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    Jean Valjean

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    Valjean Jean Valjean begins the story as an ex-convict who violated the eighth commandment‚ thou shall not steal‚ when he was younger and is now seeking shelter. Luckily‚ a kind bishop takes him in and also saves him from imprisonment when he steals the silver. Stealing from a man that has help Valjean‚ shows that Valjean isn’t a thankful and grateful character at the beginning of his long development. After skipping over ten years into Valjean’s future‚ he is a wealthy mayor and factory owner. As

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    Evil In Animal Farm

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    cruelness was not just Mr. Jones. Napoleon had a big part in it to. Old Major had a meeting to take out the humans. After Old Major dies‚ Napoleon and Snowball take over. They are the ones in charge and they make rules and commandments‚ just like Jesus did. Also‚ if these commandments were not followed‚ the animals or animal would be abolished. Who knew so much tyranny could happen on one farm. Animal Farm is a historical novel‚ set in England but dealing with the events leading up to and after the

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    Clover went with whatever her leaders said‚ even if she thought she remembered differently. In the book Clover thought she remembered that the commandments had a rule against beds‚ so she went to the wall where they commandments are. “ “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” page number she announced finally clover had not remembered that fourth commandment mentioned sheets; but it was there on the wall it must have done so”. This quote shows how even though she knew she remembered differently‚

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    Anonymous: a Gift

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    Proctor home. He notes that the Proctors have not often attended church and that their youngest son is not yet baptized. Proctor explains that he does not like Parris’s particular theology. Hale asks them to recite the Ten Commandments. Proctor obliges but forgets the commandment prohibiting adultery. At Elizabeth’s urging‚ Proctor informs Hale that Abigail told him that the children’s sickness had nothing to do with witchcraft. Taken aback‚ Hale replies that many have already confessed. Proctor

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    Finny Is God

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    Finny is God A Christ figure is a technique used in story-telling that is an allusion between the book’s character and Jesus Christ. Before I read the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles the idea of a Christ figure was unbeknownst to me. After some research‚ I found that there are many Christ figures‚ not only in literature but in films as well. Mufasa‚ Frodo‚ Superman‚ E.T.‚ Optimus Prime & McMurphy were among my favorites. Themes and Symbols are an amazing part of story telling and the Christ

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    Armenian Genocide

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    genocide could have been prevented with the help of all the allied countries and German officials. A political group made up of young Turks‚ the committee of union and progress [CUP]‚ made a secret document which they called "The Ten Commandments". The Ten Commandments are basically blue prints for the planned mass murder of the Armenians (notes). Explaining the contents of this document a cover note was written by British officials and it said‚ "My informant declares that messengers were sent to

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    of the Russian Revolution to manipulate those with simple minds and in particular‚ the Bolshevik community. They were induced into committing to the campaign of Dr Goebbels and Joseph Stalin. Propaganda is the term used to describe the form of commandment that is intended at influencing the attitude of a community toward a certain issue. The novel ‘Animal Farm’ co-responds to the theme ‘simple minds fall subject to propaganda’‚ much like the events in history. This is shown through the characterisation

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    Animal Farm

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    power over the other animals. Squealer is constantly persuading other animals and this is demonstrated in the altering of the commandments. The motto ‘All animals are equal‚ but some are more equal than others’ was painted on the wall by Squealer outlining the hierarchy taking place on the farm that ultimately has the pigs on top. He also justifies the removal of the commandments. Squealer advocates the banning of the song ‘Beasts of England’ and the poem ‘Comrade Napoleon’ much to the disappointment

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    Roman Catholics and Buddhism both don’t like violence (war) but believe in peace. Roman Catholics must not love violence instead; they must promote peace whenever possible. They were once taught that pacifists were the enemies of humankind and that war was just a responsibility if it was a ‘just war’. But now this is no longer an official teaching and that Catholics have a pacifist tradition where churches argue and refuse to participate in violence such as capital punishment and warfare‚ but Roman

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    Worldviews

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    exist?” Humanism sees mankind as a highly evolved animal and through reason can conclude that man has right and responsibility to give value to her/his life. Deuteronomy 11:13 and Leviticus 19:18 explains that we are to know God by following his commandment and love him for ourselves. The question of Morality or Ethics asks “what is meant by right and wrong?” and “how should we live?” When declaring something is right or wrong‚ one is expressing emotions rather stating facts. Right and wrong are

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