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    Lord of the Flies Piggy, Ralph, Jack, and Roger were all crucial characters throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. All these characters made questionable decisions that when combined, contributed to Piggy’s necessary demise. Although some character’s decisions had a greater impact than others, they were all responsible in some way. Piggy’s stubborn behavior, Ralph’s lack of leadership, Jack’s power hungry and irresponsible behavior, and Roger’s unstable

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    allowing people to find and answer in a short amount of time. It is efficient, but is that always a good thing? Machines these days are taking over and they are everywhere you look. Many are being used very wisely, but some are being used in a feeble minded way. Many argue that by using artificial intelligence it will hurt our lives tremendously. However, the use of this global machinery clearly shows that it will give us a more prosperous and healthy lifestyle. People today are immersed in technology

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    There was still a large lack of understanding that what caused mental illness the 1930’s, however people still wanted to treat mental illness so this brought more therapeutic ideas on how to cure it. In 1933, two neurologists at Yale Primate Laboratory, Dr. Fulton and Jacobson, performed experiments on two monkeys. They tested the intelligence of the monkeys before and after the removal of half the brains’ frontal lobes. They seemed to retain their skills and intelligence. Fulton and Jacobson wanted

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    Everyone has heard the saying, “history repeats itself”. We’ve seen it time and time again from multiple Stock Market crashes, reasons for starting wars, to even patterns in fashion and music. The debates contraception poses proves to be no exception. While opinions differ from person to person based on their religious beliefs, political standing, and physical health condition, the argument always seems to be whether or not contraception should be easily accessible. This topic has been discussed

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    One can unknowingly suffer for the sake of society’s convenience. Both authors, Ray Bradbury and Ursula Le Guin, demonstrate the suffering that the protagonist endures in order to serve their society. A variety of rhetorical strategies and modes contribute to the overall role of the protagonists. Ray Bradbury uses personification and the rhetorical mode of pathos to convey the oblivious suffering that the protagonist, the “smart house”, undergoes. Ursula Le Guin utilizes diction and the rhetorical

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    When one mentions the Aztecs, the first image that pops into most people’s minds is of barbaric people that participated in human sacrifice. It’s simple to see this ancient society as barbaric and inhumane. It’s simple to stay narrow-minded and refuse to view them as anything else. In reality, the Aztec society was complex. Their beliefs, festivities, innovations, trainings, and social class structures all points toward a sophisticated civilization. The foundation that each of these examples were

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    Flowers For Algernon: An Exploration Into The Stigma Against Mental Disabilities In the mid to late 20th century a story swept across the nation challenging societal beliefs surrounding the mentally disabled: this story is know as Flowers for Algernon. Flowers For Algernon began as a short story, written in 1958 by Daniel Keyes, but after it gained popularity, Keys decided to turn the story into a novel which he then published in 1966. Up until the creation of this book, cognitive disabilities

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    Explore the presentation of love as shown by Othello and Desdemona in Act 1 scene 3. Lines 49 ( 295. Othello is a play based on love and rivalry. It is a romantic tragedy, a popular writing topic for Shakespeare. In this essay I will be discussing how love is portrayed between Othello and Desdemona. To effectively show the level of love between Othello and Desdemona Shakespeare must use different techniques, including language and structure. Features like these can decipher the love between Othello

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    Feminist of today are considered third-wave feminists, which focus on abolishing gender roles through the actions of assertiveness, power and control of their own sexuality. At first glance, Games of Thrones appears to be nothing more than mansanstic fantasy. Everywhere in the show women are hypersexualized and casted into their predisposed gender roles. In the first season every episode follows this trends, of men holding all the power in society and women being objects. Women were only presented

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    Accounts of the Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. I will tell the story of the Holocaust through many different personal accounts of people involved in many different sides of this incredible story. I will do this by using the personal accounts of surviving victims, of those not directly involved in the event, though affected by it, and the defense of the Nazi party. But first, I will tell you a little about

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