The World Book 2002 defines capital punishment as punishment by death for committing a certain crime. ... Punishing somebody by death isn't really punishment, because in the end they haven't learnt their lesson, because they"re dead! ... Terrorists and assassins already run the risk of dying for their cause. ... Brian was not a supporter of capital punishment before this ordeal and yet after all that he has gone through, he still opposes it. ... The death penalty is the easy way out for criminals because they aren't really learning their lesson, how can they when they are dead?...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The narrator of Heart of Darkness never lets the reader know what Kurtz was speaking about. ... Some person, with the beast already inside their soul, could approach this task with no qualms about any methods used against fellow humans. ... The intricate woven fabric, with each tiny fiber being a thread of knowledge, experience, and lessons learned make up the blanket of our personality. ... The setting in the book was a good choice because many archeologists believed that the forerunners of homosapiens came out of Africa. ... The toll of this savagery showed on Kurtz: his hair had fallen out,...

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Schools have not brought out the great importance of proverbs in the lessons being taught in school. ... The thing that is especially interesting about the use of proverbs in African American writings is its suggestion of a movement from the written language back to the oral. ... Like any modern day fairytale, those folktales included tales about legendary heroes, heroic deeds, magic and witches. ... (Lawrence) They say that when an old man dies in Africa, a library dies with him. ... Some of the many jobs a griot had were to entertain and teach the moral lessons a culture had to the childre...

• Word Count: 2075
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School