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    Looking back at the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692, and later on in the McCarthy trials, you can determine that fear was a ruling factor in the behavior of those involved. Arthur Miller was unmistaken when he stated in Why I wrote The Crucible: An Artist’s Answer to Politics by Arthur Miller that “fear doesn’t travel well; …it can warp judgment” (1). The fear that was instilled upon the people of Salem was that if anyone opposed the trials they were not only accused of overthrowing the court,…

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    Dead Walk Journal

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    When The Dead Walk, You Run. Day 1 2:50 pm Mom told me I should write a journal, I beg to differ but I love my mom so I couldn’t have said no. Today was a beautiful day, the sun was never brighter than ever before. I didn’t do much today, it was just like any other day Day 2 4:25 pm I’m actually really enjoying the journal writing thing. I guess the saying is true, “Moms are always right.” I was thinking to myself : Is the zombie apocalypse actually possible? To my parents they think it’s…

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    Who Is Frere-Jones?

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    Tobias Frere-Jones is an American type designer based in New York City. He was born in 1970 to a family who had a rich history with typography. His parents worked as copywriters and print buyers, so he was always surrounded with various letterforms. Although he was enthusiastic about fine arts and photography during his early teenage years, his daily interactions with written text helped him understand the power of type and influenced him to enter Rhode Island School of Design. After receiving…

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    Effects Of Reichstag

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    Consequently, Reichstag was disused and put out of business. Hitler accused communists for the incident; as a result, he enforced emergency powers and claimed near-complete authority, which lasted until Germany’s fall in World War ll and his death in 1945 (Tobias, 1964). Reichstag was heavily wrecked by World War ll battles that caused more damage to the building due to air raids and allied bombs (Flippo, n.d.). The photograph captured the wreckage and chaos of that period a soldier sitting on a…

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    Perseverance is defined as the steady persistence in the course of action, or purpose especially in spite of difficulties, and discouragement. When people get discouraged they must have the heart and the mind set to stay on their course of action. When someone makes the decision to persevere they are choosing to stay focused and not give in to the pressure that threatens to suppress them back from achieving their ambitions. Perseverance involves never giving up. When someone makes the decision…

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    others. “Phineas is extremely kind [cruel]; he really enjoys helping [harming] people” (Tobia, page367) before the tragedy Gage used to be organized he had everything planned out and he had good relationships with his friends and co-workers. “Compared to Phineas before the accident, the man after the accident was notably crueler, so much so that some friends and family reported he was ‘no longer Gage” (Tobia, page 369), after the incident if was called “no longer Gage” because his personality…

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    All works of literature and art entwine in a common thread that connects the stories by a universal and malleable outline- the Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell’s the Hero’s Journey, or the monomyth, applies to all stories to some degree through its 17-stages. The stages divide into 3 major components- separation (the Call to Adventure), initiation (the Trials), and return (the Aftermath and the Return)- that can pertain to individual journeys of self-actualization or endeavors of resolving…

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    Beatrice Prior is an internally conflicted sixteen year old teenager from the Abnegation faction, where selflessness reigns supreme. She constantly struggles to find her true identity and after her aptitude test is inconclusive, she is warned that she is something called, "Divergent," which is a mysterious and dangerous fate. She realizes that her divergence is the reason why she is different from the others in Abnegation. If anyone were to find out that she were Divergent, awful things would…

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    A Man Called Ove Essay

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    at other times he is rebuffed which only makes me more agitated. Picking up on what she perceives to be his kindness, young mother Parveneh (Bahar Pars) introduces herself to Ove, bringing along her two young daughters and bumbling husband Patrik (Tobias Almborg). Naturally, he often resorts to lashing out, spitting verbal venom and then, in sadder moments, returns to his makeshift noose or investigates other means to effectuate an end. However, Parvenah won't let him wriggle away. Slowly…

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    Violence has been around the human species since the starting. Be that as it may, it has started to increment at a quick pace in today 's new media age. Youngsters are presently effortlessly presented to violence as diversions and consequently now have weapons and explosives comfortable fingertips, and this has prompted to some horrible results. It is likewise said that youngsters who are presented to violent video games might be at more grave danger. There is a solid parallelism between…

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