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    The Decline of the West

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    A: The Decline of the West af Kristoffer Lindegaard The capitalistic world was doing great‚ everyone was making money‚ and spending it like there was no tomorrow. Banks were lending people money to buy bigger houses‚ faster cars‚ and all other material things that an upper class family might need. Everything seemed perfect‚ until the financial world suddenly discovered that these methods weren’t sustainable and thus firing‚ and making no money available for lending anymore was needed. Mike‚ the

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    The Decline of the West “The world of the post 9/11 era‚ used interminably by politicians and psychologists‚ was “security”‚ and the more the country had appeared to be policed by men in fluorescent jackets with “Security” stamped on the back‚ the more afraid Mike felt. “ 1 and this development is not only on that turf‚ Couse the post 2000s has provided us whit gang violence on the street‚ kids playing games that can disturb there sense of reality and much more. Mike lives in the upper-class

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that centers on a journey down the Mississippi River. An integral part of the story‚ the river takes Huck and Jim to different towns to experience many adventures. The river is also an important part of American history and has an interesting role today. With a length of 6‚270 km‚ the Mississippi River is the second- longest river in the United States (Mississippi River‚ 2005). Its source is Lake Itasca in Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota and

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    The Decline of the West Analysis and interpretation In the year 2008 a huge and comprehensive financial crisis began. For some people it had almost invisible consequences‚ and for others it transformed their everyday life completely. Being used to making and spending money without having to worry about one’s economics‚ a firing can put the world upside down and force a family into a less materialistic life‚ which they are not at all comfortable with. That’s exactly what the protagonist‚ Mike

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    Coming of Age in Mississippi and Moody Coming of Age in Mississippi covers a span of nineteen years‚ from when Anne is four to twenty-three years old. Moody’s own personal evolution parallels and betokens the development of the civil rights kineticism. Anne Moody was born Essie May Moody in 1940. She grew up in Wilkerson County‚ a rural county marked by extreme penuriousness and racism. Her family spent time working on plantations until her father deserted the family. Her mother worked as a maid

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    What was your reaction to the events associated with Freedom Summer 1964‚ as depicted in the film Mississippi Burning? My reaction in regards to the events associated with Freedom Summer 1964 where it was depicted in the film Mississippi Burning was horrific. There is no reason to simply murder three people. Nonetheless‚ absolutely no reason at all to murder three people based on their beliefs and intentions. The methods that the Ku Klux Klan members had used to torture their targets are sickening

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    The Veil and the West

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    The Veil and The West When it comes to Women in Islam much has been written about their dress‚ hijab‚ veils and burqas. Katherine Bullock and Asma Barlas are examples of such examiners; these two women investigated the veil and western politics of the body. Katherine Bullock observes veiling in her book “Rethinking Muslim women and the veil” by critically examining western media’s representation and perceptions of the veil. She also takes it one step further by interviewing sixteen Muslim women

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    Encounter with the West

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    ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE • In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages‚ the Europeans‚ while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold‚ jewels‚ silk‚ perfumes‚ especially spices like: *pepper *onions *ginger *nutmeg *garlic is the most important items of trade from East. • Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve

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    The Changing West

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    it is 1880. The Civil War has been over for 15 years. Economic conditions in the town you live in have deteriorated‚ and you are struggling to make ends meet. You decide to try your luck out west‚ where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunity. Before leaving‚ you must decide what you will do out west—be a miner‚ a cowboy‚ or a farmer. Each presents its own opportunities and difficulties. Write an essay in which you: Tell what you would be—a miner‚ cowboy‚ or farmer. Describe the opportunities

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    be difficult‚ change can be for the better‚ as presented in the musical “Wicked.” But when faced with major real life problems‚ such as the Mississippi River flooding every spring in Downtown Davenport. We have presented many ideas to prevent the flooding but every attempt has failed‚ due to the fact of “change.” In our classroom discussion about the Mississippi River and how it floods every year and how there have been many proposals to stop the flooding but still will not be passed. This is due to

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