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    The Importance of the River Hermann Hesse wrote the book Siddhartha in 1922. Hesse influences the main character in the book because Siddhartha and Hermann went through leaving their own family to find truth in what they wanted to do. In the book Siddhartha‚ Siddhartha leaves home and becomes a student‚ learning about many different religions‚ in the end‚ he eventually finds the place where he is most happy. During Siddhartha’s life‚ he visits the river three times; each time Siddhartha visits

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    peacefully. In the words of Martin Luther King‚ "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." Mr. King emphasizes the importance of civil disobedience‚ by stating that the only way to create a compromise on an issue is through direct action that is peaceful; Which will force those opposed to listen. It

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    I chose two texts and a video to help me discuss their different opinions on accepting differences. I chose the text “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”‚ “The Wife’s Story”‚ and I chose the video My So Called Enemy. In these next few paragraphs I will discuss the diverse thoughts of the authors. In the story “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” the author is accepting of the differences from both

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    some of the excesses of the medieval period‚ affirm the role of the Catholic church and attack the exaggerated parodies of Protestant teaching.The first significant factor about the Council of Trent is that is actually met. It was of the utmost importance to religious development as it actually took place. Even Luther wanted a general Council called to be the arbiters in the dispute regarding his criticisms of the Church- when it finally did he claimed that the remedy comes too late. Similarly Contorinni

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    People feel that their rights‚ freedoms‚ and choices are taken away from them. Passage 1‚ "American Flag Stands for Tolerance‚" and Passage 2 claim the different ways that people’s rights can be infringed from them. Passage 1‚ "American Flag Stands for Tolerance‚" asserts direct ways that rights‚ freedom‚ and choices can be snatched. In the article it is stated that "each individual is to have the freedom to develop by his or her own lights‚ and not by the command of officialdom." Individuals should

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    Effect of ions on living organisms (24 marks) An ion is a charged atom or molecule. This is because it does not have an equal amount of protons and electrons‚ therefore giving the atom an overall charge. An example of an ion is ‚ this is sodium and the plus sign represents an overall positive charge. Ions are very important to living organisms as they are essential for life‚ they play an important role within the cell allowing mechanisms within the living organisms such as respiration‚ to take

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    2(c) Prove or disprove the following statements by finding appropriate evidence from Stuart Little Stuart Little is a film that promotes tolerance of difference. Evidence may be a quotation (spoken)‚ it may entail a discussion of the narrative events or strategies of presentation‚ or something else that you feel is applicable. In films‚ for example‚ voices and accents can be used as evidence‚ as can costumes and choices of particular actors who are famous for other roles. Make sure you give

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    school‚ social class‚ race‚ and gender. The article “Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin mentions multiple issues about high schools‚ and how students tend to divide up into groups. These divisions among adolescents can either cause social‚ race‚ or gender problem. Likewise‚ Michael Quintanilla the author of "The Great Divine" mentions the same issues how people segregate according to a person’s image‚ and to what race they belong to. We as a community should help solve these

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    learn to accept anything even though they believe in anything different. In the stories “American flag Stands for Tolerance”‚ “What‚ of This goldfish‚ would you wish?”‚ and “Without Title” in which they all have to do with acceptance in some way. “American flag Stands for Tolerance” Has done to do with acceptance because not everyone will have the same opinion on everything. In “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would you Wish?” Has to do with Acceptance Because of the language barrier. In “Without Title”

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    The war on drugs and this new wave of dangerous youth gave momentum for Zero Tolerance policies. The adoption of Zero Tolerance policies was an attitude that school officials thought was necessary to keep their schools safe. School officials adopted the Broken Windows theory of crime to fix the problems within schools. This theory analogizes the spread of crime to a few broken windows in a building that go unrepaired and consequently attract criminals who break more windows and soon become squatters

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