On December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese attacked the United States naval station and its associated air defense bases at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This disaster could have occurred for several reasons. Japanese decoded messages made it clear that war was imminent. It was the fault of the United States government for not providing adequate information to commanders in Hawaii detailing Japan ’s intentions. However‚ it was equally the fault of the local commanders at Pearl Harbor for not acting on whatever
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Was Judge Dee A Good Magistrate? Living in the time of the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD)‚ Dee Jen-djieh came from a long line of prefects and high-ranking government officials. He studied calligraphy‚ painting‚ poetry and Confucianism. He took the civil service exams and was placed as the district magistrate of Chang-Ping where he became a judge. Throughout the book‚ Judge Dee takes on many complex cases and with his education in Confucian beliefs is able to catch each criminal and provide justice
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proceedings are fairly administered‚ and‚ ideally‚ an impartial judge plays the role of a wise referee who both interprets the rules and ensures that they are followed. While an impartial judge is ideal‚ it must be acknowledged that judges are imperfect human beings who are prone to be influenced by politics‚ lobbyists‚ and current events. That being said‚ the ideology of impartiality is not always a realistic concept. In a perfect world‚ judges who felt that they could not rule on a case without exhibiting
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The most important word in The Crucible is God because the word is used to defend and prosecute others and has an ironic meaning throughout the play. The word God is more important than other words because God is used to defend and prosecute others. To the villagers‚ all of their actions are judged by God and all sins are irredeemable. Although this is a large burden‚ it also holds the community together and prevents any form of disunity. However at the start of the story‚ this community begins
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The Wise Judge Narrator 1 : The widow Yemswitch was a good old woman. But she had long since grown hard of hearing. She had a small flock of sheep that she tended. One day‚ the sheep wandered. Setting out to look for them‚ she met farmer Mulugueta who had just finished his plowing. Widow : “Ato Mulugueta‚” said the widow‚ “have you seen my sheep today?” Narrator 2 :
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parents or freeing yourself of inner demons‚ which is what Isabel Allende writes about in the "The Judges Wife". The two main characters‚ Nicolas Vidal and Casilda are both trying to find freedom from their inner demons and fight their desires for love and intimacy‚ but Isabel Allende shows that no matter how hard you try‚ everyone must eventually give into their desires. In the "Judges Wife"‚ "Nicolas Vidal had always known a woman would cost him his life". (203) This prediction
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Judges 1-7‚ 9‚ 11 – The book of Judges appears to pick up after the death of Joshua‚ but it does recount a few events that occurred in Joshua’s time. However‚ these events are portrayed in a much different way. Instead of the Promised Land being totally under the control of the Israelites‚ there are people groups and areas of the land that have yet to be conquered. The writer justifies this difference by explaining that YHWH let those people live so as to be a test for the Israelites – will they
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located in Massachusetts‚ several young girls fell ill. They experienced seizures and hallucinations and the town attributed it to the devil or evil spirits. Arthur Miller’s book‚ The Crucible‚ tells the story of these girls and the series of hearings and trials that destroyed the town. A critical theme in The Crucible is the role that hypocrisy can play in tearing apart a community even though the people of Salem are of Puritan belief‚ they practice and claim to have moral standards but they do not
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After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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Most think that the justice system gets it right most of the time. Unfortunately this is not the case. Many people go to prison or end up on death row despite being innocent‚ like Anthony Graves. In 48 Hour’s “Grave Injustice” we see Anthony Graves’ case; Graves was put on death row for a crime he did not commit. In this case like many others out there the fault is not in the system itself but the people. In the Graves case there were many discrepancies that came to light after the conviction..
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