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    with Julia in an effort to maintain his individuality. His example inspires people today to find ways to preserve their civil liberties when faced with oppression. Party’s degradation of basic human rights Winston’s resistance to the Party’s dehumanization through his intimate relationship with Julia Conclusion: Orwell’s call for all people to fight for the preservation of their civil liberties Outline: The Inner Party ruthlessly denies its citizens their basic human rights to individually…

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    weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” This quote has been said by Mahatma Gandhi when he used non-violent protests in order to free India from Great Britain in the 1930’s. Many have followed his ways, including an important figure in civil rights history, Doctor Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. King, who not only followed many of Gandhi’s beliefs, but also dealt with racism and segregation throughout the 1960’s., but he has always responded with non-violent direct actions…

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    in the mechanical, aerospace fields. However, it may be difficult and expensive to excite the large civil structures such as bridges by artificial force. The levels of vibration under operational conditions may exceed the artificially induced vibration in this case. Therefore, another area of modal analysis known as OMA, starting in the last decade of twentieth century, has focused attention of civil engineers. OMA provides the identification of modal parameters of the structure being exited by…

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    Transcendentalist thinkers shared common beliefs such as a person’s right to civil disobedience, the problems of social injustice, and the importance of civil rights but they also had separate views on matters such as religion. Mohandas (later becoming Mahatma-…

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    Blackmore and Gladwell each have different views of change. Blackmore agrees to social change whereas, Gladwell opposes any changes through social media. Gladwell makes a point in Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted of social media can be helpful in a variety of situations, but disagrees with the use for activism (Gladwell 137). He does not agree that activism through social media can make a real change or real sacrifice than unless it is with people you really know (Gladwell…

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    Katerina Siroruka Marx and Locke are two theorists with completely different ideas. When looking at their theories closely, several aspects emerge: Locke was a liberal political philosopher and Marx was a socialist political theorist, both men had different views on liberalism. Locke believed in the state of nature, in his account of natural law he wrote that all men are equal and independent; no one ought to harm another person in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. Marx would…

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    John Locke was a philosopher from England. His beliefs included that people are naturally unselfish and have natural rights. He also believed that all men are created equally and no man has more power than another man. Locke also thought that men give up their power to a government, or an appointed organization, which have political power over them. The point of a government is to protect its people. Locke believed that if a government acts out of line and in their own self-interest, the people…

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    David Thoreau coined the phrase “Civil Disobedience” in an essay, the term has been assigned to a number of movements throughout history. The essay’s ideas have inspired several significant figures throughout history, including Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela (Source A). These three men led non-violent struggles in which unjust laws were disobeyed, and they each finally won profound and positive societal changes. But not every act of civil disobedience is successful.…

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    of truth for the creation of ideal citizens. Gandhi was the torch-bearer of civil rights movements during the age of British imperialism, and through his words and actions, the ideals of nonviolence and peaceful protest continue to this day. Gandhi showed that the actions of one individual can represent the sentiments of inequality and discrimination of the collective whole. Gandhi showcased the ideals of nonviolence, civil disobedience, and unity of all Indians through the Non-Cooperation…

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    Through Satyagraha, Ghandi embraces civil disobedience and non-cooperation movements towards corrupt states without the use of violence. This is different from passive resistance and Theoreau’s concept of civil disobedience as their means end goes to a…

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