Do what is right “Don’t give up for your rights‚ stand up for your rights‚”Bob Marley. In Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson‚ one of the main characters‚ Jen Talbot demonstrated standing up for rights. Twelve-year-old Jen‚ who lived in a wealthy family‚ was illegal for being a third child. If the population police were aware of her existence‚ she would be sentenced to death immediately. Throughout the story‚ Jen attempted to find a resolution to the issue of the two-child policy ‚ in order
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Act four‚ of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible from 1953‚ he demonstrates that one must bend to the will of the court of Salem or follow their own moral guidelines. Miller uses dramatic dialogue‚ ethos and allegorical allusions‚ showing that the people in Salem have to make person choices to follow or abandon their morals. This act’s purpose is to show the mental strain on the characters in the play in order to show the difficulty of the decisions the characters must make. The implied ethical argument
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Hidden figure summary. The movie " Hidden figures " was made to acknowledge the forgotten efforts and successes of three African American women‚ who fought for what was right even with the opposition they faced. These three women have been forgotten but their works are to be forever remembered. Katherine Johnson‚ a physiatrist and a mathematician who contributed to the United States space program; Mary Jackson‚ the first African American female engineer; and Dorothy Vaugh‚ NASA’s first African American
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Why did the Salem settlement need a theocracy? The author’s notes say that the Puritans chose a theocracy to maintain unity in their settlement. Why had the settlers begun to turn toward individualism? ... How does Miller characterize Parris? He is a man who symbolizes the particular quality of moral repression & paranoia that drive the trials. Miller immediately establishes Parris as a man whose main concern is his reputation & status in the community‚ rather than
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Mac Morton 12 April 2013 English 12 Essay Question Although Miller’s The Crucible takes place in the late 1600’s‚ its lessons are still applicable to us in 2013. This short essay focuses on three specific lessons that I have learned from the play‚ which are the negative effects of mass hysteria‚ the consequences of deviating from social norms‚ and the dominance of patriarchy. The first lesson that I learned was that mass hysteria often creates harmful stereotypes. In the play‚ mass hysteria
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Columbia International College Tuesday April 8th‚ 2013 In the contemporary world‚ it might be common for men to have affairs with other women‚ but in the 1690s‚ America‚ it was unforgivable for men to do it and they would be punished. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor has an affair with Abigail‚ which is condemned in that society‚ so it is reasonable for John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth to marginalize Abigail to safeguard their reputation and family. For one thing‚ Mr. Proctor and Elizabeth need
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Gerald Graff‚ however‚ expresses his different perspective in his article‚ Hidden Intellectualism. By looking back at his childhood‚ he realizes that his non-academic interest‚ which is reading sports magazines‚ is the actual foundation to his current social position as a professor and a writer. Similarly to Graff with his interest in sports magazines‚ the first batch of brownies that I made was the discovery of my hidden intellectualism
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Always a motive by Dan Ross shows the struggle of a man to prove his innocence despite strong evidence against him. The investigating officer does not understand him‚ and he is presumed guilty. The theme is portrayed that individuals may take surprising actions that are not known by others. This theme is effectively reviled through its characters‚ and title. * The characters Joe Manetti and Inspector Winters are essential to the portrayal of the theme. Joe‚ who is a dynamic character‚ is progressively
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Sheilah Sarmiento Com220 Sharon Dacotah November 22‚ 2008 Classifications and Motives of a Violent Criminal In today’s world there is violence lurking around every corner‚ on every channel and in many homes‚ but it is nothing new. In a final interview in 1989 with an infamous serial murderer‚ “There are those loose in [people’s] towns and communities‚ like me‚ whose dangerous impulses are being fueled‚ day in and day out‚ by violence in the media in its various forms‚” (Dobson‚ 1995) was a partial
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In Arthur Millers play‚ The Crucible‚ you can easily uncover the effects of three main characters guilt. You can clearly see as the story unfolds that John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Procter and John Hale all are very much affected by their overwhelming guilt. Each has different causes for their guilty consciences and certainly different outcomes. Throughout this analysis I will discuss those three characters and go in depth on how their guilt drove them to their deaths and unfulfilled futures. John
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