Many of these are minor and of little significance. But the big ones, the really significant decisions can be life-changing. ... Atticus is unable to persuade the jury to treat a negro man fairly. ... He has defined himself as a man of principle by remaining true to his own values. ... Our purchases in the supermarket or the television programs we watch matter little "there is no issue here worth worrying about". ...

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It was a very humbling, amazing adventure and has a big part of who I am today. ... It also had a big impact on the way that I see others. ... My mom was always the mother who never needed help from a man. ... Well, I can definitely say that she had rubbed off on my just a little. ... I think some men are intimidated by me due to the fact that I don't 'need' a man to survive. ...

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Throughout his narrative, the monster worries over man's cruelty to those who are different than they are because of the fear of differences. ... Shelley, through this theme, paints a very obvious portrait of man and his relationship with outsiders, as well as the cruel vengeance of society. ... In many ways, Shelley uses this quote to underscore the theme of man's cruelty and injustice. ... The monster sees it so clearly and states it that it is one of the bigger parts of the story. Yet he doesn't understand why they do not give him even a little chance to fit in with soc...

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Today only villages and some small towns remind us of this kind of life, and as time passes, more people choose to abandon traditional way of life, to move to the "big city". ... Wealth was not something to be pursued, the character and personality of the individual had greater value than his wealth: "the hard-working poor man is superior to the lazy rich man" (Vidich: 230). ... In modern societies government is done indirectly and people have little participation in decision making. ... Human in traditional societies, however, didn't seem to have much better quality in their relationship...

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Scriven goes on to say that belief in something non-supernatural such as Big Foot is different than belief in God. The belief in Big Foot is based on sightings and foot prints, that, although dubious in nature, do not point to anyhting that is beyond the sphere of natural existance. ... As science progresses we are finding more and more about the world around, but, this science is doing little to help the proof of a God. ... Marx believes that religion is made by man to opress the weak and to justify the actions of those in control. ... Sigmund Freud also believed that relgion is created by...

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One of the big questions in today's society, Is there a conflict between science and genesis? ... The book of genesis touches on a lot of different stories about how a person should live there life, which to most people even in the time the story was created was a little strange. ... That man kind would be more like God. ...

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Throughout history, man has always been slow to adapt to a new technology, or a new way of doing things. ... Just as with anything new, we start with small steps, and move into bigger ones. ... Are we going to allow one of the greatest gifts in history to go down the drain, just because we are afraid to take a little risk? ...

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Byron's brief description of each type of man that he sees is quite simple, yet at the same time is an extremely deep observation. ... Ironically, if they try to make the fire bigger, they ruin what is left of religion on earth, and if they put it out, it destroys them both. Instead of attempting to salvage the remains, both beings "blew for a little life, and made a flame/Which was a mockery- (63-64). Therefore the paradox is, in effect, solved; the flame will not rise too big, but does not go out. ...

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Byron's brief description of each type of man that he sees is quite simple, yet at the same time is an extremely deep observation. ... Ironically, if they try to make the fire bigger, they ruin what is left of religion on earth, and if they put it out, it destroys them both. Instead of attempting to salvage the remains, both beings "blew for a little life, and made a flame/Which was a mockery- (63-64). Therefore the paradox is, in effect, solved; the flame will not rise too big, but does not go out. ...

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"For the philosophes the concept of predestination suggested that the fate of the human soul after death bore little or no relationship to virtuous living" (734). ... Families also moved from rural areas into big bustling cities. ... All of this changed when the man moved into the world of manufacturing and left woman behind. ... "Women became to be associated with domestic duties such as housekeeping, food preparation, child rearing and nurturing, and household management" and "the man became associated almost exclusively with breadwinning." ... They are still told by some men that it is ok t...

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Coming from a culture that had little equality between a man and woman I made sure that I would never be held back in life because of my gender. ... Rosa I am a big advocate of keeping family traditions alive and I do try to emphasize this on my brothers. ...

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