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    are unaware of their trouble until the oppressor portrays it. Unfortunately, Nobody Owens from Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, always got into life-threatening incidents. In this novel, the man Jack, an extremely dangerous man to the Dorian family, goes to the Dorian household to avoid problems for himself in the future. Luckily, a toddler was the only one able to escape from the man Jack’s wrath. He runs to a graveyard, where he is picked up by ghosts and given the freedom of the graveyard…

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    Autism: A Short Story

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    Yet here we are, with our life again stuffed and packed into a handful of suitcases. So, what happened? Well.. Autism happened. We received the official diagnosis back in August but honestly, we've known since the beginning that something about Dorian was just.. different. He recently turned 3 and, though he can easily count up to a thousand and beyond, he doesn't say hello, goodbye, yes, no, or even call me "Mom". Time after time, doctor after doctor, this was chalked up to him having a…

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    Willy Loman's Cruelty

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    Yes, he remembered it perfectly. He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain young, and the portrait grow old; that his own beauty might be untarnished, and the face on the canvas bear the burden of his passions and his sins; that the painted image might be seared with the lines of suffering and thought, and that he might keep all the delicate bloom and loveliness of his then just conscious boyhood. Surely his prayer had not been answered? Such things were impossible. It seemed…

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    The Protogeometric Vases

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    During the 12th century B.C.E., Greece and its islands were overrun by the Dorians, whose uncultured rule led to a collapse of the arts and crafts industry.During this time, the more secure setting of Athens became the centre for ceramic ideas and development. This consisted of mostly Sub-Mycenaean ware, followed by a more common Protogeometric style, confined to the rendering of circles, triangles, wavy lines, and simplified geometric designs. Protogeometric vases are one of the earliest types…

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    A Short Story Moving Away

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    “Where were you the night your sister, Peren Delarosa, was found murdered?” “Sleeping, sir. Dorian was staying over t-too.” “Thats not what the defendant claims. He said you were agitated about something.” “Well, Y-Yessir. I knew what he was going to do.” “And what was that?” “Kill my sister.” “And, how exactly did you know?” “I could hear…

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    In around 450 B.C., the Athenian general Pericles attempted to combine his influence by utilizing open cash, the duty paid to Athens by its associates in the Delian League coalition, to bolster the city-state's craftsmen and scholars. Above all else, Pericles paid artisans to fabricate sanctuaries and other open structures in the city of Athens. He contemplated that along these lines he could win the doling so as to back of the Athenian individuals out a lot of development occupations; in the…

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    Recently , Nfl players such as Colin Kaepernick have been kneeling for the national anthem. His reasoning was protesting unarmed black men getting killed by police. Since then a lot of controversy has been going on. He has the right to freedom of speech. He has the right to protest. However, some people may believe that he's disrespecting the country which is false. I believe that kneeling to protest against racial issues is justified. As a U.S citezen you have a right to freedom of speech.…

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    source materials, discuss why or why not Sparta might seem a positive model.” Many people have different thoughts about, but this is not a valid viewpoint. Although Sparta was a notorious and legendary army it was not an ideal society. Settled by Dorian tribes during the Dark Ages; two royal families claimed descent from Heracles. Only descendants of original Spartans, the Spartiates, were full citizens. Sparta was nothing like the movies that you see today that are made about them today.…

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    really a case of extensive force or is it not? Michael Brown was an eighteen-year-old kid that had a tragic ending. Brown was caught stealing a box of cigarillos on a surveillance camera in a store called Ferguson Market and Liquor. Him and his from Dorian Johnson leave the store. They both are walking down the middle of a street when an officer named Darren Wilson stop’s them. Darren Wilson start’s to shout at Brown and Johnson, but they try to tell the officer how they were almost home. What…

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    Police Use of Force Police use of force is an often misunderstood and ambiguous policy. Its purpose is to allow police officers the ability to apprehend and conduct investigations using an appropriate amount of physical and psychological force. Even though some feel that the police should have a wide berth to decide what it considers an appropriate use of force, current policy is ambiguous because there have been many civil law suits and protests claiming inappropriate use of force, public…

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