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thought of a new dog, we had met a sweet Jack Russell. Now, sweet she was affectionate, well-tempered, and lovely, but as we say in my house, she was a “hot mess”. This dog had vampiric teeth that stuck out from under her top lip accenting her white beard below and scruffy hairs flying from all directions of her head and limbs. But something in my heart saw that dog and of course fell in love. On that April twenty-ninth, my parents were about an hour away from our Petco. My sister and I called…

narrative, a scene that caught my attention is where he unknowingly described Assef: “His skin was much paler than the other two men’s, almost sallow, and a crop of tiny sweat beads gleamed on his forehead just below the edge of his black turban. His beard, chest-length like the others, was light in color too” (Hosseini 276). He gave us a…

Saint Philip Neri Saint Philip Neri is an important person to learn about. He does have a feast day in the church it’s on May 26. He was born on July 21,1515 and he died on May 26, 1595. Saint Philip Neri is from Florence Italy. He was officially recognized by the church on March 12, 1622. Saint Philip Neri does have symbols in the church they are lily’s, a rosary and an angel holding a book. The reason his symbol is a lily is because it symbolizes his purity in his heart and soul. The reason…

For the issue of the ownership of the Parthenon statues between the Greek and British perspective, I have to agree with a Greek position forward turning in the statues to its original proper place in the Parthenon . British Ambassador to Constantinople, Lord Thomas Elgin taken the Parthenon Marbles from Athens under Turkish occupation. Meaning, the Greek government had no say in the decision of Laura Thomas Elgin of removing the Parthenon Marbles from Athens. The reason why the British should…

attributed to three factors: Japans alliance to Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy through the Tripartite Pact; Japan’s desire for economic control among Southeast Asia and; Japan’s refusal to leave mainland China. Revisionist historian Charles A. Beard reasoned that Roosevelt had intentionally forced Japan into a position where it had little choice but to attack.4 However, a variety of other factors had contributed to the Japanese decision to bomb Pearl Harbor and sole blame cannot be…

Religious freedom is one of the rights explicitly protected by our country’s Constitution. In the First Amendment, any establishment of a state sponsored religion or restriction on the free practice of an individual’s religion is specifically prohibited. Despite this specificity, there are still many controversies that have risen concerning this fundamental freedom. There have been many debates throughout this nation’s history, over the definition of this freedom and issues concerning…

In the article, Founder’s Chic, Brand criticizes the use and abuse of the founding fathers in today’s political life. Brand begins the article by quoting a statement by John Adams that the history of the revolution will be one continuous lie. The author claims that by focusing too much on the founding fathers and praising them for starting a nation, the ordinary citizen is undervaluing himself or herself. Brand presents a compelling argument that while the founding fathers started the nation,…

00990775 PHIL 202, Gender Issues Essay Assignment 1- Topic 2 October 13, 2017 Viewpoints on gender have evolved with greater scientific understanding and general education. As awareness grows, broader terminology is developed, and as terminology has grown, language further educates society. However, the problematic male and female binary viewpoint still lingers today and contributes to the complexity of gender attribution. Kessler and McKenna’s text The Primacy and Gender Attribution…

In 1994, a religious group known as the Taliban tried to impose their conservative beliefs amongst Central Asia, but did you know that the United States was a factor in creating the Taliban? Did you know that the United States even provided them with Military information too? The Taliban tried to impose their religion upon the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. However, they were successful, but they later have been convicted of being responsible for multiple suicide bombings and other attacks.…

It’s been months since I’ve written to you two. The war has been awful. All I hear are guns, explosions, and screaming and all I see are rats, barbed wire, and dead bodies. The commanders said we’d be done by Christmas, but Christmas has passed Mom and Dad and this isn’t fun anymore. Yesterday, one of our storm troopers chickened out and ran away. Poor guy, we had to go find him and kill him. I felt awful standing there and watching him shake with terror. He was one of the shell shocked people.…