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    How People with Disabilities Are Viewed and Treated We live in a society where people are judged for who they are and if they seem to have any type of flaws those flaws tend to make up who the person is. People with disabilities shouldn’t be judged by their disabilities. Our society has come a long way in accepting people with disabilities but we still have more to accomplish seeing as the harsh judgment still exists. We need to be able to live in a society where people do not judge‚ can accept

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    1950s Fashion 1950s Decade Study – Source Task Teenagers were the driving force of fashion in the 1950s. Until the time‚ clothing trends had been set by the adult market and the way young people dressed was simply set on what the adults wore. As cinema‚ television and rock ‘n’ roll came into the world‚ the youth market began to copy the style of stars. The 1950s fashion changed from the restraint conservative dress code to a freer‚ looser and informal style and therefore having a great impact

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    to feed the Union Pacific Railroad crews and the Army killed 9 million buffalo. The Native Americans lost their homes‚ and their major food source‚ which is a dramatic change in any person or tribe’s life. 2) Yes‚ the Indian tribes were treated unjustly. They were forcibly removed form their homes to reservations and their major food supply was killed off. There could have been different steps taken to deal with the Native Americans‚ as it would have been possible

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    for a long time if women in military got treated differently. Finally I got the chance to research it and find out. I’ve done a lot of research and what I found is astonishing. Women being in military and being mistreated is important to me because my mom’s friend was in military and was treated poorly‚ but as she told people her stories no one believed her. So I decided to do some research and what i found out will blow your mind. Some of the standards make it harder for women to qualify for the

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    How Tom and Gatsby are Treated Differently Different treatment of Tom and Gatsby impacts Daisy’s decision of who to pick. Tom is treated better in general than Gatsby is. Tom and Gatsby are treated differently by society which affects Daisy’s choice of man at the end of the book. Gatsby is treated like a battery by society‚ when people are done using him they no longer want to be around him. While at Gatsby’s parties people gossip about him behind his back. People only come to his house for free

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    How should Convicted Criminals be treated? The prison population has increased rapidly overtime as the level of crime has elevated. This observation may lead us to think that the officials are doing a good job keeping criminals off the streets‚ but many of the offenders that eventually leave prison will return within a year. This may be caused in part by the fact that society labels offenders by what they did and it is hard for them to re enter the community as productive citizens. Prison may

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    The 1950’s was a time where war soldiers were coming home and were given the opportunity to go back to their families and begin a new life or create one; the war was over. There were new opportunities arising‚ and suburbs were becoming the norm. Racial segregation was coming to an end‚ we added two new states to the United States of America‚ and families were beginning to have babies left and right. Music started to change with Rock n’ Roll‚ clothing and fashion was changing‚ inventions were being

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    character Buck got treated bad until he cracked. Buck is a dog and was stolen by thieves and taken to be come a sled dog then he was had to pull the sled even when he was extremely tired like a living hurricane of fury‚ hurling himself upon them in a frenzy to destroy. He sprang at the foremost man it was the chief of the Yeehats ripping the throat of a second man.” (London 100). Buck got treated bad and he was pushed over exhaustion this is what made him crack. Buck getting treated bad made him

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    Women in the Eyes of Society For centuries women have been considered delicate and have been looked down upon by men. In books and movies women are treated like children and work animals. In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ and in the movie The Color Purple directed by Steven Spielberg‚ originally written by Alice Walker‚ women are not treated like equals but as an inferior being. These stories present stereotypical women that stay at home and are mindless compared to

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    There is a reason why the 1950s are so memorable : It is a decade where a huge amount of noteworthy and life-changing events happened. This is the decade that the King‚ Prince‚ and the future King of Pop were born. While Elvis Presley was singing “Can’t Help Falling in Love”‚ Marilyn Monroe was actually falling in love with Joe DiMaggio. The movie Grease is a great representation of life in the 1950s and the wild lifestyle they had. The 1950s was the most influential decade due to the developments

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