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    Fitzgerald is known for his outstanding work in American Literature. With that comes horrible criticism but also great praise. Some believe that his works has shaped literature as it is today and others obviously think the complete opposite. His book‚ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has received both sides of the spectrum and will continue as long as it is recognized for American Literature. F Scott Fitzgerald has identified the American Dream with downfalls and misconceptions in The Curious

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    head: SHOULD PRISONERS BE 1 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility June 10‚ 2012 SHOULD PRISONERS BE 2 Should Prisoners Be Treated as Human Beings? Some people believe that once a person commits a crime or breaks the law‚ they no longer get to exercise their human rights. In fact‚ they believe that prisoners do not deserve

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    Position Paper In the novel Crime and Punishment‚ Fyodor Dostoevsky introduces a complex‚ contemptuous character known as Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Living in a poor urban setting of St. Petersburg‚ Russia‚ Raskolnikov retains his proud mental state emotionally-detached from humanity. This semi-delirious mental state presents Raskolnikov with two choices: murder his pawnbroker or rejoin humanity. Many critical events occur leading up to the brutal murder‚ shaping Raskolnikov’s personality‚

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    Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law‚ term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy‚ or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution. However‚ in recent times efforts have been made to reduce these treatments

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    Punishment has been set in place by society as a safety net. This is does not mean it prevents crime‚ in fact in some instances it may lead to the fabricating of more crime. By trying to punish iniquities done by others‚ one commits other severities. Punishment does not deter crime and can even turn others to breaking the law. One of the reasons society relies so heavily on punishments is because there is a common fallacy in place involving the benefits of having punishments set. Punishment doesn’t

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    Retribution is of the main reasons and is the philosophy that is the criminal’s punishment that shall be determined on the severity of the crime that has been committed. The retribution philosophy goes by the Old Testament which states “eye for an eye.” Deterrence is also another reason. The basis of deterrence is its effectiveness that a criminal will realize their punishment from the crime actually outweighs the crime itself. The philosophy goes to say that the criminal prevents the return of the

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    reason through the correct course of action involving human punishment for crime. Crime is considered negative in society‚ a breach in the way one should behave. The problems arise when the time comes to punish a criminal. There are disagreements over the severity of a crime‚ the mentality of the criminal‚ and the correct penalty that should result from that crime among other things. Kant and the Utilitarian perspective on crime and punishment do not coincide. Both philosophical viewpoints seem convincing

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    differences‚ Americans are held together by the promise of a better life. In celebration of the tenth anniversary of Forbes.com‚ this three-part-series examines the idea of the American Dream. In part one‚ we ask more than 60 great achievers to answer the question‚ "What is the American Dream?" In part two‚ we take a look at the pursuit of property‚ and an icon of that dream: a house with a white picket fence. And in part three we dissect the promise --and the myth-- that every American has an opportunity

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    but we learned pretty damn quick." This quote was extracted from the  book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ and exemplifies the power that the war  had in exploiting one’s innocence. The Vietnam war drastically altered the soldier’s  American Dreams due to the great abundance of evil which was celebrated throughout the  war. The novel The Things they Carried‚ the movie "Platoon‚" as well as an actual story  from a Vietnam Veteran each‚ in their own ways‚ allude to the powerful ability that

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    10/18/2012 Ruzich & Grant develop a theory around predatory lending and the American Dream that states that “the use of the metaphor predatory lending has allowed the complex story of the subprime mortgage crisis to be reduced to a simple and dramatic narrative” (Ruzich & Grant). They develop that theory in the conclusion of their article Predatory Lending and the Devouring of the American Dream by discussing how the metaphor has worked to distract from other contributing factors such

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