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    Midterm Essays Josephine Malik C J 246-10 Human Relations in a Diverse Society Instructor Hynes Lisa‚ Kaplan University July 08‚ 2008 2 Essay 1 History of women in law enforcement Women only make up a scant 13 present of major police agencies nation-wide‚ according to the National Center for Women and policing. In 1845‚ New York hired its first police “matron”. In 1888‚ Massachusetts and New York passed legislation that required communities with population over 20‚000 to hire police matrons

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    Jonathan Cain Jonathan Cain went through a crazy‚ musical life that was a whirlwind. This life was started on February 26‚ 1950. The mastery of the piano and accordion in his childhood enabled him to get the beat to write the beautiful lyrics in his masterpieces. He now has a lyrical poem based life that came from playing with many different bands. Two of those poems‚ from when he was with Journey‚ really stuck out to me with the meaning and beat to the song. Jonathan Cain has a great mind of

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    04 September‚ 2013 English 123 Johnathan Livingston Seagull the Christian Allegory The book Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a Christian Allegory. What is an allegory you might ask‚ let me better inform you. An allegory is a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another‚ a symbolical narrative. An example of an allegory is Johnathan Livingston Seagull the book itslef. Johanthan Livingston Seagull

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    Beauty In Vulgarity During his life‚ Jonathan Swift wrote about a number of different topics and often utilized the concept of imagery. Two of his poems‚ “Description of a City Shower” and “The Lady’s Dressing Room” are just some examples from his extensive body of work. Although they both differ in their subject matter‚ both are alike in their vivid descriptions and ability to connect with the reader’s senses. Many poets in Swift’s time used their writing skills to paint an aesthetically pleasing

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    The short story Jonathan Swift a Modest Proposal takes place in the United Kingdom during the turn of the century. The story is a satire of aristocratic opinions of the time about what to do with the mass amount of impoverished persons during the time. In the novel‚the way the author satires the upperclass of the time‚ is by recommending a final solution for the impoverished; turning them into food for the upperclass. The way that the author uses cannibalism in a very grim matter is quite disturbing

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    extreme importance in human nature. From the way we perform certain tasks to how we behave in public‚ a crucial factor in the never-ending journey of discovering oneself includes individuality. The perception of individuality shifts in American literature from early Puritan beliefs to the Romanticism movement. With such a significant aspect like individuality there has been plenty of various views on the subject‚ like the difference between Emerson’s view in "Self Reliance" and Jonathan Edwards in "Sinners

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    Outline Thesis statement: In the satire “A Modest Proposal‚” Jonathan Swift addresses a problem that is extremely serious on a grand scale and uses a somber tone to present his solution; however‚ in the parody “An Innocent Proposal‚” Benjamen Pewitt refers to a less significant concern and his plan to fix it is meant to be hilarious. I. Problem A. Swift B. Pewitt II. Solution A. Swift B. Pewitt   Most people have watched and probably laughed at the television series South Park or the

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    Jonathan Edwards’ persona in this sermon is powerful‚ enforcing his view of God’s power and using imagery to describe God’s wrath vividly. The tone throughout the sermon is very intense‚ creating imagery for the audience to better understand his beliefs about how an angry God deals with sinners. This is an excerpt‚ depicting the key parts of the full sermon. Throughout the sermon‚ Edwards’ use of imagery gives the audience an image of God holding the sinners over the pits of hell‚ their fates

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    Jonathan Livingston Seagull In the book‚ Jonathan Livingston Seagull‚ by Richard Bach there are many life lessons to be learned‚ but there are a select few that really affected me. Some of the lessons I got out of the book were how to live freely‚ how to make tough choices‚ how to challenge your own limiting self-beliefs‚ and how to reach your own self-discovery. Each lesson has its own purpose and would definitely be useful in my life at this point in time. The first lesson that became obvious

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    Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary The Life of Jonathan Edwards A Paper Submitted to Dr. Gregory Tomlin In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course American Christianity CHHI 692 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Biographical Outline 4-5 Survey of Edwards Life 5-18 Work Written By Jonathan Edwards 19-20 Bibliography 21-22 Abstract Through out Jonathan Edwards’ life he focused on preaching and expressing his views

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