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    Same-sex marriage is a very large political argument that can be argued in many different ways with different viewpoints. This spectrum has created a huge conflict between friends, family members, and society as a whole. Families have broken apart, relationships between close friends have died down , people have been criticized, and the government has been attacked because of the issue of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage should not be legal around the United States because i feel as though…

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    Paper On Cultural Identity

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    al. (2013) Iranians are very proud of their culture, history, and people. According to the same study, Iranian parents have the least value for religious faith and they do not teach it to their children. However, this study shows that religion is more important among Iranian women than men. “Religion is losing its significance in the Iranian society and we need to understand what problems this could create in the long term (Khajehpour, Namazie, & Honari, 2013, p.…

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    D. The Impact of Literacy The existence of literacy can impact people who have it or around someone who apply it in their life. The impact can be in their personality or psychology, sociology relating to their social, economic and political status and also interpersonal relationship with others. 1. Impact on the personality Amory in TSOP is deeply affected by his ability in reading and writing. He becomes an over-confident person, a man with a high self-esteem and thinks that he has a superior…

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    William Penn- A Religious Hero Pennsylvania is home to approximately 12.78 million people. The state was established almost 350 years ago by a Quaker whom is named William Penn. His establishment of the U.S. state Pennsylvania was, and is presently, his most known achievement. A profuse amount of people believe the state was named after Penn himself, however, the state was named after his father, Admiral Sir William Penn (America's Story from America's Library , n.d.). Pennsylvania was founded…

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    Throughout most of the book The Kite Runner, the choices Amir makes reflect his religious beliefs. Shown by how he always tries to think about how a choice he makes will affect his honor as a Muslim. Another thing influenced by religion is the way Hazaras are treated. Since most Hazaras are not Sunnis like the Pashtuns, they are considered an unvalued part of society and most people do not like them or treat them in an unfair manner. The religion of Islam is one of the main themes in The Kite…

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    Marji In Persepolis

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    Firstly religion impacts Marji’s development because it caused one of her friends to move from Iran to the U.S.. “‘he’s going to the united states!’ ‘to the united states? why?’ ‘my parents say it’s impossible to live under an islamic regime, it’s better to leave.’ ‘but the religious leaders are very stupid, they won’t last’”(63). Marji’s friend whom she was very fond of was forced to leave Iran because of the religious leaders and the islamic regime. When marji found out, she was very sad and…

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    Plato demo straights how things influence our choices, visions, and beliefs. One of these things can be family and friends. In this piece of wring, “Allegory/Myth of the Cave”, Plato describes a world condensed into a single cave. Through the use of imagery, you can connect the process of enlightenment to things in today’s society. From birth, our parents show us how to act, what to believe, how to walk, and much more. This being extremely similar to the ideas discussed in the story. The use…

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    Since the day man walked this earth, society has been thriving to please a greater force. Polytheism and monotheism, to Catholic or Lutheran, people have strived to please the unknown through rituals, obligations, and worship. Next formed agnosticism or atheism, and these groups became prevalent in society as people began to criticize these religions and their strict rules. Today, many artists, movie producers, and authors show these criticism through their works. One of these authors, Nathaniel…

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    In all sphere of life to include the society, church and professions, people are expected to conduct themselves based on principles of values and virtues. Interchangeably, these principles are often confused and used in the incorrect context without proper understanding. Values are subjective norms that are culturally accepted by people. Whereas virtues are objective inherent qualities that make up a certain culture or society. For example, a person may value material things such as a house or a…

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    The idea of friendship that is represented in Chaim Potok's The Chosen mirrors many issues that friends of different backgrounds face today. Danny Saunders And Reuven Malter faced many hardships in the course of the novel. They faced rules and prejudices that many of us were not familiar with before the novel. They had disagreements and touching personal moments that friends experience with each other even today. Their friendship had its high points and its low points, but their friendship was…

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