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    Joanna Weir 10/23/14 Soc 209: Juvenile Delinquency Dr. Severance Burning Down the House 1. The “birth” of juvenile prisons began at the end of the nineteenth century. The idea of separating the youth and adults was to rehabilitate young offenders not punish. This began with the New York House of Refuge in 1825. At this time most of the youth that were put into the “homes” were generally poor immigrants. Due to the mass amount of immigrants there was a concentration of poverty in cities. Also the

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    Soc 210 I watched the movie “The Burning Bed” starring Farrah Fawcett as Francis Hughes. She suffers for thirteen long years at the hands of her abusive husband mickey Hughes. When they started out dating Mickey was very loving and very attentive. Francis at first was a little reluctant when he asked her to marry him. She wanted to live life a little longer before she settled down‚ but she got pregnant and decide it was best to marry mickey. It wasn’t until they were married that the abuse

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    Individualism is "the opposite of collectivism; together they form on of the dimensions of national cultures. Individualism stands for a society in which the ties between individuals are loose: everyone is expected to look after himself or herself and his or her immediate family only." *10 Collectivism "stands for a society in which people from birth onwards are integrated into strong cohesive ingroups‚ which throughout people’s lifetime continue to protect them in exchange for unquestioning

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    Weir. It is set in 1959 in Vermont at an elite conservative boarding school Welton Academy. It tells the story of an English teacher‚ Mr. Keating‚ who inspires his students through poetry The movie Dead Poets Society explores the concept of individualism in great depth‚ particularly through the lessons of Mr. Keating. On the first day of class‚ Keating quotes Whitman’s “O Captain‚ My Captain‚” and tells the students they can either refer to him as “O Captain‚ My Captain” or “Mr. Keating.” Keating

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    In the Movie “Mississippi Burning” we witness various typed of discrimination‚ civil rights movement‚ and many over issues that were reflected on and ignored. Firstly we see many ways that coloured people’s civil rights were rejected and abused by everyone including the law enforcement themselves. Throughout this essay I will explain and reflect all the different typed of issues and how they are applied throught the film and how they relate to people today. Inalienable rights are proclaimed to

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    centuries‚ has been individualism and collectivism and how they shape who we are as humans. Our natural instincts to survive as individuals and within groups have existed for all of time. This writing will define individualism and collectivism‚ as they currently exist in our cultures today. It will also include more specific characteristics of collectivism and how it exists across the many vast cultures of our ever-changing‚ and shrinking‚ world. Discussion Individualism and collectivism are

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    think and to put them down on paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we are speaking alone to no ears but our own” (1). In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ all men are known as the great WE. They live in a collectivist society in which individualism‚ along with other Transgressions‚ are sins and are punishable. Equality 7-2521 is born into this society‚ and was taught that being different is a crime‚ and he shall be as all men are. He tries to understand and accept this‚ but he is born with

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    friend because of my independence and stubbornness. Eventually‚ I just did whatever I was told wishing that I would be accepted by the group‚ but I had lost myself in the process. A decade later‚ I am a bit better at balancing conformity and individualism‚ but it is still a day to day struggle. I have also been heavily influenced by the post-World War II rebellion of the 1950’s. Stories from my older than average parents has made me question modern society. Movies such as “Rebel without a Cause”

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    What is the correlation between the ability to choose and individualism? A moral choice is the option to follow a path that enforces a person’s values and beliefs during a dilemma. Whether it evokes a positive or negative result‚ it is still a proper response due to the display of nonconformity that is derived. This display of individuality has the ability to be immoral because the unfavorable behavior is still considered an individualistic choice as it is an opposition to the expected societal standards

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    Regardless of what others believe‚ individualism retains the ideas of acquiring the need of oneself. Although the origin of these ideas of individualism would vary depending on the person‚ one major factor that contributes to the inspiration would be the environment of where one is currently at. Whether it is through a harsh climate or within a peaceful society‚ it’s what remains to continue in writing. The instance of where the ideas of individualism is dependent on the environment would be Richard

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