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Cover leter for Application for immigrant visa for me and my wife

Visa application – Cover letter

Mr. Benoit Usen

Apartment 40

Chui Avenue160,

Bishek, Kyrgyzstan 720040

City code 312

19th October, 2012

Department of immigration and CitizenshipLocked Bag 7Northbridge WA 6865Australia

RE: Application for immigrant visa for me and my wife

My name is Mr. Benoit Usen and I am applying for a subclass 143 (Class CA) Contributory Parent visa to enable me to migrate to Australia. My father is a citizen of Krygyzstan by nationality and he resides in the same country. I wish to migrate together with my recently married wife, Helena Omesheva, in the parent visa. I married Helena Omesheva after the death of my first wife whose death certificate is attached as a proof. I was born on 10/10/1946 while my current wife, Helena Omesheva, was born on 11/11/1967. Our photos are attached, among other application documents.

I am a holder of a valid passport number 2170940051 from the Kyrgyz Republic. Helena Omesheva is also a holder of a valid passport number 2170940179 from the same country. I am being sponsored by my son, Mr. Jyrgal Usen who is a Krygyzstan national but a lawful resident of Australia. Mr. Jyrgal Usen has all the required certificates to prove his citizenship status in Australia. He is prepared to provide me and my wife with the necessary support and his bank documents are attached as proof. He is above 16 years, married and thus, he is an illegible sponsor of me and my wife.

I have another son who resides in Canada and he is ready to send his proof of residency there. I have no other children or step children and thus, I meet the balance of family test. Both me and my wife are healthy and free from any disease or condition that can be a threat to the health of Australian public. We are also free from any disease or condition that would result in significant treatment costs or which would require health services that are in short supply. On top of that, we are free from any criminal records and police certificates are attached for each country they have lived in the last 12 months that can be used as proof. In addition, we do not have any outstanding debt to Australian government. I have been given Australian visa before but he has no past cases that can be used as a base to deny me this visa. I am ready to pay all visa application charges. Generally, me and my wife meet the legislative requirements for the application of subclass 143 (Class CA) Contributory Parent visa.

Yours Sincerely,

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Mr. Benoit Usen

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Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 143),

2012, [Accessed, 27 September, 2012], HYPERLINK “http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent/143/” http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent/143/

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 143)

– Sponsor Eligibility, 2012, [Accessed, 27 September, 2012], http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent/143/eligibility-applicant.htm#b

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Contributory Parent (Migrant) Visa (Subclass 143)

– Applicant Eligibility, 2012, [Accessed, 27 September, 2012], http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/parent/143/eligibility-applicant.htm

The American Crisis

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The American Crisis

Introduction

Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots as described in the text are the American soldiers that fought the British Army in the areas of New Jersey, New York from the late summer into the fall season. The American soldiers were in for a patriotic mission as they were often battered, defeated, and killed in the conquest.

Paine describes Tories as cowardly people. He connotes that they possess a servile, slavish and self-interested fear. Pain even dares that he can organize a hundred Whigs to beat a thousand Tories to show the extent of their cowardliness. The author, Paine, brings Tories up in this narrative because they were significant in curtailing the efforts of the Whigs/ the American Revolutionists. Tories were supportive of the British tyranny in the area to fulfil selfish interests over American independence which is an act of non-patriotism.

Main Body

The government has a very big role when dealing with a pandemic such as covid 19. The government is supposed to set rules and regulations which the whole country is supposed to follow and adhere to lessen the spread of the pandemic and even curb it. In the case of covid 19, it’s the responsibility of the government to ensure the citizens follow the set rules and regulations by ensuring everyone ware mask, wash hands before and after interacting with other people. this is ensured by setting consequences that are to follow when one goes against the set rules and regulations. The government should also provide masks and hand sanitizers to the needy. It should also provide water points where people can wash hands in marketplaces and schools.

The covid-19 pandemic situation created different kinds of crises. Government has a big role in the country’s stability and economy to prevent the spread of covid-19 pandemic situation most the government adopted various kinds of initiatives like a strict lockdown procedure under which papers natural rights and freedoms were Limited because people were not able to associate and go out or not even for work some firms were forced to shut down their production units but all these initiatives are taken by the government for protecting a citizen and lessen the spread of the pandemic situation.

Due to the situation output employment income was decreased therefore governments adopts various kinds of stimulus packages adapt to expansionary fiscal policies by government spending on various social service and welfare programs like unemployment benefit pension schemes that can increase the income of the people and can increase the aggregate demand when the aggregate demand increases it will boost the economic growth and development.

Society has also its role in lessening the spread of pandemics like COVID-19. Society is what is protected by the government. Society should follow the set rules and regulations by the government to the latter. Like in the case of COVID-19, the citizens, which is the society, are supposed to wear masks, wash and keep social distancing. Society should follow these rules and regulations for their benefit without being forced by the government. They should isolate when they have signs and symptoms associated with the said pandemic to save others and the nation in general.

The Federal government has the role of keeping the economy of the country stable. It does this through establishing and formulating hundreds of rulers that protect its citizens like those who do different businesses from frauds and being conned. The federal government should also lower taxes and even cut unnecessary ones. This ensures the release of money from government hands to private hands. The citizens use this money to start new businesses and raise their standards of leaving hence making the economy stable. The government should also ensure there is no monopoly in the county. When there is competition the prices of goods and services will decrease as the companies will set fair prices for the customers to buy their goods and services. Monopoly companies most of the time tend to focus on the profit gained that needs of the customers.

In some circumstances, the government has the right to eminent domain. However, the government is supposed to compensate those who are affected. When the government is trying to construct a new road and it passes through individuals’ poverty it has the right to eminent domain. Such cases also occur when the government is trying to build public structures like schools, game parks, substations, and others that are aimed to hell the whole country. If the reason behind the eminent domain is to help an individual and not the public one has the right to stop the eminent domain.

Works Cited

Chiu, Frances. “The Daily Thomas Paine: A Year of Common-Sense Quotes for a Nonsensical Age ed. by Edward G. Gray, and: Thomas Paine and the Field of Imagination: Thomas Paine and Eighteenth-Century Poetry by Scott M. Cleary.” Eighteenth-Century Studies 54.4 (2021): 1016-1018.

Clark, Jonathan Charles Douglas. Thomas Paine: Britain, America, and France in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2018.

Paine, Thomas. “A Brief Thomas Paine Chronology.” The Daily Thomas Paine. University of Chicago Press, 2020. xv-XVIII.

Paine, T. The American Crisis Number 1(1776).

Courts in Criminal Justice

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The fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution was adopted in the year 1868 to counter previous ruling such as the Dred Scott v. Sandford which denied citizenship and equality for all. The 14th amendment was adopted to provide citizenship clause in the Supreme Court. The amendment stated that people of all races including African descent were entitled to be United States citizens simply by birth. It also focused on the due process clause which adds that life, liberty and property should be treated equally and with high levels of fairness. To make the 14th amendment more effective in providing citizenship to all persons in the United States and encouraging equality, sections of the civil law and bill of rights were included. The main clauses included were: 1). State and federal citizenship for all persons born and naturalized in United States irrespective of their race. 2) Bridging privileges and immunities to citizens by any state is not allowed. 3) Persons depriving another life, liberty, property without “due process of law” is not allowed. 4) No person can be denied equal protection by the law. These four clauses ensured that the 14th amendment fully achieved its purpose of maintaining equality for especially in criminal justice through the bill rights (Harold, S & Edward, 1991).

Protections available to criminal offenders through the Bill of Rights do not currently apply to the states

When upholding the criminal process through the Supreme Court that operates under the bill of rights it is essential to note that not all protections provided by bill of rights apply to all states. For instance, not all search and seizure are protected by the state and federal court. The fourth amendment only protects against seizures and searches which are in pursuant of government direction. The bill of right also provides protection on privacy though the fourth amendment but it does not apply to all states where a reasonable level of privacy is not established. Before any search can be carried out by the government, the state must portray reasonable level of search awareness. The second amendment also shows differences between the applications of bill of rights. According to the second amendment, criminal cases should be decided though a grand jury and it is made possible through selective incorporation. This does not apply to states because the selective process provides an opportunity to the individuals of a state to make cases conclusions using the constitutions alone. Most states do not have grand jury at all while some only use grand juries for felony cases, but either way they ensure 14th and 2nd amendments rules of criminal law on equality are maintained by following constitutions laws and not just jury decisions (William, 1988).

Difference between procedural and substantive protections for criminal offenders in the Bill of Rights

Procedural and substantive protections are the two aspects that are provided by the constitution to monitor due process of the law (Bernard, 1992). The two aspects are outlined in the 14th and 5th amendment that ensures that the legal system is fair and consistent through the existing constitutional and legal standards. The fourteenth amendments was designed to protect and maintain equality on life, liberty and property different legal approaches such as jury trial, confront witness and protection against involuntary. However to enjoy these approaches different process must be maintained: substantive and procedural process. Substantive due process is the criminal process that handles liberty related interest. In other words it focuses on the right of people to live without unnecessary interference by the government. The procedural due process is simply a requirement that the law should be applied to any person fairly by providing a hearing to cases. The difference between these two approaches in providing due law process is on the type of cases that they are meant to settle. For procedure protections the main focus is right for a fair trial and ability to remain innocent until proven guilty. Procedure protection focuses on evidence and witnesses to ensure that criminal and civil cases provide equality in life, liberty and property. Substantive protections on the other hand provide laws that ensure that the government does not unnecessary interfere with people. Substantive protections pay reference to substance laws such as required working hours and abortion. For instance, substantive protections may not require witnesses like the procedure protections instead substantive laws are utilized such as people should not work in a bakery store for more than 60 hours a week

Protections available to criminal offenders in the Bill of Rights are procedural while others are substantive

Procedural protection focus on the process that guarantees fairness while substantive focus on what goes on during the process. In criminal offenders cases substantive protections monitor the cases process by upholding the bill of rights. For instance the offender is entitled to enjoy right such as right to a hearing, right to have a hearing officer and right to make a testimony. Procedure protection on the other hand focuses on ways to ensure fairness or justice such as right to jurors.

References

Bodenhamer, D. & Ely, J. (2008). HYPERLINK “http://books.google.com/books?id=YBKAvosk_lcC&pg=PP1” The Bill of Rights in modern America: Indiana UniversityPress.

HYPERLINK “http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Virginia.aspx” National Constitution Center: Virginia. Constitutioncenter.org. Retrieved 16th March 2013

Bradford, B. (2008). Procedural Due Process in Plain English: HYPERLINK “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation” o “National Trust for Historic Preservation” National Trust for HistoricPreservation

Bernard, S. (1992). HYPERLINK “http://books.google.com/books?id=d52OVwT_6PYC&pg=PP1” The great rights of mankind: a history of the American Bill of Rights.Rowman & Littlefield.

Harold, S & Edward, S. (1991). Harper Collins College Outline: The Constitution of the UnitedStates: New York: HarperCollins.

Labunski, R. (2006). HYPERLINK “http://books.google.com/books?id=JvmZbFMxCHsC&pg=PP1” James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights. Oxford UniversityPress US.

Melvin, U. & Paul, F. (2002). HYPERLINK “http://books.google.com/?id=LQVDZ9jg8m0C” A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States.(2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press

William, N. (1988) The Fourteenth Amendment: from political principle to judicial doctrine:Harvard University Press.

Science Progress

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We have come a long way in terms of the progress we have made from the stone age where people used handmade tools for labor to today where we all almost replacing everything with machines. The advancement is what is called progress and we have advanced in almost all spheres of life, while this progress can be accredited to the development we see today it also has some impacts and just like all developments it has critics too. According to Porsdam Mann et al. all humans, have the right to enjoy scientific progress, this right stems from Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was adopted in World War 2 wake. The right is significant not only to the researchers but the society itself since it allows both access to material, data and knowledge, policy, funding, and scientific freedom. They are different types of progress that can be identified concerning science, they are economical which is the increase of scientific funding research and education which is increased expertise and skills for the scientist. Also, professional which is the rising status of society’s academic institutions and scientist and methodical which is the invention of new research methods. Science progress too has a connection with social progress which is quality of life and economic prosperity and technological progress which is increased efficiency of techniques and tools (“Scientific Progress (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)”). The paper below will focus on the scientific progress in the I9th century, its impact on American society and how this progress has been applied in our daily lives while focusing on the views of various groups including critics in light of this progress.

           To begin with, science played a role in the American society in the 19th century where institutions were created that enabled science to be used alongside technology, this was initiated by Rogers and it led to the creation of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1861. While this adoption of science and technology had some benefits is also increased the technological change pace and social dislocation. Concerning the engineers during this period, they adopted a self-image that prevented them from helping the society solve the problems they had created because they considered themselves as logical thinkers with no emotion and bias (Layton). In addition, John Dalton published the atomic theory and studied color blindness while Friedrich Wohler isolated aluminum and produced organic compound urea from inorganic chemicals. Electricity was continually mastered during this period by Dane Hans while the dynamo was invented by Michael Faraday, geology took strides when Charles Lyell contributed to the process of rock formation. Regarding surgery and medicine after a cholera outbreak, the doctors were able to ascertain that it was spread by water. The most contribution of science during this period was Charles Darwin with the survival of the fittest where he claimed that all animals are always competing for survival and that members of a particular species vary. Darwin’s contribution was then published in “The Origin of Species” in 1859 (Lambert).

           During the 19th century while most historians saw the changes that were happening in society as progress others termed them as deterrents and harmful to society. Religion in this era was growing too with most people joining churches, but Karl Marx concluded that people joined religion to compensate for some deficiencies. Most Americans saw these changes as a good thing and compared that most of them occurred after the civil war they viewed them as an awakening period for them and a new era, they embraced it with vigor. However, while the evidence of progress was prevalent in the various spheres of the American people, the meaning of it, how it worked and who benefited was different across people. The people from the upper class and middle class termed the progress as something was only deserved by the citizens hence they employed measures to ensure he migrants never enjoyed. In the right of who was supposed to benefit, this was not clear since most people thought that this progress was to benefit the highly privileged in the society, this created the massive differentiation of classes witnessed today. According to the various scholar they all had different meanings for progress while someone termed the definition a scientific explanation of various phenomena other referred to it as a myth.

           The scientific progress in the 19th century was viewed differently by people, among the various historian who studied the change and sought to understand its meaning some termed this change as harmful. Scholars like Marx termed religion as the opium of the people yet it was one of the continued development that was brought up by some of the changes. While the changes in the society were evident the businessmen’s reaction had various notions, in the Munn v. Illinois case, the Supreme Court upheld the previous decision that the government had the power over private industries which affected the public interest. From this case, it is clear that the businessmen regarded the science progress as troublesome and with no good intention s by the legislation imposed by the government. The Sherman Anti-trust act came about in 1890 after Senator John Sherman who was an outspoken critic received letters from the small businesses requesting the introduction of antitrust laws with the owners of the small refiners being the most active group. They were various reasons that lead to the business interest in having these laws among them the standard oil companies used tank cars to transport their oil, this reduced the cost of oil transporting and others wanted the abolishment of vertical restraints. Unfortunately, by employing the legislation there was hardly any witnessed change that indicates the society moving forward since he suppressed the tank oil which reduced the cost of transporting and he sanctioned for higher tariffs which further accelerated monopolistic dominance. While it is evident that the act did not achieve the intended goals it paved way for other laws example, Clayton Act. However, while the regulatory government was supposed to enhance progress it ended up doing vice-versa where to ensure that companies and businesses remained competitive it satisfied their monopoly by imposing high tariffs on other businesses (Troesken).

           Moreover, there were many ways by which businesses in America utilized technology and science. Through the changes, more than 20,000 patents were issued to businesses and companies this was a result of the increased innovations by the people. For the farms and the cattle ranches, barbed wire was invented, the sleeping car and a railroad air brake was also developed which saw the railroad industry efficiency improve. In addition, Thomas A. Edison who made some improvements in the telegraph and patented an electric voting machine brought up a team of experts and created the first industrial research laboratory in New Jersey, from his laboratory the central power station, phonograph, and light bulb was first developed. Also, Edison in 1882 produced for his 85 client’s electricity which despite having a limited transmission range the power plant number rose and in 1886 he was able to supply at long distance. The most important utilization of technology in this period must be the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, it became an important feature that was found in homes and offices and by the year 1900, almost 800,000 phones were in service in the United States (“Technology and Business”). 

           Jacob Riis documented the New York slums where he told about the lives of the other half by taking pictures of the conditions to shed right on them, he had arrived as an immigrant in 1870 just at 21 years. By the use of his flash photograph, he was able to take pictures of both the outdoor and indoor during night time where he showed the overpopulated households and the unsanitary conditions the immigrants lived. The findings were then published in a book of “How the other half Lives”, he believed that while science was bringing about changes new and complex problems that required addressing were also emerging. According to him, the perpetrators for change were urban and industrial everyone since this problem and conditions were escalating because the immigrants could not find employment because of the discrimination prevalent in the hospital and the industrialist should develop better housing that catered the needs for the immigrants. The progress according to Jacob was in the hands of the middle class and upper-class people since his photographs are meant to show the two classes of people on the harmful conditions the immigrants are dwelling on so that they can do something. After the civil war the population increased which lead to the need for more food, the farmers grew more leading to a high supply, when the supply was high than the demand the prices of the produce reduced. As the farmers made less it spiraled to the laborers in their farms, to address the low prices despite the high supply the farmers formed a party. The populist party by the farmers was head by William Jennings Bryan and was meant to address various issues among them, to pass an income tax, the tenure of Federal judges to be ended, the old standard elimination and paper currency printing by national private banks. While the party may not have been able to achieve all their goals, they received recognition as a political force group. Luckily, income tax was passed, the gold standard was eliminated in 1933 and the printing of the paper currency shifted to federal reserve in 1911(Jackson).

           After the massive changes that were witnessed from the changes in the 19th century that affected the social, economic and political aspects, the progressive era came into action. They were various goals that were set during this period, social welfare protection was to curb the harsh conditions that had emerged as a result of industrialization. Secondly, moral development promotion, especially for the city dwellers and the immigrants, alcohol prohibition, was viewed as a solution for the menace. Also, the creation of economic reforms was propagated by the reformers who advocated for socialism, it led to the American Socialist Party creation in 1901 (Power). Lastly, efficiency fostering that required the leaders to trust the skilled experts in making the workplace and society efficient. Most progressive people align with Ward and not with Sumner since according to him the reforms only laced more burden on the middle class which according to him was not okay. Also, Spenser believed that natural laws are established by evolutionary science which was refuted by Ward too. Moreover, while Christianity’s influence had increased rapidly through the century with various denominations like Jehovah witness, Mormons being established, various scholars like Darwin, Freud and Marx not only attacked the Christians way of life but also on the validity of the scriptures.

           Lastly, just like any other phenomena in the society the 19th century had its share of critics, the art changed in this century where an artist could develop their pieces rather than working for the state. Critics were mostly in magazines on the preference of arts and the principles governing the drawings. While also this period brought many changes, society’s way of life was criticized by historians and scholars who could not understand the process and the changes the society was experiencing. Evidently, as claimed by historians the 19th century was the period that saw many changes in all aspects of society. The Science change then is still evident today especially when we look at the various measures that are being put into place to combat climate change which seem to be worsening every day. While everyone recognizes the good things that science change has brought like the X-rays which are used to take scans of existing conditions it is paramount that the cons of this change are recognized, for example, industrialization which is the main cause of global warming. Finally, when one looks at the 21st century in comparison with the 19th century a lot of changes are evident which bears the question of the science change to be witnessed in the future.

Works Cited

Jackson, Bill. “Populism”. Socialstudieshelp.Com, 2015, http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_51_Notes.htm. Accessed 14 Mar 2020.

Lambert, Tim. “Science And Technology In The 19Th Century”. Localhistories.Org, http://www.localhistories.org/victech.html. Accessed 14 Mar 2020.

Layton, Edwin. “Mirror-Image Twins: The Communities Of Science And Technology In 19Th-Century America”. Technology And Culture, vol 12, no. 4, 1971, p. 562. JSTOR, doi:10.2307/3102571. Accessed 14 Mar 2020.

Porsdam Mann, S. et al. “Opinion: Advocating For Science Progress As A Human Right”. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, vol 115, no. 43, 2018, pp. 10820-10823. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1816320115. Accessed 11 Mar 2020.

Power, Using Federal. “the Progressive Era.” (1932).

“Scientific Progress (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy)”. Plato.Stanford.Edu, 2016, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-progress/. Accessed 11 Mar 2020. “Technology And Business”. Cliffsnotes.Com, 2020, https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/history/us-history-ii/industrial-america/technology-and-business. Accessed 14 Mar 2020. Top of FormBottom of Form

Troesken, Werner. The Letters Of John Sherman And The Origins Of Antitrust. Kluwer Academic, 2002, pp. 2-18, http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.590.1989&rep=rep1&type=pdf. Accessed 14 Mar 2020

Court Observation Paper, First Observation Divorce Case

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Court Observation Paper, First Observation: Divorce Case

Everybody who intended to attend the proceedings of this was seated fifteen minutes before the proceedings began. At the point when the proceedings were expected o begin, the court registrar entered in the courtroom and was followed by the judge. Everybody rose in honor of the court. After the court registrar declared this sitting to be open, he asked everyone to take their seat. He then went on to announce the case under review and called the first witness in the witness court. He administered an oath after which the witness gave information regarding what he knew about the case. The presiding judge was responsible for controlling the proceedings accordingly during the entire hearing. Since this case was quite sensitive, the audience kept interrupting with noises. They were asked to remain quite. The defense attorney cross interrogated the witness accordingly in order to clarify some of the statements that he made.

The second witness was called upon and was asked to give complete details of his name as well as address. He was then administered with an oath by the court registrar. He then proceeded to telling the judge about the facts he knew regarding this case. He handed to the court registrar certain documents that were supposed to support his evidence. At this point, the defendant side objected to the use of the documents on the premise that they were not only invalid but also outdated. After the review of the documents, the objection was sustained. At this point, the court was adjourned in and the hearing scheduled for another date.

Second Observation: Housing Case

After the court was seated and quiet, the attorneys made brief statements to the jury. In these, they outlined the facts that they looked forward to proving from their individual point of view. Usually, these attorneys are not considered as witnesses. As such, their statements and general information is not used as evidence. The plaintiff was the first to give his statements and was followed by the defense attorney. This was then followed by the presentation of evidence by the witnesses. The plaintiff’s witnesses were allowed to testify first before the witnesses of the defense.

Before each witness testified, s/he was sworn to ensure that s/he told the truth. The attorney that was responsible for calling the witnesses at each point asked relative questions when conducting a direct examination. Then, the attorney form the opposition side was allowed to cross examine the witness accordingly. Usually, the reason behind the questions pertains to the need to elicit as much evidence as possible form the witness. There were photographs that were presented as evidence at this time.

After the witnesses had completed presenting the evidence, the attorneys were allowed to individually address the jury. The plaintiff’s attorney was the first to present evidence followed by the defense attorney. During this time, the attorneys evaluated the evidence they had and tried to convince the jury to make decisions in their favor. The statements that they used at this point in time were mainly aimed at persuading the jury to decide in their favor. After this, the judge took tme to instruct the jury that any decisions should be solely based on the law. At this point, the jurors retired from the courtroom in order to deliberate on the case in secret. The hearing was set for another day.

Thematic Analysis of Misery by Stephen King

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Thematic Analysis of Misery by Stephen King

Thesis statement

Stephen King builds on the theme of suspense in various scene of the book using various literary devices including symbolism, characters, themes, irony, mood and diction, thus creating a clear mental picture and understanding of the scenes to the reader.

Introduction

Misery is a horror thriller by Stephen king that features horror and suspense

Suspense is seen throughout the novel as we try to anticipate what happens at the end of the story

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Suspense has been used to builds on character trait of the Antagonist Annie. The first scene is when Sheldon is rescued after the car accident

From the rescue character of Annie is seen to be that of a caring person and loving who goes out of her way to help

The hobbing scene portrays Annie Walker as a delusional and Villain being who is dangerous bringing in a change of character.

Suspense is created on the basis that we are not in a position to know if she was going to harm Paul Sheldon

Suspense create a shocking twist in the novel making it more interesting. Annie chops of Sheldon’s hand a shocking twist

Annie realizes Paul Sheldon has been leaving his room and she believes he needs to be protected from herself which is ironical as she is the danger

The incorporation of Annie’s mental instability builds on suspense as no one can predict what she is going to do next

From these scene, theme of control has been portrayed as Annie wants to control Sheldon

Suspense is evident when the police visits Annie’s house and as a reader you cannot know if the police will rescue Sheldon or not

Literary device present is the theme of horror and misery as the state trooper is stabbed by Annie.

His diction is very precise to portray the misery the state trooper suffered is clear as the author states number of times he stabs him and adds the fact that she run over him with lawn mower.

Another literary device in the scene is theme of hopelessness as even the state trooper his only hope is killed

Conclusion

Sum up how Stephen King was able to employ the literary devices including setting, diction, irony ad symbolism in building up the suspense in the novel.

Paradise Lost Eve as the Weak Link

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Paradise Lost: Eve as the Weak Link

Paradise Lost is an epic poem by Milton written in the 17th century. The poem focuses on the story of creation, Satan’s fall from heaven into hell and the fall of man. Milton’s analysis of the story aligns with biblical accounts. The poem’s main characters include God, the Son, and various angels, Satan, Adam and Eve. The poem is divided into various books focusing on specific events and themes. The story of creation and the fall of man has always been of great interest, which is one of the reasons why Milton wrote the poem. Milton mainly relied on dictation to write the epic poem as he was blind at the time, and he was also grieving the death of his wife and daughter. Some of the major themes in the poem include love and marriage, hierarchy and order, as well as sin and innocence, as portrayed in passage 4.449-91.

Milton uses various literary devices in the poem, one of these being imagery. Passage 4.449-91 focuses on Eve waking up after creation and meeting Adam for the first time. She woke up in a shade of flowers and heard the sound of water flowing, “Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound/ Of waters issu’d from a Cave and spread” (Milton 4.453-454). While reading this line, one can imagine the sound of flowing water in the background as described by Eve. Another example of imagery in the passage is Eve looking into the water to see an image of herself staring back. At first, she did not realize that the fair image she saw was her own until a voice told her. Eve vividly describes how she stood at the river bank and looked into the clear waters that bore the reflection of the sky. Her own beautiful face stared back at her, and the reader can conjure up this image in their own minds. Imagery is an important part of literature as it allows readers to imagine the events in any literary work, improving the readers’ literary experience.

Eve’s awaking in the shade is an important symbol in the passage. The shade represents darkness, which is used across the epic poem to symbolize separation from God’s light. The dark is used to describe evil in the poem, mainly associated with hell and the fallen angels. In the absence of God’s light, evil abounds. An example of this is Eve’s vanity when she is captivated by her own good looks. This is an example of a quality of darkness. Light is associated with God, his angels and his grace. Eve’s reflection in the water is yet another example of symbolism. Eve was created in the image of Adam, while Adam was created in God’s image. This symbolizes that Adam is superior to Eve.

The passage from book 4, 4.449-91, exemplifies some of the major themes within the epic poem as a whole. One of these themes is hierarchy and order. Milton’s writing about women, specifically Eve, reflects a lot of the ideas common during his time. For example, women were expected to submit to their husbands, which is made clear in Adam’s words. God used a bone from Adam’s side to create Eve, and Adam marvelled at Eve’s beauty, saying, “How beauty is excelld by manly grace” (Milton 4.490). From this statement, man is superior to the woman as she was created from him. Man is also closer to God since he was created in God’s image. The theme of hierarchy is pronounced in this passage and is also prevalent in other parts of the poem. Other examples include God being greater than man, the heavens being greater than the earth, and heavenly angels being greater than the fallen ones, including Satan.

The theme of love and marriage is also explored in the passage from book 4. Milton reinforces his idea of the submission of women in marriage as they are inferior to men. The marriage between Adam and Eve is not a marriage of equals, so Eve must submit to Adam. Adam’s direct relationship with God as a result of creation puts Eve in second place. She must obey Adam since he has a direct relationship with God. Adam tells Eve of how she was created from him, implying that she belongs to him. When Eve wants to flee from Adam under the Platan tree, he exclaims, “Whom fli’st thou? whom thou fli’st, / of him thou art, / His flesh, his bone; to give thee being I lent/ Out of my side to thee, neerest my heart” ( Milton 4.482-485). This statement represents the power dynamic in Adam and Eve’s relationship. Although Adam might just have been trying to call Eve back, he uses the fact that she was created from him to show his superiority and demand her submission. Eve is described as Adam’s other half, destined to help him through his journey. During the 17th century, the idea of women being inferior was rarely questioned, and that is why Milton writes of Eve’s willingness to accept anything that Adam said.

Adam and Eve are still innocent during this passage from the poem, although that will later change. The theme of sin and innocence is pronounced throughout the poem. Before Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they were innocent, but their disobedience marked the beginning of sin. Passage 4.449-91 shows Eve as weak-willed and vain, setting her up to fall into Satan’s temptation. At first, she is innocent and fails to recognize even her own reflection. An invisible voice commands her to leave her reflection, and she leaves without question. Her willingness to obey a voice shows that she blindly follows instructions, which leads her to follow Satan’s lead and disobey God. Adam and Eve start off innocent and determined to obey God, as shown in the scenes before. However, Eve already showed a predisposition to complain, which is why Satan targeted her. Sure enough, Eve yielded to temptation when Satan approached her, and she took Adam with her. Adam never questioned God; he was happy with their life and had no curiosity about why God forbid them to eat of the tree of life. On the other hand, Eve was quite curious and believed Satan’s lies on how God why did not want them to be wiser.

In summary, the epic poem Paradise Lost is an intriguing story of the biblical creation story and the fall of man. The poem explores the story of Satan’s fall from heaven and how he led Adam and Eve astray as well. Milton uses various literary elements such as imagery and symbolism to tell the story, making it more engaging for readers. Book 4, specifically lines 449-91, contains several examples of themes prevalent through the poem, such as sin, innocence, marriage and hierarchy. The brief passage talks about Eve’s earliest experience after creation, including meeting Adam. This passage shows readers some of Eve’s traits that led her to disobey God, such as vanity and a tendency to be easily persuaded. Paradise Lost is an engrossing and entertaining read that allows readers to learn more about the background of each character in the biblical story.

Works Cited

Milton, John. Paradise lost. Hackett Publishing, 2005.

Night Walker Response Questions

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Staples refers to the woman he encountered as his first victim due to the general stereotype that had engulfed the social setting at that moment in the society where he had found himself. The blacks were almost always seen from the negative light. He was also depicting how the woman saw herself in his presence, she saw herself as a victim especially because she was a young white well-dressed woman. Staples on the other hand did not have the most pleasing of appearances and would have easily passed off as a mugger, a rapist or even something worse than that. He was a six foot black man with a beard and wafting hair as he says.

The Unwieldy Inheritance he refers to is the awkward social position he found himself not of his own accord but as it seems it discreetly appears to be a form of inheritance accorded to him by the fact that he was a black. He was an innocent 22 year old graduate student who had newly arrived to the University of Chicago probably with a great vision only to face a society heavily puffed with various forms of racism. However, this is because his resided in a place where an affluent neighborhood occupied predominantly by whites was at very close proximity with the ghetto of Chicago which was highly impoverished at that time.

The language of fear is a phrase used by Staples to refer to the various forms of reactions of people to the presence of a young black man who appeared as suspicious. It is a language ingrained in to the mindsets of individuals by the society and is observed to be an almost spontaneous reaction to the presence of any suspicious character. The example he gives to illustrate this language is the crossing of people to the other side of a dark alley rather than passing by him. The locking of vehicle doors upon spotting him was also an expression of the language coupled with pleasantries with police, bouncers and others charged with the responsibility of screening out troublesome individuals.

The titles carry with them an aspect of the stereotype and they would rather render the piece to be perceived negatively upon the first judgment of the title. They appear to contradict the main reason for Staple’s writing especially because he is trying to paint the other side of the coin and show the society that not all young black men are gangsters seeking a way to express their anger and frustration. If given these titles, my perception of the purpose of his writing would be affected since it would appear as though the black men are trying to seize the public space to advance their sinister desires which is the exact opposite of why Staples wrote the essay.

Melodies from selections of Beethoven and Vivaldi would serve to ease the tension of the people around him because they could identify with the popular classical compositions. The compositions would provide a common platform for the lovers of the classical music and the common interests served to overshadow the racial differences. It was also highly unlikely for a mugger would not be the kind to sing such pieces of music and this went a long way to make the people less afraid.

Response Paper 3 The Great Water Highway through New York State

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Response Paper 3: The Great Water Highway through New York State

This book is written based on accounts by American travelers traveling through the country. This particular Chapter, in the first volume dubbed, “Life in the East”, narrates two accounts by two different travelers traversing the Erie Canal, seven years apart. This book details events during the formative first half of America’s history, just eight years after Washington’s inauguration. It describes a young nation whose democratic society is new, where the novel principles of representative- self-governance are just being put into practice. This period is characterized by events such as the economic augmentation due to the establishment of the first cotton mill, transportation had taken a gigantic step forward from the completion of the Erie Canal and in 1826, and the first railroad was being used in Massachusetts.

The author compiled these different takes to prove the benefits of the Erie canalway and its impact on the development of a nation. Built in the antebellum period, an era characterized by the union of the eastern states and the purchase of Louisiana in 1803, the Erie Canal expanded the United States trade from the Atlantic Coast to inland trade. Before the canal was built, the cost of overland movement of goods was too high and therefore prohibitive. It was difficult to penetrate the west of the thirteen original colonies since the land was heavily forested, the Appalachian Mountains were in the way, and these lands lacked an interconnected waterway. The New York officials saw these challenges as an opportunity, and with the leadership of the Governor, DeWitt Clinton, they focused in building a canal system across upper New York. The salt deposits at Syracuse also motivated the leaders, since it was difficult to transport the salt to the East Coast on horseback. The canal could also provide a western router for the nation.

The book, gives a picture of America by Americans themselves rather than by Britons or other authors. The purpose of this book is to reflect the everyday America life in terms of their national, social and cultural patterns in the period after the founding of the nation and at the end of the Civil war. The purpose of this book is to inform Americans about their own history. This particular chapter, Chapter VII, is a description of the tremendous improvements made in the Erie Canal. The Chapter allows the reader to understand the development of the Erie Canal way, a National Heritage Corridor. The differences between the two accounts in this chapter explicitly show the fast rate of development in this era. The first account uses the canal and horses for travel, while in the second account, just seven years later, the author, Thomas S. Woodcock, uses the canal, horses, and steam engines (Tyron, 112). The author is pinpointing the development of transport in this era.

The author aims to show the impact of technological innovation on American life. It particularly shows the benefits of the steam engine. Despite the authors of the two accounts both travelling the same distance, from Albany to Schenectady, the author on the second account arrives much faster (Tyron, 107). It is also interesting to note, that during that era, the steam engines could not travel via steep areas, as this problem had not been figured out yet. The passengers therefore alight the train, then board horses, for two miles, to another steam engine. While the first traveler took four hours to travel, the second one took two. Today, this journey takes 25 minutes by car. The author therefore aims to underscore the tremendous progress man has taken especially in the field of transportation in the early nineteenth century.

Not only did the Erie Canal promote trade, travel and the opening up of the Far West regions (now the mid-west) it was also a major factor in the growth of New York City. From the first author, the Erie Canal had contributed to the growth of Albany into a thriving condition. Before the construction of the Erie Canal, port cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, were bigger than New City. The canal gave New City access to the Midwest, and therefore, became a primary port in the nation. It became the nation’s commercial capital and later, the main port of entry by immigrants from Europe (Shaw, 133). Due to the construction of the canal, the population of New York City quadrupled and made it an attractive venue for the financing industry. By 1850, New York City had surpassed Philadelphia to be the nation’s distinguished banking center.

In conclusion, the article discusses the infrastructural developments of the early nineteenth century, in particular, the Erie Canal. From the two accounts by the different authors there seems to be a difference in developments. These accounts prove the fact that the early nineteenth century was a period for rapid development for the nation. By compiling these two articles, the author communicates to the modern-day reader the vast improvement of the canal and its effects on trade and urbanization.

Works Cited

BIBLIOGRAPHY Shaw, Ronald. Erie Water West. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1966.

Tyron, Warren. “A Mirror for Americans: Life and Manners in the United States 1790-1870 as Recorded by American Travelers.” Volume I: Life in the East. The University of Chicago Press, 1952.

Liszt – Sonnet 104 and Clara Schumann’s Liebst du um Schönheit

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Liszt – Sonnet 104 and Clara Schumann’s “Liebst du um Schönheit”

The two songs that I picked from the listening catalogue are, Liszt – Sonnet 104 and Clara Schumann’s “Liebst du um Schönheit” the two are interesting songs with an instrumental opening which soothes the mind. The two compare to my own listening first “Sonnet 104” is a musical poem and similar listening are found in my catalogue and happens to be the most listened/ Clara Schuman’s listening on the other hand is in form of a love song which I consider to have perfect knots and I like listening to music that takes similar form. In her vocal, Clara uses a lot of chromatics which draws the audience to repeatedly listen to it. Hearing the opening piano lines of the song, I am reminded of the wavelike sound experience I had in my first music class. The lyrics are simple but give profound take on romance or love. Sonnet 104 on the other hand has the effect of ‘abbaabba’ which is a commendable and a key factor towards bringing the audience closer. In sonnet 104, Petrarch introduces an octave and Volta which take the form of a sestet the later closes with a couplet. The two sound interesting and one cannot get bored listening to them.