The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a young-adult novel written by Sherman Alexie. The novel itself is on the list of books banned from some schools and public libraries. A few reasons for the ban include profane language‚ sexual content‚ and alcohol use. The novel chronicles the coming of age experience of a teenage boy named Junior. He lives on an Indian reservation where life is less than ideal. Junior’s father is an alcoholic and his family lives in poverty. His mother works as
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It seems logical that good education can only be acquired if one have enough money to spend because all supporting factors require funds and other resources to be realized‚ so much so in a developing country as the Philippines. One of the most evident problems is the poor having less access to good education. Good education require both the hardware (school buildings‚ books‚ supplies‚ equipment) and software (trained and dedicated teachers‚ healthy citizens) components that require funds from both
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Trojan War Thesis Paper From the reading the Trojan War we can see that the Mycenaean people regard themselves as inferior to the gods‚ and are the gods pawns meant to carry out what they will not do themselves. Since the Trojan War is a document taken almost entirely from Homer’s Iliad‚ as well as a variety of poems written around the time‚ the insecurities of the Mycenaean are clear as they themselves created gods to worship who have little to no respect for the human race. The gods treat
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Giles Cory was‚ an 81 year old man stoned to death‚ on September 19‚ 1692. As rocks were piled on him one after another‚ his last words were “More Weight”.. One historical day‚ the slave Tituba and local white women were accused by Betty Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams of practicing witchcraft. For several months‚ the girls started showing weird behavior such as “going into holes‚ and creeping under stools and chairs.” The accused women were sent to jail in Boston‚ but Tituba confessed to
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Reasons for the Outcome of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Topic and Thesis Statement In April 1989‚ people from all over China gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to mourn the death of the Communist Party Leader Hu Yaobang. The gathering grew larger each day and more and more people expressed their dissatisfaction with the party. People could not see the results of the reforms that they had been promised and students‚ in particular‚ were agitated due to the rising corruption in the party
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Definition of Key Terms: Mobile Platform - also described as an OS or operating system. Mobile Device - a small computing device‚ typically small enough to be handheld (and hence also commonly known as a handheld computer or simply handheld) having a display screen with touch input and/or a miniature keyboard. Mobile Application - a computer program designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android - a software package for smartphones‚ including many application
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DBQ #1 During the 17th century‚ many colonies were founded on the North American continent. The most significant colonies were created by Englishmen who left Europe for several reasons. Even though most colonies were founded by fellow Englishmen‚ there were two regions that evolved into two distinct societies. There were many factors to why these two regions evolved so differently‚ but the biggest factor were the motives of each colonist. The motives of each Englishmen caused certain people to
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Instances such as the American and French revolutions exemplify the importance of standing up for individual rights. The object of a revolution is to fight for the replacement of an ineffective system of government. Divides in social class‚ economic disparity and corruption of power are all often symptoms of an impending revolt. The French Revolution is one of the most famous cases of fighting against the injustices of power. Prior to the 1789 start of the French revolution‚ French society was divided
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October 17‚ 2010 Bowling for Columbine Thesis Statements 1) The high casualties caused by guns are a result of how easy it is to obtain one. If policies were made stricter‚ casualties would go down. I do not agree with this because it would only affect the people who go to obtain their guns legally. If you really wanted one all you would have to do is steal it‚ so the policies would then have no effect on you. 2) Minorities and blacks are made to be scarier than they are because they
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years of World War Two can be attributed to Adolf Hitler’s political stratagems and the overwhelming superiority of German army. Hitler’s ingenious manipulation of the German people and the European powers allowed him to not only build an army‚ but this highly motivated Werhmact was able to use their modern weapons and tactics to concentrate their forces on only one target at a time. There are several reoccurring themes throughout the first two years of the Second World War. Political ‘bully’ tactics
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