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    experiences‚ of rich and poor people in the 19th century Britain. The quality of life in the Victorian times depended on whether people were rich or poor. Wealthy people enjoyed a good and easy life‚ but on the other hand poorer people had a rough and hard life‚ often ending up in the workhouse or early death. By 1851 British society divided into social classes. The aristocracy were powerful and wealthy. The middle class‚ who ran the businesses‚ were ambitious and growing in wealth. The people in villages

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    First of all‚ the term “Old World” is to define the world where people in the Bronze Age live. This “Old World” is the continents‚ which is now known as Africa‚ Europe‚ and Asia. People in the Old World had no idea about any other continents outside this “Old World.” However‚ some Europeans who were travelling found a new continent. Amerigo Vespucci then named it as the New World‚ which now is known as America. It makes a little bit clear why the Old World and the New World were separated for so long

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    Comparison Essay Between Native people of Canada and Na’vi people of the movie called AVATAR VS. By: Marmik Vyas Comparison Essay Between Native People of Canada and Na’vi People of the movie called AVATAR. If we compare Native people of Canada to Na’vi people of the movie called AVATAR‚ there are a lot of differences like in the past‚ British people did not had much of technology‚ but in the movie earth people had so much of the technology. Because in the past British

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    People with money have a greater chance to win or get lower sentences compared to poor families. In today’s society we see all kinds of unfair cases coming in and out if the courtroom. People who have enough money to go hire a top of the line lawyer to protect them from being accounted guilty. All the while in the poor community people struggle to survive just to pay their rent‚ and when they commit a crime it’s hard for them to afford a top of the line lawyers. Every day you turn on the TV or the

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    internationalisation of the world economy has benefited industrialised countries that dominate world trade and finance while developing countries have gained very little from this globalisation.” Discuss. In the 21st century we are living in a global village where trade‚ movement and communication are all participated in effortlessly. This period of globalisation‚ however‚ has not benefitted all realms of life and the gap between rich and poor countries is constantly growing larger. The objective of this

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    Does school prepare children for the real world? "Study hard and get good grades and you will find a high-paying job with great benefits‚" my parents used to say. Their goal in life was to provide a college education for my older sister and me‚ so that we would have the greatest chance for success in life. This is the introduction to the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. This is especially true in the context of Asian countries where most of us are told to cram for exams‚ get good grades

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    The article “How the rich get richer as the poor catch up” really opened my eyes with all the facts on global inequality. Our society tries to compare themselves to the people we see around us‚ but we don’t think abut the ones that are on the other side of the world. An example Francois uses is how French men wouldn’t care if a Chinese person exceeds his standard of living. Now if it was one of his fellow citizens and they started lagging on their standard of living then the French men would pay

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    PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD Thurday 12/03/09 1. I’m Bob Doughty. 2. And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways. 1. Our first individual who is making a difference is a refugee from Burma. Thousands of people flee Burma each year to escape poverty‚ oppression and civil war. Many of

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    In Panem‚ The capitol which is the richest dominate the districts which are very poor and the result is we can see the inequality between them. This is the view that we can see with our bare eyes that the capitol’s live is diffrent from the district’s live‚ this diffrence reveal in many ways throughout the novel. The rich control the poor so does in hunger games‚ the capitol control the districts by making a hunger games in the reaping day and help the one who win with some foods. The candidates

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    victorious. One of the key idea in the text reveals the inequalities between the rich and poor. This idea is made evident through the division of Panem. The people of Panem are divided into 12 districts and welfare levels between the districts vary‚ although no district is nearly as wealthy as the Capitol. Because of the strict oppressive rules that are heavily enforced by the Capitol‚ almost everyone‚ especially the people of the poorer Districts‚

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