ACT ONE SCENE ONE (South Boston‚ MA. The Manager’s office at the Dollar Store. There’s a cheesy motivational poster on the wall – “If You Can Dream It‚ You Can Achieve It.” Margaret‚ early 50’s‚ stands by the door while Stevie‚ her manager‚ late 20’s gets a file from a cabinet.) MARGARET Did she ever tell you the ham story? Up at Flanagan’s? STEVIE No. MARGARET When I worked up there‚ and she came in? She never told you that story? STEVIE (goes to his desk) I don’t think so. MARGARET She
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GRAHAM v. CONNOR‚ 490 U.S. 386 (1989) Dethorne Graham‚ who is a diabetic‚ asked a friend‚ William Berry‚ to drive him to a store to purchase some juice to neutralize the start of an insulin reaction. When Dethorne Graham entered the store‚ he saw the number of people that would be ahead of him‚ Dethorne Graham hurried out and asked William Berry to drive him to a friend’s house instead. Connor‚ a Charlotte‚ North Carolina police officer‚ became wary after seeing Dethorne Graham quickly enter
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A passionate‚ self-willed and persistent character yet an in-valid. Vincent Freeman‚ a character in Andrew Niccols film “Gattaca” achieves more‚ whilst being imperfect whereas the perfect not so much. Gattaca focuses on the perfection and the high expectations but not so many achieve as much as Vincent does. In the film‚ Anton Freeman‚ his younger brother has several rounds with him in the game ‘Chicken’ and Anton would win all the time‚ a sudden change occurs where Vincent comes out on top. Throughout
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Anne Frank believed that people were really good at heart. Striving for adulthood and adventure‚ she carried herself with great positivity and character throughout her days. Miss Anne Frank cherished things such as being outside and spending time with her family and friends. She believed that even though people might be horrible they still have good in their heart. “In spite of everything‚ I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne was a young girl and living in a harsh environment
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" Hester is not the protagonist‚ the chief actor‚ and the tragedy of the novel is not her tragedy but Arthur’s. He is the persecuted one‚ the tempted one. He it was whom the sorrows of death encompassed His public confession is one of the noblest climaxes of tragic literature." This review‚ controversial as it may be among Hawthorne’s readers and very possibly a bit of an overstatement‚ has a lot of truth in it. Obviously‚ Hester Prynne is the most obvious of the protagonists in "The Scarlet Letter"
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The Pros of Wealthy People Moving to Other Countries John Barlow April 13‚ 2013 The Pros of Wealthy People Moving to Other Countries. “As someone who has lived offshore for an extended period‚ I can assure you that the first thing that you learn when you move offshore‚ is that there is a huge tax break for living offshore ($70‚000 in 1994 and over $91‚000 in 2010). Therefore‚ if you live offshore and file your tax return‚ you will certainly take that exemption (Graver‚ 2010).” As we see
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Goodness - Natural or Caused by Religion Everyone knows the textbook definition of good: "morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious" (Dictionary.com). But this definition does not answer the evergrowing question: do people do good deeds because of religious reasons or because humans are naturally good? The Puritans were part the colonial period‚ were extremely religious and hardworking‚ and believed that people do good deeds out of fear of an angry God. However‚ the Humanists‚ who were part of the
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Patrick Edward Connor commanded the Stockton Blues of the California Militia at the outbreak of the Civil War. He quickly recruited the Blues to regimental strength and was appointed colonel‚ 4 September 1861. The regiment and two companies of the 2d California Cavalry were immediately ordered to Utah Territory to protect the Overland Stage and Pacific Telegraph rights of way‚ and to act as a force of observation in order to forestall any joint activity between Mormon recalcitrants and Southern sympathizers
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“Hetalia” is one of Japanese animations‚ in which all the countries of the world are represented as people. For example‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Switzerland‚ US‚ and Japan are Men. Liechtenstein‚ Belarus and Taiwan are described as Women. Last time in class I watched the episode of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. From the ways the anime describe the relationship between those two‚ it is clear that they are in dependency relationship: Liechtenstein depends on brother Switzerland. First of all‚ this is the
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Ivan Samchuk‚ period 5 Are people basically bad with good tendencies? Essentially though human beings (people) are flawed that makes them also prone to have the darker side making them err due to the significant things and matters that could influence development in all aspects and the survival in life. Basically people are bad with good tendencies‚ because of a few reasons. The first reason is that people are selfish. All selfish people display a very uncaring attitude and a strong “Me first”
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