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Good and evil is an idea which has fascinated literary minds for generations. During the 1930s, many people believed a person's skin color determined their character, separating the human race into two pairs catagories: good and evil, black and white. Harper Lee, using theme, characters, and symbolism, brilliantly introduces shades of gray to the spectrum. Characters Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson are introduced and placed into these catagories at the beginning of the novel. Mayella: a victim of…

Trust (noun): firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. In the novel The Testing, the act of trusting another person is what depends on survival. Joelle Charbonneau’s action-packed science fiction novel brings together a compelling and heart-touching story about a future dystopian earth and the struggles of life. Malencia “Cia” Vale, portrays a young adult, who recently graduated from high school and must learn about the world around her on her own. In…

“I’m not concerned with you liking or disliking me, all I ask is that you respect me as an human being.” This quote came from Jackie Robinson, a baseball player in the Dodgers. The definition of respect is admiring someone and showing kindness to them. Respect is an very important virtue to have in individuals because it values other individuals and makes them feel appreciated. The best way to teach respect to others it to show respect to others. Respect also reinforces communication between two…

Betrayal is a poisoned apple.Though the apple appears so innocent and sweet, the unrevealed truth lies within. Sometimes people can be deceiving, even those you'd least expect it from. They make you feel like you can trust them and they are a true supporter, however, they're your enemy waiting for your downfall. Betrayal is the act of deception. You make others believe in a false idea, just to wrongfully affect them in the end. Though betrayal is mainly looked as a negative action, its…

Betrayal is like getting stung by a bee; you have to pull out the stinger, but you still feel the pain afterwards. In the play Hamlet Shakespeare’s main character, Hamlet, is ‘stung’ over and over again. Once by his uncle, King Claudius after Hamlet’s father passed. Again by his acquaintance, Laertes, and once again by his childhood friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Although, not all kinds of betrayal are the same. Hamlet’s betrayal was like watching his heart be ripped from his chest. He…

Betrayal, a verb, is defined as to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty. When a person is betrayed, it is heartbreaking because there has to be a sense of trust to let the person be associated with them. Take George Orwell’s Animal Farm as an example. On Animal Farm, one of the leaders of the farm, Snowball, was betrayed by the other leader, Napoleon. It is believed that Napoleon was greedy for power and chose not to share it. Therefore, in order to take the farm for himself,…

To ascertain whether euthanasia is morally permissible a great deal of reasoning is required, in “Euthanasia” Phillipa Foot lays out her logic for rationalizing the subject by providing several instances defending and disputing euthanasia. Foot takes the traditional definition of euthanasia, that exclusively specifies a particular manner of death, to encompass the grounds upon which an individual considers to come about making the choice to end their life. Foot holds the belief that euthanasia…

Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death. Moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement. As you can see courage has many definitions. Depending on the person, courage can mean bravery of the heart to do something other people won’t. Me as a person I try to be a role model around younger kids…

I’m writing this because I’m stealer and I’m writing about respect to know what respect mean and why respect is important. What does respect lead to and ways to give respect and what I learned? Respect is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities or achievements. Respect is important because it shows that one values another as an individual, and honors the person rights and dignity of the person as a fellow human being. Respect is defined as…

Have you ever put your full trust in a friend, only for them to let you down? Were you ever able to have faith them again? Scholar Advisor is an educational portal, created for students by Lona Glenn and Maria Castle, with useful information and links to help you deepen your academic knowledge. In one of their definition essays, “Trust”, Glenn and Castle wrote, “One of the most important aspects of trust is to be able to place confidence in another person. Often this comes down to being able to…