African-Americans have a strong work ethic within our families. ... Within our families and community, there are more flexible roles, meaning that our parents do not necessarily have to be there all day everyday for us. Our grandparents, aunts, uncles, and sometimes cousins take on the role of mother and father while our real parents are working, out of town, or if for some reason our biological parents are no longer around. ... We sing, dance, shout, and cry during our service. ... The church is an extended family in our community, and this is seen in the fact that we call members of our c...

• Word Count: 1387
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Billy clearly does not belong where he is, yet when the students start dancing, the camera angel focuses solely on the dancers feet, eliminating our ability to tell which dancer he is, and we see here that although he might not stereotypically fit in to the situation, when you eliminate the stereotype and you focus on the dancing, he is just as good, if not better than his female classmates. ... But with the modern change in gender roles in society, our current views allow us to "switch camera angels" and just focus on the talent. ... He works in the mines like most of the men in his...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Material goods are symbols of status, as Americans work our whole lives to amass them. ... Money and success have become in our modern world a cornerstone of how we judge other people and how we set our goals. ... It dictates who can live in the low crime, high property 3 value, scenic neighborhoods and who is forced to live on the other side of town. ... I do not believe that this is the case for most college students in our country today. ... The standard is always being raised by our peers. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the following paper I will explain to you about the inequality in our country and why it occurs. ... In the essay "Imagine a country" the author describes inequality in our country based on the perspective of a functionalist, conflict theorist, and social interationist. ... Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries, gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country. 10. ...

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Balram believes that his own ludicrous story of how he became an entrepreneurial success will show Jiabao what Bangalore, his town in India, is all about. ... When I read this passage, I thought of people who protest our education system. ... Many protesters have taken on Balram's role and gone to great extremes to express their disapproval of our current education system. ...

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We all have entered this world not knowing our purpose in life. However, most of us are blessed with the opportunity to choose what we will like to do with our lives. ... In a world where our parents/guardians or family members are our main teachers and role models, it is hard to cooperate without them. ... While the students are in class, Miss Emily refers to Norfolk, a town off the coast of Virginia, as the lost corner. ...

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Louis are obstructed by the social structures that hold them back from success, while the elite in towns like Rye, New York, invest money to make these structures stronger. ... Our culture and society influence us to believe that whatever class we are born into is where we should stay, and where we belong. ... Our culture has evolved into a constant verification of our status. Like a bird shows off its brightest feathers, we as humans desire to show off our most expensive and enviable items. ... The purchasing of expensive things, such as superior homes, help to shape our social identity, or t...

• Word Count: 2069
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The third allusion Freeman uses takes place during the confrontation Sarah has with the town preacher who represents the moral establishment. ... "I think it's right jest as much as I think it was right of our forefathers to come over from the old country "cause they didn't have what belonged to "em" (176). This quote expresses the similarities between the beliefs of our nation's forefathers at Plymouth Rock and those beliefs of Sarah Penn. ... This statement obviously relates to the same independent and confident spirit that caused our forefathers to cross the ocean for the New...

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By playing the production in a large industrial town in Northern Hungary, Csiszar's vision was received with familiarity by the audience who could relate to the play and its reflective qualities. ... In this scene, Lear's tone and language is formal, with the use of poetic language and verse emphasising his power, "Meanwhile we shall express our darker purpose-. ... Often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars - Edmond's eventual demise at the close of the play symbolises the triumph of good over evil. ...

• Word Count: 1753
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ann-Mei's mother returns home after the night but the rumor is already circulated around the town. ... This demonstrates lack of respect of women in China, it was the Merchant Wu Tsing who raped An-Mei's mother; however, people in the town including her own parents and aunts blame An-Mei's mother for showing temptation, alluring the man. ...

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The lack of money the poor experience causes them to have little money for evenings out on the town or to spend on hobbies. ... As children in America we attend Sunday school at least once in our lives and as adults we attend church services at least periodically. ...

• Word Count: 1412
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• Grade Level: High School

On the death of their cacique (spiritual leader), the town of Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico elect a young male to take over. ... If we look at three instances of conscious ritual performed, we may see that our lives are made up of ritual and that it is important to the life course. ...

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With this, she is able to gently criticise the insular town of Highbury and her own society. ... When Cher becomes friends with Tai, Dionne clearly states "Our stock would plummet", referring to their popularity. ...

• Word Count: 1760
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It focuses on factors inside a town that affect the rate of crimes. ... All we can do is guide children and detect their behaviors from early on, so we can do our best to prevent them from turning savage or cruel. ...

• Word Count: 1551
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The nurture theory holds that genetic influence over abstract traits may exist; however, the environmental factors are the real origins of our behavior. ... The id being the subconscious domain featuring our innate desires and drives, the ego being the only conscious method balancing the id and superego, which is developed through early social attachments. ... The faster the urbanization can result in the relative gap of deprivation within a city or town. ...

• Word Count: 2288
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Defining Differential Association According to Edwin Sutherland, Differential Association Theory is "the specific causal process in the development of systematic criminal behavior". (Criminological Theories, Akers, pg.72) To a lay person, I see differential association in the terms of someone being a product of his/her environment. A person who is brought up to be a criminal, becomes a criminal. If you take a person from an upstanding neighborhood, and place said person in an area of unwanted violence and destitution, that person has a great chance of becoming delinquent themselves throug...

• Word Count: 2164
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate