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- 1071: School Prayer Should Be Allowed
- ... and environment of discipline and respect for the teachers. The involvement of my parents and the faculty in the use of prayer was in full agreement. However, my view was not even considered important. My rights had been violated. The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States gives every individual the same rights. One right is the constitutional protection for the free exercise of religion. The second right is prohibition of the establishment of religion by the state. The founders of the constitution recognized the freedom of religion ... in a public school should be allowed only on the following conditions: 1. The individuals or groups pray away from others who don't wish to pray. 2. That the individual or group respect the rights of others by not enforcing them to pray. The same goes for the people who don't wish to pray. They may not enforce their views upon the others. 3. The government shall not ...
- 1072: The Theme of A Doll House
- ... Joan Templeton, in her essay "Is ‘A Doll House’ a Feminist Text?", says that "A Doll House" is a feminist (1136). She admits that Ibsen himself says "A Doll House" is not about women’s rights but "the description of humanity" (1135). Templeton believes that "A Doll House" is still a feminist text because people take it to be one. Templeton finds it to be ironic that "A Doll House" is an icon of the women’s movement, even though it is not about women’s rights. It is argued by some that Ibsen would not admit "A Doll House" to be a play on women’s rights because he did not want to be associated with the women’s movement since it was not popular at the time. This is however only because as Ibsen said "whenever such a description is ...
- 1073: Rainforests
- ... economies by allowing the companies to use the land, and now these countries economies have become dependent on it. Oil companies often attempt to trick and bribe the Indians into signing over to them the rights of the land. But the people have begun to fight back, for example: "Occidental Petroleum’s use of coercion to get the native communities to sign away land rights violates Ecuadorian and international law protecting indigenous people, and runs counter to company policies that state Occidental will "protect the environment, health and safety… of the communities in which we operate."" (Wright, 1996) Although Occidental ... economies by allowing the companies to use the land, and now these countries economies have become dependent on it. Oil companies often attempt to trick and bribe the Indians into signing over to them the rights of the land. But the people have begun to fight back, for example: "Occidental Petroleum’s use of coercion to get the native communities to sign away land rights violates Ecuadorian and international law ...
- 1074: James Baldwin
- ... Baldwin chose a white person to portray himself. It was in 1960 that Baldwin returned to the United States. Upon his return to the United States, Baldwin became very active in support of the civil rights movement. He also began to write of his newfound observations of New York intellectuals and the racial and sexual tension among them in, Another Country (1962). In 1961, Baldwin received true recognition for his literary ... wake-up call to all of the races and cultures in the United States, which might find racism or ethnocentrism as a social "security blanket". It also called the African American man to the civil rights battlefield and forced the white man to look at and analyze himself through a critical looking glass. Blues for Mr. Charlie deals with the murder of a young black man, Richard, by a white shop owner, Lyle Britten. Richard is a bitter, busted musician returning home. His open expression of hatred towards whites, we learn, leads to his death. Later, the pastor, Meridian, Richard's father and civil rights leader, expresses his faith in Parnell, a friend and white liberal, to help. Parnell seems to represent Baldwin's belief in the fact that you should not let one or one thousand seeds ruin ...
- 1075: Hans Christian Andersen
- ... involvement and interference. The Apocalyptic themes and situations found in Atwood's fictional city of Gilead focus around the mistreatment of all females. Women in this city, set 200 years in the future, have no rights, and get little respect. The rule by way of theocracy in Gilead also adds to the sense of regression and hopelessness in the future. The way babies are brought into the world, only through pregnant ... other characters, such as between Offred and Moira. There also are the images of past life that Offred creates. These contrast to the new institution of Gilead. Examples of the contrast are the women's rights rallies. Offred would attend with her mother and also Offred's smoking habit. Offred's memories are characterized with a sense of longing and contrast with Offred's calm tone throughout the story. Atwood chose ... as a means of preserving meaningful experience, and to recitation of eyewitness accounts of historical events in an effort to clarify gaps, myths, errors, and misconceptions. Similar to Jane, the participant in the Louisiana civil rights movement and title character in Ernest Gaines' fictional Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and to Jack Crabb, the bi-national spokesman and picaresque participant at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Thomas Berger' ...
- 1076: Martin Luther King Jr. 7
- ... After she got arrested, Edgar Nixon took a bus protest. By this time Martin and his people are angry. So on August 1963, over 200,000 people marched with white and black to obtain civil rights. Martin Luther King was the leader of the whole act. He wanted to see his people free and have all the rights as anybody else. They took their case to the Nations capital, where he had his big speech, I have a dream. So in two long lasting years, 1965, Linden Johnson signed the civil rights act and the voting acts. All the blacks got their freedom and they all sang, Thank God I am free at last. Free at last! This emphasis on economic rights took king to Memphis, ...
- 1077: Pros and Cons of Judicial Review
- ... like Locke, The Supreme Court exists to interpret whether or not a law is going to interfere with our right to "self preservation". Locke felt that for a government to be successful in preserving the rights of the individual citizen, it must concentrate on protecting the "Life and Liberty" of each citizen. The Constitution of the United States is the ideal document in Locke's mind. And, the Supreme Court's protection of the people of the United States, and its Constitution is also a necessity in running a truly virtuous, and successful government that concentrates on the rights of the individual, rather than the people as a whole. Many philosophers shared different beliefs on how a government could be most successful. Some believed that a government would be best run by the people ... one sole dictator or King could best run a successful government. Either way, I don't believe that anyone can contest the success of the United States' democratic setup, and its beliefs in protecting the rights of the individual. It was the beliefs of our forefathers to preserve the rights of man, and that "All men are created equal". These beliefs have molded one of the most successful political states ...
- 1078: Female Adaptation To Male Domi
- ... acceptable status and challenging the masculine authority involving traditional military settings and destructive power. The second part looks into the exact opposite scenario with women curving back into their shells to protect their traditional basic rights and to make use of the power they already possess. To accomplish the first half of my objective, I am going perform a case study of the 1997 flick, G. I. Jane. Going even a ... to compromise and give up (something to some extent). This is what walks us into the next half of our quest, which delves into the topic of female attempts to protect their core values and rights from societal attacks during a time when they are expected to adapt their lives to secure a berth in traditionally masculine power regime. So I ask the question, what are the political and cultural factors that plague the female social status at the other end of the spectrum as well? Let us do a case study of abortion for this purpose. From day one of the battle over abortion rights, defenders of the “right to choose” used a strategy of denial: deny that the foetus is human, deny that it has any rights, or, for that matter, deny that abortion is anything more than ...
- 1079: Everything Old Is New Again
- ... music festival embodied the spirit of peace and love. It was repeated in 1994 and 1999, but unfortunately, the festival in 1999 ended in violence, marring the essence of the original Woodstock. Racial tensions, civil rights disturbances, and deeply divided opinions over the American presence in the Vietnam war, all served to give the sixties a radical edge. People were passionate about what they believed in and were willing to give ... to the cause. Young people became increasingly opposed to the Vietnam war and had a tendency to express their opinions more violently than Martin Luther King, Jr., who preached non-violence while leading the civil rights movement. The idea of free love and the feminist movement was popularized by the widespread acceptance of the birth control pill. People in the sixties were intolerant of a government that lied to and misled ... what is popular and politically correct. In the nineties, it seems most people are more passionate about obtaining wealth, power and prestige and would rather look the other way when our president lies. The civil rights movement has been superseded with the fight for gay and lesbian rights. The AIDS epidemic has advocates supporting safe sex rather than the free love attitude that was present in the sixties. Of course, ...
- 1080: Partial-Birth Abortion and its Affect on the American People
- ... would think the American people would want this "murderer" brought to justice just as we angrily waited for the sentencing of Dahmer, yet nothing is being done. In fact, in March of this year, a bill was passed in Congress to make this type of abortion illegal; but in April, the bill was vetoed by President Clinton. Scientific theories, social and political views, and religious standards clearly exhibit partial-birth abortion is wrong and a law should be passed to make this terrible death illegal. It has ... throughout the American society to the U.S. House of Representatives, and has provoked many church groups and pro-life activists all across the nation. Many church groups have protested and signed petitions regarding the bill President Clinton vetoed that would have put an end to partial-birth abortions. The Pope has also displayed how he feels about the issue and is "very disappointed with Clinton's decision" about the ...
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