purpose of making the audience use their imagination. “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ And having perhaps the better claim‚ Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same.”- Robert Frost (1916) This shows an example of using a metaphor. The author made it seem as though one path was the better choice to take opposed to the other. My response to the poem was natural in a sense. When using metaphors that the author
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A Story of Corrupt Justice: The Perpetuation of the Abominable Salem Witch Trials Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ a place of beginnings in the New World‚ shows that the Puritans’ “self-denial‚ their purposefulness‚ their suspicion of all vain pursuits‚ their hard-handed justice were altogether perfect instruments for the conquest of this space so antagonistic to man” (Miller 6). The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ describes the Salem witch trials during the seventeenth century. Numerous people were hung and jailed
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their own hands not thinking twice about the consequences. Crime is not a joke‚ especially when it involves innocent civilians who can end up hurt‚ with no protection of their own. This is why criminal justice is so important‚ it is their for the people. It is their to protect and get justice. It is there for knowledge and for people who dont necessarily feel the need to know about the law and how important it is to understand its meaning. In the first few chapters‚ I learned that there
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but can also be very dangerous if not handled correctly. In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein‚” Shelley portrays these two aspects of accomplishment as dangerous‚ destructive‚ and even fateful. Shelley begins her novel with an ambitious seafarer named Robert Walton. Walton is determined to reach the North Pole‚ where he may “tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man” (6). During his journey‚ he writes constantly to his sister‚ Margaret Saville. Unfortunately‚ due to the laws of nature‚ sheets
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Poetic Justice One of the big challenges in life is taking the right choice. Everybody comes up against it‚ and it always ends in a good or a bad way. Some of them are quickly forgotten‚ while other stick in our minds for years. You can’t always make the choices that lead to what you always have been dreaming about. Sometimes dreams comes true and other times you have to fight for your dreams‚ before they just let go. But in the end everything moves on and other things gets better or more exiting
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According to Socrates a just city where most of the population is virtuous‚ because a just city is based on the virtues of wisdom‚ moderation‚ and courage. The reason the city came into existence was for justice‚ not pleasure and happiness. Wisdom and good judgment are based upon knowledge. Also‚ Socrates examines the effect of wealth on craftsmen‚ and states that if a potter gets rich‚ he will not be concerned for his craft and will become lazy and a bad potter; unless he remains poor‚ then he wont
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Celebrity Justice Lindsay Lohan‚ Nicole Ritchie‚ Paris Hilton‚ Tiger Woods‚ Nicholas Cage - the list of celebrities who have been arrested or charged with a crime is a long one. Drug possession‚ lying to investigators‚ driving while intoxicated‚ shoplifting - the list of offenses is also a long one. When arrested‚ are celebrities held to the same standards of justice as the rest of us‚ or do they receive special treatment in the legal system? If convicted how‚ do their sentences compare to those
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Is juvenile justices right or wrong? Edwin Desamour was driving with his 3-year-old son in their Philadelphia neighborhood when the little boy looked up and said‚ “Daddy‚ look at the moon! I want to go there‚” so his father did what many parents would: he bought his son books on science and space and encouraged him to believe that his dreams can come true. Edwin’s son has been blessed with a vastly different childhood than Edwin had. Edwin grew up poor in a violent neighborhood in Philadelphia
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I have aspired to be a police officer my whole life and found it only fitting to interview a Police Officer from the Northern Virginia area. The officer told me of his own aspirations to become a cop and it only furthered my motivation. He said his goal as a police officer was/is to make positive influential changes for his peers by protecting and serving his community to his fullest potential. Before returning back to patrol the streets‚ the officer was a Student Resource Officer (SRO) at Herndon
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Seven Essential Interview Skills Kathy Thomas Criminal Justice Communications September 28‚ 2012 You are a probation officer who was conducting a home visit for probationer Bobby Jean. You walk up to the door‚ she answers‚ and you notice a bag of marijuana sitting on the kitchen table. She promises that it is not hers. You provide her with a urine screen and it is clean. Based on the above scenario‚ please respond to the following questions: * What would you do? * Would this scenario
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