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The Power of compassion and ruthlessness Power is something many people try to obtain, whether it be an election or competition some people want to be in control. Power can be obtained by using by using compassion, ruthlessness, and manipulation. In Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card the story is about children getting put into training camps to fight in the war, as they are awaiting the third invasion from “The Buggers”. There is boy named Ender, who is a mixture between his compassionate sister…

The Valentine Road documentary shows the constant struggle of the LGBTQ community and their everyday lives. The harassment, torture and struggle dealing with being openly gay or lesbian. From this documentary, many parts can relate back to the class but I chose to discuss, hate crimes, who is most likely to be victimized by a hate crime and bullying. A hate crime was displayed in this documentary. The definition of a hate crime is when an offender victimizes someone based on their race, sexual…

When the Europeans first came to, what is now known as North Carolina, they struggled to make it and eventually ended up settling in Virginia because of numerous reasons, political, geography, and culture. The Virginia colony finally figured out a way to turn profit and the settlers began settling in North Carolina again. Because North Carolina lacked a deep port they relied heavily on their surrounding colonies to get food and supplies, as well as more immigrants to work. America began to…

call Quadrireme so for some time Carthage is most powerful power at sea because of Quadrireme, but When Rome found an abandon Quadrireme they quickly went to work, were they copy the ship in order to fight Carthage in the Punic war’s. During March 10 241 B.C. Rome and Carthage went to war at sea with equal amount on weapons technology, there the Roman Navy Won the battle and that Won the First Punic war and made Rome number one Naval in fighting. (.(Mark Cannon , 6 Nov 2006, Engineering an…

ENGL 241 SevastiArapian Professor English October 11, 2015 Benjamin Franklin, Olaudah Equiano, and the Rhetoric Self The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano are both apparent autobiographies written by men who, though differ considerably in socio-economic positions in their societies, utilize their industrius nature to lead them to a common goal: self improvement. Though these autobiographies are presented to the reader…

Everyone probably has a place important to them, Furthermore, this also applies to the protagonist of “Walk two moons” by Sharon Creech. Salamanca can find importance in the locations Ohio, Idaho, and Bybanks for various different reasons. To start off with Ohio, this location can show relevance to Sal, as the protagonist meets Phoebe there, learns about Mrs. Pickford’s reasoning, and finds the story behind Mrs. Cadaver. Firstly, according to Sal, “ I didn’t know it then, but that face belonged…

system that classifies people who share common descent based on their visible innate physical similarities. While class is defined as a group of people who share a similar position within society based on their economic status. (Manza 2013, pgs. 218 & 241) The social stratification that is present in American society is so prevalent it is visible to the naked eye. Manza discusses the concept of social roles and how it provides power and privilege. Specifically he states “As an individual, where…

As teenagers, everyone calls who they are into questioning. Is one punk rock? Is another the classic prep? What about the jocks? These characteristics are typically pulled into play because high school gives teens the chance to throw themselves into the unknown to find who one is, who they want to be, and how they ended up there? However, Native Americans have a historical theme of struggling to find who they really are. This is because they’ve also been tossed into a mix of the unknown, at…

While it is evident that there are some legitimate arguments made as to why pornography should be neither illegal or restricted, they all miss the point of focusing on the true repercussions that porn has in society. First, people are ignorant to the role that pornography has in the sex-trafficking trade. "It is commonly known in the anti-trafficking field that 80 percent of survivors report that their customers showed them pornography to illustrate the kinds of sexual acts they want performed."…

Fate Drives Free Will Oedipus a man of mystery, frees the city from the Sphinx terror and becomes the savior of Thebes. Oedipus becomes a leader who will bring both glory and curse to Thebes’ name, and a leader whose pride and arrogance would fall to fate. In Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus the King, the author conveys the idea that fate is inescapable by hinting the kings future through the prophet and by the realization Oedipus experiences. Oedipus was told about his fate countless times…