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    Margaret Atwood, the author of the novel the Handmaid’s tale, is best known for her works that tackles social issues. Through her output of short stories, poems, novels and works, she is known to be a critic of systems which exposes several themes like oppression, injustices, inequality and other conflicts in the society. Her way of presenting certain issues is her extensive use of fictional works which serves as her modality to relate these concepts to its what its symbolizes in the real life scenarios

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    female students can prove to be difficult when educating middle school students. In middle school, some students are beginning to show interest in their peers of the opposite gender. The social issues that effects teens today become much more apparent in a small school setting. Teachers must be aware of the social issues that the students are struggling with and make adjustments to the instruction. For instance, peer grouping may be difficult when students are not getting along with a particular student

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    Social justice issues affect all different people in many different ways, this includes Christians and Churches, making it a high priority if not mandatory that they should be involved in resolving social justice issues. In class we discussed various issues, including abortion, racism, and feminism to name a few. These issues, and others that I will talk about, are at the forefront of social justice issues of today. In today's world we must have “things” now! Because of this we feel like we feel

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    There are many novels that connect to different historical and social issues. Lord of the Flies by William Golding relates to World War 2, bullying, and competition. World War 2 is included as a historical event because of the time period the story takes place. Bullying and competition are used as social issues because the event occurs all around the world on a daily basis. The novel takes place in the 1950s, around the ending of the war. “He must have flown off after he dropped us. He couldn’t

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    contrast, conflict theory mostly focuses on social issues, in particular the lack of economic opportunity for everyone throughout the nation. Also, as mentioned below, transparency and equality for all individuals ought to be a priority to tackle inequality. All too often, governmental officials failed to represent the public best interest and sadly the lack of integrity of elected officials are part of the problem leading to the disparity. To fix these issues, we must start by reforming the criminal

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    According to, On The Issues Hillary Clinton asserted, "90 people a day die from gun violence in our country. That's 33,000 people a year." Clinton has a strong appeal on gun violence and how she wants to prevent it. Hillary believes that if the government or FBI are watching you due to terrorist links you shouldn’t be able to just go buy a gun without any inquiry and questions asked. Hillary wants to expand background checks so that people with criminal records aren’t able to buy guns. In addition

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    protagonist, Jonas matures as knowledge is gained, and begins to understand the deepest, and darkest secrets of the community he lives in that is seemly 'perfect'. The author has successfully analysed a variety of social issues present in today's modern world in the novel. Some issues implied are: lack of individuality which allows for easy control, the abandonment of emotions and the importance of memories. Individuality is one of the key components of reaching the utopian standard. However, in

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    In contemporary society, there are many social issues that have risen to the attention to many. A social issue that gained popularity amongst a large amount of people is the gender inequality in the workplace. As this social issue became a consideration to many, there has been many studies conducted to aid others in becoming more educated and aware of the issue. The social issue of gender inequality in the workplace is in favour of many sociological concepts, such as the conflict theory, symbolic

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    Social issues in both China and Brazil are constantly being addressed in order to accommodate their ever-evolving society. Throughout history, these social issues have played a crucial part in the lives of Chinese and Brazilian citizens by acting as an outlet for freedom and a method of oppression depending on the issue at hand. Being two of the most populous states in the world, it was inevitable that they would face numerous issues that threatened both the citizens and the government, such as environmental

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    Brave New World, Huxley writes about many political and social issues. The main three issues are portrayed in the book are the controlling thoughts, the extreme obsession with stability, and the fact that no one is allowed to have a family, and they can produce 96 twins from one ovary. Huxley uses quite a bit of literary elements while explaining these social issues, just a few being strong diction, repetition, and imagery. A big social issue portrayed in this novel is the fact that the government

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