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    "Does a tension exist between the educational aims of a clinic and the legal service needs of clients? - A Reflective Essay" It may seem at first that there is a clear tension between the educational aims and the legal service needs of clients when working within a clinic. In fact, the York law School Clinic Handbook makes this friction clear in stating that students have to allow their professional obligations to the client to take precedence over the intended educational outcomes of the…

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    The conflicts experienced by the young British law enforcer in George Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant” was by the pre existing tension between the British Empire’s imperial rule over Burma, and the Burmese’s disrespectful actions towards his authority being enforced of the Empire. Orwell displays this conflict and tension as we see his use of symbolism and irony throughout the essay. As a matter of fact, Orwell’s symbolic use of the elephant shows both sides of the confliction between…

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    American colonies was previously strained. Although Britain allowed the North American colonies to govern themselves contributing little government and Political actives in the North America colonies affaires. Since the crowning of James II the colonies tension with Britain had grown. As a result insubordination established during the French and Indian war, between Britain and the colonies decreasing Britain’s chance at wining the war. However in 1685 James II became king. Extreme change came…

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    Like most catastrophes in this world, World War I can be traced back to the desire for money. Money runs the world today, and in 1914 it was no different. Coming out of an age of extreme imperialism, great tension resided among the European powers in the 1900’s. Jealousy had sparked this tension yet despite the many causes of World War I, all roots of the war lead back to one main one: financial security. Two of the most commonly claimed causes— imperialism, and alliances—all lead back to a…

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    In the novel, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, instances of racial tensions and the feeling of inferiority occur internally within Esch, causing her to feel unseen. In the grocery store scene on page 28, Esch compares herself to “Eurydice walking through the underworld to dissolve, unseen.” This passage highlights that Esch not only feels invisible to the man that got her pregnant, Manny, but she feels unseen to the white race. The reason she hints that she feels this way towards her race is…

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    underrepresented, where deprived from basic civil rights, and were oppressed. During the late eighteenth century, the French and the British pressured the Ottomans to grant equal rights to all people regardless of their ethnic belongings. This has created great tension between Turks and non-Turks on one hand and within Turks on the other hand. This has escalated to Greek rich merchants sent an important number of Greek scholars, mostly young people, to pursue…

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    extremely eager to create new lives for themselves, and England was also looking forward to acquiring more lumber and cotton. Life in the colonies was enjoyable for the inhabitants, but England started to become more controlling, which lead to some tension in the colonies. The colonists should rebel against their mother country England because the colonies do not deserve to be excessively taxed when they…

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    Back in the 1790s the tension between Great Britain and America has been growing and someone need to do something about it. A man named Thomas Paine was the one who changed the way that America was going and made many colonies seek the path of full independence. He wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” which was the reason that cause many people get influenced which has thoughtful ideas about seeking independence and caused the colonies to decide to enter the battle with Britain. The pamphlet…

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    Pre-Cold War Tensions (357) The tension between Stalin and the Allies was a problem that nobody could do anything about. With the tension that had erupted it had made the task of deciding Germany’s fate when Germany would suffer and the fate of eastern European states. American President Roosevelt had no real power to tell Stalin to leave countries, but because the United States traditionally pushed the self-determination, Roosevelt and Churchill would hope that Stalin would move out on his own.…

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    in 1982. I have not read this book, but I have seen the movie based off of this book. Before doing this project I knew that the book was about the hardships of African Americans during the early 20th century. This book was set in times of racial tension. The story starts in a rural area of Georgia in the 1930s. This book focuses on the struggles of an African- American woman named Celie. Celie and her sister have been raped by their “father”.Celie marries a man named Mr. who also rapes Nettie,…

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