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    In The Land of the Free In the story "In the Land of the Free"‚ Sui Sin Far describes the sadness and melancholy of a young mother‚ Lea Choo‚ when she had to be separated from her son when they entered the U.S because her son did not have a necessary certificate entitling him to admission to this country. This story traced back to the time after 1870 when a huge number of immigrants from China arrived in the U.S. The U.S government‚ terrified by an allegedly economic depression and misperception

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    The seven deadly sins that plague us remain eminent in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner’s Tale and the Pardoner’s Prologue capture the essences of gluttony‚ avarice‚ and pride—all subjects he preaches against. These subjects depict the truth of the instinct and demeanor of humans. Truth has no gender and has various appealing characteristics‚ but when used as a suggestion of one’s self‚ most people view it as undesirable. He knows what he preaches and the effects that it has on

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    First World War‚ at the time known as the ‘war to end all wars’‚ owes much of its horror and length to the slow and laborious aspect of the offensive during it‚ which makes it difficult to understand the precise reason for it finishing in an allied victory in 1918 and not in any of the previous years. Any number of events could have brought about the end of the war or the capitulation of one of the main protagonists‚ such as the Battle of the Somme‚ Verdun or even as early as the Battle of the Marne

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    “The Manifest Destiny: America’s Greatest Yet Most Selfish Victory” In 1776‚ America gained its independence from Great Britain. Sixty-five years later‚ imagine being a poor Southwestern farmer. You have no way to raise socially with your current overused land. You read in the newspaper of something called the Manifest Destiny‚ a strange phenomenon that could give you unlimited land. You immediately get the desire to move West. In the mid 1800s‚ many people wanted to and decided to move West during

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    themselves. Surprisingly‚ the American colonist defeated the hired British soldiers. How could untrained American colonist possibly beat trained British Soldiers? This essay will explain what contributed to America’s success and how they claimed victory. The location or geography of the war played a crucial impact on America’s triumph in the war. The American colonist where on their home land and knew the landscape well. This was a major advantage in the battle because‚ the colonist were able to

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    Most Christians these days see every sin as equally bad. In other words‚ no one sin is worse or should draw worse punishment than another. In Dante’s The Inferno‚ however‚ this is not the case. In The Inferno‚ the deeper one delves into Hell‚ the worse the sin that has been committed. The punishments that the souls incur are representative of the sins they committed in their corporeal state of being. Sins that affect others are considered worse then those that only affect ones self by Dante. The

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    Hawthorne explores the great sins of three Puritans secretly tied together by their sins‚ living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hester Prynne begins by committing adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale shares this sin with her‚ but he continues to sin as the next seven years pass. Roger Chillingworth‚ Hester Prynne’s husband‚ turns himself into a living devil. While it is clear that Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale commit major sins‚ Roger Chillingworth’s iniquity

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    The 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Cardinal Virtues ======================================== Overview -------- The "Seven Deadly Sins"’‚ also known as the "Capital Vices" or "Cardinal Sins"‚ are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man’s tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial"‚ which are relatively minor‚ and could be forgiven through any sacrament

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    Sin‚ Punishment and Redemption in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a book about sin‚ punishment‚ and the hope of redemption. The book is about the life in colonial Boston of Hester Prynne‚ Her husband Roger Chillingworth‚ and Hester’s lover Arthur Dimmesdale. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very complex and can be interpreted in many ways. Throughout the novel the Concept of sin‚ punishment‚ and redemption was portrayed through Hester Prynne‚ Aurthur Dimmesdale and Roger

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    The liberal’s victory in the 1906 was a very significant one due to how they won it with such an overwhelming majority; it was the biggest electoral victory since 1832. In the 1890’s the liberals were suffering from a crisis identity and they were lacking in money and morale. In the 1906 election the liberals won 49.4% of the vote and that amounted to 399 seats which was such a large margin compared to in 1900 where 45% of the vote was only 183 seats. There are four main reasons arguably why the

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