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    world. While I argued if Holden’s life story continues‚ he is going to live a productive life based on noticeable changes of his ability to handle personal relationship over the development of the plot. As a teenager‚ Holden seems to not care about anybody around him. To him‚ adulthood is full of phony individuals‚ those who had no similar experience as him or simply those who he did not know well enough. However‚ Holden is a caring and ingenious character in another perspective. His intense appreciation

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    To what extent did Australians enlist in 1914 to defend the ‘Mother country’? World War 1‚ the war to end all wars‚ lasted from 1914-1918. It was triggered by the assassination of the Archduke of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand which led to a global war that was centred in Europe. Officially‚ Australia as a whole enthusiastically and patriotically defended Great Britain at the outbreak of war in 1914. Australia was geographically and politically isolated from what was happening in Europe. However being

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    Social fragmentation occurred within nations as a result of sharp divisions between social classes such as the peasants and the elites. Slaves and peasants were usually suppressed and carefully controlled out of fear from the creoles that similar events to that of the Haitian Revolution would occur. Political difference lead to the break up of unified nations such as Gran Colombia into individual nations. Wars often occur between them as some nations such as Mexico attempted to create a monarchy. All

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    The American Dream‚ Family‚ and Fighting to Fulfill Dreams all have a predominant role in Raisin in The Sun‚ and throughout the plot all of these issues are addressed. As the play goes on‚ you can see and learn the character’s hopes and aspirations‚ and the obstacles and problems they will face to try to fight to see their dreams happen. As a colored family in the 1960’s in suburban Chicago‚ due to what was going on in the times around them‚ this family believes that maybe colored people are being

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    intolerant society or not in the… America was rather intolerant in the 1920’s as in the southern part of USA‚ many blacks were not treated equally‚ as they came under the ‘Jim Crow’ laws‚ meaning that they were segregated from the white people. The black community were also carried on living in poverty‚ even in the Northern areas where even though they were treated a little more equally‚ they were still given the poorest houses and lowest wages. This showed the USA to be a very intolerant society. America

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    Between 1840 and 1860‚ many technological improvements increased industrial productivity. Before this‚ earlier in the 1800s‚ there was an industrial revolution where steam-run textile mills were put to use in northern America. The North’s economy‚ focused around manufacturing and wheat‚ was recovering from the Panic of 1837. Investors had stopped putting all their money into agriculture and began to invest in factories‚ railroads‚ and development of new machines. Industries of America became

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    Real Equality between Men and Women in Society Jessica B1001386 Introduction to Anthropology HAN 101 Dr. K.H. Chin‚ PhD (ANU) Introduction In 1848‚ slavery was legal in much of the United States and the social standing of all women‚ regardless of color‚ was far below that of men. Back then‚ in much of the country‚ women could not own property‚ keep their wages if they were married‚ file lawsuits in a court (including lawsuits seeking custody of their children)‚ or attend college

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    2. To what extent was Germany to blame for starting WWI? After a massive war‚ it easy to see why a lot people would point fingers at the country that lost the war. However‚ is this always correct; or do people jump to conclusions much too quickly? By doing this‚ do they also create a whole new kind of trouble for themselves to come in later years? Some may suggest that it is more productive to look at the events leading up to the war to determine who was at fault. The blame attached to World

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    To what extent can socialisation be said to influence the behaviour of humans in society. Give specific examples Charles Darwin argued that each species evolves over thousands of generations as genetic variations enhance survival and reproduction. Biologically rooted traits that enhance survival emerge as a specific “nature”. People assume that humans like other forms of life have fixed instinctive ’nature’ as well. For example‚ they sometimes claim that our economic system is a reflection of

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    PERIOD 1‚ US HISTORY ACC. Question: To what extent was the Reconstruction a failure? Reconstruction was the period directly after the end of the Civil War (1865-1877). This era was a necessary time for the United States to restore the divided nation. The eleven rebel states that had been defeated leaving the government unsure weather to punish or pardon them. In Reconstruction era‚ the three goals emerged from the federal government: rebuild the South‚ provide and protect freedman’s

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