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    For instance, the majority of Maycomb believes that Arthur Radley is evil. That is why his nickname is “Boo”, it symbolizes that everyone is scared of him yet none of the people really get to know him; they base their opinions and beliefs on prejudice, rumors and nothing more. Throughout the novel, Arthur shows that he is in fact kind and he tries to change the perception Scout and Jem have about him. “Atticus was right.…

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    My Life Without Regrets

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    smile. But then something happened and I became this person who doesn’t genuinely laugh much anymore. I find it hard to joke and I’ve turned into this “buzz kill” kind of person. Where before I would have been honest but with a side of humor so that people never were hurt by what I said and it wouldn’t bother anyone. But, now I’m just brutally honest and it tends to hurt people’s feelings, or the way I say things may get misinterpreted. Because in all honesty I don’t ever want to hurt anyone’s…

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    yet they managed to make a living. While other people call them dogs and unclean, they 're doing their best as a society and doing what they know works. Even if it was different than others, their slum helped run THE CITY. This document as a whole was doing the exact definition of sociology: studying THEIR society and human behavior. By picking certain people and following their lifestyle for a while, outsiders were able to see the society of these people within the walls of their slums.…

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    “No I don’t want to go to school. The kids there bully me because I don’t look like them. My nose is wider and my skin is darker.” Your child comes home with bruises and cuts all over his body. You tell him that he should go back to school and that he would be accepted for who he is, but deep down you know that this isn’t always true. You have no words to tell your traumatized child and this leaves you heartbroken. We live in a place where humans segregate each other by skin color. However, we…

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    the word talent evokes many responses from different people. to some it means exceptional an ability to perform well in music, entertainment or sports. to some others it is a word they cannot identify with simply because they feel they do not possess these ' special ' talents. a talent refers to an innate mental or artistic aptitude as opposed to acquired ability. this definition makes a few things clear. first, anything that is learnt is not talent and second, talent could be either mental or…

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    interactions is becoming very important in people’s reflections about which career or job path to follow. As people get older and involved in different roles at the same time they realized that it is harder to combine their jobs with their family obligations. People almost the time have to learn to give priority to things that matter the most for them. On the other hand, it is very common to find people that have studied a long career and after they engaged in a job related to his career, they…

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    In a land of unfair systems, broken spirits, lost minds, and fading attention, there are unintended influential persons following behind. Want to know what gives these people the right to be superior? It’s the fact that they’re as what was referred to earlier as a “person”. No credit given, because they are told they can’t have any. No chance to shoot into the hoop of their own future, because they acknowledge the words of the closest, which is dribbling negativity into their court and among…

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    breaking point for me: I cannot continue to live in a place where all the people who should be helping and genuinely caring are abusing me verbally and psychologically. If I’m going to be able to continue to work towards my goal of a master’s degree in fine arts with an emphasis in graphic design/new media arts, I need to move into a dorm…

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    Black Veil Symbolism

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    Black Veil, a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Mr. Hooper is an excellent example to illustrate this case. I will be explaining about symbolism in things that people wear, whether it be a veil, flower, or anything else. I will also explain what I would wear to symbolize myself and how it would affect people around me, whether it be from a relative’s or stranger’s perspective. If you ever read The Minister’s Black Veil, you would already know where I’m getting at. In the…

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    abrupt style of conversation and not wanted to share about himself. It appeared as if he was hiding something from me. On another note, the responses from the two security guards made me ponder why this grey haired person gave money to them, or other people? Was he trying to bribe them by gaining his faithful reputation? According to my perception, though he had behaved in that unblemished way for years, revealing he had a mental disorder condition, why was his family or anyone from his…

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