used different ways to gather he information such as using
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long day of work and was ordered to yield her seat to a white citizen. She respectfully refused and was then arrested do to the unjust laws about segregation on public transportation. In response to her arrest‚ citizens of the black community assembled under Martin Luther King Jr.’s direction and boycotted the public bus systems for a little over a year. These citizens fought for equality and justice and refused to back down. This speech is a reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling
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play during the communist era and used the campaign of McCarthyism as the base of the story. In this period of Miller’s life‚ he was brought to court and had to confess to being a communist. While being held on trial‚ he confessed about himself but refused to reveal anyone else who participated in communism. Miller’s unwillingness to comply angered the judges and he ended up being charged of contempt. Readers of The Crucible may notice a resemblance between Miller’s trial situation in real life and
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there to serve a summons and complaint from Peoples Trust Company. F. Mrs. Kozuck first acknowledged her identity‚ then later denied it once she was told by the process server that he was there to serve a summons and complaint. Ms. Kozuck then refused to answer the door. The summons and complaint was left on the stoop by the process server. 3. Issue By leaving the summons and complaint on the stoop by the server‚ was the defendant‚ Mrs. Kozuck‚ properly delivered a “personally” served summons
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