One of the alley women even hoped ‘to God to see her a mother too, suckling children under the care of a tyrannical husband who beat her unmercifully! ‘ The adjective ‘tyrannical’ and the adverb ‘unmercifully’ emphatically outline the cruelly confined future that awaits Hamida should she remain in the alley, and convey how the alley women wish for Hamida the oppressed life-style which they had been forced to experience. The exclamation mark foregrounds the terror that surrounds the prospects of
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part of a long-term rehabilitation process, his physician prescribes a daily routine of swimming. Because there is not readily available public facility nearby, Mr. Smith purchases a house with a pool for $175,000. Replacing the pool would cost $20,000. The existing pool increases the fair market value of the house by $8,000. Mr. Smith spends $500 maintaining the pool and $1,800 in other medical expenses. Mr. Smith wants to know the total amount of medical expenses that he may claim in the current
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It was in Eatonton, Georgia, in 1944, that a famous poet, essayist, and novelist was born: Alice Walker. Alice Walker was born to a poor family of nine, she was the youngest out of all of siblings. Being the youngest child out of all your siblings can be a blessing and a curse, you can have two sides of the spectrum, either you are spoiled or you get hand me down things from your older siblings.But because she was born into a poor family, she got the short end of the stick. Her parents were sharecroppers
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women were mostly known to be working at home or a domestic related job. These jobs “Women's paid employment was typically low status, low paid, and involved fewer skills and responsibilities than men's. The types of work available to women were confined to a few sectors of the economy where the work could be
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RESEARCH PAPER “Freedom from Arbitrary Detention is a Fundamental Human Right” WHAT IS DETENTION? Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time. This can be due to (pending) criminal charges being raised against the individual as part of a prosecution or to protect a person or property. Being detained does not always result in being taken to a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for interrogation
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What Is Worth Fighting For? Dozens of puppies were found either dead or dying on man’s small property in Shallowater, Texas. Inside the house, the few living dogs were found eating other dogs just to stay alive, and carcasses were scattered all across the area. A sheriff announced that the feces was said to be “ankle deep” in certain parts of the house. The owner was later arrested and charged with only two misdemeanors. I believe we the people could prevent these kind of acts from happening so
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Punishment vs Rehabilitation Alana Plummer AJS/502 The way our society is set up it is expected for the criminal justice system to either punish or rehabilitate an individual that commits a crime. Punishment is a condition to refer to any change that occurs after a behavior that reduces the likelihood that that behavior will occur again in the future. Rehabilitation is a treatment and training to an offender so that he or she is made capable of returning to society. There are differences between
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Hester removes herself from Puritan constraint, Hawthorne symbolically writes “she undid the clasp that fastened the scarlet letter” then “threw it to a distance among the withered leaves” (Hawthorne 210) and furthermore “took off the formal cap that confined her hair” and with the letter off and her hair down, “light in its abundance” (Hawthorne 211-12). Through Puritan restrictions, Hester was forced to wear the cap and “A.” These restrictions did not allow for truth in society, for one to be herself
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THE JOURNEY The sun slowly rose on Tuesday morning. The bags were packed and at the bottom of the stairs; the cat had gone to the grandparent’s house yesterday, mum and dad were up bright and early. The smell of bacon and eggs wafted through the house. But, to me, none of this mattered; it was 4a.m, I was tired. I had not slept because I thought it would be clever to stay up all night, and being a grumpy stereotypical teenager, I longed to stay in bed until 12 o’clock. It was the holidays for
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Michael J. Piperato English 122-30 Fall 2014 Essay #2 A home only exists as a home when the inhabitant makes a connection with that place. This connection is not the same for everyone. Some will feel a bond with brick and mortar while others find solace amongst the tall grass and aging trees. This is the beauty of a home, it is not the same for everyone, but perfect for the one person that matters. This link between place and person is bound by differing elements such as the tranquility of
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