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    Adventure of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned in the year of 1885, March 18th in a Concord library. The book was banned one month after being published. The book was stated as “Trash only suitable for the slums”. The public library in concord also said the book was “immortal in its tone”. The Brooklyn public library banned the book with the statement “Huck not only itched but scratched,” and that he said “sweat” when he should have said “Perspiration”. One of the…

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    Gentrification Case Study

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    One critique of gentrification is that it does not assimilate the lower class into the new middle class environment. Lee (2008) sights that there is a poor evidence base for 'positive gentrification’. She believes that although the new middle classes' desire for diversity and difference, they tend to self-segregate. “Gentrification is part of an aggressive, revanchist ideology designed to retake the inner city for the middle classes” (Lee, p.1, 2008). Lee highlights a major critic of…

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    What happens when one is able to live in any way they wish? No longer restrained by the expectation of society or the moral code of the line of justification transforms into gray. The freedom that comes from this sinful outlook brings out the worse in one. While on the surface is a clean countenance brimming underneath is a disturbing persona of contradictions. Victorian society itself while seemingly pleasant and pleasing to the eye was brimming with an underworld of carnality. In Robert Louis…

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    Judge a case in criminal justice has never been a simple yes/no question, or Not Guilty/Guilty answers without justification according to the facts. Even though some jurors do so. That been said, twelve men, member of the jury, truly got angry while they were trying to stand together to deliberate a verdict after an murder trial. This happened in the movies “12 Angry men” published in 1957 in New York City. The eight years old went to a trial for stabling his father to death. So after the trial…

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    Martin Luther King, Bill Clinton, and George Bush all used the method of “Call to action.” In their speeches Clinton used the method the best. Martin Luther King’s use of “call to action” was seen in paragraph 10 when he said “…Go back to the slums and ghettos of our norther cities knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.” He used this because not only does it target a location to connect with the audience it gives them motivation and hope. He says “of our” which lets…

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    see how people lived in different conditions in India. I saw hundreds of people begging for money because they were unable to provide food for themselves and their families. A large percentage of the population lives in poverty; mostly living in slums, cramped huts, or out…

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    Florida is a big place, but it’s also nice and there is a lot of places to visit and see, Florida is mostly known as a vacation spot. In this article I, the typist will tell you the economy, tourist attractions, both historical and general, and political standings, now I start... Top Five largest cities are Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and St. Petersburg There are a lot of historical sites in Florida, I’ve got myself a few places to list, and they are Veterans Memorial wall, located in…

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    refused to remember the inhumanity is prone to new risk of infection." This quote is not just a cleverly crafted aphorism, but is in itself part of a greater story, one that I and a plethora of others have experienced. Five years ago, as I lay near the slums of the food chain, the quicker blooming antagonists felt that my differences painted my person redder than a target on the first day of hunting season. The emotional wound dilated, festered, and over time infection had taken root. My mind…

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    Adventure of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned in the year of 1885, March 18th in a Concord library. The book was banned one month after being published. The book was stated as “Trash only suitable for the slums”. The public library in concord also said the book was “immortal in its tone”. The Brooklyn public library banned the book with the statement “Huck not only itched but scratched,” and that he said “sweat” when he should have said “Perspiration”. …

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    Class of '29 is a for example. Composed by Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings and arranged at first by Edward Goodman's Popular Price unit, the play takes after the fortunes of a gathering of Harvard graduates who have moved to New York City and into the teeth of the Depression. This play is an interesting friend piece. In the play we are inundated in the offstage world and battles f attempting to discover work, nourishment, and dignity. The play demonstrates a stark and fierce take a gander at…

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