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- 10411: Neighborhood Shock
- ... Both Sal and Buggin' Out refuse to back down and accept each other and their respective cultural values. As Barnlund states, "What seems most critical is to find ways of gaining entrance into the assumptive world of another culture, to identify the norms that govern face-to-face relations…(63). By hanging the pictures of only American-Italians on his wall, Sal is setting up barriers that are stopping him from gaining entrance into Buggin' Out's "assumptive world." Sal is proud of who he is and where he comes from or more generally, his culture. I think he is unwilling to change his views because he still sees himself as a tourist or ...
- 10412: American Criticism In Short St
- ... from white culture, besides the physical colour. There is another factor involved with this widespread topic, which is social expectations. In both stories, it is an obvious expectation that the white race should dominate the world society and have nothing to do with black culture. Generally speaking, racial criticism in American society has progressed in many ways. In Langston Hughes' story On the Road, there are quite a few examples of ... be thought of as something wrong or not useful in life. Although those were the expectations at that time, the story On the Road seems to give clues which say that someday this white cultured world will not have such a big problem with other races. On page 471 there is a scene when the Church falls down and crushes all of the people who were stopping Sargeant from getting shelter ...
- 10413: The Crucible
- ... would not pardon the others accused of witchcraft. He was too thick headed to realize what was happening and ultimately caused the downfall of Salem. Divine Mission focuses on Puritans being an example to the world. On a lesser scale though, Salem Village was to be an example for the surrounding towns to show it had no tolerance for the devil. Reverend Hale was brought to Salem to support the accusations of witches. With growing support, Salem truly believed that they were showing the world an example of how the devil should be dealt with. The court system of Salem wanted a peaceful, god-faring town. The persecution of innocent people was the main cause of the disintegration of Salem ...
- 10414: Steve Jobs
- ... Apple's products. Jobs knew in order to compete with IBM, he would have to make the Apple compatible with IBM computers and needed to introduce new computers that could be marketed in the business world which IBM controlled. To help him market these new computers Jobs recruited John Sculley from Pesi Cola for a position as president at Apple. Jobs designed the Macintosh to compete with the PC and, in ... his compatriots to see themselves as outlaws, and then target the audience to imagine themselves as revolutionaries. Jobs, like all those who worked on the project, saw the Macintosh as something that would change the world. Jobs described his Macintosh developing team as souls who were "well grounded in the philosophical traditions of the last 100 years and the sociological traditions of the 60's. The Macintosh team pursued their project ...
- 10415: Media Violence
- ... life aggression appears bland by comparison. Children do not always realize this is not the way things are handled in real-life. They come to expect it, and when they do not see it the world becomes bland and in need of violence. The children then can create the violence that their mind craves (Door 127). Another thing that increases the risk of violence is watching another person praising it. Parents ... that people... "are more prone to hold attitudes that favor violence and aggression as a way of solving conflicts." These viewers also tend to be less trusting of people and more prone to see the world as a hostile place. A Massachusetts study states, "There is a relationship between viewing media violence and the acceptance of sexual assault, violence and alcohol use. As a result, specific levels of violence become more ...
- 10416: Living in the Present Causes More Harm Than Good
- ... from, the future must be looked at, but the present is where things happen, where a person can make things happen. In each persons time, he has the chance to make a mark upon the world. Each person can take his life into his own hands and decide what to do with it, how to mold it. These choices can often be hard to make. Frequently one's opinions and choices ... upon by the establishment and by the majority. This must not let his faith and hope falter, he must strive to accept what he can not change, and change what he can not accept. The world we know blazes past us every second. Our closest friends may soon leave forever, others may change, our old homes may be torn down to build a parking lot; yet time still marches on. I ...
- 10417: Agony Ang The Extacy, Ethical Considerations Concerning Mich
- ... Empire. I will start by defending the Pope, Julius II merely recognized the extreme beauty that was the end result in Michelangelo’s work and felt that it would be cheating the rest of the world not to share it. Considering, Michelangelo went on to be one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance era, it was very beneficial to publicize his artwork, in particular his painting. He was influential in ... as influential as Buonarroti. So this, one could say, is more than just cause to say “exploit” Michelangelo and his artwork, the semi-sacrifice of one man’s happiness for a huge influence throughout the world and even throughout time! After considering this side of the pendulum we can look at the wrongdoing of Julius II through the eyes of Michelangelo. Michelangelo, an unmarried man, was very involved in his art ...
- 10418: The Congress of Vienna
- ... willing to give up it's share of Poland either, and Prussia was interested in the land of Saxony. This conflict came to it's height and there was even the fear that a new war might erupt over the control of these lands. This was changed by the clever Talleyrand, who represented France, he suggested that Austria and England might ally themselves to take the land that was up for ... the after effects of the era. The ultimate test of the peace brought to Europe was the ability to keep an intact land deal that stayed intact for about half a century, and no general war for over a century.
- 10419: The Awakening 5
- ... shouted for joy, she did shout for joy."(p.27) Edna feels happy with herself for the first time in many years. "She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world it had never known."(p.115) Edna begins swimming regularly and thoroughly enjoys it. "Edna plunged and swam about with an abandon thrilled and invigorated her."(p.49) "She remained a long time in the ... solitude. All along the white beach, up and down, there was no living thing in sight."(p.115) Edna feels as though she is the only one to have discovered the ocean. In her own world she feels free to swim, to walk on the beach unclothed, free to express. "She was there beside the sea, absolutely alone, she cast the unpleasant, pricking garments from her, and for the first time ...
- 10420: Cloning 7
- ... popular discussion turned not to the new hope for vanquishing disease but to the specter of genetically engineered races of supermen and worker drones. Later, the arrival of organ transplants set people brooding about a world of clanking Frankensteins, welded together made from used parts. Already there are thousands of frozen embryos sitting in liquid nitrogen storage around the country. "Suppose somebody wanted to advertise cloned embryos by showing pictures of ... born children like a product," says Prof. Ruth Macklin, of New York's Albert Einstein College of medicine, who specializes in human reproduction. Splitting an embryo mat seem a great technological leap, but in a world where embryos are already created in test tubes, it's a baby step. The current challenge in reproductive medicine is not to produce more embryos but to identify healthy ones and get them to grow ...
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