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    INSTITUTIONS DO NOT LIMIT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM. From the field of political science to law and other social sciences‚ the topic whether or not institutions limit individual’s right and freedom is a staple in the political menu. Those in support believe that government and other agencies use institutions to brainwash and tame individuals and by so doing they amass excessive power. This argument is lean at best. To say that institutions like every other activity has some weaknesses cannot be overemphasized

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    In this paper‚ I will be talking about the protestant reformation. The protestant reformation was the breaking of the Catholic church’s power and the beginning of a new era for Christianity. God used a Catholic monk‚ Martin Luther‚ to see the light and spread it to the whole world that was in the dark. The Catholic church had made being a Christian a job instead of a loving relationship between the people and their creator. God’s Champion‚ Martin Luther‚ started a revolution that changed the course

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    Freedom can be defined as the state of being free from something that can control you. Everyone including teenagers or even kids wanted to be free from their parents’ control because they find that when they are free from someone’s control‚ they can do anything they want. Teenagers and kids would definitely seek for freedom as they love to discover new things. However‚ I agree to a large extent that boys should be given more freedom compared to girls. Firstly‚ what is the main characteristic of

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    The American dream is what people think of when they think of America‚ the land of opportunity‚ freedom‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Most people no longer know when the American dream originated and what the American dream use to mean to the founders of our country and our ancestors. Over the years the American dream has been warped and transformed‚ far from what it use to be. The American Dream use to be simple. Get a wife‚ settle down‚ have some kids‚ and own a

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    documentary ’’The Awakening’’ from ‘Eyes on the prize’ changed some of my beliefs regarding African-American Civil Rights Movement in the United States. I noticed that the black community and the bigots‚ two adverse groups‚ had something in common – Christianity. It was the backbone of their actions. The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist terrorist organization. With research‚ I learned that one of their goals is to bring back Protestant values in America. The black AmericansProtestants too‚ spent hours

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    energy. Hydro electricity is a renewable energy source because the water cycle ensures that there is always a supply of water with high potential energy in the power plant’s reservoir. Hydroelectricity provides more than 75% of electricity produced from renewable sources. In hydroelectric power plants‚ the water is utilized to move the turbine which in turn runs the electric generator. The potential energy of the water stored in the dam gets converted into the kinetic energy of the moving water in

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    relation to individual freedom? “Community‚ Identity‚ Stability.” -- The motto that shapes and defines the entire civilized world. Civilians like Lenina believe that the motto has given them their individual freedom. “I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody’s happy nowadays.” (Page 79) Ironically‚ Huxley was trying to convey the exact opposite message. The motto really speaks of a heavy price paid -- freedom in exchange for collective happiness. Freedom to feel‚ freedom of identity

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    English Views of Native Americans during Catholic-Protestant Conflict in the New World During the 16th and 17th century‚ as settlers from Europe continued to flock to the New World‚ technologies were being introduced that affected English views of Native Americans and how they saw Catholic‚ or more specifically‚ Spanish treatment of the Natives. Many countries wanted superiority in the Americas and to do that they needed more colonists and support from their homelands. To accomplish these goals

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    The Protestant Reformation Throughout the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was subject to much criticism and disappointment. The Great Schism brought about a feeling of mistrust and separation. More and more people of Europe were beginning to lose their faith in the church’s leadership. One man by the name of Martin Luther ignited a group of people who believed that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus and their meanings. They also believed that the Church was overly obsessed

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    Battles for Individual Freedom Dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one (The Free Dictionary). Characteristics of a dystopian society are shown throughout George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ and in the 2002 film Equilibrium directed by Kirk Wimmer. Winston Smith‚ in 1984‚ is a lower ranked member of society‚ with an outer party member job. He is watched twenty-four hours a day‚ seven days a week through telescreens

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