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Policy-making in the Federal System The federal system of government in the United States of America has a three-tier system where the policy-making function cuts across the federal, state and local government. The responsibility of government is divided across the three tiers in different proportions depending on the need being served (Gerston, 2007). Public policy in matters like health care is very sensitive when laws or amendments are passed. The laws at the national level might not reflect the

discards the language of obedience and redemption used by the church. To Thoreau, Nature and God are at once synonymous and interconnected: "Next to us the grandest laws are continually being executed. Next to us is not the workman we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are." (175) Thoreau believes in a creator god, a living god that makes of “Nature” his home. Thoreau feels “Nature” is a divine space: a space where man is able to feel close to his god, a

Going into a career (rather furthering my education in finance) in finance has had me wondering about the state of my state’s economy lately. As an accountant, Maine’s economy will continue to affect me professionally (and personally, being a citizen of the state) for the rest of my adult life. Even if all I ever do is taxes for other citizens of my state, to know the state of the economy here will change the way things are done. I don’t have enough space to go through everything that’s affecting

Thoreau opens "Solitude" with a melodious articulation of his pleasure in and sensitivity for nature. When he comes back to his home in the wake of strolling at night, he finds that guests have ceased by, which prompts him to remark both on his strict separation from others while at the lake and on the non-literal space between men. There is closeness in his association with nature, which gives adequate fraternity and blocks the likelihood of forlornness. The immensity of the universe puts the space

Jordan Maki Prof. Meier History 6 October 20, 2017 Abigail Adams Book Critique In the novel, Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman, Charles Akers portrays the life of a strong, revolutionary woman named Abigail Adams. She was known as the first lady of the United States under John Adams and she played an indirect role in influencing the American Revolution. She is called one of the founders of the country for her revolutionary thinking and her being a rights activist. Abigail Adams faced

Puritan society. However, as their ideologies become increasingly restrictive, their intolerance of misconduct also consolidates, and their utmost faithfulness ultimately leads to their untimely destruction. While John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, delivers “A Model of Christian Charity,” laying out the societal expectations of Puritans, Jonathan Edwards in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” aggressively warns the Puritans of the wrath of God, and Arthur Miller denounces their

The books Walden and other Writings by Henry David Thoreau and Hope Leslie or, Early Times in the Massachusetts by Catharine Maria Sedgwick both have many overlapping themes. This paper is going to focus on their shared opinions about materialism. Both Sedgwick and Thoreau condemn living for materials, insisting that there are better, more worthy things in life. These are the “higher things” since both authors agree that there are things morally higher than materials. Catharine Maria Sedgwick views

Arthur Miller's play The Crucible demonstrates how easily situations can spiral out of control. The Salem witch trials are a great example of these heinous acts by the townspeople. The trials started off with accusations and escalated quickly to extreme measures like executions. The Holocaust also had an unthinkable outcome that ended with the genocide of Jews. These events start with innocent rumors and end with an unfixable aftermath. The Crucible applies strictly to past events like the Holocaust

that the colonists weren’t going to let Parliament put taxes on one of their major goods. However, the Sons of Liberty didn’t thank of the repercussions. The Boston Tea Party caused severe conciseness to the citizens, such the Coercive Act and Massachusetts Government Act. Parliament was not pleased with how the citizens were reacting to the high taxes on tea by tossing the precious tea in the harbor. The individuals that participated in the event didn’t realize how their actions would affect Worcester

In the play The Crucible Abigail is Parris’s niece that lives in his home along with his daughter, Betty. Abigail is one of the girls that fake being witched and accuse many innocent people in Salem, Massachusetts of being witches. The question is whether or not Abigail is a victim of her society or just plain evil. It is my understanding, with the examination of her character traits, that Abigail is a victim of her society. While some of her actions were fueled by passion for John Proctor, I do