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    Literature is a very important part of the human life. Many books have been banned and or censored because of inappropriate material or the usage of words that some people find offensive. One example of a book that has been censored and banned is the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Written materials should not be censored or banned because it takes away the meaning and possible education of the reader. There has been a total of 11,300 books that have been challenged to be banned…

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    What would my employees think? Am I a pushover? Will more complaints occur? In order to avoid these questions and any resulting regret the decision was made based on the regret theory (Plous, 1993 p.101). 3. Compare and contrast your understanding of judgment and/or decision making using these three different theoretical approaches. My understanding of the judgment was based on the surrounding context. The baseline for the behavior of the employee was determined by a reference point,…

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    While there are certainly many valid reasons for studying the book of Revelation, this paper will focus on what I believe to be the three most significant and important of those reasons. The first reason that Revelation is worthy of our study and efforts is a simple one: it is part of the Bible! As part of God’s word, the book of Revelation is “given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16 [NKJV]), literally meaning that it is “God-breathed”. Since Revelation is among the words given to man by…

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    fireman, lives in a world where firemen burn books rather than put out fires. Montag meets a teenager, Clarisse McClellan, who he finds odd because of her bright, energetic personality, which is disparate and unnatural compared to the rest of the citizens. Clarisse questions Montag, opening his eyes to the imperfection in his life: his wife, his odd job, his boss, etc.. Later in the novel, he responds to an alarm that an old woman has a stash of hidden books. When Montag confronts her and orders…

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    The difference between now and the early 1900 is massive. Back in the early 1900 human slavery was pretty common as represented in the book. Freedom has been given as year went by and in today’s generation most country do give freedom and tries to treat them well and equally. For example, all human slaves had the rights of life,security and liberty, slaves had few other types of rights including political rights which is protection of the law and equality before the law there is also economic…

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    In other words, what have I learned through my education? Have I been trained in one special area or have I gained an education not only in one area, but also in learning about myself and who I am? According to Webster’s dictionary, education is defined by the development and training of one’s mind, character, and skills, as by instruction, study, or example and the knowledge and skill resulting from such instruction and training. By this definition, one might argue that being educated means…

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    xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.” Libba Bary, bestselling fiction author, expresses the importance of libraries in the above quotation, stating that access to the public library essentially “cures” us of our nescience, pessimism, and prejudice. Bray describes books—to which the library card is a passport—as windows into new mindsets, ideas and perspectives; books are described as conduits by which the library broadens…

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    the Renaissance in England and Italy? Based on the cookbooks, letters, and books of the time period, the importance of food is illustrated through the countless amounts of discussion about the topic and the emphasis placed on cooks of royalty or people like the pope. One of the most popular cookbooks from the Renaissance is the Opera dell’arte del cucinare, written by Bartolomeo Scappi in 1570. At the beginning of the book, is not only a section dedicated to introducing the author, but a large…

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    change and grow, and to make that work happen, we have to develop disciplines that will take root in our lives, so that Christ will ultimately change us and grow us as we seek to follow and please him. This paper is going to be a book review of Donald S. Whitney’s book, “Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life”. Whitney dives into the subject of spiritual disciplines and looks to scripture bringing up many key points that make the easy to understand for the reader and he gives practical…

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    Fahrenheit 451 Persuasive

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    not going to read books anymore in metaphorically. Importance of books has been mentioned since people had invented writing skill. Do books deserve to be saved? If so, why do we need to save books? Answer always going to be ‘yes, because books are sources where we can get knowledge from.’ There is similar story with this book in china called Burning of books and burying of scholars. After the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi unified China in 221 BC; he banned reading books and burned it…

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