accept the values of others. Sometimes we choose to rebel against them. Either way they are influential. The nuclear family is the first part of society that shapes us. Our parents and siblings (good‚ bad‚ indifferent) play a major role in how we choose to live. The great poem Children Learn What They Live‚ by Dorathy Law Nolte expresses this truth very well. Here are just a couple of lines for example. If children live with criticism‚ they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility
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The Algonquin people wore clothes made of deer skin. The covered very little of their bodies. They did not have guns or swords; only arrows and spears. Bows were made of Witch hazel and arrows were made of reeds. Some spears were made of some wood. They did not have anything to protect their body with. The Algonquins only carried targets cut from tree bark. The Algonquins made armor from sticks that they tied with thread. The Algonquins lived in small towns of 10-12 houses. Some larger towns spotted
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On page 121 in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Atticus says to Jem that he wants his son “to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. So how is courage defined in this novel? In To Kill a Mockingbird most of the town‚ Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ shows courage. Courage can be a small thing like saying hi to somebody as you pass them on the streets‚ even though you’re too shy to speak
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in our culture today. Although many of the thoughts of Puritans have gradually dissipated or become less meaningful over time‚ it is important to note that Puritan writers and thinkers such as John Winthrop and Roger Williams offered ideas that were new at the time that stayed with the American consciousness—culturally‚ socially‚ and politically. Notions of freedom‚ liberty‚ and the role of religion within the state have long since been at the forefront of national debates. When the Puritans considered
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European longsword‚ which is known for its long doubled edged blade‚ emerged. Separated by distance and cultures‚ the Japanese katana and European longswords are very different from each other. Human systems present at the time in Europe and Japan can account for the differences between the swords. Culturally‚ the katana was associated with power and control. 1 Metal working was thought to have been brought to the people from Susa-no- o‚ the god of storms 2 ‚ so metal working was regarded as a
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McCarthyism vs Witch Trials Does history repeat itself? Back in 1692‚ a couple of teenage girls decided to have a little fun with witchcraft. That little game turned into a “death play” with thousands of lives being taken away by simply having someone point a finger and say one’s name. Likewise in the early 1950s‚ we saw a similar type of witchcraft happen because of the fear of communism. Hundreds of lives and careers were ruined because people were naming names to save themselves. Numerous
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Good and evil go hand in hand. The relationship between good and evil can be seen in the Bible‚ through the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel. The correlation between good and evil is seen throughout history‚ through medians such as literature and the media. Neither good nor evil can exist without the other. The coexistence of good and evil is portrayed in Harper Lee’s "To Kill A Mockingbird" when the characters of Jem‚ Dill and Scout come across good and evil through Maycomb society. Jem
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Doctor Who Created in 1963 by Canadian Sydney Newman‚ Doctor Who is a television show that follows the adventures of the eccentric rebel time travelling alien known as the Doctor and his human companions. The first series starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor‚ and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman‚ the Doctor’s granddaughter. Since then‚ there has been ten other incarnations of the Doctor played by ten different actors over thirty-three series. These series’ have been split into two groups
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December 7th‚ 2012 2nd Hour The Dependency of Doctors: From the beginnings of ancient times‚ to the present day‚ doctors have always been the people that we depended on. Without doctors‚ many conflicts could arise to create chaos! Diseases such as the flu or the common cold could probably kill many‚ if doctors did not exist. Children would less likely survive from childbirth‚ the world would become weak‚ and the quality of life would diminish. Is that how the world should live on as? Suffering as our
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Theory of the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in the history of America. There were people killed for being a “witch”. Whether they were or not‚ they tested them with various ways of torture. From being hung‚ to being tied to a rock and thrown in a lake; if they survived‚ they were a witch‚ if they died‚ they weren’t. The Puritans came up with many different theories of witchcraft for various problems. Whether it was for the weather‚ lack of crop growth‚ or if someone
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