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    10 AP Prep 23 September 2013 The Precious and Prevailing Times of the Puritans and the Amish Many hands get things done. When everyone contributes they reach their goal faster and more efficiently. The Puritans came about during the 1600’s‚ and this astounding group of people was portrayed by the four tenets: industriousness‚ temperance‚ sobriety‚ and simplicity. Industriousness was the most important to the Puritans during their time; because they used both physical and mental factors to

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    rational parts of organizational life" ( Morgan‚ G. 1986) Discuss the issues raised in the quotation above‚ and comment on: • • • the effects of organization culture on the design of organization structure; the effects of national culture on organization culture; and the ways in which power exists in different organization cultures. Metaphor is a method to explain a phenomenon or create meaning by using one element of experience to understand another. Gareth Morgan uses this tool for building up theories

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    at the beggining of the film the film maker morgan spurlock has decided to begin super size me with the kids singing he has used this technique to appeal to a young audience. they use this song at the beggining of the film to suggest the problem of obesity and fast food starts with children and also suggests that fast food is aimed at children. The irnoic thing about the quote by Ray Kroc is that he suggests corruption within the fast food industry it reveals the audience some truths. this is used

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    Corruna‚ tells of the hardships involved with being a half-caste and trying to get ahead in life. The fourth‚ Sally Morgan‚ the author‚ describes what it was like to grow up with a false sense of identity. She records the events in her life which signify the time when she knew nothing of her heritage and was struggling to understand herself and the different mannerisms of her family. White society established their dominance over the indigenous people of Australia by exercising social and political

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    Robert Morgan‚ author of the article‚ “There is No True History of the Westward Expansion‚” has central ideas to his articles that can be agreed with. His central ideas are that it wasn’t just the well-known people of history that made history‚ most of it was the masses. Morgan’s central ideas of crediting history to the thousands of people that aren’t well known are agreeable‚ in which this composition will explain why his central ideas are agreed upon. In the book‚ Undaunted Courage‚ by Stephen

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    Looking for Guidance: From the Perspective of the Puritans and the Native Americans People have always looked at the vastness of the Earth and the universe and have wondered from where it all came‚ including where mankind itself originated. Many people of the past have attributed their creation to supernatural powers‚ such as higher spirits or a god‚ and have recorded their coming into existence in a story. In the case of the Puritans‚ their creation myth is found in Genesis‚ while on the other

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    can represent Puritan Society rather than the round character that can be seen on the surface level. This is seen through the imagery and symbolism of hypocrisy‚ Dimmesdale as a Christ figure‚ and the scarlet letter.<br><br>First of all‚ Hawthorne parallels the hypocrisy of Dimmesdale to that of Puritan society. Hawthorne describes Dimmesdale as‚ "a viler companion of the vilest‚ the worst of sinners‚" even though Dimmesdale is seen as the most holy man in the Puritan community. Puritan society was

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    Jonathan Edwards lived in a time where God was the utmost importance in daily activities and lives. Puritans could understand the suffering their ancestors endured and why they fled from Great Britain in hope of serving God without interruptions or persecutions. As America grew‚ the concern that the population was becoming more secular was in the minds of Puritans. Jonathan Edwards was in a time where fear that the population has turned away from God and his sermons was the reflection of this outcome

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    was printed in ink. And neither can we. Modern America will never escape the history left behind by the Puritan society. The flaws that we have in our current society are of Puritan origin and are splitting images of them. After being born‚ we are raised under the influences of Puritanism. From The Lost Generation to Generation Alpha‚ all children are indoctrinated to value education. Puritans too‚ value education and it is embroidered into American history by the building

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    The Sketch of the Puritan in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter Cherry Wang The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne expresses the aspects of relationships‚ religion‚ community‚ discipline and punishment in the puritan community of 17th century Boston. A young woman‚ Hester Prynne is led from the town prison with her infant daughter. She was being punished for adultery. While waiting for her husband Hester had an affair with the priest‚ Dimmesdale and gave birth to a baby. The missing husband

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