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    Entry 1: How White Men Affected Her In the beginning of the book, Mary Crow Dog immediately tells the audience about how hard being an Indian woman is in the face of white men, through repetition and examples like: “I am a woman of the Red Nation, a Sioux woman. That is not easy.”(Crow Dog, pg. 3) and “It is hard being an Indian woman.”(Crow Dog, pg. 4) She says that she is a victim of sexual violence because she is not respected due to her race and gender, “At age 15 I was raped.”…

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    murmured into Daisy 's ear. The young woman turned her white face up to Gatsby’s own, her eyes dark with anticipation. Gatsby kept his eyes transfixed on her face. Five years on, and her beauty still mesmerised him. He was still awed by her aura of luxury, grace, and charm. Daisy pulled away, tentatively looking about to check for prying eyes. “We’ll have an early dinner,” Gatsby guided Daisy to the dinner table. “We can have dessert afterwards upstairs,” he added suggestively.…

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    Who is Warren Buffett? Warren Buffett is a world renown investor known as the "Oracle of Omaha" and for being one of the richest people on the planet. He is currently the President and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, an American multinational conglomerate holding Company. This Biographical essay will examine the investing life of Warren Buffet. When most children were out playing, Warren Buffet was making deals and money. At the age of Six Warren bought six…

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    including the $2 million to Colonel Pepe Goico (Latinnews, 2018). Whereas such funds were meant to finance presidential trips for Goico, it was revealed that the money was instead used to make personal purchases including helicopters, as well as luxury housing and jewelry. This irrational issuance of funds to friends strained the bank, and by this, the bank began to…

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    Marji’s neighbor told Marji’s mother that her oldest son has been given a plastic key at school. The school leaders told her son that if he goes to war and dies, the key will get him into heaven; there will be anything he desires in haven: woman, luxury house, yacht etc. The woman cried to marji’s mom about she was a faithful believer all her life, now the government want to trick her son to die for nothing by using a plastic key. All of these made her question her faith. One rumor about Islam…

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    In 1939, the term “white-collar crime” began to be associated with frauds committed by business and government professionals. The phrase was mentioned during a speech given by Edwin Sutherland to the American Sociological Society. Sutherland defined “white-collar” as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social stats in the course of his occupation” (White Collar Crime). However, white-collar crimes are described in various ways. The Justice Department characterize…

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    To truly understand every aspect of a story literary criticism must be applied. A literary critic is an individual that observes various forms of literature in the form of stories, plays, and poems. Willa Sibert Cather is the author of the short story called, “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament” and this story specifically applies to almost any literary theory. Cather provides an abundance of information that allows for literary criticism with the influence of the various types of literary…

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    Into the Wild is a book written by Jon Krakauer which talks about the adventure of Christopher Johnson McCandless. Chris was a smart boy, who grew up from a wealthy family and graduated from Emory University, but his father had a second wife. Chris knew his father’s secret; however, he never told him which led Chris to a confusing situation. For that reason, Chris left his family to seek for his own happiness. On his adventure to Alaska, he met many people and left them a good impression.…

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    country will bring us happiness, health, and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism” (Clement R. Attlee). Clement R. Attlee explains the American Dream was not about being smart or creating innovations it was having luxuries that they would not believe they would own with how they were livng in America and going further in life with impractical goals that might be or might not be achievable. In the 1920s, the main phase of Americans in society was the belief of…

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    the idea that hard work, dedication, and unyielding determination could one day lead to a better life, makes them proud to be an American. This vision of a better future is often accompanied by thoughts of mansions and luxury cars, fancy clothes and cock tail parties, and even yachts and private jets, all accompanied with the hope of endless happiness. Although many correlate wealth with happiness, some would refute this claim specifically, Edwin Arlington Robinson, author of “Richard Cory” and…

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