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    From Victim to Villain Everyone has their reasons for their actions; some make decisions out of love or anger. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Abigail’s decisions are made from an intricate weave of mixed emotions driven by the tortured mind of a 17 year old girl. It is those decisions‚ those choices she makes that destroy the town of Salem. While in the beginning she is the victim of unfair and cruel circumstances‚ her choices such as witchcraft‚ manipulation‚ and blackmail lead to her descent

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    Nurbani Trisna Wardhani 10/297584/SA/15201 In this “Boarding House”‚ a short story form James Joyce‚ I think the character that becomes the victim is Mr. Doran. At the first the story tells about Mrs. Mooney who had been lived separated with his drunkard husband and built up a boarding house. She lived there with her two children‚ Jack and Polly. In another angle‚ we can see Mrs. Mooney boarding house is actually a ‘tool’ that was used by Mrs. Mooney to look for an ideal husband for Polly.

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    Land has always been desirable. Wars have been fought‚ blood spilled‚ and lives destroyed over it. Nowadays‚ lives are still being destroyed by the desire for land‚ but often in more subtle ways‚ like land grabs and forced evictions and the power of the rich over the poor local communities. Despite national laws put in place to protect people and forests‚ in Cambodia and Laos massively powerful Vietnamese ‘rubber barons’ (Hoang Anh Gia Lai and the Vietnam Rubber Group) backed by foreign investments

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    Should the UK Have fully written constitution? UK has partly an unwritten and uncodified constitution. Such a system‚ like any other‚ has their advantages and disadvantages‚ but because of their unusual system there are a lot of disputes around it. A big question at hand is: “Should the constitution be fully written or not?” A codified constitution means that all the points and laws are written and could be read‚ such a constitution typically occurs at some critical moment in a country’s history

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    Katie Parlier Villain‚ Hero‚ or Victim? Jay Gatsby is one of America’s most prized antagonists who the reader genuinely wants to believe in but his personae of a hero is falsely presented and admired. Characters are commonly placed in either the hero or villain category‚ but Gatsby is the exception because he exhibits more qualities of a victim. Gatsby has fallen victimized by Daisy’s guise. During the initial relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in Kentucky‚ Daisy continues to encourage Gatsby’s

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    SHOULD SCHOOLBOYS BE ALLOWED TO HAVE LONG HAIR? INTRODUCTION With the development of society‚ people ’s lives have undergone tremendous changes in many aspects. New lifestyle‚ new ideas and new culture impact on the manner of thinking. As the forefront of the times‚ the young people are the leader and follower of the trend. An increasing number of young people challenge the traditional dress code by wearing the personality clothes. For example‚ they often wear broken jeans rather than wearing the

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    Riveros 1 Period. 2 Should Wild Animals Be Pets At Home? Many people have questioned whether they would ever consider to buy a wildlife animal as a pet. Although owning a wildlife animal would seem out of this world‚ it’s not worth risking the lives of these poor animals who are meant to be out in the wild. Wildlife animals are not as domesticated as dogs. They have wildlife instincts even when they are in captivity; this is very dangerous for us humans who would own one of these exotic animals

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    In the United States‚ we have the privilege to vote. This privilege was given to us through the constitution and its amendments. Today‚ every citizen of the United States has the right to vote. When the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ the right to vote was limited exclusively for white protestant men who owned property. In 1792‚ New Hampshire was the first state that discarded the property requirement to vote. Maryland became the last state to eliminate a religious restriction on voting.

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    Should Police have to have higher education than most citizens they face on a day to day basis?I say yes and here are some reasons. Police Education has been long since debated in the United States . Law Enforcement must be the one who are properly educated if they are the ones who make sure that laws and rules are being followed . Serves as the It will serve as guide in police professionalism . Education in our policemen is very important with how they perform their duties and responsibilities

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    Icarus should have listened to Daedalus and took what he said into consideration when Daedalus cautioned him to be careful and to not fly too high to the sun or too low to the ocean. Children are often times more comfortable with extremes than adults are but being overly cautious and not cautious enough can both be bad things. Children should at least take into consideration what people who are older or more experienced have to say. Icarus would not listen to the advice‚ and warnings that Daedalus

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