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    diseases‚ accidents‚ death or stuff like this. And it’s useful to remember that money is a fragile thing‚ which we can lose at any time. In addition‚ wealth makes people less sensitive. They aren’t able to notice both poverty‚ which is around them‚ and needs of others. However‚ money is the basic means‚ which lets people make their dreams come true - the dreams‚ which have been unavailable since one’s childhood‚ like travelling all over the world or buying a villa‚ that’s all to compensate a misery

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    DBQ Andrew Carnegie If you were the richest person in the world what would you do with your money‚ save the economy from going under or simply just walk away. Well Andrew Carnegie was a man of wealth though he didn’t start out like that; he came from a poor family born in November‚ 1835‚ in the attic of the cottage his family lived in‚ in Dunfermline Scotland. He and his family left that cottage in Scotland to come to America in 1848 where at twelve years old he started to work almost

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    Gandhi

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    their moral behaviors when they receives great wealth‚ he admits that economic progress leads to a decline in moral progress. To support his ideas‚ Gandhi uses some examples from the ancient society‚ such as Rome and Egypt where suffered a moral fall when it attained high material affluence. He then argues that even the descendants(who seems to never fell corruption)‚ fells when they are rolling in rich. I thought it is quiet known fact that economical wealth changes people and people’s belief. Gandhi

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    entertaining the audience. Epic theatre involves the use of alienation techniques to distance the viewer from the story but still concentrate on the overall meaning. The person who just views the story would likely take it as fantasy and not reach the true depth of the play. Brecht shocks the viewer by making the events and actions in the play "strange and abstract" this contrasts with dramatic plays where the audience sympathises and relates to the characters of the play. The theme throughout the play

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    The Rich Brother

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    Jake Steinberg Horger AP Lit 2/23/11 “The Rich Brother” Personal wealth and a responsible life would seem at first to fall on the positive side of things when judging an individual. This holds true in Tobias Wolff’s‚ “The Rich Brother.” Still‚ Wolff wants us to delve further and look past the obvious into the relationship of Donald and Pete‚ two brothers that in many ways are dependent on one another. “The Rich Brother” is a Cain and Able story of sibling rivalry that uses contrasting characters

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    misinterpreting an illusion for reality. The two protagonist‚ Gatsby and Macbeth become so caught up in living their dreams that they start to live life an an illusion.Both characters believe that they can achieve eternal happiness as a result of having wealth and power. They also believe that through their position in society‚ they can control an aspect of time. In addition the two protagonist live their life revolved around lies‚ in order to gain a desired amount of attention. Ultimately their inability

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    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian “It was the opposite of me. I didn’t deserve to be there. I knew it; all of those kids knew it. Indians don’t deserve shit” (Alexie 56). In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Junior (Arnold Spirit) decides he needs to make a few changes in his life. During this journey he faces many challenges‚ self deprication‚ isolation‚ and loss. Junior continues to make friends along the way‚ and he starts finding himself. There are many

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    Baltic‚ Slavic‚ and Chinese people. They were able to hope that they too could be a captain or at least be of assistance to their families and get that American Dream Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and Vanderbilt had. Andrew Carnegie’s‚ Gospel of Wealth‚ in 1889 concluded that it would be immoral for the men to hoard riches to themselves Furthermore recalling that‚ “his judgement‚ is best calculated to produced the most beneficial results for the community” (Document C). Carnegie was capable of

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    Wealth Tax

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    FINAL WEALTH TAX Accepting the recommendations of N. Kaldor to introduce “integrated direct tax system” in India‚ Wealth Tax Act‚ 1957 was enacted. The Act was amended from time to time. The major objective of wealth tax has been attainment of equity objective of tax policy because wealth is considered as the major source of inequalities. The wealth taxation in India is applicable to all citizens of the country and is also called the wealth tax act‚ 1957. This is also considered to be direct

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    our own society as well. Many crimes occur with some sort of direct relation to money. Although everybody strives for more money‚ not everybody spends it wisely or legally. Unfortunately‚ the book "The Great Gatsby" and these real life examples are true depictions of reality and everyday lfie. Robberies are often committed in our own communities because of individuals seeking money. There are many examples of this including the "Luger Bandit" in Los Angeles whos has robbed many banks recently. The

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