In chapter one this short chapter lays the foundation for Machiavelli’s book. All kinds of authority‚ he says‚ can be divided into two large categories the republics and the principalities. Principalities can be either hereditary passed down from father to son or they can be new states acquired through military force or political fortune. Machiavelli continues by admitting that hereditary principalities are much easier to govern than those that are newly developed since the prince who rules by
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To summarize this Mill’s chapter two about what utilitarianism is‚ basically meaning that individuals would find some kind of pleasure that are more desirable and more valuable to themselves are inherently good. Utilitarianism is pleasurable when the actions are good; when the actions are bad the pleasure decreases. To Mill he compares human pleasures are as equal as animalistic pleasures. It depends on what kind of pleasure people are seeking. For this purpose‚ Mill mentioned that people would have
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Chapter eight asserts that the birth of the Revolutionary War occurred from 1763 to 1775 because of political values in the colonies‚ British legislation‚ and violent conflicts between the colonies and Britain. After the Seven Years War‚ even though they were the most powerful force in North America‚ Britain was heavily in debt and needed a way to pay for the war they had just fought and won. At the same time‚ the American colonies were enjoying their continent without any French involvement and
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Of the two assigned chapters in the Betrothed‚ I found chapter 34 to be the most interesting. Alessandro Manzoni‚ the author of the historical novel‚ begins chapter 34 with the character Renzo trying to find his way into the heavily guarded‚ plague-filled city of Milan in order to find the love of his life‚ his fiancée Lucia. Renzo finally finds his way into the city by paying the guard a half-ducat. However‚ one obstacle that Renzo often encountered in his journey to find Lucia was
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The reading for today started on Chapter 9 on the day of Paige’s big breast cancer gala. Chloe had came home after being gone the night before and shared the news about her and Chris getting back together. They were still planning on going to California‚ and were leaving the next morning to start their road trip. Paige was upset because she did not want to see Chloe leave‚ but she knew Chloe was doing what she wanted and that she would be happy. Spencer came home from his trip to China minutes before
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In Exodus 22:18‚ it proclaims‚ “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!” In 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ the Puritans believed every word that the Bible said‚ causing the death of twenty people because they were accused of witchcraft. What caused the panic and alarm that lead to the death of twenty people in Salem? There were three causes: conflict between young girls and older women‚ lying teenagers‚ economic and political power divided between two sides of town. One possible cause could be the conflict
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As we were introduced to the beginning of hominids in Chapter 1‚ Chapter 2 continues to introduce us to world civilization starting with the areas of southwest Asian and the Indo-European regions. It was said that the first complex societies developed in southwest Asia (Mesopotamia). The existence of politics and social order can only be explained by how‚ through the adaptation of an organization‚ the government came to be. Mesopotamia‚ known as “the land between the rivers” (Tigris and Euphrates)
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have pointed out as the essential attitude in writing history: being self-reflexive and letting the reader participate in the process of writing. It can therefore be stated that Scott provides an example of how writing history should look like. In chapter 4.2 it is elaborated how literature can occupy an important role in rethinking how the past should be processed. It is also mentioned that for some marginal groups‚ e.g. Aboriginal Australians‚ literature is the only way to tell their version of (his)story
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Civil War about an African American young man who escapes from the south to the north. The story drew an emotional connection as well the basic facts about African Americans escaping and what life was when they reached the north. At the beginning of Chapter Four: Leg Irons‚ there is a newspaper that talks about how the Union soldiers should seize slaves that were escaping from the north. They were label as “contraband of war” and that the government encouraged it. After the newspaper‚ the story begins
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While chapters one and 2 serve to characterize Meursault as generally emotionless (ie: his Mother’s funeral and affair with Marie) Chapter 3 works to establish Meursault as a “friend” to different people. Just the same as his relationships with his mother and girlfriend‚ Meursault’s relationships with his friends are what one can deem as unconventional. In doing so the author reveals some truths about Meursault and the nature of free will and judgement. The first set of interactions involves both
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