Jimmy Santiago Baca at 20 was convicted of drug charges and sentenced to prison. He was completely illiterate when he went to Prison. But when he got out five years later‚ he was becoming one of America’s favorite poets. Baca started to write about oppression‚ love and migration. Malcolm X was a street hustler that was convicted of robbery. He spent seven years in prison‚ where he educated himself. Him learning how to read helped himself become one of the most well known African American‚ and a
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In Santiago‚ Moreira Salles also uses the documentary idiom to construct a genealogical inquiry into his own family and class identity. Yet unlike in Um passaporte húngaro‚ the director’s reflexive attitude toward himself as both instigator and object of the film’s quest does not manifest through a performative intervention in the present that registers the effects triggered by the director-character’s presence. Rather‚ Santiago (subtitled Uma reflexão sobre o material em bruto‚ A Reflection on Raw
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In most societies‚ there is one question that can provide clarity to people when a situation goes awry; guilty or innocent? When reading the play‚ Oedipus the King‚ written by the playwright Sophocles‚ there were many instances that could be used to declare Oedipus guilty or innocent. Oedipus is very much guilty because he should not have thought he had higher authority than the gods and he should not have insisted on continuing to look for the answers to all his questions. Sophocles did a fantastic
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defensively and unhappily. Years pass‚ and they lose the things they care about. The world moves on‚ but their bodies grow crippled‚ their sources of enjoyment become more difficult‚ and the people care about begin to pass away. As an aging man himself‚ Santiago has many doubts and shortcomings with which he must learn to deal. Having no other significant relationships in his life aside from Manolin‚ a young man from the village‚ Santiago’s loneliness and isolation impacts his behavior. He chooses to ignore
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I think that Nicholas II is guilty of crimes against the Russian people. Nicholas II was ruler of Russia from 1886 to 1916. He was born May 18th‚ 1868 and died July 17th‚ 1918. Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna on November 26‚ 1894. They had 5 children‚ 4 girls and 1 boy. The four daughters were Anastasia‚ Tatiana‚ Olga‚ Maria and Alexia was the son.I feel that the prosecution team did an excellent job of proving that Nicholas II is guilty of crimes against the Russian people. They provided good
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Although undoubtedly guilty of murder‚ there is no doubt in my mind that this is a clear-cut case of diminished responsibility. Throughout the whole sordid business the defendant whom I am representing has been beset with evil influences designed to erode his free will and conscience. If there was a penalty for the only flaw which he showed before he was mercilessly exploited by these evil forces‚ which was that of ambition‚ I believe we would all be convicted at some point in our lives. Without
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Travel to Fort Santiago‚ Intramuros When I was in grade 1‚ I’ve already went to Fort Santiago in Intramuros. But I can’t clearly remember what I’ve seen that time because I was too young and I just wanted to explore with no particular task. But when I’ve returned in that place‚ it was very memorable because I’ve seen a very antique place for the second chance. I am really excited to return in that place because I wanted to take pictures with that old place but I have no camera in hand that time
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Guilty or Not Guilty? Many people suffer all their lives from this oppressive feeling of guilt. I was one of them. On April 25th‚ 2000‚ I pled not guilty to murdering my fiancé‚ James Watkins. I knew I was guilty and I was going to plead guilty‚ but my lawyer told me to plead not guilty. I didn’t want to go to jail‚ but I did the crime so I needed to do the time. Throughout this paper I will inform you about my story and its outcome. James and I were High School sweethearts. We had been together
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OJ Simpson-Guilty or Innocent? The OJ Simpson case is one that has left a stain on law enforcement and put a pock down on the chain of command issues as well as the collection and contamination procedures across the US. Although more than most of the evidence could have put Mr. Simpson in prison for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman if it had been found to be creditable‚ the fact that the investigation and collection were so splotchy and unorganized‚ with evidence being misplaced
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I‚ Claudius‚ am not guilty. To begin‚ the state has improperly failed to disclose that the ghost Hamlet has been seeing is the reason Hamlet is accusing me of such horrors. This apparition is truly a bad omen. It’s wicked requests it asks Hamlet to fulfill are similar to the desires of Satan. Not only this‚ but Hamlet has used his conversations with the apparition as a way to cope with the death of his own father. Therefore‚ it is clear that the ghost is Hamlet’s pitiful attempt to grasp onto anything
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