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    The Clutter family was a well-respected family that lived on a large ranch in Holcomb, Kansas. The head of the family, Herbert William Clutter, and his bedridden wife, Bonnie Clutter, had four children, two of which (Nancy and Kenyon) were still residing in their home (Capote, 1966). Unfortunately, the four were murdered during a break in on November 15, 1959 (Capote, 1966). The killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, drove 400 miles to the Clutter house with the goal of breaking in and…

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    rhetorical strategies, which were used to help to further his points by helping to further develop the fact that he believed that the next great era of America could be ushered in if the general public does “what together we can do for the freedom of man.” All throughout his address, Kennedy utilized multiple examples of both figurative language and rhetorical strategies to help further establish his belief that if the American public can stay united toward a common goal, that the future would…

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    Edmund Burke confronts the British Parliament as to how they should confront the newfound colonies: with profound reconciliation . Burke tries to put all of his good intent into a speech to try to mediate an understanding so there would be no further negative confrontation between New England and its branches. Burke is aware of his privileges held, therefore, he is doing everything in his dominion to better the society. Although not implicitly stated, it can be read throughout the text that…

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    The Driskill Hotel

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    In her room one night before a show she laid out two dresses on her bed. Annie was unable to decide which to wear, so the singer decided to take a shower before her final decision. Nearly 45 minutes later, she stepped out of the bathroom all dolled up and ready to pick a dress, to her amazement she discovered only one dress left lying on her bed. The other was hung up neatly in the closet. Taking the recommendation from her guest, she wore the dress on the bed. The fascinating part is that…

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    According to Dr. Dieter Hessel, director of the ecumenical Program on Ecology, Justice and Faith with Yale and Harvard; identifies that “the vision and values of eco-justice ethics express a spiritually grounded moral posture of respect and fairness toward all creation, human and nonhuman...concerns for the natural world and for human life, that recognizes that devastation of the environment and…

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    the fourth of six children. Young Hitler was very playful especially with his siblings, all a normal child's life. Yet tragedy struck in the family in 1900, Adolf's little brother Edmund had died, and after that he become detached from anything that had to do with his family, he could not fill the hole that Edmund's death left in him that is until he fell in love with art and all artistic things, he loved it all. Adolf wanted to go to college for art but his father did not approve of this choice…

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    a senator, “First of all, a Senator gets 15,000 dollars a year in salary” (2). He proceeds to explain how his office workers are paid through direct payroll from the U.S. Government. He does this to show why the funds from California were necessary to pay for other expenses. The second time Nixon uses logic is toward the end of his speech, “Six hundred million people lost to the Communists. And a war in Korea in which we have lost 117,000 American casualties, and I say to all of you that a…

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    “Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future.” Especially when you are a president, that legacy is what citizens look upon and it could impact their lives magnificently. John F. Kennedy, who was the president of the United States at the time, is described through the three documents about his inauguration with different styles. The three documents are, “Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961”, which is Kennedy’s well known…

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    The culture industry is responsible as a producer of rubbish in the media. However the consumers in which the culture industry produces for are also responsible for all the rubbish that is in the media. The culture industry was coined by two German theorist of the Frankfurt School. The two theorists Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno theorised that the culture industry is akin to a factory producing standardised cultural goods with examples like films and magazines. These produced media is used…

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    He does not deserve to be counted as one of the greatest presidents. Human rights are the most important and crucial type of right, they are clearly stated in the Bill of Rights and Constitution; all men are created and born equal. Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted the United States to join World War II, but the people did not want to get involved after the last war. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombing killed over 2,400 people, sank four…

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