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- 10461: Their Eyes Were Watching God
- ... Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated, did it compel love like the sun the day?” This is asking if marriage made love for Janie as the sun makes the day for the world. Is the basis of love marriage...just as the basis for day is the sun. To Janie, this was not true. She did not feel as though she loved Logan, and that’s all she really wanted. She didn’t want to be treated as the rest of the world was treated. She wanted to be treated as an individual and not as a slave. She was a slave to marriage. She didn’t want to be there, where there was no warmth. Joe Starks ...
- 10462: Drown: A Consideration
- ... demands an emotional response to his suffering. His negativity, undoubtedly stemming from a combination of his father’s abuse and the false hopes of America, adds to the story’s sense of intimacy: A third-world childhood could give you that…he found me sitting on the couch feeling like hell…I wasn’t that sort of son. (Drown, 25, 29) Yunior’s frequent references to his difficult childhood and his current discomforts, "third world", "like hell", "that sort of son" in the above excerpts; never allow the reader a moment’s relief from what he experiences. Diaz, having established a "close relationship" between reader and narrator, expects the reader ...
- 10463: Moby Dick
- ... his duty to exploit. The terror that Ishmael perceives is a consequence of his own vague fear of the whale’s "nothingness." What Ishmael fears is the mystical, terrifying manifestation of white in the natural world, coupled with its subversion of the sense of purity attached to whiteness in the human world. Ishmael is distinguished from the rest of the crew in his ability to consider the perspectives of the others. In his role as narrator, Ishmael’s ability to detachedly analyze the viewpoints of those around ...
- 10464: A Man For All Seasons,by Rober
- ... decided to give up his Lord Chancellorship, which was due solely to the submission of the bishops in Convocation. More defends his decision to Norfolk by saying that the submission "isn't 'Reformation'; [but] is war against the Church!...Our King...has declared war on the Pope - because the Pope will not declare that our Queen is not his wife." (Bolt 52). He again remains constant in not conveying his own opinion on this matter. More also states his ...
- 10465: My Personal View of Mathematics
- My Personal View of Mathematics Math is pertinent for survival! Math keeps the world in motion. Without math the shipping of imports and exports would be disastrous. Anyway, math will help me throughout my career. It may keep me alive in such a case as Mr. Gorsline’s. Math ... To get my licenses I am going to have to manage my hours. So, as anyone can see math is all around us. Math is in everything we do, in every day. Where would the world be without math? Would my career still be the same? To answer these questions, we must take a look at the historical advancement of math. We must also look at its effects on mankind. Before ...
- 10466: What Are Memes
- ... his book The Selfish Gene. What are some examples of memes ? Things like Rollerblading, Forrest Gump, the WWWeb, skinny half-decaf double lattes at Starbucks, flat tax...20th century things like the New York Yankees, World Wars, Gershwin , cyberspace and classic things like: the bible, folk dances,Y2K, recipes, respect for elders, nodding to say yes, French, Beethoven's Fifth symphony.... Dawkins believed that ideas, habits, behavioral norms etc undergo the same evolutionary struggle and adaptation that the genes in Darwin's Galapagos beasts underwent. A meme, therefore is a unit of cultural transmission, struggling to keep a place in an ever changing world. How do memes work ? Think of your mind as an environment. A new idea arrives: "make your own bread with a breadmaker." Your neighbor s mind environment may love Wonderbread, and be very hostile to ...
- 10467: Dr. Suess
- ... his fifty-four books have been translated into twenty different languages only goes to show that his writing is well accepted not only in the United States, but also throughout various other countries around the world. The topics and themes of his writing are universal, and are enjoyed by people of all origins. As nonsensical as Seuss’s stories may seem, some of them venture into very deep and serious subjects ... t even realize they’re learning, they just think they’re having fun. Dr. Seuss is a wonderful children’s author, and his work continues to be enjoyed by children of all ages throughout the world.
- 10468: Courtly And Uncourtly Views Of
- ... lyrics of the troubadours. Although there are many similarities, such as the woman’s high status, there are also many dissimilarities. One of the most obvious of these is these poets acceptance of the real world. It is difficult to find references to other women in the troubadours’ poetry let alone other relationships as one would find in the Middle English courtly lyric. An example of such a reference can be ... fact that they were not allowed to be educated, women wouldn’t understand. This poet seems to rub women’s noses in the fact that they are dumb and can’t survive in the outside world. As I said earlier, many of these poems warn against marriage. They warn against young wives because they are chattery. They warn against old wives because they are insolent and disobedient. These poems take the ...
- 10469: Gene Therapy 2
- In research facilities all around the world scientist are attempting to stop diseases at their very roots. Instead of trying to find drugs to cure illnesses they are trying to change the genes that cause the diseases. The process by which this ... about $250 million on gene therapy research and development. When a product gets approved, he says the payoff in the annual sales will probably be ten times that."6 With the current technological advances and world wide research efforts, the goal of eliminating all human disease through gene therapy may one day be possible. Worldwide about 200 clinical trials are currently carried out. Looking at the tremendous potential this technique offers ...
- 10470: The Homeless in England
- ... of the homeless is that by their own choice. They choose to be homeless for different reasons, like a protest against the society or just to try the homeless life. 25% of the homeless are war veterans and most of them from Vietnam. They are mentally traumatised by their war experiences, some of them are disable and others are just unable to find work so they can pay a rent. 25% of the homeless are children and many of them are alone. They're maybe ...
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