the first chapter of his book‚ ’The Social Contract’‚ in which he attempts to lay out his views of governments and what makes them good or bad. It helps to include the next few sentances‚ I think: "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others‚ and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? That question I think I can answer." To Rousseau‚ everyone was born independant and with
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thirty-three year old‚ I truly believed that I was too old for college. After high school‚ I was in a home situation that required I enter the work field right away. I made excuses for not attending college‚ often blaming it on money or time. The more years that passed‚ the more I embraced those excuses. I told myself‚ ?It had been too long since I was in school‚ I don?t remember any of it?‚ ?there?s no way I could do it?‚ ?I?d have to start from the very bottom‚ and it will take too long to graduate?
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tampering of evidence. Everything from the CIA to JFK’s limousine driver has been part of various theories as to who really killed Kennedy. Officially‚ Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald but many people believe that there were multiple gunmen involved in the assassination. Oswald is known as the man who killed the President based on the official word from the government. He had been hired by the Texas School Book Depository a month prior to the assassination. This job was instrumental in
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1. The theme of “I‚ Too”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is that African Americans are an integral part of American society and they deserve the right to live equally. The theme of “Harlem”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is that the dreams of African Americans are forgotten‚ pushed aside‚ and simply never achieved; even though African Americans are freed from oppression‚ they still face discrimination in the American society. 2. Two literary devices in “I‚ Too” are a metaphor and the use of repetition. There is
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Lost in the War In the poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” a short eulogy is presented at a funeral for an unidentified soldier. When providing details about the citizens life‚ the speaker instead uses impersonal facts and government based statistics‚ rather than intimate components about who the soldier was personally. The author also displays the tone of the poem as lighthearted‚ making the speaker seem untroubled about the death of the soldier. In W.H Auden’s poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” the author uses
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman If I Were a Man The notion of crossing boundaries is explored throughout the text‚ based around the notion of gender roles‚ in context of the early 20th century. The gender roles presented fit the expectations at that time in society however present wide differences between the opportunities of man and expectations of woman and showing the barriers between the genders. Molly has everything she could want as a woman however wishes she was a man conveying the notion of an
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"Neutral Tones" by Thomas Hardy is very neutral in tone; its melancholic note is created by a narrator reflecting on the termination of a relationship. Throughout‚ a soothing yet depressing language illustrates this duality. Hardy uses a variety of techniques to highlight sadness and emotions in the narrator. In the first stanza the scene and atmosphere is set‚ "we stood by a pond that winter day".No harsh sounds are present and the sentence epitomises the tranquillity yet disheartening nature of
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“I don’t want to be on the Team” The tone of the monologue‚ Off the Court‚ is confident yet thoughtful. This tone ties the story together‚ making the monologue serious. Because of this‚ the reader feels empathy for the main character’s troubles. Tone and diction of poems are important to determine how the author would’ve wanted it read. The tone and diction of this monologue makes the reader take it seriously so most teens can relate to what the author is saying. The tone of this monologue
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Bradstreet writes a poem that seeks to understand her role as a female poet in a male-dominated Puritan society. She knows that her poetry is perceived as inferior because it was considered the province of men and appear to humble herself within the context of the poem by indicating her unworthiness‚ yet through the subtext‚ Bradstreet craftily challenges men and proves her poetic prowess. With an eloquent mixture of apologia and verbal irony‚ Anne Bradstreet produces a powerful poem that displays her
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“What Killed Audiolingualism” Audiolingualism is one of the nine 20th century language teaching approaches which was based on contrastive analysis about behaviorism and structuralism‚ and was created as a reaction to the reading approach that was lacking of emphasis on oral-aural skills. The results of this approach‚ audiolingual approach‚ were generally regarded a great success. The small groups of learners and high motivation were the caveats that undoubtedly contributed to the success of the
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