In “Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person‚” June Tangney argues that shaming sentences worsen the situation instead of “fostering constructive change.” According to Tangney‚ shaming sentences for nonviolent crimes-supported by judges and social commentators-such as “offenders [parading] around in public carrying signs broadcasting their crimes‚” are cheaper and more effective substitutes to the prison sentences. She explains that in order to understand shaming sentences‚ it is important to know the difference
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English 97/98 November 20‚ 2014 Summary and Response “Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person” June Tangney’s short essay‚ “Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person”‚ is about the difference between two emotions: shame and guilt. There is a problem in the court system when it comes to traditional sentences. There are people who even encourage America to look for shaming as a way to save money rather than taking care of an inmate in jail. However‚ Tangney states that recently‚ there is a realization that these
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Summary The main idea of the essay “Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person” by Jane Tangney is about finding another way to punish someone rather than putting them in jail for life. Tangney argues that putting offenders in jail makes them feel shameful about themselves‚ and that they are a bad person and therefore you can’t do anything to change. Humiliation is associated with disapproval. Shame makes an already bad situation worse. It leads to defensive actions‚ not corrective behaviors‚ whereas
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Optimism is to Pessimism as Lazy is to Hard Work “Blackberries in June” by Ron Rash‚ is about a couple‚ Matt and Jamie‚ who have a very pessimistic family‚ especially when it comes to the young couples accomplishments in life. What makes Jamie and Matt different from the other family members? They have a lot of determination‚ motivation‚ discipline‚ and are willing to make sacrifices necessary to get where they want to be in life. Throughout the story‚ the author gives a variety of examples
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Edward ENG 500 June Morrissey June Morrissey is the daughter of Marie’s sister: half-Lazarre‚ half-Morrissey from the Pillager line‚ wife of Gordie Kashpaw‚ mother of King Kashpaw and Lipsha Morrissey. June is first adopted by Marie Kashpaw‚ but later is raised by Eli Kashpaw the bachelor of the family. June runs away from Gordie and King‚ returns several times only to leave again. June dies in the first chapter. Love Medicine begins with June Morrisey freezing to death on her way home
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Bryan Blejski ENG 101-F11 October 6‚ 2011 “Blackberries in June” In Ron Rash’s “Blackberries in June‚” it was easy to be immediately drawn into the story. People can relate to the life of Matt and Jamie. Their life of being married after high school and having a house of their own is a plan many people work to strive towards when in love after high school. Their life seems almost perfect or typical throughout the story. A wonderful and happy marriage with the wholesome relations with the
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masterpieces is the existence of an external force which brings our principal character to God. In Dante’s Inferno‚ it is Dante’s literary hero‚ Virgil‚ who is tasked with bringing him to God. Virgil brings Dante to God by teaching him to condemn that which God also condemns by imparting on him the importance of cruelty to sinners. Throughout the epic‚ Virgil inflicts upon Dante the fear of condemnation which in turn brings Dante to God. Through the epic‚
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Chapter 1 No. 30 Dear A‚ I visited Grandma Jill on the weekend. She’s doing well since her recovery and has attended her weekly rehabilitation without so much of a fuss‚ which is good news for all of us. You know how she gets when she’s off her pills. Furthermore‚ the doctors have said she’d doing well without them for a month now and shouldn’t need to rely on them as much anymore. It’s so tiring worrying about her constantly‚ but I don’t dare confess that to anyone. They all love her so
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to arrive. 2. What kind of search pattern(s) would investigators be most likely to employ in each of the following situations: Two people searching a small area with well-defined boundaries Several people searching a large area A single person searching a large area 3. Officer Bill Walter arrives at the scene of an apparent murder: a body bearing several gunshot wounds lies on the floor of a small‚ unair-conditioned house in late July. A pungent odor almost overwhelms him when he enters
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A First Amendment Junkie By: Susan Jacoby Susan Jacoby (b. 1946)‚ a journalist since the age of seventeen‚ is well known for her feminist writings. “A First Amendment Junkie” (our title) appeared in the Hers column in the New York Times in 1978. It is no news that many women are defecting from the ranks of civil libertarians on the issue of obscenity. The conviction of Larry Flynt‚ publisher of Hustler magazine—before his metamorphosis into a born-again Christian—was greeted with unabashed
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