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    How Do You Feel About Atheism? Lauren Martino Inquiry Skills Pre- IB Ms. DiVarco 29‚ April 2012 Word Count: 1277 0699118 Table of Contents I. Introduction A. Are there signs that Atheism is spreading globally within the past 20 years II. Body B. Population which believes in Atheism a. Start off with a block quote to catch the reader’s attention about which part of the world believes in Atheism b. Have statistics to show change over time of different

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    ’Buddy’‚ written by Nigel Hinton‚ tells the story of the eponymous Buddy‚ who we feel sympathy for throughout the book. The author manages to make us feel this way‚ by going in depth with the main character’s personal reflection. In this essay‚ my aim is to show how the author creates sympathy for the central character. This novel opens with Buddy feeling guilty after his mother leaving home. He then lives in poor conditions with his unemployed‚ "Teddy Boy" father‚ whom Buddy finds embarrassing

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    Shylock: A Stage History of Anti-Semitism Part of what makes the works of William Shakespeare so significantly transcendental is that his plays are able to flourish through ever-changing societies. Over the course of nearly 400 years‚ his plays have remained some of the most beloved in literature because of their ability to speak to audiences of every age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ class‚ and gender. By looking at the performance history of a specific play‚ or a specific character in that play‚ we become

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    throughout American history‚ all whites were considered citizens of the United States; however‚ most aspects of participatory citizenship‚ especially political participation‚ have generally been restricted to white men. Participatory citizenship has historically included the ability to vote and enter politics‚ the right and duty to sit on juries‚ and the right and obligation to aid in national defense. Over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ full participatory citizenship has come

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    How does the author create sympathy for candy in section 3? Language The language in the section varies quite a lot as most of it is written calmly and other is written to make you feel sorry for candy. Here is a quote to support my point. “then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silently” this is a semantic field as it has the words slowly and silent”. This is a semantic field for calmness. The word “faced” means that he didn’t just turn his head he wanted to face the wall so nobody

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    character Shylock‚ a Jewish usurer‚ this is the very character that we shall be concentrating the question in the title on. In most scenes the character Shylock has to deal with a lot of racial discrimination‚ which has at modern times become unacceptable to most people. Elizabethan society was largely anti-Semitic and as such the audience would have been unsympathetic towards his character. In addition to their anti-Semitic ways they also had a strong dislike of moneylenders‚ and the audience would

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    no doubt that Shylock is a cunning and vengeful man‚ but nothing can justify the treatment he receives at the hands of the Christians.” How far do you agree with this statement? Does Shylock deserve his punishment? Shylock is punished by the Venetian court for seeking to end Antonio’s life. He is charged under a Venetian law (of Shakespeare’s creation) and he is forced to give up his wealth and to beg the Duke to spare him his life. Viewed like this it seems simple enough; Shylock broke a Venetian

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    wealthy man called Shylock who is facing a lot of religious rivalry at the time. Antonio’s friend Bassanio comes to him to ask for money. Antonio agrees‚ but now has to borrow money himself‚ as all his money is invested in his ships and trade. Bassanio wants the money so that he can sail to Belmont to his love Portia‚ a rich and beautiful heiress‚ and ask for her hand in marriage. Shylock and Antonio are already enemies‚ but Shylock agrees to lend 3000 ducats on Antonio’s bond. Shylock then offers a ‘fake’

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    I would like to preface this by saying I am in no way looking for your sympathy‚ I am writing this to educate you. To show you what it’s like because it’s not something that is talked about and it’s something close to my heart. I have been lucky in the fact that I have a few people in my life who have gone through similar situations to tell me what is normal and what is not. As a lot of you already know this time of year is difficult for me. What most of you won’t aleady know is that this year

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    Sympathy Poem

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    Analysis of Sympathy The metal cage holds in those who are turned away from society and hurts them in the process. The poem Sympathy was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It explores the racism that imprisons his soul. Dunbar uses the caged bird as a symbol of racism. The entrapped bird is hurt and injured while great things are happening around it. The tone is pleading and anguish over the racism that is expressed toward the black community. It explains the wonderful sun and beautiful weather

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