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    rules”. His life is now going to be modeled after Socrates’s Way of The Peaceful Warrior‚ and he is going to have to follow rules for the most basic things‚ such as chastity‚ sobriety and vegetarianism. He’s willing to sacrifice and give up things he is addicted to in order to stop the chaos in his mind‚ to reach peace inside. Even the smallest changes‚ the ones we think cannot make a difference‚ are immensely important if one wants to alter the way he’s living. Dan’s out of body experiences are

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    violent ways and others will choose to do peaceful resistance. Peaceful resistance positively impacts a free society. Martin Luther King is an example. Martin Luther King JR‚ definitely made an impact and got his point across. Many people joined his peaceful protesting and he got a lot of respect even today. By doing no harm‚ it it is a super effective way as it shows that the people are respectful and not monsters or savages. It gives them a good reputation. Why fight violence with violence? Another

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    Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it informs and educates the government on how Americans react to certain laws. This can be observed in many of the current events that are going on in America today and have gone on the past the past. One prime example of this is during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. Charismatic leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. peacefully influenced American politics and ultimately brought about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which disallowed

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    Peaceful defiance of laws effectiveness is all in the eye of the beholder. If done correctly it can bring attention to the movement in a positive light. However if it causes to much of a nuisance to people that do not support the cause it will receive much opposition. The most effective peaceful defiance of laws in my opinion would be the Civil Rights movements of the 50s and 60s. With their leaders they perfectly blended the ability to get their word out with complying with others to achieve what

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    Heroism can be defined in three words‚ showing great bravery. In Peaceful Warrior‚ a few people showed this. Dan and Socrates were the main two who showed this. They should us their heroism by Dan’s courage‚ determination and Socrates’s power to help Dan to become a better person and athlete. They showed courage throughout the movie. Heroism shows itself in Peaceful Warrior. The first thing I noticed was that Dan was challenged a lot in the movie. Sometimes he wanted to give up. After Dan’s

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    in society. Violence is ingrained in human nature in many ways. An understanding of violence now plays a key role in many of our social interactions. Some people have even evolved to be more aggressive because as as a society we reward aggression. One known genetic activity that predisposes people to physical aggression is a low activity form of monoamine oxidase. Monoamine oxidase is an enzyme that deconstructs key neurotransmitters. According to Brown university this is much more common in countries

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    The poem “Phenomenal Woman” describes the spirit of womanhood. The poem describes a woman who is proud of being a woman‚ who is confident‚ follows her heart‚ has faith in herself and believes in her inner strength. Such a woman is ‘phenomenally phenomenal.’ The poet tells her readers to ignore the conventional view of being beautiful which is only related to physical appearance. Instead the poet asks us to feel proud of what God has endowed us with. Women should not succumb to the artificial canons

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    the laws‚ there have been no in-between on sides or passion. We have either seen peaceful resistance or an all outright very violent and destructive resistance. Both sides‚ peaceful & non-peaceful‚ do show and think that they both hold some form of power. That one is right and one is wrong‚

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    Peaceful resistance‚ as with all forms of protest‚ have both positive and negative effects on America’s concept of a “free society” but upon inspection‚ one can see that in time‚ it is positive. Forms of peaceful resistance can range from a conscientious objection to a law in the form of protesting‚ to simply writing a representative to express one’s opinion on a law. Each of these are opportunities for citizens to exhibit their constitutional rights to organize‚ free speech‚ and perform their civic

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    reality it is fight against tradition & attitude that are instilled in patriarchal society. Education‚ undoubtedly‚ is identified as one of the critical key issue for women empowerment. Mahatma Gandhi’s words also corroborates the same- educate a girl and you will educate a whole family‚ educate boy and you will educate an individual only. An educated woman knows her responsibility towards their family and society more than a man. Women education can be seen as major way out for population control

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