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    How do people with power become corrupt? They become corrupt‚ by being associated with people who are negative and people who do not think positive. People who are raised in an evil environment or in an aggressive manner. Also‚ if they been through a terribly traumatic experience‚ that changed their perception of seeing‚ and also thinking negative. They forget that the people in that country/city put them in the spot to become powerful. They believe that just because they have the power. They can

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    One thing i know for sure is that police are always misusing their power‚ weather in fear or not. Of course not all but some cops are just rude and disrespectful that they will pull you over just because of the way you dress‚ look‚ or because of your race‚ etc. That’s misuse of power just because they are cops doesn’t mean they can pull you over without you breaking a law. Under fear they feel more powerful just because they have a badge and think they can be rowdy. They maybe feel under pressure

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    HOW TO OVERCOME MONEY POWER AND MUSCLE POWER IN ELECTIONS ? In many ways‚ India’s efforts at democracy have been an amazing success. Despite low levels of literacy and human development‚ vast social divisions‚ and a massive population‚ India has remained relatively stable‚ peaceful‚ and democratically governed. However‚ due to the pressing (and often divisive) concerns of the many demographic groups in India and the increasing distrust that the electorate has for its leadership‚ major reasons

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    The conch is a powerful symbol of society and order in the island. At the beginning‚ when Ralph found the conch on the beach shore‚ all the kids came together for an assembly. After that‚ they made a rule‚ only the person who was holding the conch would be allowed to speak at the meetings‚ this worked well at the beginning. There was a point in the novel where the savage boys began to disrespect the conch and what it stood for‚ like a rebellion. When the boulder crushed the conch shell it signified

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    Nida 10 18/8/2011 A society’s strength is defined by its wealth‚ strength of defense‚ and political stability. During the time 1000-1400‚ China was going through a renaissance age. The empire was unified‚ trade thrived‚ the empire’s defense was very strong and China as a whole was very rich. On the other hand‚ Europe did not have a unified government. Its defense was poor and in1348-1350‚ the Black Death reached Europe which further weakened individual nations by taking away the lives of thousands

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    Symbolism in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ is a classic novel‚ awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. The novel’s use of symbolism demonstrates that without order and law‚ people will revert to natural human behaviors to satisfy their instincts. This is shown in the development of the conch which symbolises order‚ Piggy’s specs which symbolises intelligence‚ and the beast which symbolises the savagery within the boys. Furthermore‚ the symbolism in the novel

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    the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding uses one very particular symbol to represent society‚ the conch. As the novel progresses the conch alters which complements what is happening throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel‚ Ralph‚ the main protagonist who represents the average person‚ first picks up the conch. But Piggy‚ another protagonist who represents intelligence‚ was the first to recognize it. “Something creamy lay among the ferny weeds. ‘A stone. [Ralph]’ ‘No. A shell [Piggy]

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    POWER AND ITS POWERS: The Supremacy of Power Frank Chodorov‚ an American writer and libertarian once said “The State acquires power and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.” When I was in my high school‚ I always dreamed for Utopia‚ a perfect state wherein there is no poverty and starvation. Power is delegated in every people and there’s equality‚ justice and freedom. Utopia sometime refers for World peace‚ this may sounds

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    of the most important symbols in the novel is the conch shell. The conch is a shell that the boys found in a lagoon on the island. “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting.”(20). They use the conch to summon the group to meetings and help govern the boys. The conch started off as a symbol of power and democracy. Over the course of the book‚ both power and authority start to fall apart. The first boy to ignore the power of the shell is Jack. “The conch doesn’t count on top of the mountain

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    can have power is by what gender they are‚ what race they are‚ and what class they live in. Some people can have more power than others‚ it all depends on your perception of it. In a lot of books‚ movies‚ and even in real life‚ your power matters to where you stand on a social status. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ social power leaves a big impression in this novel. The character‚ Mayella‚ is a trashy white girl who lives with her dad and seven siblings. In this novel‚ Mayella

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