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    One final similarity between Ned and Clyde is in the manner in which their crime sprees‚ and ultimately their lives were ended. David Thompson of The Guardian describes the ending as “Orgasmic‚ yet it crept in under the tattered remnants of the old censorship system.” In the film’s final scene Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed on the side of the road while they were attempting to help a sympathizer with car trouble. It starts out with startled birds flying out of the bushes‚ then Bonnie and Clyde exchange

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    Source E: A historical picture taken of Mussolini and Hitler‚ emphasising their alliance and similarities in state. The picture was taken at a march where both leaders are seen to be leading the military forces. ORIGINS: Source E is a primary source‚ a historical picture found in a book called The History of World War II‚ Volume 1. The purpose of this photograph is to record a historical event. To show the two dictators joining forces as allies and leading their countries forward. This photograph

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    "The Sisters"‚ "Araby" and "an Encounter" These three short stories are from James Joyce’s "Dubliners"‚ first published in 1914. The short stories are meant to be a naturalistic description of the Irish middleclass living in Dublin‚ around 1900. "The Sisters" tells about a nameless boy and his relationship with a‚ now dead‚ priest‚ Father Flynn. The priest acted as a mentor for the boy. The story starts with the boy pondering over Father Flynn’s illness. Later he learns that the priest is dead

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    Ramadan in Britain during the early Eighties‚ when I was growing up‚ was very different from the way it is now. There was no awareness of the rotating month of fasting in the Islamic calendar‚ no flexibility to working hours‚ no facility for prayer in offices and no calls for prayer on television. For one month every year‚ my family and I would undertake this annual Islamic duty furtively‚ tip-toeing around for the pre-dawn meal for fear of waking up the neighbours with the kitchen clatter‚ and

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    In his novel Candide‚ he thoroughly shares his thoughts on religion. In the text‚ the Pope himself has a daughter‚ breaking the papal oath. Voltaire also used an interaction between Candide and an old man to stress the hostile practices of the church. When Candide was questioning a man about his people’s religion‚ he asked the man about meeting a priest. The man replied that there were no priests‚ and everyone worshipped God

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    can be religious but he also wanted to maintain his rebellious reputation. Throughout the novel‚ Samad demands that his children be good Muslims; Millat to mock his father decides to prove his religious aspect by choosing the most extreme version of Islam he has access to. Samad is not pleased and that was Miller’s intent.When Magid moves back to England‚ Samad has to admit that his strategy failed. Magid has become an atheist and Millat is consumed by an extreme Muslim fundamentalist group that is

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    In 1000 BCE to 600 BCE‚ China and India developed similar and different characteristics. China’s political structure was more rigid‚ reflected by their belief systems‚ while India’s loose governing relied on Hinduism to bring unity. Both China and India shared similar social developments in the deepening of a patriarchal system which belief systems worsened the conditions of women’s rights. China and India’s had different political structure because China’s rigid government rule was justified by

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    The mayans and the aztecs are very interesting civilisation‚ they are very advanced and they have many informations but little information on the origin‚they have a lot of similarities and differences‚Plus they had a huge impact in now days.The mayans and aztecs religion is very interesting which i will cover in this essay. The mayans origin and development has little known information about it.The history of Maya civilisation is divided into three principal periods‚ the first one is Preclassic

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    After reviewing Marx’s and Kuyper’s ideas for improving society and ending poverty‚ twenty-first century Christians should remember that these idea were conceived more than a hundred years ago. While many Christians may readily agree with Kuyper‚ they must consider how well his ideas would function today before implanting them. Although the same statement could be made about Marx‚ Christians should be wary of his support of communism. Even though he is correct about the need for reform‚ he neglects

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    On the other hand‚ there were similarities between both Africans and the Americans is the Whites rule as the main factor‚ and Africans and Americans also protested through acts of disobedience. They both had similar laws that segregated many publics areas between Blacks and White and prevented interracial marriage. Protesters from both countries received brutal force by the police‚ the police used this force to dismantle the protests. They both abolished previous laws that were created for racial

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