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This also matters today because we would not have this story in our history that makes so many people proud to be Americans. This also matters today because it shows how many people had to be provoked to fight a country that had helped them so much and that they had been loyal to for a very long time. The American Revolution was inevitable because the crown was trying to take control of a group of colonists who did not want them to take control of them.…

Conflict, something many humans deal with in their lives, can be difficult to react to for some people and others might not know how. Conflict was faced by Anne Frank the author of “Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl” and Anne wanted to stay positive even in knowing that her friends and others she knew were taken and might be dead. In the short story “A Man’s Search for Meaning” Viktor E. Frankl, and his friends, stay positive even while in a concentration camp and play games together. Staying…

History is the study of the human past. It is defined as a series of discourses about the world. Based on careful analysis of surviving primary or secondary texts and artifacts (objects made by humans), the historian attempts to reconstruct the past events and processes which have created the current world. Voltaire, a formidable satirist and polemicist, rejected the proposition of a divine providence in history. His quote “history is the common lie agreed upon” is a product of the times in…

Canadian Seal Hunt played a prominent role in exposing the cruelty involved in fashion industry production. The photo, taken in 1969 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, was a catalyst that provoked outrage and boycotts of fur products in Canada. The group joined forces with a wide spectrum of animal welfare groups in order to protest the unregulated slaughter of baby seals by Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen. The image in question depicts a seal hunter wielding a club to a baby seal…

Washington Post, a “turning point. A majority of Americans now live in states where gay couples can wed.” Numerous newspapers and websites announced that gay and lesbian couples were getting married within hours of the decision. Nevertheless, the fight is not over. Some opponents express that legalization of same-sex marriage is a decision that should be left to the discretion of the people. However, one situation in California may force one to reassess his thoughts. Unlike representative…

marrying Juliet, views both Tybalt and Mercutio as brothers to him. He justifies that he loves his past enemy by saying, “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee / Doth much excuse the appertaining rage” (3.1.59-60). However, Mercutio initiates a fight between himself and Tybalt which results in Mercutio’s death. Mercutio expresses his hatred towards Romeo’s actions by saying, “Why the de’l came you between us! I was hurt under your arm.” (3.1.98-99). While Romeo thinks he is doing good by…

could not let that happen again. I followed all the common-sense steps to resolution, I had read the company employee manual and knew this type of behavior would not be tolerated. I had a sense of security, because this time I was not going to have to fight the battle alone. At first the HR staff were supportive, explaining that I had done nothing wrong and the circumstances would be dealt with in a swift and appropriate manner. Several weeks passed with no action taken by HR, then my offender…

In December 16th 1773 a group of Bostonians «Sons of Liberty» disguised a large tea shipment. The losses of 10000 pounds are equivalent to 4 million dollars today. In response to this the British government closed the the port of Boston and required the colony to repay all of the losses.This has a major affect, because Boston’s colony was one of the biggest on as well. The British government enacted five legislative acts, also known as the Coercive Acts. Those acts were intended to restore…

Dunstan Ramsay and Percy “Boy” Staunton have a disjointed relationship throughout the novel Fifth Business. Boy is Dunstan’s oldest friend, however, Dunstan never forgot an incident in which Boy meant to hit a stone covered in snow at Dunstan. It changed Dunstan’s life negatively, as he carried guilt for the damage done to the life of the person that the stone hit. Mary Dempster gave birth prematurely, and as a result the child, Paul Dempster, was born with deformities. While, Dunstan sees Boy…

Chapters 4-8 Right Side Journal Questions Chapter 4 What does Holden mean when he calls Stradlater a “secret slob?” How does this compare to Ackley? Stradlater does not show how much of a real slob he is in his outer appearance, but Holden knows the real him He never cleaned his razor after he shaved, so there is rust, hair, lather all up in it. Ackley is an open slob somewhat in which he doesn’t brush his teeth, etc. What does Jane mean to Holden? What does she symbolize? Jane seems kind of…