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Love
<view this essay>.... to the word is hate. A partner (no matter what type) who has displayed distrust, unfaithfulness or disloyalty can bring on this emotion.
The first time I experienced was when I was eighteen. I wait for his call; the phone rings at nine-thirty, could it be him? I answer. The sound of his voice puts a warm, tingly feeling all over me. The words that he says to me makes my blood race through my veins. We talk about our day and how we cannot wait to see each other again. When he makes a positive comment, my face brightens like a light bulb. When negativity occurs, I brush it off as though it was never said. Then, it is time to say goodnight. .....
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The Many Faces Of Marriage
<view this essay>.... her people have suffered for so many years have blinded them to the
subtle magnificence which can pervade even the lowliest life, and can be
tapped by any imagination with sufficient motivation. As a child, Janie
longs for the glorious truth which tickles her fancy through the heavenly
scent of the pear tree, but the hard materialism of her grandmother and
later her first husband restrain her by trying to crowd her mind with the
empty trinkets which they themselves have learned to value. Her second
husband is similarly stifling; though his strength and power is at first
appealing, he too is unable to comprehend that life is in the living and
the being .....
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Is History Destined To Repeat Itself? McCarthyism In The New Millennium
<view this essay>.... replies "I never sold myself! I'm a good girl! I'm a proper girl!(40)" She is struggling with him trying to hold her ground, but is becoming outraged, which is possibly her downfall.
Even with this case of mass hysteria behind us, there are still issues brought up in our society upon which one can reflect on "The Crucible" and still apply the theme to the modern situation. The beating, or hate crime, committed against Matthew Shepard is one example of this. The brutal thugs who murdered Matthew Shepard simply because of his sexual orientation deserve swift and certain punishment. Their acts are despicable. Unfortunately, a new form of McCarthyism is welling .....
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Let The Animals Go
<view this essay>.... are objects and their only purpose is to satisfy people.
Animals do not have a choice on whether they want to perform or not. They
are captured and forced to do what their instructors tell them which causes
the animals to live a unnatural and uncomfortable lifestyle. According to
Alison Greene, who has fought for circus animals for twenty-five years, “
there are no kind animal trainers.” (Greene). Thus, circuses should not
have the right to use animals for entertainment.
There is a high amount of abuse that lies behind the performance of
circus animals. Not only is there physical abuse, but also mental.
Maclean’s Magazine finds that Veterinarian Ken L .....
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“Cultural Murders”
<view this essay>.... Using manipulation with drugs and force of personality, Manson molded the young people into killers. They would be lucky enough to carry out his visions of Helter Skelter( Adler 54).
One of the youths picked up was Leslie Van Houton. She met him, and was very suprised at his advanced age and demunitive size. Within a month, Manson was running her life. Manson considered his followers as his family. Manson taught the family that true love required complete destruction of one’s self. They had to become empty so they could be filled with his love. He wanted compliant followers with devotion and dependance on him (Farquhar 5).
His family took many acid tri .....
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Facism
<view this essay>.... held in such high regards. Fascism approaches politics in two
central areas, populist and elitist. Populist in that it seeks to activate
"the people" as a whole against perceived oppressors or enemies and to
create a nation of unity. The elitist approach treats as putting the
people's will on one select group, or most often one supreme leader called
El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized
names that go along with Fascism is Italy's Benito Mussolini and Germany's
Adolf Hitler.
The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who
argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason.
George Sorel, Fr .....
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Slang In America
<view this essay>.... nothing to fear from change.
Slang worries Conservatives the most because it affects the vocabulary of English. American English, especially, is always adding new words to its vocabulary for social, scientific, or artistic reasons. The scientific and artistic words do not bother these people; only the social, or slang, words do. Slang is usually created by children or teens who seek social status (Morrow 137). Because kids are the source of new slang, some adults look down on it with the assumption that kids are unintelligent and simply rebelling against established English grammar and diction. However, most of the adults did the same thing when they were chil .....
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The First Account Of Censorship
<view this essay>.... to the subject or the words in the subject. Sometimes the subject can just suggest certain things that people think will influence others; especially children.
The freedom of speech and freedom of the press, are right guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution. Certain groups and individuals continually challenge them. They seek to block what is considered bad from others view. They want to protect their children from bad things and surround their life with only the good.
comes when Samuel L. Clemens better known as mark Twain is considered to be a racist by some his well know novels The word censor comes from the Latin censere, which means .....
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