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    and unsafe.If I were Martin Luther King Jr., I would strengthen Law Enforcement and community relations by convincing the police to stop accusing innocent people of crimes they have no evidence of, teaching them to respect the communities space and freedom, and by explaining to the community that Law Enforcement has made an effort to protect the community. The police accuse innocent people of crimes without any evidence to justify it, and embarrass people in their own homes. Law Enforcement…

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    Winners and losers A capitalist society is based on the idea that you can’t get ahead in life without stepping on someone else’s back. In Ursula Le Guin’s story “The ones who walk away from Omelas”, written in 1973, show a society where everyone is happy and full of life. This town is an almost utopian society when the story begins. Children are running and playing, and the narrator talks about how great the city is. However, the city is not as good as it seems. This is because the source of…

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    people from all over to end slavery. In his speech Martin used many rhetoric devices to persuade his audience. Martin Luther King Jr’s writing style painted a picture of freedom, and unity for everyone. Although Martin Luther King Jr used many rhetoric devices, he often uses repetition in his speech. “ We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging…

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    “1984,” “The Long Watch,” and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” depict conflicts between individuals and powerful groups. All three stories agree that power is an indispensable means because all the powerful groups need power to pursue their goals. In conflicts between individuals and powerful groups, whether or not the individuals have hope, they would take action and not retreat regardless of the results. The stories also imply that individuals do not have the ability to change the powerful…

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    The Human Beings Inclination to Attain Freedom Nelson Mandela once stated, “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires” (BrainyQuote). Moreover, freedom is a basic desire which everyone seeks to attain. Essentially, it is a part of our human nature to strive for, go after, and achieve, a life of freedom. In the novel The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart…

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    the story, which can make the reader see her as a weak person from the very beginning. In “The Story of an Hour”, Kate Chopin reveals that women in her stories are longing for independence, and wavering between the duties of being married and the freedom associated with self reliance.…

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    High School and College; Who is the Winner? A girl walks down the school hallways, and is shoved into a locker by a group of her superiors. She feels like a complete outcast. She tries to fight back and stand up for herself, but is only rewarded with more criticism and hurt. This situation has become all too popular in the high school system in today’s time. While some say that high school is the best days one one’s life, others say that college is substantially improved. What makes high school…

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    herself as a new person. But this escape does not last long as Edna cannot fully separate herself from her previous responsibilities. She begins to even feel guilty for abandoning her children and constantly misses them since “their presence lingered with her like the memory of a delicious song” (Chopin 128). Edna begins to realize how selfish her journey to independence has been and knows this “mother-role, which conflicts with her new-found freedom” (Stone), will keep pulling her back to her…

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    But when we get to America, money wont be a problem I just know. The ship is crowded, people are rude just pushing me around like a baby doll. The ship smelled like a mix of oil and fish. Made me sick. We are going to America to seek religious freedom. There is this family that is stationed behind us, they have a baby that will not stop crying. Its ribs are showing, it looks pity full.…

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    ready for school very slowly, for I am incredibly tired of waking up so early. When I walk outside to get in my car, it is still as dark as night. Why would districts make school start so early? Even pushing it back one measly hour would make a difference to all of the teenagers in high school. While I am driving to school, I think about how fantastic it felt to have the freedom of driving anywhere I’d like, as long as my parents approved. I pull up in my designated parking spot and trudge…

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