would have been killed because of the death penalty. His whole life would have been taken away from him because of a mistake that was made by the police. These mistakes could happen on a daily basis and innocent people around the world could actually have their lives taken from them because of the death penalty. The death penalty isn’t an effective way to prevent or reduce crime, it costs a whole lot more money than life in prison, and worst of all, risks executions of innocent people as I have mentioned
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2 Esdras Summary: The book of 2 Edras starts with Ezra receiving a prophetic call from God. He explains that God is upset with Israel because as time goes on, they keep on sinning. He continues and says that they are going to be driven out of their land and that there will be a people coming from the East (1:38). His prophecy ends with God saying that he will judge Israel and protect the church that is to come. Then there is a cut and we jump into Ezra’s discussions with the angel Uriel, and he
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I’m sorry! Jandro: *kicks him in the leg* You? Sorry? For what? For not being able to pass my project on the deadline? *kicks him in the arm* Boy: *Whimpers in pain* I’m sorry... I’ll make you another one next quarter! Jandro: Hm! How insufficient can you be? You useless little rat. *picks him up in his sleeve and punches him in the face, blood gushing out from his mouth* I’ll give you one more chance. Value it. Kim: Jandro, you’re too harsh. Please stop. Help him up, C’mon. Jandro: Shut up
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around smart kid. “... I make good grades and have a high IQ... “ (4, Hinton) Ponyboy is intelligent because he gets good grades and has a high IQ. Also because he wrote a book. “ I wondered for a long time how to start that theme, how to start writing about something that was important to me.” (180, Hinton) His end of year theme turned out to be the book The Outsiders. Ponyboy is also courageous. He takes responsibility for his actions. “I jerked loose and ran on. All I could think was. We started
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is complicated and altogether they were all forbidden to begin with let alone to meet each other. Throughout the play we see Juliet with Romeo make foolish decisions that end both of their lives but seems to end other problems along with it. In Act I Scene III when Juliet takes it out with her mother and her Nurse and while within the whole scene
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States. He was hated by the people and loved by the people but, that didn’t stop him to create the country for what it is now. Andrew fought his way up to power even though, he was an orphan, he angles the nation that will cause democracy. Although, he had mid crises due to his private life he manages to overcome the obstacles and brought victory in his years of president. Andrew Jackson was hated by the people due to what he did to the Native Americans. He killed almost all the population and the ones
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had before. She had a baby through an unplanned pregnancy. Because of the all these causes, we had an unhappy and depressed mother who experienced difficulties while forming attachment with her son, Kevin. In flashback scenes, we also saw that during 9 months of pregnancy, she couldn’t internalize and embrace her son. Development, long process, also trace to pregnancy, even earlier periods, so Kevin felt her mother’s unhappiness because of him. That is to say, all we know that babies also feel when
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to trust in his friends to help him in his battles. Beowulf never really had anything close to family, so he did not have anything equivalent to love. Which made him have different motives. That were simply fighting in favor of his king. His battles were never for personal reasons because he did not have an emotional attachment to anything. For example, when he went to go fight Grendel it was because he owed him a favor not because the battle was centered around him. Beowulf is very self-confident
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Along with destroying relationships, relationships can also benefit from politics. Cassius would not give Brutus the amount of gold that Brutus asked for, to pay his soldiers for their indurate work. Brutus stated, “For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart and drop my blood for drachmas than to wring from the hard hands of peasants their vile trash by any indication.” (IV. V. 89-91). What Brutus is saying is that he would rather turn his heart into money
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Victor Frankenstein is a flawed character by alienation. Instead of embracing his family, and allowing them to embrace him in his troubles, he alienates everyone - his father, his friend, Elizabeth, and his creation. He continues to try to run away, and by doing so, he forges the path to his failure. Had he accepted parental responsibility for his creation, the creation would not have sought vengeance. William, Justin, Elizabeth -- all of these characters might have been spared their fate. However
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