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    sympathy of their condition due to personal choices. It couldn’t get any worst than that right? Wrong. Statistics are continuing to rise. Why is it that obese people get to have special treatment? They are able to acquire a handicap permit inches away from the front door of McDonalds. It would make sense if the handicap spots where to be in the back of the parking lot right? It is not that hard to walk a few more feet to get those delicious burgers. It could be their daily exercise of the day! To think

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    Sample Cover Letter The Virtual Community Group‚ Inc. 17 Park Road Rural Town‚ NH July 1‚ 1995 Jane Smith‚ Executive Director Xavier Foundation 555 S. Smith St. Washington‚ D.C. 22222 Dear Ms. Smith‚ I am pleased to submit this proposal from the Virtual Community Group‚ Inc.‚ requesting an investment of $50‚000 per year over two years from the Xavier Foundation to support our Enterprise 2000 initiative. This grant would provide part of the funds needed for us to train at least

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    Antigone and “letter from a Birmingham jail” essay It is very impressive how Antigone and the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” essay are very similar despite being written in two different time periods. Antigone and Martin Luther King Junior both fought for what was good for their society. Antigone buried her brother despite the king stating that her brother was a traitor and that nobody should bury him or honor him in any way. Antigone believed that nobody could dishonor or override the

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    In the excerpt of ¨Letter from Birmingham Jail¨ Martin Luther King Jr uses many rhetorical devices that help make his letter emphasis more on the problem that many African-Americans were facing before and during the civil rights movements. In the the letter King uses techniques like repetition to bring more focus and meanings to his ideas‚ allusion to relate to an event that explains King’s motivation‚ and pathos to bring the reader to feel what he feels through what he has written. An example of

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    ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Jonathan swift‚ in ‘A Modest proposal’ criticizes the scandalous political and economic policies of English landlords against the oppressed Irish and proposes to eradicate this usual problem in the most unusual way. He uses satire and irony as his main tools to make his audience contemplate‚ how English landlords are shamelessly exploiting and oppressing the impoverished Irish through high rents and unfair laws. Swift paints a quick picture in the reader’s mind about the condition

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    his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” These views corelate to the CIT Claim that the dignity of every human being is inviolable and the commitment to justice for the common good is necessary. Martin Luther King Jr was a southern Baptist priest who had a vision that one day blacks and whites would one day be equal. He felt that blacks could no longer have their human dignity valued as lesser to those who are right and that for the world to be a better place all must be equal. In King’s “Letter from

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    Jacob Vinson Murder Mayhem Mrs. Davidson November 1st 2017 Political Criticism- “A modest proposal” In 1641 the Catholics owned 59 percent of the land‚ by 1703 they owned 14 percent (Conditions). In Ireland most of the people were catholic but by the rule of king Edward III the protestants were moving into Ireland. Ireland has always been very religious so the protestants moving in and taking away most of their religion was a bad thing. In the events of 1704 the Catholics were not allowed to

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    In the letter of Birmingham was written By Dr. Martin Luther King who arrested during a participation of a peaceful movement against segregation. Dr. King wrote this letter in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by 8 white religious leaders of the south. In this essay we are going to go into detail on Dr.King’s response to the public statement and see his view on justice and injustice. Then try and compare his views against Paulo Freire. When starting off in his speech Martin

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    Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther king is a response letter written to the eight clergyman who had criticized King for the method of protest he uses. King was arrested in Birmingham‚ Alabama in April 1963 and wrote the letter in his small cell after reading a newspaper in which the clergyman had themselves published criticize king’s method of protesting since he was not from the state of Alabama. King replies to the clergymen and call them “men of genuine good will”‚ to show his peaceful

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    Alabama that resulted in his arrest. While in jail‚ King received a letter from eight Alabama clergyman explaining their distress and opposition to King and his followers actions. This letter occasioned his reply and caused King to write a persuasive letter justifying his actions and presence in Birmingham. Although King’s reply was addressed to the Alabama clergyman‚ its target audience was the “white moderate”. King understood that if he gained support from the average‚ indifferent white American that

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