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    they don’t know about colors, music, or even some animals. My final reason on why the giver is a dystopia is because they don’t have any feelings, and if they do they have to get them taken away, I couldn’t imagine a world without feelings. My first reason on why I think the giver is a dystopia because they don’t get to choose their jobs. They have ceremony every year and when you turn twelve they get assigned a job. People will get assigned a job that they might not like, but there is a chance that

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    Throughout history, people have made decisions based upon their past experiences and their moral insight. These decisions change the lives of others and result in the least possible damage because of the moral “gut feeling”. Many people have opinions that change over time and the choices that people would make but deep down inside they know it’s not the right decision. In Arthur Miller’s historical fiction novel The Crucible, many characters have opinions and decisions they would make but influential

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    Cause for the Accusation of the Innocent What is wrong and right? A question of which the answer is not certainly clear. Though this may be the case, humans in general, have a sense of good judgment and justice. Then why, in so many obvious and unfortunate cases, are innocent people wrongly accused and forced to pay for an action that was not there own or even completely absent? I, as well as many others, am puzzled by this question. I propose some possible answers for this question, from my opinion

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    to his music people may think that his truth streak is over but instead Sekhar tells the headmaster exactly how he feels. He says that the headmasters music is not good and that he needs to quit taking lessons but the headmaster isn’t even upset! This is a paradox because although it is ironic that the headmaster not be upset, the author is trying to guide you to the deeper meaning that even though it might not be easy at first, telling the truth is always better than lying to people to protect their

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    stop lying in particular the female characters. They lie for their own benefit but also lie because of their fear what society will think of them as a result of their sins. Roxie Hart and Daisy Buchanan both lie because the do not want society to view them as unfaithful woman who seek fame and wealth out of a relationship. Tom Daisy's husband and Gatsby Daisy's lover argued. As they argued Gatsby angrily exclaimed "She never loved you, do you hear?" he cried. "She only married you because I

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    elections is to sway the public’s opinion. Should we censor what Trump said about Clinton or what Clinton said about Trump in their speeches and debates because the opposing candidate declares it false? Believe it or not, politicians lie. They lie because they’re human and will do whatever it takes to protect their reputations and achieve their goals. In his interview, Silverman pointed out that “‘some of [fake news sites’] biggest hits before Election Day were things that weren’t true’” (Sreenivasan). Can’t

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    In these hard experiences, the only option is to lie, and if you don't, you may get hurt or some type of other impairment.Sometimes lying,"...is the only thing between you and a guaranteed beat down from your parents"(Ragsdell, 23).It can be as serious as this relatable situation or it can be as uncomplex

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    overboard Morris gleitzman shows us many different types of themes, mine include of Friendship, family and determination. This book Explains to us what these themes mean to us and what they do to us in our general life. My first stretched out theme is Friendship. Many people in this book are very friendly to other people. For example Bibi, Jamal, Rashida and omar all become friends by the end of the book. Jamal and rashida share what they had left. Rashida luckily had some flour which she let Jamal use

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    One last example can be seen in the conversation with Santiago and the alchemist. When asked by Santiago why a person should listen to their heart, the alchemist replies, “Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure” (Coelho 132). In other words, the alchemist was in effect saying that when a person follows their heart, or innermost

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    The first lie we see with her she is when she says she didn’t sleep with John Proctor, but she does because she admits it to him. …I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart….” What Abigail means when she says this is that John Proctor literally woke her from her sleep and in retrospect put “knowledge” of what being with someone was like “in her heart”. Yet another lie from Abigail is of witchcraft and all the people she claimed did it. ...”I

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