bomb was the only reason why the Japanese surrendered and therefore ended the war. America thought that Japan was only getting started on the war‚ so they bombed the country‚ despite them not knowing that Japan was going to surrender anyway. Many people do think that the bomb saved our country‚ but that is debatable. Most historians think that a strong military is all we needed to beat them. Though we would’ve had to specialize in aerial combat. In Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand‚ there
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English 101 March 24‚ 2014 Obstacles Faced by the Working Poor There are millions of Americans who have jobs but still remain poor despite the strong labor markets; these people are referred to as "the working poor." The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line. Even though these people are working‚ the wages are insufficient causing them to face numerous obstacles that make it difficult for them to provide the basic necessities to maintain a stable life. Some
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Introduction In the film‚ What Poor Child Is This? Poverty and America’s Children published by Films Media Group the audience learns the horrifying reality of just how many of American children are considered poor. In America‚ which is considered one of the world’s most wealthy countries‚ there are 12 million children who are considered poor. This film also depicted just how ignorant most Americans are about child poverty. Only five percent of Americans consider poverty to be a problem. Most people
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An option for the poor does not mean that God loves poor people more than rich people. But it does mean that we may have to work harder to love others as Jesus has loved Archbishop Oscar Romero A modest and good man‚ he was mostly inclined toward books and theological study.( recognized the tragedy and devastation of the poverty of his native El Salvador) he identified the true causes--the political and economic causes-- what it means to be Catholic‚ what it means to be neighbor‚ and what it means
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Punishing the Poor places an emphasis on the way in which mass incarceration is a neoliberal creation meant to oppress the lower class. Two very important systems that Wacquant highlights and focuses on are the social welfare system and the penal system. The social welfare system‚ which is geared more towards women‚ provides assistance with food‚ housing etc. The penal system is found to be geared more towards men‚ incarcerating them at very high rates compared to before the civil rights movement
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Survival‚ Cruelty‚ Danger‚ Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand’s World War II biography‚ Unbroken‚ follows the life of a Prisoner of War‚ Louis Zamperini. From childhood to adulthood‚ Louis’ life contains a story of survival and the struggle to fit in. This novel portrays the cruel and jealous Mutsuhiro Watanbe‚ the always present danger of sharks and Louis’ survival and resilience filled life. “He was the most sadistic man I ever met!” said Jack Brady on Mutsuhiro Watanbe (Hillenbrand 243). Known for his
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Reasons to Support and Reasons to Oppose Ecotourism Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting pristine‚ fragile‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ purposed as a low- impact and small scale alternative to commercial tourism‚ which contributes towards both environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Ecotourism travel has significantly caught the attention of various individuals recently. There are a number of reasons supporting ecotourism and there are a number of reasons opposing ecotourism
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Identify a job role Job role: job description is a written statement about the job. Company create a job description about the job‚ what they do‚ and what their aim of their business. What kind of person the company is looking for that specific job. In the job description explain the job role and what kind of person they are looking for. They describe the requirement of the job in the job description. In the job description it tells the hours of work and how the company is going to pay according
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Individual Financial Statements Paper ACC/290 Principles of Accounting Professor: Bruce Geddus January 8‚ 2014 Introduction to financial accounting and it ’s my turn to identify the four basic financial statements and to describe them as well. In this financial statement paper I will also be describing the four financial statements‚ discuss how the four financial statements are useful to internal users such as managers and employees. And last I will discuss
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“Though he did the least‚ as the days passed‚ it was he who faded the most. Louie and Phil’s optimism‚ and Mac’s hopelessness‚ were becoming self-fulfilling” (Hillenbrand 155). These two sentences came from a passage in a biography called Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand whose book revolves around the life of one man: Louie Zamperini. A boy who grew up despised by his town‚ who later grew to love him because of his passion for running‚ which would later get him to the Olympics in Germany where he would
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