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    Question 2: Formalism Rainbow Series Part Three: An Absolutely Ordinary Formalist Analysis The Text: An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow – Les A. Murray The Formalist theory requires readers to adopt a formalist mindset, understanding that the meaning of a text is derivative from its form; the two unable to be separated from each other. In the poem, An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow the form is constructed in stanzas and is analysed through its literary features which include style, rhyme, repetition…

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    In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Native American author Sherman Alexie writes about his life on the Spokane Washington Indian Reservation. The main character Arnold Spirit who liked to be called Junior portrays Alexie who grew up on an Indian Reservation. Junior struggled with his identity on a personal level, along with how others view him, and how all non-Indians picture Native Americans. Throughout Junior has added difficulty because Indians are surrounded by…

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    objectivism and theological subjectivism ultimately fail to express. Kretzman does this with the idea of an "Absolutely Perfect Being", which gives a more concrete interpretation of morality than either of the other two concepts (Kretzman 42). Kretzman states that a perfect God, like the one from Judeo-Christian traditions, is simple, independent, and can be equated with total goodness. This "Absolutely Perfect Being" conception of God doesn't have to decide whether something is moral. This…

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    paid respect to Eugene and his bike.” This shows us how the lesson impacted Junior because he realizes that if he stands up for himself, he will get some respect in return. This is one of three ways Junior became more courageous in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.…

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    “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Author John Acton is credited for this phrase, which is used a lot today as a way to describe the current U.S. Congress. The question is, where does the power come from, and what is the most corruptible power out there? The answer is simply that Congress can vote to give themselves a pay raise. There is very little impeding their path to getting a bigger paycheck each year. This process, whether you believe it or not, is actually constitutional, and has been…

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    Quote - “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” –Machiavelli Absolute power corrupts absolutely this means more than the person with the power is corrupted everyone and thing is corrupted the people who gain power and those who lose power are corrupted but in different ways. When people gain power everyone is corrupted the people with the power, the people who lose power and the ones who are affected by the fallout. The nurse from cuckoo’s nest and the guards from the stanford experiment are…

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    I think The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian was the best book I read this year because it was funny and was are only book that was not sad this year. It had funny remarks in it like some from stuck in neutral it was also perverted. But it did make a point about how certain things happen during schools work from bullying to the different people in the school. It reminded me a lot of the movie the outsiders as well because Junior was born into being an indian but he made that not have…

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    right. When someone is given too much power, a dictatorship type of government forms, where all decisions are being made by one authority. In the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, the quote "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is portrayed perfectly. Orwell uses animals to represent humans to prove how power leads to corruption. Through this, he demonstrates human corruption and uses it to define power and the corruption which arises from absolute power. Old Major,…

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    The quote “Absolute power corrupts absolutely” is much more than an antithesis but it’s also a warning. A warning that tells us to watch out for those in power because power is dangerous and has the ability to change even the greatest of men. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is killed because of his peers believed that the power of becoming king of the Roman Empire would corrupt him. Because of this, his closest friend devised a plan to kill him before he had the chance to…

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    well as other people expect them to work. For example, when a teacher assigns an essay that must contain a minimum of three body paragraphs. Because of this, there is not much room for creativity and unique content from students. In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, a Native American boy named Junior attended a school in his reservation called Wellpinit High. After realizing this school offered him…

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