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    imagined how my life would be in America‚ and I was confident about my adaptability as I had spent four years living abroad in Singapore but anxious about the much more immense diversity in America at the same time. As more than three weeks have past since I first arrived in America‚ I gradually learn that the real experience is way different from what I have imagined and expected. I would rather call it a “positively challenging experience” as I am exposed to a completely foreign culture and challenged

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    2. About the Amish society The Amish are a group of people who are descendants of 17-century Mennonite immigrants mainly from Europe. Mennonite is a Christian group related to Protestant but in many ways‚ extreme. Jacob Amman is the founder and the first leader of the Amish. He believed that who violates the law of Mennonite should be banished‚ and this somewhat extreme idea led to Jacob Amman’s separation from the Mennonite. Since then‚ Jacob and his followers declared themselves as a different

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    Amish live a very traditional and simple lifestyle‚ separating themselves from mainstream America and rejecting many conveniences of modern technology in order to preserve their identity. The Amish focus on agricultural work and live off the land and almost all Amish members are born into the community. he Amish church originates in Switzerland when Jakob Ammann lead a division between Swiss Anabaptist groups in the 18th century. The followers of Ammann became known as the Amish. Many Amish migrated

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    Egeus is betrayed by Hermia‚ Demetrius‚ and Theseus throughout the play. Hermia in the very beginning defies his commands for how she should live her life. Demetrius and Theseus betray him towards the play’s ending. He is betrayed again and again by almost everyone he interacts with in the play. These betrayals result in the two main couples’ happiness.This shows the play’s theme of love conquers all. Egeus seeing Hermia as his property; in his mind it is his right to control any aspect of her

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    Constance Lee Joseph Dowd HumCore Seminar MWF 1 December 2014 Virtue in Machiavelli’s The Prince Modern society accepts virtue to simply mean behavior illustrating high moral standard. The Latin word‚ virtus‚ originates from vir‚ meaning “man‚” and based upon this derivation‚ Machiavelli associates virtue with a definition more closely identified with manliness and a man’s ability to succeed. In Machiavelli’s The Prince‚ Machiavelli defines virtue to be the ability to achieve success by any means

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    “nigger- lover”‚ which confuses the children of their views on African- Americans. But their father reassures them that no matter what the other people say about him taking the case‚ that you should not judge people by the color of their skin‚ or who someone defends.

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    dose of happiness that replaces all other emotions. Well if you took all those emotions and changes and made them into a film‚ you would get Disney’s short film‚ Paperman. Paperman‚ which was produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by John Kahrs‚ won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 2013. This short film tells the story of a man who has a brief encounter with a woman at a train station. Ultimately‚ this encounter leads to

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    WITNESS’ ANALYSIS The filmWitness”‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ is about the traditional Amish life versus the violent ways of the Western World. The film begins when an Amish boy named Samuel Lapp witnesses the murder of a policeman‚ and when detective John Book discovers it was an ‘inside job’ he gets shot and takes Samuel and his mother Rachel back to their Amish community. While nursing the bullet wound he stays with them for a week and learns the Amish way of life. He is not comfortable at first

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    THE AMISH COMMUNITY BY: Lori Burris Instructor’s Name: Chad Goings ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (AVL1237D) 10/15/12 The Amish are religious separatists who dress plainly and avoid many convinces of modern life that you may know. The Amish are known widely for horses and buggies for transportation‚ they came to America in the eighteenth century from Switzerland. They evolved out if the Mennonite groups coming from the Anabaptist tradition. The Anabaptists urged a return to

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    spirit that enables a person to face danger‚ pain‚ etc.‚ without fear. Geoffrey Trease was a British writer who published 113 books and Cue for Treason was one of them. This book mainly talks about the history of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan era and how stereotypical it was. Kit demonstrates courage in the novel by pretending to be a boy‚ not being afraid of danger or risks‚ and by not conforming to the stereotypical image of an Elizabethan young woman. Pretending to be a boy is not an easy or a common

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