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    For ages, men and women have participated in prostitution, or the exchanging of sex for money. There are an estimated 1 to 2 million prostitutes in the United States alone, and everyday, more women and children are added into the mix (Chen). When people think of prostitutes, they picture girls with very little self-respect, standing on corners. In this paper we will analyze the different views on the matter of prostitution. For this project we researched the historical, political,…

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    Migrant Workers and Why they were Misfits John Steinbeck 1937 novel Of Mice and Men captured what it was like to be a migrant worker after the dust bowl. In the novel, when the two main characters, George and Lennie, first were hired at a farm they were not exactly happy about their living conditions for the farming season but they said its better than nothing. Like real life, migrant workers in California in the 1930’s did not have good houses, most of the houses were smaller…

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    To end a life is to end a person’s essence. John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men to characterize the struggle of migrant workers in the 1930s. George and Lennie are friends who travel to make a living to create a dream that George fostered in his mind. Lennie is an individual who has a mind that is very childlike and innocent. They work in a farm where they buck barley to make a living. They have a couple of problems which puts them in an jam. The major problem is when Lennie kills a woman.…

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    Keller She was deaf and blind Smart, activist, and wise, are three things that describe Helen Keller. Many people Know that Helen how she taught her and how she taught her lessons. They would go to were helen was born and that is were they would start their lesson.While Mrs.Annie taught the lesson and helen learned it Helen would sometimes run into bumps along the way. Other things they did together. Helen and Mrs.Annie travel together/places and got to meet important people.…

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    social barriers and personal choice, which in some cases, led to death. Crooks was the only African-American person that was working on the ranch, which led to his exclusion and guided towards his isolation and loneliness. All of the other ranch workers can play cards and other activities together, but they exclude Crooks. Crooks complained “ ‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black” (68). This tells that Steinbeck understood what being isolated felt like.…

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    prejudice. Lennie and Crooks, work on the old man’s farm. Crooks, a black man, isolated due to his color. Lennie is tough and tall, he is a child in a man’s body. Crooks is a black man, isolated due to his color. He is weak, the bottom of the social ladder and physically separated from the ranch workers. Crook’s job on the farm, is to take care of the horses. Unfortunately, kicked by the horse Crooks back is crippled. Therefore, the ranch workers call him Crooks due to his crooked back.…

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    Servants in the Victorian Era Different Servants Upper servants such as butler, housekeeper, lady's maid,house steward,and valet Upper servants were classified as upper servants because upper class servants were entitled to respect and deference from the under staff. Upper servants were placed in larger households. Upper servants would take the head place at the dining room. The butler is the head of his department and responsible for the…

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    migrant workers. The time of the Great Depression was a devastating time when it came to split up families and being able to provide for them. If you analyse “The Migrant Mother” photograph…

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    All Totalitarian Countries

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    The United States has approximately 10,000 troops located at the base in Qatar. Unfortunately, the United States is not the only country that has a base in Qatar but many others. According to ABC news, Qatar used their personal cash as they build a military base for easier. Since 2015, the labor reform in Qatar has failed the migrant workers. The labor reform decreased the protection that the migrant workers once had that allowed the some kind of freedom…

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    Servants in the Victorian Era Servants would wake up early in the morning get what they could for breakfast, then go straight to work doing what the master of the house wanted like as a maid they would clean wash clothes, cook they made the meals butler took care of other servants, and more like that then they would go and work more on whatever the master of the house said till late at night and never get breaks in the day. How Victorian Servants Worked They worked hard depending on…

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