Assignment #1 (Draft #1) – Essay‚ Analyzing a Text‚ “Idiot Nation” by Michael Moore Brett Fisher‚ Humanities 202P‚ Dr. Ted Otteson‚ March 12‚ 2013 “Idiot Nation!” Could Michael Moore begin an article with a less positive mental projection…I think not! In this article Moore bemoans the state of education at all levels in the United States. He drones on and on about problems in our schools without ever proffering solutions to any of them. Yes‚ in this diatribe he does identify several unacceptable
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The League of Nations 1. The body that was formed out of Wilson’s 14 Points was called the League of Nations. (a) The League’s aims and objectives were set in 26 articles known as the Covenant. (b) President Wilson was hoping that the League would unite against any future international wars. (c) The League of Nations offered the idea of collective security. This meant those countries would act together if any member were threatened by any hostile state. 2. In the beginning the League did have
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view that conscince should always be obeyed - (35 marks) Conscience is differently defined by people‚ some think its an inner feeling that speaks to person when carrying out a type of actions whilst others might define conscience as a guilt feeling that occurs within a person when performing wrong actions. However‚ conscience is defined as a moral sense of right and wrong felt by a person through an inner feeling. In my opinion conscience should always be obeyed because I believe everyone is born
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excerpt entitled “Idiot Nation”‚ Michael Moore details his frustration and anger at the sorry state of the United States education system and the role the US government has had to play in its downfall. So how does Moore characterize the politicians and pundits with regard to the state of the US education systems? Well‚ in a typical scathing rant he labels them as over privileged‚ ignorant idiots who have no business running the country. “An idiot leader of an idiot nation” (pg. 125 Moore 2002). This
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The photographs of lynching in American on the website “Without Sanctuary‚” that were uncovered by James Allen‚ displays the gruesome acts of hatred towards blacks and other minorities‚ that occurred throughout the 20th century. When looking at the photographs‚ my heart instantly becomes heavy‚ and fills with heartache‚ pain‚ anger‚ and resentment‚ because of the images depicted before me. In one photograph‚ the unidentified corpse of a young African American male‚ hangs approximately eight feet
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WITHOUT EMOTION In this paragraph I will talk about how a man named G. Gordon Liddy‚ struggled as a kid to kill without emotion‚ he was aspiring to be a soldier one day. His plans were to be ready for war one day and be effective when the time came. As a child he found himself in a situation with a squirrel while he was hunting‚ after taking the shot he did not managed to kill the squirrel in one shot‚ so he watched how the squirrel was falling down the tree mortally wounded and in lots of pain
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What is a Nation? The concept of a nation refers to a socially constructed and politically organized grouping of a people‚ or ethnic group‚ within a self-governing physical boundary. Historically‚ the concept of a nation in its modern understanding has been distorted to further it from its original definition. Evidence of such distortion exists in our present society‚ and has continued through common conflation of definitions between a nation and other similar social groupings. This essay will attempt
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The Navajo Nation Hope Thatcher Intro. Cultural Anthropology Dr. Janis McFaul February‚ 6 2012 The Navajo nation is the largest native tribe in the United States. They are a society built on harmony with Mother Earth. They believe that everything has a purpose whether it be good or evil. They rely on the land for nourishment and medicine. They are a proud tribe and have close family unity. The Navajo are a peaceful tribe
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Tenniel Jordan BIB-104 February 15‚ 2014 Prof. Rand The Making Of A Nation Israelite‚ deliverer‚ lawgiver‚ leader and prophet of God are some of the many names ascribed to Moses. His life filled with miracles and prophecy serves as a model to all. Yet‚ his most notable acts are those that lead to the forming of a nation. His life can be broken down into three equal portions of forty years. They are his life in Egypt‚ exile in Arabia‚ and government of Israel. Within this span of one hundred
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League of Nations Background 0 America entered World War One in 1917. The country as a whole and the president - Woodrow Wilson in particular - was horrified by the slaughter that had taken place in what was meant to be a civilised part of the world. The only way to avoid a repetition of such a disaster‚ was to create an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. This would be the task of the
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