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  • America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

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    America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a book by Jon Stewart published in 2004. The book is written as a mock-textbook for high school history and civics classes and includes articles by many of the writers for the satirical Daily Show. The book satirizes American politics and history, poking fun at politicians, bureaucracy and historical events. The book also contains humorous activities and picturees, such as (fake) nude photos of Supreme Court justices.

  • Democracy in America

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    Democracy in America is an examination of American society by the French political philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville. The two-volume work examines the continual progress of democracy and equality over the past seven hundred years and attempts to explain why the republican form of government in the US has lasted so long. Tocqueville discusses equality, the middle class, national sovereignty, both the constraints and relative freedom of American women, the separation of church and state and threats to American democracy.

  • Commentary on Democracy

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    Democracy Langston Hughes Langston Hughes one of the most prominent poets during the Harlem Renaissance grew up and lived in a racial discriminated United States were African Americans were still feeling the effects of discrimination and oppression I read and analyzed many of Hughes poems but I was only able to compare my personal perspective with one of them Democracy a poem about the lack of freedom the black population has in the United States can be interpreted today with the status of Puer

  • 'The Lord of the Flies' - Savagery

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    The Lord of the Flies Savagery William Goldings novel The Lord of The flies presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island left to try and retain a civilised society In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes At the opening of the novel Ralph and Jack get on extremely well We are informed Jack shared his burden and there was an invisible light of friendship between the two boys Jack changes con

  • Analysis of An Inspector Calls

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    Everyone in society is linked John Boynton Priestley was born in Yorkshire in 1894 He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him away from academia Instead he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16 When the First World War broke out Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions After the war he gained a degree from Cambridge U

  • Justification in Civil Disobedience

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    Why if at all might civil disobedience be justified 30 marks Civil Disobedience is when a faction of a society which is governed by popular consent believes that a new system of government or a change in the normal government is required To this end the faction can will either lawfully or unlawfully commit acts of rebellion shows of resistance to the issue they object to Locke believes that civil disobedience is justifiable if the governments legitimate authority is questioned by the people sin

  • Philosophical Themes in Civil Disobedience

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    Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience is the act of knowingly breaking a law that an individual feels is morally unjust We all have a moral compass and a perception of what is right from wrong Many individuals see injustices in our democratic system yet few actually make a stand for what they believe is right The United States was founded under an idea that All men are created equal However that motto was not entirely true When we look back in time and examine our past one can see a plethora of

  • Civil Disobedience

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    Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is a public nonviolent political act contrary to law usually done with the aim of bringing about a change in the law or policies of the government The idea of civil disobedience is deeply rooted in our civilization with examples evident in the life of Socrates the early Christian society the writings of Thomas Aquinas and Henry David Thoreau and theIndian nationalist movement led by Gandhi The many occurrences of civil disobedience throughout American histo

  • I have a dream

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    The speech I have a dream by Martin Luther King Junior is one of the most influential speeches ever made This speech resonated very well with the audience It is formed with powerful imagery and quotes from other important speakers such as A Lincoln There is also a lot of repetition in this speech such as One hundred years later which dramatizes the racial problems in America and makes the audience desperate for a final solution He did his speech one the same place Lincoln made promises about de

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