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    cause false actuation on the prosecutor. Which could cause harm on one’s life. However, this could be avoided if the evidencewas more carefully reviewed. Dinnerstein, Leonard. “Leo Frank Case.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. This source gives a brief summary on the Leo Frank case. The article gives a brief description on how Leo was convicted of the murder of a teenager girl and the trial that took place after the time of the crime. The source also descript the result of the case and the aftermath that

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    What would you do if your family had a woman working for them throughout your whole life? What about when you watch her get mistreated and find her sleeping in corners, watching her teeth rot, exhausted all the time and working as a mother and servant without pay?Would you defend her? Alex Tizon did. In “My Family’s Slave”, Alex Tizon tells a story about a woman named Lola who became a great part of his life. After understanding what Lola was as a young boy and watched how she was treated, the author

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    The Beauty with the Beast Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog title seems to point to how the main characters first meet each other, though the capitalization of the words Lady and Dog might point that it has another meaning. The title then would not be about how Dmitri first knew Anna, but what their roles are at the beginning of the story. Dmitri was a dog, a beast, a man who seduces women and when he received what he wants leaves with just memories of the encounter and no remorse. While Anna

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    Leo Tolstoy presents two extremely different deaths in Anna Karenina: one of a sickly brother losing his battle with illness, and one of a woman brimming with intricate complexities committing suicide because she does not feel like she has a purpose in her life. As Fyodor Dostoevsky asserts in his work evaluating the novel, “In Anna Karenina is expressed a view of human guilt and criminality. People are portrayed in abnormal circumstances… caught in a whirl of deceit, people commit crime and fatally

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    So, what is love? Love can mean many things to people. However, is there only one definition? There are many different types of love you can have. For example, having love for your pet can be completely different compared to having love for your family members or spouse, which begs the question; how important is love in the nonviolence movement? A very important person involved with the nonviolent movement is Martin Luther King Jr. I will be explaining his thoughts, and views on love. I will also

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    Life and Work People’s emotions, experiences, and senses from the past and present influence everything they do; every thought or idea a person has builds from the foundation of previous thoughts, memories, emotions, and experiences. People utilize their past to make decisions, teach a lesson, improve relationships, and to grow and develop their own ideas and opinions. Writers especially draw from past experiences to weave their own stories and create a new and unique world for their audience’s

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    The Jonestown Massacre was one of America’s greatest tragedies in history. Due to extreme Racism and persecution innocent people were driven to create a socialistic society only to realize there is no such thing. There are many causes and effects to the event of Jonestown massacre. Some examples of those causes and effects are the background, events, responses, and efforts. Jim Jones and the people of Peoples temple did not set out to be one of america's worst massacres, they just want equality and

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    Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist who mainly wrote novels and short stories. In the late 1870’s Tolstoy went through an inward crisis. He could not understand his existence, or that of mankind. He tried to overcome this crisis by seeking answers in religion. During his inward crisis he pondered the question of why he lived and what he lived for. Tolstoy thought out his solution: “Live seeking God, and then you will not live without God (creationism.org). Tolstoy believed that the meaning of

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    Though-out history we all have been taught in our education systems about Martin Luther King (MLK) and Gandhi, but I feel as though they were very brief. My goal is to present facts about how Gandhi shaped the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's approach to non-violent protest, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's use of non-violent protest during the 1960s and briefly discusses Non-Violence in todays society. Now before we discuss anything what is the true dictionary definition of Non-violence? Martin

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    In Anna Karenina, Lev Tolstoy describes multiple characters in depth and gives the readers the opportunity to create and change their opinions about most of them as the plot develops. The novel begins with a rather striking quote, taken from Romans 12:19: ‘’Vengeance is mine, I will repay’’ (Tolstoy XXV). This sentence’s meaning in it’s biblical context and full length, is that it is not up to people to punish others for their wrong-doings, but that God will eventually take revenge and repay them

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