Allegiant Essay

In the movie Divergent directed by Neil Burger, society has been split up in to six factions; Amity (the peaceful), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Candor (the honest), Erudite (the intelligent), and the Factionless (the homeless). When you reach the age of sixteen you take an aptitude test that will tell you what faction you belong in. Once you choose this faction you can no longer go back to your original faction. So if you decide that you don’t want to live with the faction…

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Throughout its years of prevalence in the popular music industry, the disco genre has always polarised opinions. The subject of some quite literally explosive protests, many have hated disco for its supposed vapidity and homogeneity, and few have defended it. I will assert that the “disco sucks” movement was a populist declaration of difference and supposedly superior taste, musical purism built on racist, homophobic and hyper-masculine ideologies. My essay will be based on ideas from Richard…

Perseverance is defined as the steady persistence in the course of action, or purpose especially in spite of difficulties, and discouragement. When people get discouraged they must have the heart and the mind set to stay on their course of action. When someone makes the decision to persevere they are choosing to stay focused and not give in to the pressure that threatens to suppress them back from achieving their ambitions. Perseverance involves never giving up. When someone makes the decision…

Ever since the beginning of time, men have taken the roles of power in relationships, while the women are left to follow. This fact is evident in William Shakespeare 's Othello with the relationship between Desdemona and Othello. At times Desdemona was brave, but it was usually when she had her husband 's support. The few times she stood up to her husband, her fear caused her to give up and return to being her obedient self. This, along with her overall submissive behavior, proves that Desdemona…

People use this term often when describing countries that are without wealth, that is most likely the reason the were non-allegiant to either side because they did not have a any sort of wealth to have a strong government that could be involved in a government war. These countries are so poor they cannot even get involved in world issues, they are struggling just to feed…

She begins to blame society for her misfortune and desires that are not acquirable by using the Devil as justification. The false accusations and chaos that ensues is much like the McCarthyism scandal of the 1950s. Senator Joe McCarthy, leader of the House Committee on Un-American Activities began as a result of communistic scares in the United States after WWII. The job of HUAC was to hunt and expose guilty people of having relations or feelings for communists. The “witch hunt” of the 1950s…

IF GOD IS OMNIPOTENT AND GOOD, THEN WHY IS THERE EVIL IN THE WORLD __________________ A positional paper Presented to Dr. Stephen J. Wellum The Southern Baptist Theology Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for 27070WW __________________ by Fazhi Zeng zengfazhi@gmail.com 12/10/2016 IF GOD IS OMNIPOTENT AND GOOD, THEN WHY IS THERE EVIL IN THE WORLD When Christians share gospel in Bible studies, we might have met questions from other non-believers or…

Book 1 of Plato’s Republic is concerned with justice. Although Plato doesn’t give his own definition of justice, he does consider and eventually refute the suggestions offered by some of the characters we encounter. These characters include Cephalus, Polemarchus, and Thrasymachus, who have different perspectives on morality. In this paper, I will be giving my own interpretation of this text, which will include a description of the three characters as well as an account of Socrates’ interaction…