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    AP United States History African American Culture from the Early to Mid-1800’s Throughout American history, African Americans fought to establish their own culture. Even though they were silenced by white laws and stereotypes, African Americans created their own distinct culture, to a certain extent from 1800 to 1860. By mixing their African American traditions and Christian ideas, they formed a religion, their own version of Christianity. African American rebellions, though small and infrequent

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    Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov wrote, “the fundamental mistake made by Stalin and Marxists in general was to assume that inasmuch as ‘existence defines consciousness,’ a person can get used to any existence” (Khomiakov 96). The Soviet system that prevailed from 1922 to 1991 promised an end of class distinctions between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, a growing economy, and an increase international power through a communist regime; it promised to foster a “new Soviet man”. When Stalin took power, he implemented

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    collectivist dictatorship which holds strict laws that must not be broken, these laws prohibit individuality, creativity, and freedom. The protagonist of the story is a character called Equality 7-2521, he has a very difficult life because he is extremely smart, athletic, and ambitious, and being different from everyone else in this world is forbidden and discouraged.

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    Storytelling became a way to give people advice or telling people what would happen if they disobey their religious rules or tradition. In the story of a grandmother, it critiques religion for the way it can lead to snap judgments and a loss of freedom. Religions set a snap judgment of people in the same religion or even in different religions. Each religion slandering the others, some examples are Christianity believe the pagans worships the devil while The Romans slandering Christians say

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    United States, as men and women alike were convinced that women did not deserve the same rights as men. While both women in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” respond to their situations after obtaining freedom in different ways, they illustrate the multiple facets of women’s oppressed social conditions during that era which caused many women various manifestations of depression, other physical and mental ailments, and for many, lead to loneliness and unfulfilled

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    restricted the freedoms of nonwhite individuals and established strict social standards, continued for the next century. While the rules of slavery were very clear, and the expectations of a slave were instilled in them since birth, in the Jim Crow South, the rules were subjective. Punishments varied and white individuals had the power to administer these punishments as they saw fit. Thus, the power that the white population held over colored people was based on fear. This powerful fear, faced by both

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    Dystopian societies dictate many characteristics as leaders and followers usually one coming out from the shade to lead their small groups to rebel against order. Through, James Dashner literature the maze runner series he greatly displays challenges of the protagonist in a fallen society. He also takes his text to the next level by being able to display hopelessness in a series of challenges, with struggles with fear in courage as the protagonist in the book go through their trenches, long and dangerous

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    One hundred and sixty seven years ago, the Underground Railroad led thousands of slaves to their newfound freedom and helped unite millions of people against the annihilation of slavery within their new nation. Even though the new nation was committed to equality and liberty, it denied the freedom of millions of its residents. The ultimate goal of the Underground Railroad was to accomplish the safe arrival of runaway slaves to the North and Canada where the long arm of the law could no longer reach

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    Confederation and Constitution (Ginger) After winning independence from Great Britain in 1776, the United States was in need of an organized national government, clearly defined in written form. The first Continental Congress drafted the Articles of confederation the following year, though it would not be ratified until 1781. The Articles provided the framework for a centralized government but ultimately were not strong enough to enforce its own requirements. A new constitution was needed.

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    Another example that frames a negative love through a more narcissistic form of intemperance combined with a necessity (a counterpart to freedom). The contrast of a narcissistic love (an evil love that necessitates tyrannical measures) to a sacrificial love that promotes freedom reinforces the ways in which love is framed as good or evil. The description between the attributes of the gates to the gardens shows these opposing differences. The Book 2, Canto 12, Stanza 43 opens with “goodly it was

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