The Prince: Analysis and Response Machiavelli‚ born in Florence in 1469‚ remains one of the most controversial authors to this day. His work demonstrates his expertise with military power‚ political success and historical events. His experience and understanding is a sum of all aspects of his life—from serving on the commune of Florence to carrying out his own military missions. Even when Machiavelli was accused of conspiracy and sentenced to a period of exile and torture‚ that did not keep him
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suspect as guilty until proven innocent and holding their trials overseas in England was unconstitutional. In response to this‚ Otis gave a lengthy speech declaring that the writs contravened the natural rights of the colonists and this served as one of the first resistance towards British policies. He stated “An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void. Taxation without representation is tyranny.8” Moreover‚ Otis
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“The Last Song” is a breathtaking film directed by Julie-Anne Robinson about a teenage girl‚ Ronnie‚ whose parents divorced when she was young and she has been rebellious ever since. Ronnie and her father had a special language they spoke through‚ music. When Ronnie’s parents divorce she refused to play. Not only did she loose contact with her dad she lost contact with music too. This is until Ronnie and her brother Jonah are sent to stay with their dad in North Carolina over the summer. The main
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Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger Text type: Extended written text – novel In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ I found the idea of self-isolation from human relationships that was portrayed through the protagonist Holden Caulfield very interesting. While over the course of the novel‚ which is set into a timeframe of three days‚ Holden interacts with many others‚ we see that he does not have a close relationship with any of these people other than his
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The book Touching Spirit Bear is a book written about a challenged teen named Cole Mathews. He has instigated some terrible crimes he must pay for by living in isolation on a remote island since he is a danger to society. One problem that continues to plague Cole is how he refuses to take ownership for his own choices and actions; instead‚ he wants to blame others to excuse his poor decisions. Along his journey to change‚ he is fortunate to have mentors that try to help him reform his ways. Many
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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In the poem "Void Deck" by Alfian Bin Sa’at‚ the poet establishes the Singaporean Identity by using the term "void deck" as the title of the poem. The term is unique to the Singapore context as it is not used in any other country. The poem is also filled with the ’voices’ from the HDB heartland which many Singaporean readers can closely relate to. The poet uses phrases such as "wet market" (stanza 1‚ verse 2)‚ "stone-table chessboard" (stanza 5‚ verse7) and "caged birds" (stanza3‚ verse3) to portray
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to protect it is strong. Elisa’s flower portray all her hard work‚ all she strives for; her perfect goal. When she saw her flowers on the side of the road‚ she felt a piece of her had shattered. Ian had become the item of value and protection in “Touching Bottom”‚ when she let him go she tried her hardest‚ pushed harder than she had been pushing‚ to save him. She found “no time to breathe‚ no need to breathe.” She allows Ian to claw at her legs‚ shares her protection of a towel with him when she reaches
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Mumsie and Zip 1. The idea of power/superiority in a relationship is evident in this short text in which one person has complete control over the other and the relationship. The author shows the idea of power in the text in which zip results to violence to get his point across. ‘The sound of Mumsie’s head striking the wall echoed in the kitchen’. Zip does this to show that his word is final and the he doesn’t like to be revolted against by Mumsie. She did this by arguing that her sister and her
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Since today is a freewrite‚ I’m going to be entirely honest and say that I read the entire book the first night that we had it. I know that probably messed up my reactions to all the journal prompts‚ but today I want to write specifically about Mitch. Mitch in general just seemed incredibly insincere to me. It might be my natural reaction to emotion‚ but nothing that Mitch is saying seems real‚ and I hated it. It was a good story‚ to be sure- that’s the problem. It reads like a made-up story rather
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