Imagine having to do something in which you knew you would fail but you did it anyway. Atticus Finch does this in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus demonstrates one of the main themes in the novel‚ which is “courage is doing what is right even when the odds of succeeding are poor”. Atticus does this by defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man who has his odds stacked against him only because of his skin color. Atticus faced much backlash‚ from other whites for defending Tom. Since Tom was a black
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We Kids Get Life In the Frontline documentary “ When Kids Get Life” the narrator explained to us five different cases that occurred in the state of Colorado where these five teenage boys were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The United States is one of the only countries in the world that allows children under 18 to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International report that more than 2‚000 inmates are currently
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religion or “make it civilized”‚ not respecting the fact that maybe the villagers were already content with what they had. The missionaries believe that there was only one god & this god was the creator of everything‚ men women etc. It was believed that when a person dies they would all have to go before him on judgment day and if you worshiped “fake gods” made of stone then you would be thrown into the fire & burned. They bury the body of the deceased in the ground‚ but believe their soul goes up to heaven
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When Friendship Turns to Love I didn’t want to depart my home town‚ which I’ve been settling ever since the day I was born. Neither do I want to leave my school‚ relatives‚ and most importantly my best friend Samuel. Sam and I had been best friends since elementary school. I still recall the day when we first met; it was the first day of grade 1 and we were in the same class. Unintentionally I collided with his head trying to reach for my pencil that had been knocked out on the floor. Fortunately
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When is it OK to Break Confidentiality? Confidentiality is central to trust between doctors‚ medical team and patients. Patients have a right to expect that information about them will be held in confidence. The birth of the Hippocratic Oath in the fourth century started the responsibility of physicians to preserve the privacy and confidentiality of their patients. One of the provisions of the Oath lays the ethical foundation for the physician’s duty of confidentiality even beyond the circumstances
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The article "When the Cyberbully Is You" by Nick Bilton discusses the problem of online shaming faced by our society. According to him‚ there is nothing new about cyberbullying‚ but now the debate is happening everywhere: on radio shows‚ movies‚ books‚ talks‚ TV shows‚ blogs‚ book reviews including social media. With serious concern‚ Jacqui Shine states that online shaming has come to the point that anyone can be a victim of that kind of shaming‚ and that is the reason why it is being discussed now
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A significant theme in a text that I studied this year was change. This was in the text Tomorrow‚ When the War Began‚ by John Marsden. This theme is significant to the plot in this novel as the changes wrought by the attack of Australia sets a domino of change in action. The teenage characters in this novel had to respond to the changes brought to their environment‚ the way they had to live and personally develop resilience‚ bravery and adaptability. On the world stage‚ change is a significant to
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When My Life Changed Forever It all started on August 17th 2012‚ the day before my baby shower. My‚ also pregnant‚ sister-in-law‚ Tonya‚ and I were doing the final shopping for my baby shower. I was very excited to be‚ finally‚ having the shower. It had already been canceled and rescheduled once‚ and with my induction date only 6 days away‚ everyone joked that we would be having it at the hospital. When we left home‚ we only had two stops to make. The first stop was Babys-R-Us to get her gift for
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Name: Date: August 1‚ 2006 Course/Level/Section: BSN IV- H1 Adviser: Mrs. Theorose Bustillo Reaction Paper “The Notebook” At first‚ when the movie showed the past details of the characters‚ it was boring. You cannot appreciate the movie if you don’t reach the end part. It portrayed an old man whose love to her wife is measured till eternity. Love was a never ending journey. Loving her wife is part of his life. As long as his heart is still beating‚ love still survives.
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The case study: When the only way is up Apparently‚ there are several problematic issues in the given case study regarding The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) which causes of the long term loss of jobs in the finance and banking area estimated by The International Labour Organization (ILO). Moreover‚ not only GFC is globally creating the finance and banking sector trouble‚ but also GFC is affecting the finance and baking department in Australia which is forecasted by Finance Sector Union (FSU). In
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