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    the Plymouth Colonists played a substantial role in our history. When King Henry VIII came to reign‚ he implemented various alterations upon the recently founded church‚ the Church of England. Part of a Puritan denomination‚ known as Separatists travailed to break away from the church completely‚ whereas come wanted to purify the church and revert it back to their original beliefs and practices. At the time‚ the act of belonging to another church‚ as opposed to the Church of England was the equivalent

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    Justified Violence

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    Justified Violence Violence has become accepted as a common means to achieve an end. Whether it is for power‚ subduing another country during interstate conflict‚ or an attempt to gain legitimacy‚ violence has become a distinctive force in contemporary society. The more important question that needs to be addressed is when this use of violence is justified‚ if ever. The purpose of the government‚ according to Locke‚ is the preservation of natural rights. When these freedoms are not protected in

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    Republicanism is a political thought that influenced the American colonists in the mid-eighteenth century; defined a just society as one in which all citizens willingly gave up their private interests to the common good. It is a theory inherently opposed to hierarchical and authoritarian institutions such as aristocracy and monarchy. Radical Whigs are the ideas of these British political commentators influenced American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century; criticized the corruption and

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    Teenagers are more likely to run away from home than an adolescent child. Many people think about running away just to leave there problems behind in turn they create new and more complicated problems. As a teen I ran away for a day it was not a long period of time before I ended up back at home. But since my parents were divorced I ended up moving from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to live with my mother. From there my life seemed to go downhill because my mother did not care what I did. To this

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    Alisen Reed Ms. Lighthiser English- E 29 April 2013 Why the Child? In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”‚ symbolism is used throughout the entire story. The author‚ Ursula K. Le Guin‚ creates some complex symbols in the city of Omelas itself‚ the ones who walk away‚ the child in the basement‚ the child who never stops playing the flute‚ and the ones who stay in Omelas. By depicting a seemingly utopian society‚ LeGuin is commenting on the fact that no society is perfect‚ and in fact‚ someone

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    Torture Justified

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    Torture Should Not Be Justified The act of torture is a grave violation of human rights that infringes objectives of the United Nations Charter. Since 1984‚ 155 countries have ratified UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT). Between these 155 countries‚ 142 countries were researched by Amnesty International‚ a non-profit organization in the forefront of the campaign against torture and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. In result‚ in 2014 among 142 countries‚ 79 of these are still torturing. (Dolmaci

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    Marcx Frügrëgris Breaking a Folkway On Saturday‚ a friend and I went into the Great Mall in Olathe to break a few folkways (even thoght I was told not to do it with strangers‚ I did it anyway). When we first got there‚ we talked about what we should do and how to do it. The first thing we planned to do was to go to the GameStop store‚ and wait for people to look at games. I had planned to approach someone who was looking at a new release and proceed to tell him the ending of it‚ whether or

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    “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and “The Lottery” The various cultures that exist in the United States all have different ways to scapegoat a variety of people and cultures in society today; as depeicted in the fiction stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin. In “The Lottery‚” is a story about a community that has

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    Breaking Night

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    remarkable in the situations she was put in. Liz grew up in a very poor family. Her parents were very deep into drugs. She would rarely have food and as a kid that must be tough. Her parents would never have money for food and they would always eat the same thing over and over. Liz did not have water so since she did not shower she would be dirty. She would go to school dirty and filthy. In the book Breaking Night she explains that while all the other kids would get new clothes‚ haircut or new shoes

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    “If I can stop one heart from breaking‚ I shall not live in vain;.” If you help others‚ then your not self-centered.. Emily Dickinson is saying that if you can help other people or soothe one’s pain then your don’t live life in vain. Emily views life purpose as helping others or saving others from heartaches. Life is more than just think of your own self. In the quest of finding life’s purpose she has found that it is to help others. One thing that stood out to me was that Emily used the symbol

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