...Was the Treaty of Versailles Responsible for World War II? I don't think that the Treaty of Versailles was responsible for World War II. The treaty did cause some disruptions, but I don't think that it was the singular cause of the war. It left Germany with nothing, and Hitler promised the Germans that everything would get better. The treaty definitely lead to a rise in fascism, and I think that allowed Hitler to start “rebuilding” Germany. There were a lot of flaws, and not everyone was happy with the treaty, but the ideal was to bring peace to the countries. It was hard to satisfy everyone, so the Treaty of Versailles was made to at least stop the fighting. Germany was treated unfairly and was blamed for the war, but the treaty didn’t cause...
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...we do it? Cheating is done for multiple reasons. Sometimes it's done just to help out a friend. Your neighbor asks about a question during a test and you reply with the answer just to be courteous, nothing more than that. There's no deeper reason, other than maybe one day your neighbor will be able to return the favor. Another form of cheating is the "!%#&, I forgot to study for this test, but the smartest person in the room is sitting right next to me" reason. Some people figure there's no harm because they're going to do poorly anyway. But some people cheat because they're lazy or just don't care. All of these reasons don't make it okay to cheat, and its recurrence in school is an issue. Bacon has all types of cheating, and it can be blamed individually on the teachers, the students themselves, or even on cheating punishments being poorly reinforced within the school. Reinforcement would surely decrease the number of times it occurs per school day, but it can't be stopped completely. However, I don't believe cheating is a major problem at Bacon; but at some schools it's growing like a virus. Such as Harvard, where researchers say it's becoming a serious problem. But why are...
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...especially death; and you will never have anything contemptible in your thoughts or crave anything excessively” (Epictetus 16, #21), I realize that I should not crave things in excess. I should not want the things that are not essential to my survival as well as under my control, so I should try to avoid the things which cause me stress such as homework and worry about my grandmother, and participate in things that bring me enjoyments such as going out with friends and eating at a nice restaurant occasionally. Before, I just blamed others who went out with me and myself for eating outside if I didn’t get the grades that I expected. In accordance with Epictetus, “What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgments about the things” (Epictetus 13, #5), I shouldn’t have blamed others and myself, but blamed my outlook on my own judgments of a situation. Hence, I ought to change my outlook on the desire of getting a good grade in every semester as everyone makes mistakes and none of us are perfect. In turn, I believe my negative judgments and distress will disappear as well as I will be grateful for what I have by using Epictetus in my every day life now. The great philosopher, Epictetus, shared his knowledge with the world, so I have a chance to apply his teachings to improve my life. Similarly, I completely trust that my friend who is prone to get into trouble on can also improve her life by reading Epictetus’ The Handbook to get the ideas of leading a happy life, getting...
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...when they get sold to other men. They end up treating the girls like their property and sell them, and sell them to other men and that’s when they end up being “their property.” They use the girls against their will. The trafficker usually end up using the girl’s against their will so they can sell them to men. They usually are there because they chose to be there, some of them are there so they can send money to their family, or they usually take them from their homes and just take them to get them into human trafficking. “Human trafficking: stop the victim blaming” says, “At Covenant House, we want to help those who have been victims of human trafficking, but so often victims/survivors don’t come forward because they don’t want to be blamed for what has happened.” (Ducoff, 2016) This means, that they try helping girls who are or were I human trafficking but some of the girls don't want to...
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...but also adults facing the destruction of innocence. One example, is the mockingbird. This represented innocence because Atticus stated it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. Mockingbirds never do anything but sing beautiful music for us to listen to. They are peaceful animals that don’t hurt you. Innocence was taken away from Tom Robinson. He was accused for raping a white girl Mayella because he was black. Tom was innocent until they made him guilty. He tried to help her but it backfired. She told him to come inside and tried to have sex with him but her dad came in and Mayella blamed Tom. This was taken to trial and Tom was announced guilty because of destruction of innocence. Another example, is Boo Radley. Just like Tom the town made him seem like the bad guy from rumors and town gossip. Boo was locked inside his house most of his life and everyone thought he was scary and shouldn’t trust him. In reality he...
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...Sam Korbman Ladies and gentlemen, I present you a case in which is only taking place our of pure racism and lies. This case shouldn’t of even been brought to trial as it is clearly not true. My defendant, Tom Robinson will testify against these accusations of raping Mayella Ewell. This is a very sensitive case that requires unbiased opinions. There is no clear evidence than Mr. Robinson commited this crime. In fact, he’s the last person one would expect to have raped Ms. Ewell due to the fact he would help her everyday with chores and they were friends. She was falling for Mr. Robinson. Falling for a black man is frond upon in this establishment. Ms. Ewell has bruises and has clearly taken a beating. Her left eye has a bruise over her right eye. Tom couldn’t use his left hand as he was injured. Therefore, it’s not possible that he hit her. She blamed a black man because she can get away with it when in fact it was someone of her own family. Bob Ewell witnessed Ms. Ewell attempting to kiss Tom and was furious. It was clear when he threatened to kill her that he proceeded to beat her. He then went about telling everyone that Tom did it because he is a bigot. He wanted to hide what Mayella had done. I ask the judge and jury to think of Tom as a white man and not a negro. Think of all the evidence I have presented you. Make this day a day of history and justice. Remember today as a fair trial and not a prejudice...
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...The girls worried that other members of the community are going to accuse them of witchcraft, so they blamed other town members to avoid getting blamed themselves. The girls got out of control with their accusations, and blamed everyone that they could. The accusations of witchcraft got more common, and the girls were given an extraordinary amount of power. They were given the ability to accuse without fear of being questioned. This was the first real power these girls had ever had, so they took full advantage of it. Instead of being ignored, they were almost praised. Two different men fought about who a certain piece of land actually belongs to. Later on, one of the man’s daughter accused the other man of witchcraft. At this point, some people began to consider that the girls shouldn’t have been the only source of evidence. Some people fought and said that a child’s word isn’t worth the death of a potentially innocent man or...
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...not the code of life, and another reason is he wouldn’t be able to hold up his head in town and command Jem and Scout as to what they can or can’t do. Some people argue that you shouldn’t communicate with others that are not the same class as you considering that they are different. But in reality you shouldn’t be treated different because your race, skin color, or class. Just because you are being assigned to work with a negro or someone not your race doesn’t mean we have to criticize with them, all you are doing is just doing your job in order to...
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...officers too must do this however many departments don’t necessarily have the funds to pay for constant firearm training. If you were to trust an officer with a weapon you must believe fully that he will be ready and willing to act appropriately whenever need be. The idea that you would be sending out someone not trained fully into the world with a firearm to protect others is quite scary. And sadly this may very well be what is occurring. Simply put probation officers are not as well trained as the police when it comes to firearms. And because of this they become a risk to probationers, the general public and themselves. If they aren’t getting the full and constant training necessary to protect themselves and others than simply put, they shouldn’t be allowed to carry a weapon. They not only would be putting others lives at risk if they were to make a mistake, but their own lives and the lives of their family members as well if they were to mess up or not take control of their firearm when it comes time to use...
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...but in just one night, everything was taken away from her. Her rough journey to recovery is full of surprises, tears and laughter. On her journey, she has many major complications involving her friends and family. One of the complications she faced was choosing between two boys who meant everything to her. Will Anna Duncan risks everything she has for true love? Will she find her new herself along the way? Anna Duncan was in a horrific accident that almost left her body paralysed; she was rushed to the nearest hospital where she was informed by doctors that she had whiplash, a broken thumb, chips of bone and torn ligaments. After being informed, Anna was filled with anger; she thought something like this would never happen to her. She had blamed God for the...
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...In this book there are 2 main themes. One is that sometimes when you are trying to figure out something the answer is right in front of you, and the other theme is you shouldn't lie because it could affect you in the far or near future. One of the themes is sometimes when you're looking for something the answer is right in front of you. Have you ever been looking for something like you backpack when it is on your back? Well this is basically what happened to Ali except she was looking for answers when they were right in front of her. Some elements that were used for this was setting, characters, and plot. The main character is Ali, she is thirteen (character). Another character that was used in this story is Sissy and she is five. They are...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird “Well it’d Be Sort Of like Killing a Mockingbird Wouldn’t It”. The character motivation of Atticus, Scout, and Jem were Racism and stereotype. I personally like the movie better than the book because you can see the actions and hear the tone and witness the mood so we will know how to actually take it instead of jumping to conclusions. Beginning with Atticus Finch when he had to Face the actions of being called a “Nigger Lover”, is a form of hate and racism. Many people in those times looked down, and blamed Blacks (African-Americans) for everything, and they disliked anyone who associated/ became friends with a Negro. Because in their eyes we weren’t equal to them and we shouldn’t be able to do the things they do or learn the things they learn just because of our race. Atticus viewed it from a different perspective; he...
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...In the article Cheap Food Blamed for America's Obesity Crisis, it states “It's not that we don't exercise enough or spend too much time at the office, or that good, healthy food is too expensive” (Caroll) This tells us being healthy isn’t cheap but on the other hand fast food is. People would rather much go to a local fast food restaurant than to grocery shop for organic food. They’re many plausible reasons as to why people turn to fast food in the article Fast Food – Is it the Enemy? “Having fast food everywhere makes this very easy” (Muntel) Fast food is everywhere, which means it’s easy access for the public. Fast food restaurants make it difficult for people to avoid due to their prices and convenience. Obesity interestingly stated “Obesity has rapidly increased in...
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...One person that is known for wanting to shut Planned Parenthood is President Donald Trump, in which she used to get more voters. As of right now, Planned Parenthood is being funded by donations and the government. However, the issue with this that many have is Planned Parenthood doesn’t listen to the government on what they shouldn’t or should do with their patients. Communities are outraged at the idea of their money going into something they wished didn’t happen and should make the people responsible for paying for these types of services, by services meaning abortion. Yet others are confused on why this may be a problem to the society if the resources are helpful, Scarlet mentioned: “My sister was moving from place to place uninsured, she went to Planned Parenthood for annual checkups”. A confused face she had as she describes how the society did not understand this, however at that moment was directing it to President...
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...Critical Analysis Essay of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby The novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, demonstrates the destructive quality that money has on people. Money makes people do things that they wouldn’t imagine doing because it’s not who they are. Money makes people be deceitful, untrustworthy, and pompous. It corrupts the honest people, and preys on the meek. This is something Nick Carraway realizes after his living experience in West Egg, Long Island. Relocating to a different region of the world is a scary but an exciting experience. Seeing how the other half lives, and becoming affiliated with those who are the opposite of you is something that everyone should experience. Any experience, negative or positive, should be considered a life learning lesson. Although money has been known to bring joy to people, it can also cause people to be deceitful. This deceit comes in the form of greed. James Gatz, also known as Jay Gatsby, was a victim of deceit; His preparatory, Daisy Buchanan. No matter how much Jay loved Daisy or how devoted he was to her through all those years, five years to be exact, Daisy’s love for Gatsby was a facade. She saw how different he was and how much he had changed substantially but she couldn’t let go of how poor he use to be. Her greed for wealth and security was understandable especially during that specific time period. But why use Jay? Just to get revenge on her husband for cheating? Just to prove a point? ABSOLUTELY! It...
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