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    To Live a Lie or Die with Honor John Proctor is faced with an irreversible decision that ultimately determines his fate. Should he lie‚ living with the consequences of being named a witch or should he die‚ honoring himself and keep his soul free of the devil. The decision faced before him couldn’t have been an easy one. He had been faced with so many trials that his final choice determines if any one of them was in vain. Proctor had to make his own judgment and self-determine his fate. I believe

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    Live to die Death is a part of life experience‚ and life experience is the reality one can bravely face. For death‚ to be precise‚ facing death is what a person experience. Oganda from “The Rain Came” by Grace Ogot has to face death in order to save her people. In “ A Woman Like Me” by Xi Xi‚ the narrator has faced her parents’ death when she was young and make up the face of the dead people at work. No one can actually experience death because dead is dead and there is no feelings. As for life

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    Die Honorably or Live Dishonorably Honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity are traits that are becoming more and more rare in our society. The Crucible‚ a play written in 1952 by Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and parallels the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. In the play‚ Miller attempts to focus his themes around traits such as honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity‚ and as a result‚ the theme "is it better to die honorably or live dishonorably" becomes vital to the story and

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    Euthanasia: Live and Let Die Soraya Granados Abad Instructor: Anne Scott Advanced Academic English BowValley College April 11‚ 2013 Euthanasia: Live and Let Die In 2004‚ Pope John Paul II said “A man‚ even if seriously sick or prevented in the exercise of its higher functions‚ is and will be always a man… he will never become a ‘vegetable’ or an ‘animal’. The intrinsic value and personal dignity of every human being does not change depending on their circumstances” (Pope John Paul II‚

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    Live Fast Die Young

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    Live fast and die young. They say age ain’t nothing but a number‚ but in this instance‚ the “they” that comprises the clichéd masses have it right. I’ve seen ageism permeate the thought patterns of my brethren and I’m here to put an end to it if it’s not already too late. I’ve heard brilliant youth told that they’re too young to know their shit and sage elders marginalized to irrelevancy. I’ve known cats in their sixties with their finger on the pulse and eighteen year olds that put the “L” in lame

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    Summary of the plot Reflection 1 It’s true a work of art. Citizen Kane was released in 1941 is one the most admired and highly recognized films in the history of modern cinema. It combined innovative cinematic techniques and excellent actors performance to produce this masterpiece which is not only directed and produced by Orson Welles‚ but also he is the star in this film. Citizen Kane can take the audience to a new level of understanding films with all it’s depth‚ themes‚ and new proficiency

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    Die Honorably or Live Dishonorably” is a quote from the Crucible that has entered our everyday lingo. I read the Crucible in high school and it filled with honorable and dishonorable people. It is a clear perspective of how dishonor can hurt the honorable. Honor‚ dignity‚ and integrity are traits that are becoming more in society. The Crucible‚ a play written in 1952 by Arthur Miller‚ is based on the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and parallels the Red Scare and McCarthyism in the 1950s. In the play

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    1. ‘For the nation to live‚ the tribe must die.’ Assess the validity of Samora Machel’s assertion with reference to examples in Africa and/or Asia. It has been estimated that there may be some 600 to 1‚000 different tribal groups or more in Africa. There are some whose territory may be 200 or 300 miles square. Inside each large territory may live more than a million people. The smaller tribes may have only two or three thousand people and some of the smallest have only a few hundred. Most tribes

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    Legalize Euthanasia One of the most controversial problems is whether or not the act of euthanasia should be legal. One suggestion is that it should be legal to those who are in a vegetative state‚ severely hopeless‚ and wish to no longer live. Euthanasia is the act of killing or permitting the death of a hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11th Ed) We all have freedom of choice so those who insist on

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    abortion. That leaves thousands of innocent infants dead and forgotten in less than a day. If killing billions of children is okay‚ then so must be any other crime. In the heavy struggle for peace‚ there are those who would selflessly give their lives for others and those who would rather send someone else to the grave‚ in order to save their reputation. Advocates for abortion are these people‚ the ones that will raise the thin line between love and hate to a whole other level‚ the ones that will

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