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    The author of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” criticizes our societies by comparing it to the citizens of Omelas whom lack aggression‚ embrace joy‚ and reject supreme control or prejudice. Unlike our societies‚ the people of Omelas avoid conflict and war. They were friendly and peaceful since‚ “They did not use swords… They were not barbarians.” Laws were not plentiful and police were not necessary due to this. The author portrays these traits as unusual which indirectly criticizes us. The author

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    The Breaking of Water Stream

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    The breaking of water stream under the light of total internal reflection of laser Jiho Yang Colegio Retamar Abstract In this paper‚ we report the circumstances that produce breaking of water stream. The usual way to visualize this is by using a strobe‚ as how they do in Science museums. Experimental methodology that we have used to investigate this topic is based on an experiment carried out by two scientists in 1850 that contributed to studies about total reflections. By using a laser

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    Victorian England

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    The Victorian era‚ from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901‚ was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus‚ although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to dominate English literature throughout much of the century‚ the attention of many writers was directed‚ sometimes passionately‚ to such issues as the growth of English

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    The stories of post-apocalyptic‚ apocalyptic‚ and dystopian stories is an eye opening genre that forces each of us to choose our morals. Through the examination of two different texts through their community versus individual approach‚ values must be picked between the idea of the community over the individual or the individual over the community. The first story sums up an entire world that is in a state of calamity. This world must now break off in society and every family takes control of the

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    Breaking A Social Norm

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    Professor Eric Chase Sociology 101 22 October 2013 Breaking A Social Norm For my social science experiment with breaking a social norm I went to a park‚ but instead of walking around in a forward motion like people normally do‚ I decided to see what kind of social reactions I would get if I were to walk backwards. I started walking backwards as soon as I got out of the car. There was no one in the parking lot‚ but I wasn’t sure if anyone could see me from a distance. It wasn’t a nice day out‚ but it also

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    Atomic Bomb Justified

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    Was it Justified or Necessary for the Americans to Drop the Bombs? Introduction On August 6th‚ 1945‚ an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese

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    When is war justified

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    When is War Justified? War is justified and only justified when a nation is acting out of self-defense to protect their nation as a whole. One might argue that humanitarian wars or wars that are fought because they seem morally right are also justified. However‚ wars like these do not protect the interest of their nation as a whole‚ and are usually fought to establish political connections rather than to protect the nation. In the article‚ “When is War Justified?” by Elijah Sweete‚ he states

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    Crusades were missions led by nobles. All of these crusades were meant to liberate and conquer Jerusalem or also called “The Holy City”. The first crusade out of the four main crusades came out as a success. The first crusade did conquer Jerusalem at first until it was taken back from them. The other three main crusades ended up as a failure‚ but the most embarrassing crusade was the fourth for the Christian crusaders fought‚ attacked and killed other Christians‚ then stole and looted from the city

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    The colonists of the thirteen colonies all struggled to survive and to thrive without the governing of England. They established their own governments ‚ formed their own cultures and religious practices and created entire thriving settlements all without the crowns influence. Then all of colonies feel back under royal control but that taste of independence was there ‚ all it would take would be the right sequence of events for the colonists to realize their desire for independence apart from their

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    Breaking Family Ties

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    English 96 February 25‚ 2013 “Breaking Family Ties” Norman Rockwell’s “Breaking Family Ties” gives us a look into the change of the post Great Depression and World War II generation. How America itself had changed so much in the passed 25 years from the greatest economic depression to being the greatest country on earth. It also shows the heartbreaking moment of a boy preparing to leave his father and dog and be on his own for the first time. The father‚ tired from a life of hard works‚ sacrificed

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