Comparing “I am Nujood. age 10 and divorced” by Nujood Ali and “Persian Girls by Nahid Rachlin These two novels trace the lives of women oppressed by their patriarchal societies‚ and their longing‚ courage and eventual struggles to regain control of their lives‚ freedom and happiness. Both are memoirs and‚ set in largely Islamic contexts with Nahid in Iran‚ and Nujood in Yemen. In Persian Girls‚ Nahid is taken away from her adoptive mother and stripped of her blissful Iranian childhood‚ to
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are. Personal freedoms‚ being accepting of other cultures‚ and being able to choose one’s own path in life distinguish Americans from the rest of the world. To be an American is to have freedom to do or to believe whatever you want. America itself was founded on the principle of religious freedom‚ and that still stands today. The "melting pot" of cultures and beliefs from all around the world create a new culture in itself‚ one that makes America and Americans unique. Every American can write and
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articulation that changed their “quality.” 2. In what ways was William’s victory at Hastings in 1066 significant for the English language? William’s victory at Hastings in 1066 was significant for the English language because it established French as the language of the upper class. Anglo-Saxon became the language of an under class‚ because of this‚ there ceased to be a standard Anglo-Saxon. English was used amongst the lower and middle classes and was a mark of inferiority. English began to be used
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Was the American civil war inevitable? The civil war was inevitable‚ only however‚ after one key event; the cotton gin made the civil war inevitable. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was the key element which enabled the south to have sufficient vested interest in their traditional lifestyle in order to feel the need to defend it at all costs even from their Northern countrymen. The core argument of this essay centres around the evidence which clearly defines their being in existence two
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To what extent was the U.S. Constitution a radical departure From the Articles of Confederation? In 1787 the Articles of Confederation were discarded and the constitution of the United States was created. The articles of confederation created a very weak national government. It gave limited power to government and more power to states. The main organ of the government was a unicameral legislature‚ in which each state would have one vote. The weakness of the national government was shown by the
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It was laid out in a fashion of being a type of natury sweet land. We see Augustus Gloop grabbing handfuls of liquid chocolate and slurping it down as like a beverage from the chocolate river. Willy Wonka is surprised and mildly upset seeing this happen. He
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Form(s) of Government Political Structures Courts/Laws Leaders/Elites Kingdom/Domain War/Conflict The government of the ancient Mesopotamians was an unusual form. There was a King and nobles who made the law‚ declared war and decided how to honor the gods. Then there was an assembly of the people who could overrule the king and say‚ “this is not a good law‚ get rid of it”. Mesopotamia was made up of city-states. It was one nation as a whole‚ but each city-state had it’s own government and own set of
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The First World War (1914 -1918) was the most destructive event in the 20th century of world history‚ which covered the entire global and all nations in the world. “At the war’s end‚ all European belligerents were economically depleted and suffered devastating losses in human life‚ which totaled nearly ten million.”1 Statistically‚ the numbers of people who died in those four years of war were 1‚800‚000 Germans‚ 1‚700‚000 Russians‚ 1‚384‚000 French 1‚290‚000 from Austria-Hungary and 743‚000 British
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other reasons would not have happened if there was not a lack of central government‚ which suggests that this was the most important reason; however it is clear that these reasons all interlink‚ for example the princes may have never supported Luther’s ideas if he did not appeal to them‚ thus leading to the growth of Lutheranism. Due to the complexity of the causes it is difficult to judge the most important factor‚ but it is fair to say that there was no stand-alone cause which led to the spread of
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so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly twenty times their number. The answer lies in the difference in their equipment‚ tactics and their training. The Persian forces were primarily light and heavy infantry consisting of swordsmen‚ spear men and archers with a measure of lightly armed and armored calvary. The average soldier was very lightly armored in so that they could move rapidly. The Persian army relied heavily on calvary and archers Persian soldiers were career soldiers
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