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    was titled Dokte Paul and this section was chapters one through four. Dokte Paul stands for a healer or physician so essentially it means Docter Paul. Paul Farmer is who this book is all about. The book is about Paul Farmer and the part of his life when he tried to start a movement to give proper care to everyone in Haiti. Paul Farmer is a thirty five year old doctor who graduated from Harvard medical school and also has a Ph.D in anthropology. He works in Boston for four months of the…

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    the different family owned businesses. They all slowly wander towards the at the beginning of the brick structure at the corner of Marty Street and Santa Fe Drive. The voices of lots of people all mix together in a loud, low hum. The Overland Park Farmers’ Market is flooded. Every once in a while you hear the shrieking of a toddler running through the cold fountain spurting up from the concrete patio break through the hum. Kids sit and draw with chalk on the floor; stepping carefully is a must…

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    and civil rights advocate James Farmer, the two discuss how Farmer had dealt with racism in his whole life, and how he would try many things to make a difference. In another source, “Civil Rights Movement Cartoon: Watch this Civil Rights Movement for Children Cartoon” the video goes into more depth information about all the changes that have occurred over…

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    In the movie “The Great Debaters”, James Farmer Jr. argues that it is acceptable and/or necessary for citizens to protest against unfair or unjust laws considering that authorities would discriminate harshly against the African Americans, denied privileges that are necessary for everyone, and finally considering mobs are penetrating horrifying behavior that endure offensive nature. To begin with, the film portrays horrific injustices toward many African American, for example, arresting Mr.…

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    Ancient China had three major groups there were Aristocrats, Farmers, and Merchants. Aristocrats got their money from the land they owned. When the father died they gave their land and power to their sons. China’s aristocratic families owned estates. Walls went around their houses to keep out bandits. Aristocrats did not farm their own land. Instead, farmers share-cropped it. The aristocrats became very rich. Farmers worked on the aristocrats' farms. They grew millet, wheat, and rice,…

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    What is an American? According to J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, the author of Letters from an American Farmer, an American is “one who is liberated from obligation or dependence on others, who finds the ability to make a living for himself and look out for his own interests.” This means that an American is someone who doesn’t need to rely on others and can fend for themselves. They can work hard and they aren’t treated by complete trash. Now that we have explained what Crevecoeur believed to…

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    issue in the case of Donald B. Farmer v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Farmer claims that since there was another man already charged and convicted of these crimes, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States prohibits the Commonwealth from prosecuting Farmer under inconsistent theories regarding the identity of P.F.’s rapist and also, that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Farmer’s convictions. In 2011, Donald Farmer was convicted and…

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    The Australian government should subsidise our farmers. Why? Because farmers grow our food, they breed and care for our livestock, they produce the basis of all our food: the raw materials. We need to help farmers produce food and materials for us. If we didn’t have farmers, who would produce food for us? Australian Farmers receive the second lowest subsidies in the world ranging at only 4% coming in only after New Zealand. Without farmers how would we survive? Where would we get our food?…

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    The title of the book I read is The Lord of Opium, which was written by Nancy Farmer. The publisher of the book is Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. It was published in the year of 2013. In the book there are 405 pages, and the awards that this book has won are the National Book Award, Newbery Honor, and the Printz Honor. At the start of the book Matteo Alacran, only 14 years old, wakes up next to his safe horse after running away after he hears that most of the people from El…

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    The U.S Justice system and sense of authority is questioned as Carson reports the farmers unjustifiable acts towards animals. Carson describes these animals misery as they were “doomed by a judge and jury” by the farmers. By applying “judge and jury” to animals, Carson personifies them, to reach a sympathetic effect. In our society, we view the death penalty as the pen-ultimate punishment of brutal convictions. However by viewing these animals as humans, the Farmer’s reached this death penalty…

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