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    Perge 1  Andrew Pergek  CP English 9  Mrs. Murgatroyd   March 13‚ 2015     Power‚ Deception‚ and Equality     Edward Abbey once said‚ “Power is always dangerous. Power acts the worst and  corrupts the best”. George Orwell wrote ​ Animal Farm​  to tell the truths about Stalin’s power and  corruption. ​ Animal Farm​  has many historical figures represented in it such as Stalin‚ Trotsky‚  Karl Marx‚ Rasputin‚ and many more. The books mimicked the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s  reign of Russia

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    Power Is The Cause Of All Corruption Power gives people a sense authority and strength. Too much power can help create dictatorships among power thirsty individuals. It opens up an opportunity for governments to become corrupt. In "Animal Farm"‚ George Orwell highlights different kinds of trades in animals and relate them back to various groups of people who keep trying to corrupt society today. With help of his bold and brutally honest writing Orwell does not miss to mention the individuals

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    True Biblical Fellowship? Message 1Acts 2:44-47by Cooper P Abrams III | | INTRODUCTION:   Some times familiar words lose their intended meaning. Such a word is "Fellowship" We use it a lot‚ but most times not in its biblical meaning.            In our day the word is used to describe gathering ranging from coffee and donuts to worship services. Most times it is associated with gathering where there is eating.            Now‚ there is nothing wrong with calling these fellowships. They are important

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    Power. The word itself instigates a conundrum of fear and attraction. The attraction for it‚ the attraction for more‚ and the attraction for seeking the absolute highest boundary of it. Those who thirst for it see visions of wealth‚ vast expansions territory‚ and above all‚ the ability to do whatever one wants whenever he wants. And those who thirst for it will seek it through whatever means necessary‚ whether it be a fistfight or a war. Necessity is the basic derivation for all hostility and aggression;

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    Police corruption is a complex issue. Police corruption or the abuse of authority by a police officer‚ acting officially to fulfill personal needs or wants‚ is a growing problem in the United States today. Things such as an Internal Affairs department‚ a strong leadership organization‚ and community support are just a few considerations in the prevention of police corruption. An examination of a local newspaper or any police-related publication in an urban city during any given week would most likely

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    With great power comes great responsibility. As police officers begin going through their training they soon realize the great power they will soon possess. As history and documented facts have shown us‚ many of them show great control and responsibility. On the other hand‚ there are a small percentage of officers who take advantage of their control and become corrupt. This brings scrutiny and lack of trust in police departments nationwide. Police corruption refers to police personnel who use their

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    Power Leads To Corruption “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on‚ until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood” (Orwell 84). In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Mr. Jones is a neglectful farm owner who gets thrown off his land by the animals. A communist government begins to form‚ but it would soon replaced with totalitarianism. Napoleon‚ a ruthless pig with a taste for blood‚ takes power. He performs executions‚ as well

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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ later fitted as a trilogy. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien’s earlier fantasy book The Hobbit and soon developed into a much larger story. It was written in stages between 1937 and 1949‚ with much of it being written during World War II. It was originally published in three volumes in 1954 and 1955‚ and has since been reprinted numerous times and translated

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    There are different reasons that people are tempted. LOTR In The Lord of the Ring‚ temptation is represented in the form of the one Ring. The longer you are with it the harder and harder it becomes too resist temptation. Our ability to choose is infringed upon as a result of giving in to that temptation before. The Ring became an addiction to the people around it‚ so people’s brains are clouded by that want for the Ring and it becomes harder and harder to let go of

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    The Ring of Gyges The " Ring of Gyges " is a short story from Plato ‘ s book‚ The Republic‚ written around the fifth century‚ B.C. Plato believed in an absolute truth and a greater good in mankind‚ " Ring of Gyges " is a parable told by Glaucon‚ who retained a more cynical view on us as humans. Glaucon’s argument is all people‚ given the chance to do wrong without consequence‚ will always do just that. He has no faith in man’s desire to do good‚ or act in a ‘just" manner. This excerpt from the

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