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    The Mythology of ¨Real¨ Human Nature Is the way that we live today really how we were suppose to live in the first place? With hierarchies of the wealthy over the poverty stricken, having more material possessions than others to make us feel more significant than others, and feeling such a strong, neverending greed that will never be fulfilled. Is that how we honestly see human nature? A competition between everyone? In hunter-gatherer societies, none of that mattered. They worked together…

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    benefit him the most. These wealthy characters had had no affection or care for others, all they wanted to do was drink, spend money, and do things for themselves in the 1920s. The them of their hollowness of mind can be seen and discussed when the characteristics of the people of West Egg and East Egg are analyzed and how their actions can affect others around them. The upper class is a select group…

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    guide to facilitate decisions about what we ought to do. Hooker states, I mean impartial benevolence as the direct and sole determiner of everyday practical decisions. By impartial benevolence, I mean an equal concern for the good of each. And by equal concern for the good of each, I mean treating a benefit or harm to any one individual as having the same moral importance as the same-size benefit or harm to any other individual. As I understand it, Hooker’s view resembles a broad formalistic…

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    frozen lake, she works tirelessly all day to make boots for the cow. As obscure an idea as it is, it proves to be successful after all the hard work Aina puts in. This situation portrays Aina to be strong-willed and have undeterred motivation: characteristics that would societally be expected of her husband rather than her. But societal expectations appear to mean nothing to Aina, who does not hinder her own capabilities to please…

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    First, transportation movement has not changed too much. A little town over from where I live, Mineral, still uses a train to transport goods. In Fredericksburg, a town forty-five minutes from where I live in which I work, they have an Amtrak Train that goes from Fredericksburg to Washington, D.C., which has been used for many year. One thing that has changed is that Fredericksburg started…

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    Life, Death and Hope in a Port Au Prince Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a novel based on the residents of Annawadi, an overcrowded, squalid slum near Mumbai, India. Annawadi has a population of about 4,000, but it is very densely populated. It has a high unemployment rate, unsanitary conditions, little access to clean water or electricity, and an unfathomable level of poverty. Behind the Beautiful Forevers is written by…

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    The author uses many literary features to explain the two themes, but one key used in particular abundance is symbolism. Hawthorne’s story is seen as possibly a, ““sweet moral blossom” or The Scarlet Letter is this good grows out of evil.” (Austin 2). The scarlet letter that is used throughout the story is a symbol of multiple ideas. To the townspeople, the symbol is one of adultery, showing what Hester did to deserve her practical banishment from the town. To the…

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    Najmah’s Characteristics The intellect and willpower of a human goes beyond the limits of nature as they have the ability to change their understanding of who they are when faced in the loss of their known world. This is displayed with the main character Najmah from the well-known book Under the Persimmon Tree as she took comfort in her family, allowing them to protect her from her consistent anxiety. Najmah becomes responsible when her father and brother were taken away from her,…

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    One characteristic of a good colonist was a readiness to work as starting up and maintaining a settlement in the colonies was difficult work. It was the laziness of some individuals in the Jamestown colony that almost caused it to collapse which made John Smith ask that…

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    1. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Brown in the third case study most closely reflects the image I have of a good family. I like the family simply because, according to what I read, they seem like a very happy family. A family that does activities together, and the husband and wife take turn to manage the family. Another thing is thanks to the mother, the kids fit in well with the community. 2. I like how Mr. and Mrs. Brown works together to be in charge of the house, and they condescend to each…

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