How have representation of people and/or places confirmed or challenged your values and attitudes? Refer to at least one written text studied in class. An autobiography account The Damage Done‚ written by Warren Fellows‚ illustrates his time of imprisonment in Bangkok. During Fellows time in Bangkok‚ he was convicted of heroin trafficking between Australia and Thailand and was sentenced to prison called Bang Kwang for twelve years. In this autobiographical account‚ Fellow outlines the squalid
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Dear Diary:Today I am very upset with myself because my wife Elizabeth has found out about my affair with Abigail. She was so mad‚ that she promptly dismissed Abigail from working at our home. Now Mary Warren works for us‚ but I have to constantly remind her that she cannot leave our house. I told her that I would whip her if she does not obey my rules. When I saw Abigail‚ I told her that I had made no promise to her during the affair after she declared that she waits for me at night. She said that
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Abigail Williams is a deranged character throughout the play. Towards the end she gets even worse. It all starts out because she’s in love with John Proctor from whom she had an affair with. She does everything she does to try to get John to be with her. One night when Tituba and the other girls went out in the woods to dance around a fire Abby brought a chicken. She drank the chicken’s blood and sacrificed it into the fire in hope that Elizabeth proctor would die. When Betty wouldn’t wake up from
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Self- preservation is a very prominent theme in the play The Crucible; everyone is looking over his or her shoulders worried about getting accused of witchcraft. Notably‚ a servant girl Mary Warren and Reverend Hale of Beverly both have strong concern for their prestige in the community. Mary Warren is the servant to John and Elizabeth Proctor and once Abigail accuses Elizabeth and she is arrested‚ John insists Mary tell the truth of what the girls are doing to the court. However‚ Mary is afraid
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cannot be easily accomplished with one’s own resources. An individual in a position of leadership needs to acquire knowledge‚ resources as well as people from various places so as to get things done effectively. In the book “On Becoming A Leader”‚ Warren Bennis’ offers various insights about leadership. In this book‚ two particular chapters involving knowing thyself and how to grow through chaos have made me take a deeper look into how I can apply myself in terms of personal growth and decisions as
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continually that he is only speaking of hell‚ and hardly ever of God‚ as Proctor goes on to say to Parris‚ "Can you speak one minute without we land in Hell again? I am sick of Hell!" In the drama‚ Mary Warren places a needle in a poppet she gave to Elizabeth; John firmly demands that Mary Warren tell the courts that she really put the needle in the poppet that day. Proctor says to her‚ "You’re coming to the court with me‚ Mary. You will tell it in the court." Furthermore‚ at the end of the play
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personalities advance throughout the story. Three characters that go through an influential and drastic change in the beginning half of the play are Mary Warren‚ John Proctor and Reverend Parris. Overall‚ although most of the characters in the story had a slight conversion‚ certain characters’ changes overshadowed others. To begin‚ Mary Warren is initially a poor treated servant in the Proctor household who is very timid‚ demure and easily
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Executive Summary If anyone on the street hears about Warren Buffett‚ they might have heard of that name as one of the wealthiest person in the world. But if that person is involved in the business world‚ that name would identify one of the most successful investor who ever lived. Although born and raised in the medium-sized town‚ he was taught to be an investor from a young boy. Influenced throughout his life from Benjamin Graham‚ Phil Fisher‚ and Charlie Munger‚ Buffett used most of what he learned
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DBQ 15: The Resurgence of Conservatism‚ 1964-2005 Liberals had dominated American society for most of the 1900s. The 1960s was widely known for being the age of counterculture‚ social reforms‚ and liberals. The era witnessed many advancements like racial equality such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965‚ a strong advancement in political liberalism‚ and a significant increase in the power and influence of government-funded social programs as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society reforms. Beginning
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Anshuman Bakshi Mr. Smith Honors Sophomore English‚ 4 February 6‚ 2013 Homeless and Hopeless Why do we work so hard? Why do we go through school and college just to get stuck at work all day? The answer is poverty. Poverty is the fear and scourge of all—the hidden evil that forces us to embrace our inner motivation. Unfortunately for the destiny of humanity‚ the majority of people selfishly work only for themselves‚ but throughout history there have always existed the unique and selfless people
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