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    First, it was a turning point because it did away with any thoughts that President Lincoln might have had about making peace with the South. Nevertheless, the Confederate vice president was, heading toward Washington D.C. as the battle was raging, to talk with the US government…

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    to shirk all the sin happened in that years to Christian. But the situation start changed when Constantinus I Magnus shows up. He is the first empire to revere Christian. He signed a edict to tolerant Christian. Which is Edict of Milan. It is a turning point in Christian history, it symbolized the policy that is to treat Christian start changed in a good way. The Edict of Milan announced the freedom to believe in Christian at Rome. And it legalized Christian’s status, also the edict…

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    My third concept will be relational turning points: transformative events that alter the relationship in a fundamental way (page 336). This concept ties to the scene at the end of the movie where Michael officially decides to go to college at Ole Miss. When the investigator talks to Michael about the Tuohy’s and Ole Miss, and when Michael escalates and runs away, Leigh Anne stays faithful that he would return and realizes that she and Sean had been pressuring him to go to Ole Miss. The couple…

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    Judith Jarvis Thomson wrote the article Turning the Trolley in order to refute Philippa Foot’s principle about killing and letting die. In Foot’s point of view, there are two duties, one of which is negative duty of noninterference, and the other duty is positive duty of goods and services. According to Foot, when there is a conflict between two duties, the negative duty of noninterference can overrule the positive duty of goods and services. In her example, letting five people die is…

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    The failure of Operation Barbarossa signaled a crucial turning point in the European War in 1941. Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazi Germany 's in World War II, which began on 22 June 1941. The European War was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe, from Germany 's and the Soviet Union 's joint invasion of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the war with the Soviet Union conquering much of Europe. Prior to Operation Barbarossa,…

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    point of him coming of age was when he said that he wanted to be The Catcher in the Rye. The moment when Holden was talking to his sister Phoebe and was telling her that he had finally figured out what he wanted to do with himself was the biggest turning point in the story. Holden saying that he wanted to be The Catcher in the Rye is significant because it actually lets you know that he's a good person. Throughout the story you get…

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    A turning point in a novel is often a point when the plot heads in a new direction due to a choice or a dilemma. It’s a part in the story when a character takes an important step toward changing his or her situation. This can cause a change in the character's personality and in the events in her life. In the novel, Esperanza Rising, by Pam Muñoz, the protagonist Esperanza unwillingly escapes her life of luxury to immigrate to the United States. Her turning point is when her mother becomes sick…

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    Being called up to the counselor’s office in seventh grade was the biggest turning point in my life. It wasn’t actually being called up to the office that was my turning point, it was what I was called up for; suicide. I never did like being called up to anywhere without knowing what it was for. I was always a good student and anytime the teacher said I had to go to the lobby or house office it was to pick up a pass or something. That was, until the middle of April 2013, block 3. I remember…

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    In the play, Macbeth starts the story out as a noble war hero. He was identified as an individual that people trusted and depended on. He was then awarded ‘Thane of Cawdor ’ for his heroic and outstanding deeds on the battlefield. The major turning point in Macbeth's story was when the three witches arrived and predicted his future. They announced that Macbeth would bequeath the throne. Startled by this sudden prediction, Macbeth decided to ignore the witches and leave his future to fate. That…

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    complaining about watching it again and again how could he complain if it means cuddling with his boyfriend, Jeon Jeongguk, in the sofa and some make out sessions here and there. It is more than he could wish for honestly, but you know everything has a turning point. It is in the third day they finished the part three of the series the credits rolling on the tv, Jimin is sitting on the sofa and Jeongguk is sitting on the floor settled between Jimin's legs. Jeongguk tilts his head back looking…

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