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    including the linguistic trend “vocal fry”, commonplace among many young women. This trend has angered many, as well as modern grammatical changes effected by teenagers, for instance words like “like” and “literally”. Rather than these changes being abominations to the English language,…

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    Imagine associating with a society where family, neighbors, and friends are murdered plainly because of the pigment that their skin has. What was the transgression? They were alive. That is what life was like for many people whom existed in the southern region for a tremendous amount of America’s history; the racism in the south only grew when a group of white supremacist began to show extreme racism towards African Americans and Jews. They called themselves the Ku Klux Klan otherwise known as…

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    greeting by horror, disgust, and anger. This leaves him longing for love and causes him to lead a lonely life. He was viewed as an abomination despite having good intentions. The creature eventually sought out revenge after years of rejection, which is a logical human response for anyone in that situation. The creature…

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    .In Things Fall Apart, Nigeria’s people had believed for many years of the great power the goddess of earth, Ani had. Fearing that power, they created a strict system to maintain their deity pleased. But as, a band of white missionaries came to Nigeria implying that their ways are wrong, and demonstrating their Savior's loving ways. Nigeria develops doubt towards the authority and power of their deity, causing their culture to be irreversibly changed. Chinua Achebe’s novel describes how…

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    like old hens was the very depth of abomination.” (153). When it says in the quotation ‘with a lot of effeminate men clucking like old hens’ it shows how much disdain Okonkwo has for the Christians. In Okonkwo’s culture, to be called a woman or to act like a woman is a very great insult to any man. It is usually referred to someone who does not fight, who is foolish, and who does not follow the correct customs. Also, when Okonkwo says ‘the very depth of abomination’, it shows that he does not…

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    Lgbt Rights Opposition

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    (“Gay”). Many of them refer back to the biblical sections that many Christian followers interpreted as anti-gay (Slick). One of the most commonly referenced verse, “Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination’ ” (Slick). Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them." Other anti-gay verses…

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    “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.” Leviticus XVII, 22. This quote from the bible is often used as an argument against gay sex. Other arguments against homosexuality include statements like homosexuality is unnatural or unhealthy. But are these arguments against gay sex actually valid? In the chapter “Is gay sex wrong,” in Philosophy Gym, Stephen Law combats these arguments against homosexuality and proves why it should not be viewed as “wrong.” I believe…

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    Foucault discusses many concepts in the first volume of his book; The History of Sexuality. According to Foucault, there are four rules of which power deploys in terms of sexuality; the one I will discuss is Tactical Polyvalence. I will explain what this rule means, as well as how it applies to everyday life. The final rule of the deployment of power, tactical polyvalence, is a challenging term to understand. First, to break down the rule itself, I will define the term word by word. Tactical is…

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    the world alone. The creature becomes corrupted and commits a number of serious crimes towards humanity and Victor Frankenstein himself. The questions that arise from this situation is, what turned the creature into a monster? Was the creature an abomination by nature or was it forced into this course of action by the society that surrounded him? The creature 's story…

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    Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson has been both admired and despised by many people, leaving him to be a very controversial man. However, he has made a positive impact on our nation according to the actions he made in the past. Throughout his presidency, Jackson has proven his right to be on the twenty dollar bill, because of his Expansion of the Presidency, his actions on the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War. All of these have made a lasting impact on our union and we wouldn’t be the same…

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