category you can think of and play a factor in electing officials, getting laws passed, and influencing society around them. NARAL is one interest group that fights for the rights of women when it comes to abortions, birth control, healthy pregnancies, and sex education. Since 1969 when first founded, they have continued to fight for women’s rights throughout the years. NARAL Pro-Choice America is an interest group that lobbies for several issues related to reproductive
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negative impacts on the representation of women. The main concern is where women stand today. It started off with women not having the same power as they do now. Although women have come a long way from being segregated, today there is still presence of discrimination against them. The fight for a women’s equality and reproductive rights still seem to exist today. Even though women have been fighting for their rights for many years the fight is still to continue with newly US President Donald Trump
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Hate Speech I myself believe every individual has a born right to free speech, though if exercised to purposely hinder a person (Hate Speech) it should not be upheld by law. There is no true reason to use hateful and demeaning words towards another, in the end a solution will never come of it. For if you resort to using hateful speech you have already defeated your purpose of speaking. I feel this quote by Socrates is an essential component needed to get my point across. “When the debate is lost
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Thank you for your passion. Your passion is the energy that keeps us all going, that keeps us filled with meaning, and happiness, excitement, and anticipation. Your passion is a powerful force in accomplishing anything, and in experiencing life the fullest extent possible. Your passion is the driving force behind our success and happiness. Thank you for your vision. Thank you for seeing the possibility that is. Thank you for putting on the glasses that PFO offered you so long ago. Thank you for your
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chose the latter. Many incidents like these show how the emotions of family stand much above our own interests. Second example I would like to quote is about my grandparents who have always lived with us. Children don’t like taking the responsibility of their parents but I am proud of the fact that my parents choose to take up that responsibility and this has made me believe that an individual’s freedom takes a back stand in front of his family’s emotions and happiness. 2. Again, with
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and stands up for what he wants. He’s the antagonist in the book. He ends up turning evil and doing bad things and that intrigued me because it made me realize we all have a little bit of Jack in us. Passage 1: ‘Maybe,” he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast.” The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. “You, Simon? You believe this?” “I don’t know,” said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. “But…” The storm broke. “Sit down!” “Shut up!” “Take the conch!” “Sod you!” “Shut
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279, it states “ Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” The reason I chose that quote was because that is where Scout comes of age, she realizes that Atticus’s quote in the beginning of the novel was useful for her to walk in Boo Radleys situation One of the passages / scenes that we didn't cover in class that I believe is important is found in chapter
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those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper.[1] Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from acode of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion, or culture, or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal.[2] Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or knowledge about morals. Different systems of
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African Americans. Walker’s intention was to make them fully realize just how horribly they were being treated and that should not put up with it, but rather take a stand and rebel against those who were doing it them. The ones who made not only their lives painstakingly awful, but their families as well. Walker’s content in this book held facts that he backed up with real quotes, and strong opinions that were to move the audience.
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Who would you trust in a life or death situation? Imagine a situation where your best friend was pressuring you to do something dangerous that you knew would have a bad outcome. In the novel, Gene and his best friend, Finny go through near death experiences that test their friendship and trust toward each other. In the novel, A Separate Peace, the author created passages that stood out to the reader for both their literary wealth and author’s craft. The literary devices within these passages were
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