Berntsen Most people would agree with doing something horrific to another person‚ since it is easier to conform‚ than to fight‚ people tend to protect themselves before protecting a stranger. Stanley Milgram put a study together to prove that Germans are more likely to be obedient to authority then American are. The study was called “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You? Probably.” Milgram explains the character aspects of why people listen to authority and why they afraid not to
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not have “written-on” to the Journal. These five casenotes represent a range of approaches to last year’s case. The Journal cannot speak to how these casenotes were scored by any other law journal. WARNING: These casenotes may contain errors. They have not been checked for conformity to the Bluebook‚ and DLJ does not vouch for the formatting of the citations.
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about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home...." The first quote is from “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?”‚ written by Joyce Carol Oates. It is in reference to Connie‚ who is a teenager. She is no longer a girl‚ yet she is not a woman. She would leave home she looking one way and arrive at her destination another way. 2. She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life." The second quote is from
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Have you ever wondered; what would you do if someday you win the lottery? Well‚ I have always thought about it and the idea of having millions of dollars in my bank account just make me think about one thing; building my dream house. First‚ I have to pick the perfect place to build my masterpiece. It has to be a place with the perfect climate‚ perfect landscape‚ and perfect people. I was raised in Honduras‚ and one day I visited Roatan which is an island in the northern part of the country. I was
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Would You Rather Have 14 Fingers Or 16 Toes? It’s not too rare for humans to be born with extra fingers or toes. The condition of having extra fingers or toes is known as polydactyly. It is a congenital disorder‚ which means that a baby would be born with polydactyly‚ and did not develop the disorder after he or she was born‚ and there are several reasons why people may have supernumerary fingers or toes. Polydactyly may also occur in other animals too‚ including dogs‚ chickens‚ mice and cats
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If you could change any event in history‚ what would you change and why? Last summer vacation‚ I watched two movies directed by ClintEastwood (Clinton Eastwood Jr.).Their titles ware “Flags of Our Fathers”‚ and “Letters from IWO Jima”. These two movies ware said to have been taken faithful to reality. These movies were released in 2006‚ and these ware famous at that time because they were simultaneously produced at USA and Japan. If I could change any event in history‚ I want to change “The
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John Scarr Mr. Louis Ap. Us pd. 7 10/30/12 Supreme Court Marbury vs. Madison (1803): On the final of his presidency‚ John Adams named forty-two justices of the peace and sixteen new circuit court justices for the District of Columbia with the “Midnight Appointments”. “The Midnight Appointments” were an attempt by the Federalists to take control of the federal judiciary prior to Thomas Jefferson taking office. The commissions were signed by President Adams and sealed by acting Secretary of
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Have you ever read a story‚ and were so intrigued that you wish you were the main character so that you could change the way they reacted to certain things? I have‚ and when I read "Footfalls" I found myself doing that very thing. "Footfalls" was written by Wilbur Daniel Steele‚ an amazing author who really knows how to capture the reader’s attention and involve them in the story. In the story‚ a man named Boaz Negro is against Campbell Wood because Wood killed Boaz’s last living son. In this paper
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Language of Terror When a person is put in an incredibly horrifying situation where the outcome is unpredictable many physical and emotional changes take place. Joyce Carol Oates’s story "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" places Connie‚ a typical teenager‚ in this situation. Throughout the story‚ occasionally using religious undertones‚ Connie’s language of a typical teenager gradually changes‚ from calm and somewhat curious to nervous and terrified. Early in the story on a
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" Music is one of the symbols mentioned in this story. The author mentions the music played in everywhere in the story. The author says that "The Music was always in the background". The music comes from restaurants‚ homes and cars. Music symbolizes the feeling and the emotions of the characters. For example‚ music for Connie is a pattern for romantic relationship. When she is happy‚ she hears music in everywhere. On the other hand‚ when she is sad‚ she
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