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    individuality. Each person is assigned a job and purpose and they are taught not to question anything. Though it seems like our society is the opposite of that idea and is instead one that encourages individuals to be unique‚ it hasn’t always been like that. I believe that it’s in social constructs that "The Giver" parallels current society. There are still certain social expectations that influence and often dictate an individual’s life. The book was also written for a middle to

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    defend the nation‚ provide security for everyone‚ and common good. The constitution not only set forth governmental powers but defined our fundamental freedoms such as freedoms to speech‚ due process of laws and equal protection. The constitution today is the oldest‚ most successful constitution known to man. The constitution evolved overtime to reflect the diverse population in the United States. Though it is reflective of

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    hierarchy that had enabled capitalist societies to function. While Marx’s theories‚ in many instances have been falsified and predictions invalid‚ his ideas about class struggle and conflict being a motivator for change is still relevant in contemporary society. The disparity of wealth between occupations in Australia demonstrates that class stratification is still inherent within society and the recent Qantas airline dispute is a relevant example of this. Marx’s theory of class struggle originates with

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    Polina Vulakh William Mullen First Year Seminar 09/29/2012 On the Discrepancies in Socrates’ Argument of What Truly Is in Plato’s Republic In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates presents us with the notion that there exists an entire realm of what truly is: That someone who’s a lover of learning in his very being would be of such a nature as to strive toward what is‚ and wouldn’t linger with the many particular things that have a seeming of being‚ but would keep going and not blunt the edge of

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    influenced by Socrates and carried on his work in the same vane. Plato‚ who’s real name was Aristocales - the son of Ariston‚ a man of influential ancestry - who had studied the philosophies of the Pythagoreans‚ the Heracliteans‚ and the Eleatics‚ but who’s chief association was seven years with Socrates. After travelling around the Mediterranean region‚ he returned to Athens and founded his own school (387 B.C.) in the Grove of Academus‚ whence it is called "the Academy." As intimated‚ Socrates work

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    Racism Racism is one of the world’s major issues today. "Nine out of ten people in society today believe that racism does not exist and is something that affects millions of people everyday" (Hutchinson 5). Many people are not aware of how much racism still exists in our schools‚ workforces‚ and anywhere else where social lives are occurring. It is obvious that racism is bad as it was many decades ago‚ but it sure has not gone away. Racism very much exists and it is about time that people

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    2013-2-14 Putin is a good example of Machiavelli’s ideas. Putin was elected by the president for two times‚ He was also the second and the forth(current) prime minister . He is famous by his powerful policy‚ in his term of office‚ he is more focus on develop Russian’s military strength‚ and he always take a tough stance towards the foreign policy. Moreover‚ he is concentrate on the advocacy of human rights‚ though this work is contentious. Machiavelli will think Putin is a great leader

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    William Shakespeare is still relevant to modern students today as his poetry & particularly his plays‚ they are still among the greatest ever and always will be. His work will always be unmatched in the history of the English language. Even though Shakespeare’s sonnets were written over four-hundred years ago‚ they are still relevant today because all of the ideas and issues that Shakespeare addresses in his sonnets are still relevant to people today. Shakespeare had a very good understanding of

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    judgment about someone and treating him or her inversely than other groups because they are from another ethnicity. In today’s society racism is said to be judging a men not by his characteristic or his brain but by his race. Majorities of people today think that racism does not exist in America‚ but every single day people in the United States are raising their children to believe that it is ok to think lower of other people and actually teaching their young ones how to hate people who are simply

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    The world needs something to fix the chaotic state it is in and chivalry is that factor. Chivalry is still necessary today to help people understand the morals that are still needed in the world today. Back in the days of the knights they lived by this code which was chivalry. They had rules that made them better as a community‚ and keep everything running smoothly. If that could be brought back to today’s society things might start to run a little smoother again. If we would embrace chivalry in

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