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    Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. ~ Dalai Lama In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Golding establishes many dynamic characters and non-dynamic characters through the struggles of trying to a new society on a deserted island. The dynamic characters, such as Jack and Ralph, change due to savagery and going along with the crowd. While, the non-dynamic characters, such as Piggy, have a sense…

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    Sachi Yang Ms. Hale English 10 ADV (1110.5) June 15th 2016 Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis Statement: After analyzing novel Lord of the Flies and the lyrics of “Sympathy for the devil”, it can be easy to find out that they have the subject about evil. Therefore, how do both of them prove that evil is a nature of human? II. Topic #1: People choose to be evil if their self-interest is involved. a. The elderly boys only care about themselves,…

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    Why is the concept of Karma and Dharma, important to Hinduism in terms of the caste system? Karma is an ideal that drives the caste system because, “It decides the quality of a Hindu’s further life,” (Wangu 42) through the, “...moral law of cause and effect.” (Smith 96). Because of this, people are motivated to do well in their current life in the hopes of securing or maintaining a higher level in their respective hierarchy. Dharma played its own role in this system because it is the,…

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    “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” this quote by Dalai Lama is significant in this essay because Elie Wiesel and tons of other jewish people did not receive love or compassion during the holocaust. They were treated horribly and no human should have to ever experience what they have experienced. They were barely fed, had barely any clothing at all, and they were stripped of all of their personal belongings when they had first arrived. They…

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    aided the blacks received similar judgement and persecution. Additionally, the community in Maycomb tried to push the youths to fit their own expectations. As shown in these examples, injustice thrived and continues to thrive in the current day. Dalai Lama once said, “There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful” (A-Z Quotes).…

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    Burqas In The Kite Runner

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    Khaled Hosseini’s life was not the easiest, but it was not as hard as those who grew up in Afghanistan during the wars. Luckily for him, he left the country at eleven, two years before Afghanistan’s president was assassinated by communists. This moment in history is not the main focus of 1000 Splendid Suns, but it does shape the way the characters are presented. Once the communists were overthrown, extremists took over the government and shoved the religion down everyone’s throats. Women now had…

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    Six billion years ago, along with the first humans, many concepts appeared on earth. Religion, created as common sense guidelines for the cavemen and the hunters and gathers, was among them. It was created for humans of all colors, sizes and backgrounds, would to coexist peacefully. Religion causes chaos, and wars, and death of the innocent. Religion is harmful limits the intellectual capacity of the humankind, gives false hope, divides the people, and causes harm to innocent lives. Firstly,…

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    After the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, a wave of chaos hit the United States. People began to blame an entire religious group for the actions of just a few people. Anyone who identified with the Muslim faith was immediately targeted and feared or hated. Instead of America being a welcoming nation for religious diversity, it had become a place where speaking out for religious freedom meant endless prosecution. To combat this, people like Eboo Patel started to make their messages of…

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    Sophiya Marsani Professor Stoltz English 1020. A03 29 September 2017 Being disarmed makes you despised In his essay "The Qualities of Prince" Machiavelli praises the skill of prince in warfare. He argues that an art of arms is one of the rudimentary skill of prince in order to hold his position on high. But Machiavelli…

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    Holocaust Ethnocentrism

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    being reviewed, written on August 10,2016 titled Holocaust Survivors Mark 70th Anniversary With A Gift To Future Generations can be found at https://www.thejewishnews.com/2016/08/10/holocaust-survivors-mark-70th-anniversary-gift-future-generations/ Dalai Lama XIV once stated, ““There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength. ' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that 's our real disaster.’” This analysis paper…

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