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Matthew Spalding’s We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future, tackles the top ten principles that define America: liberty, equality, natural rights, consent of the governed, private property, the rule of law, constitutionalism, self-government, and independence. He breaks down the ten principles which our founding fathers set as a base for our country. However, over time America’s values have changed and our main goals such as equality, constitutionalism,…

The book Ordinary Injustice How America Holds Court is a novel written by attorney and journalist Amy Bach about the American legal system, and how it was become flawed. In four chapters, she discusses many different cases where injustice and corruption has occurred in the United States legal system all over the country. I chose to focus on a chapter titled “A Troy Champion” which is the second chapter in the novel written about a beloved city council president, and former judge, named Henry R.…

The peer-reviewed article I chose to read about was “Fake It ‘til You Make It”: Why Community College Students’ Aspirations “Hold Steady,” written by Kelly Nielsen. The article focuses on people who come from low-income families and are also in the lower class of society and how their aspirations of attending a four-year university might change while attending a community college. The purpose of this research is to find out the reasons why people’s aspirations of attending a four-year university…

In the tragedy of Macbeth a lot of people may argue about who or what holds the most power to influence the actions of others. I think the three witches hold the most power to influence the actions of others because they are powerful and evil. They suggest ideas to Macbeth, and Macbeth is convinced by their ideas. The first reason why the witches hold the most power to influence the actions of others is because they make predictions and Macbeth believes them. “Be bloody, bold, and resolute.…

book “We’re Going to See The Beatles!” and watching Steven Spielberg’s ‘spoof’ film, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand.”, these two sources aren’t really all that far apart. While both Berman’s novel and Spielberg’s film have some differences, the similarities really outweigh the differences in comparison. In Spielberg’s film, “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, it’s shown that many girls found themselves so deep into the hold that Beatlemania had on them, many hardly realized what they were doing until it was…

“ God bad us for to wexe, and multiplye.” Chaucer had a good idea of marriage. He thought that women should hold the power in the relationship. In 1405-1410, men were superior, they expect women to worship them. So if men were superior, why did chaucer think women should hold the power? The Wife of Bath is Chaucer's prime example of how a marriage should be. The Wife of Bath, also known as Alyson, is a notorious harlot. She uses her body to get men to give her what she wants. Alyson…

There is a meaning for the author telling us to “hold fast” to dreams. Langston Hughes is trying to tell us to hold on to our dreams and don’t give up on them. He wants us to know that we should never let anyone change or challenge our goals in life.In line three it says,”Life is a broken-winged bird.” This means that if you let go of your dreams, your life won’t move on. A bird who can’t fly is sad and hopeless, and you don’t want your life to be like that. If you let your dreams die you will…

Texas Hold ’em Poker, Just the Basics Specific Purpose: To inform my fellow peers about Texas Hold ’em Poker. Central Idea: Learning how to play the game of poker, its basic rules and how to apply them to Texas Hold ’em can lead to enjoyment as well as monetary compensation. I. Introduction A. How many of you would like to take $86 and turn it into $2.5 million in one weekend? B. That is what Chris Moneymaker, and yes that is his real name, did at the World Series of Poker Main Event in…

The markers of male status in “Hold You Down” depict the predominantly hierarchic and authoritarian degree of male dominance through wealth and control. The video commences with a woman that works for DJ Khaled, opening the car door for him as he arrives at his enormous mansion. This role reversal is necessary to mention as it is usually the male that opens the car door. Therefore, the reversal of gender roles demonstrates the domination of men over women. Again, Khaled is wearing a $25,000…

people hold onto memories. “Many people believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past ,repress it and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view.” This means that people are having everyday issues determining whether or not you should hold onto memories or let them go. Memories have a positive and negative effect when it comes to dealing with other people, traumatizing events, or important things to you or others. People should hold onto…