Class discussion 10/24 The middle kingdom – an idea that china was at the center of the world‚ therefore they were the most civilized Everything started from the chinese Very ethnocentric (an idea that elevates your own groups opposed to others) This was true about the efficient beaurcratic system political unity for over 2‚000 years engineering accomplishments (great wall‚ grand canal) agriculture was efficient confucious philosophical concepts art and its functions the people majority
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In Poe’s “ The Black Cat” The narrator is married early ‚ One night the narrator comes home intoxicated and gets the feeling his cat is resenting him‚ “Filled with Anger” he cuts his “Beloved cat” Pluto eye out and hangs the dead animal. Soon his wife sees it action the next day and he kills her as well. Not long after the horrendous murders. The police finds the bodies hidden in the wall and the house is burned down."This dread was not exactly a dread of physical evil-and yet I should be at
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or at least tries to. The selfish man turns people into eejits and uses them as workers. Most people know what a dictatorship is‚ and the society in the novel portrays one to the max. El Patron is the leader of Opium‚ the city in which the story takes place. Being the leader of Opium‚ El Patron has the mentality that he can act as he pleases and say what he wants to say‚ and no one should dis-obey him. “He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be
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During the war‚ the British has discovered diamonds and gold and this led to even more encouragement to win the war. By 190s‚ the British had ended the war. Similarly‚ in China‚ there was the Opium war‚ which existed between the Chinese and the British because the Chinese has destroyed 6 million dollars worth of opium which was owned by the British. The British had once again‚ seceded and won the war. There was also the Taiping Rebellion and the Manchu dynasty was weakened but only won because of help
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stability‚ and overall lowering the crime rate and jail population. Cannabis has had an extended history of repeated use in the United States. First‚ from 1900-1940‚ marijuana‚ including opium and cocaine were considered part of everyday drugs. As time passed the United States became strict upon crack and opium‚ but eventually marijuana became illegal in the 80’s. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s‚ scientific studies started to discover that marijuana can significantly cure people who have become
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Hong Kong (China and Hong Kong are one country but both have their own political and social system‚ so their definitions and process of crime and law differ) and to consume or trade of opium was legal in Hong Kong before second world war but after that it is criminalized to trade or consume opium in Hong Kong. Today opium is illegal all over the world. Now we can make a point that criminalizing any behaviour by the law is relatively affected by time and space in general. The certain types of behaviour
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For all the Tea in China by Sarah Rose reviewed by Brooke Gschwind “For all the Tea in China -How England Stole the World ’s Favorite Drink and Changed History ” as the subtitle foreshadows the story already. Before I had even read the book I assumed it would be a journey of betrayal‚ action and only closed off to the events that occur re ’s as Robert Fortune underhandedly takes china ’s precious tea right from underneath they ’re own noses. But little did I know that it Sarah
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Mexico: A Look at Our Neighbor When we take a look at our homeland‚ the United States‚ we see that we are bordered to the South by Mexico. Mexico is located in Middle America‚ bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico‚ between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean‚ between Guatemala and the U.S. Mexico accounts for a total area of 1‚972‚550 square kilometers‚ including 49‚510 square kilometers of water. The country also accounts for several terrain
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Why should we conserve plants and animals? I am arguing for conserving plants and animals. I will discuss how plants and animals have an impact on our lives and how this would be dramatically changed if they weren’t conserved. The word "conserve" means preservation‚ especially of the natural environment. In plants and animals case‚ it means‚ To keep in existence‚ to retain and to keep safe from harm or loss.1 Thousands of plant and animal species are being terminated every year due to many factors
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Drug Profile Katie VanEsch PSY425 October 25‚ 2010 BARBARA NOSAL Drug Profile There are many different types of addictions that fall into the categories of chemical dependency or physiological and psychological dependence. Dependencies such as physiological and psychological consequences most typically accompany substance abuse. Alcohol is one of the most widely used substances in America today and is perhaps the most popular widespread form of substance abuse. However‚ there are several
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