Tribune

debt issue was dealt with. Debts were cancelled and people who were imprisoned because of debt were released. A new office was also created to protect Plebeians from any further aggressive acts form the Patrician Magistrates. This new office, the tribune of the people was given special powers to voice the concerns of the common man. This also led to the formation of the Plebeian assembly which was allowed to address the people about their interest without interference of the…

difference between Roman Empire, Poman Pebublic and Rome Kingdom is important. I will just give a short explanation because that is not my purpose. In the beginning,the Roman Kindom was controlled by kings; afterward, the Rome Republic was controlled by tribunes,then Rome Empire was ruled by emperors, for example, Julius Caesar. Roman society was similar to Greek one. They both included a lot about social status.Thus, in Rome, people’s gender was not really pivotal;the role in sexual act is same…

Marjane Satrapi, the author of «Persepolis», was born in 1969 in Iran, in an aristocratic family, belonging to the Qajar dynasty, whose members ruled Iran between 1781 and 1925. Despite their origins, Satrapi's parents shared the ideas of communism, and her uncle had even been executed for his political beliefs. (Tulli) "Persepolis" is a story of Marjane Satrapi growing up in her native Iran. The events in the book take place in the period from 1979 until the end of the 80’s. The overthrowing…

to the fall of power to The Roman senate. After that Roman traditions became less important to the political figures later the rest of the Roman Republic. The fall of the senatorial power of Rome was started by Tiberius Gracchus, who was elected tribune of the plebs…

Eric Bartels, a feature writer for the Portland Tribune, explains what it is like to live with spousal anger in the essay “My Problem with Her Anger.” Bartels starts his essay with him cleaning dishes when he realizes the grill top had been in the sink soaking for an extended period of time. It is then when he finds the white line between men and women. The white line is doing the work when it needs to be done versus putting it off. He says how he has little energy as usual after a work day, but…

Wayne Brightly is the perfect example of a “bad teacher”. After failing the certification Twice, Brightly began to get nervous. These nerves got the best of him and he hired a friend, Rubin Leitner, to take the test for him using a fake ID. Even though Leitner was not the smartest person, with his history of mental problems and being homeless, his test scores improved enough to get the state officials involved. Once the state officials realized what had happened, they quickly moved Brightly to…

used quotes from the New York Times, and quoted a survey done by the Institute of Medicine. She goes on to give examples of poor emergency room standards from articles in the Columbus Dispatch and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Lisa used several different sources to back up her argument. She gives the audience credible sources which persuade them to listen and understand her argument. She is also taking the time to explain how the impact of this problem can…

and Jem become introduced to people being prejudice at the beginning of the book. Scout and Jem hear rumors and stories about boo radley such as “According to Miss stephanie, Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His…

for the continued denial to women getting the vote. These women used militant tactics including hunger strikes to fight their cause. There were also other influences such as the propaganda pieces written by Alice Miller, published in the New York Tribune (1915) titled ‘Are Women People?’ which placed men in the position of women and why they should not vote. This combination of pressure applied by groups of predominantly white, middle class women led to the passing of the 19th amendment which…

Northern California made it possible for ordinary people to strike it rich. The availability of new, free land, gave families the opportunity to leave the cities of the west and start new lives as farmers and ranchers. In an 1867 article in the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley explained to the unemployed of New York: “If you strike off into the broad, free West, and make yourself a farm from Uncle Sam’s generous domain, you will crowd nobody, starve nobody, and neither you nor your children need…