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- 8741: What Is The American Dream?
- ... father caused him to grow up very insecure and unsure of himself. In the second grade Langston was introduced to books and soon became fascinated with them and found it as an escape from his world into the wonderful world inside of them. At the age of thirteen Hughes went to live with his mother in Lincoln, Illinois and then Cleveland, Ohio where he went to high school. It was in Lincoln that Hughes wrote ... to every American. 2. A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. (66) Many Americans persist in believing that America is the greatest country in the world and that man is basically good and can be better and has the opportunity to fulfill his productive capabilities. “The belief that America should offer equal opportunity to all men is a fundamental part ...
- 8742: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who lived to the age of eighty-two and produced more than 130 volumes of poetry, plays, letters, and science, is acknowledged to be one of the giants of world literature. His writing ranged from fairy tales, to psychological novels, to political and historical novels, and to something completely unique and different such as Faust. Goethe was born shortly after the death of the Pope ... would be his actual home until his death there on March 22, 1832). He was already a good lawyer and had written the novel Werther. His work in Weimar caused him to observe the natural world around him and led him towards science. He would yet write fourteen volumes on the subject. At that time Weimar was an important city in Germany. C.P. Magill describes the time in the following ... the fragmentation of German culture. Surprisingly, as Goethe's life came to its last decade he continued to write poetry very vigorously, just as in youth. By this time he was entirely famous and a world figure. People streamed to Weimar from both hemispheres allowing Goethe to learn the current events. He summarized his feelings in Wilheim Meistres Wanderjahrde. He kept track of the technological and social progress, such as ...
- 8743: Why Do People Fight Wars
- ... again or is humanity cursed to suffer forever. All these thoughts and questions were generated by just a simple question by a little innocent soul.A soul which will have to grow up in a war field and be either an enforcer to it or a victim of it .A hard choice of either becoming heartless or lifless, and the choice is irreplacable..... when alone i walked away and left her ... of the two sides of life or rather the two sides of the battle . what will be our condition in the end .Are we going to end up erasing every trace of goodness from our world .killing every warm feeling , every geniuine meaning and sincere smiles.Is it true that we are going to be our very owm destructor or will and remaining sanity surface through before it's too late ...
- 8744: Sir Gawain And The Green Knight: The Role Of Women
- ... for shelter and a place to say mass on Christmas Eve. She answers his prayers and leads him to Bertilak's castle; however, his arrival at Bertilak's court throws him into a totally different world. Here, Gawain impresses courtiers of Bertilak's castle with his prowess in the field of courtly love rather than the feats of daring or his upholding of his honor, traits that would draw compliments in ... with scenes from Bertilak's hunts. It seems as if this is what the Gawain poet intended to suggest when he positioned the bedroom scenes within the hunt scenes. The hunt scenes show an unambiguous world of men and an appropriate venue for male chivalric action. The men are outside, in vigorous, heroic, manly pursuit, training for what is really the purpose of chivalry--the defense of the land and the ... bed, and this is mentioned in each hunting scene to emphasize the contrast. In contrast to the hunt scenes, Gawain's situation seems too pleasurable, bordering on the sin of luxury and representing a private world outside of the traditional hierarchies, rules and loyalties. The Lady is not just suggesting certain moral associations to the reader; she is a real temptress testing his chastity and a real object of courtly ...
- 8745: John Keats
- ... most complete form in 1931; a later edition appeared in 1960. Although Keats's career was short and his output small, critics agree that he has a lasting place in the history of English and world literature. Characterized by exact and closely knit construction and by force of imagination, his poetry gives transcendental value to the physical beauty of the world. His verbal music is well suited to the unique combination of romantic sentiment and classical clarity his work expresses. JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) WHEN I HAVE FEARS THAT I MAY CEASE TO BE 1 When ... feel, fair creature of an hour, 10 That I shall never look upon thee more, 11 Never have relish in the faery power 12 Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore 13 Of the wide world I stand alone, and think 14 Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. The poem "When I have fears that I may cease to be" is not one of Keats most famous poems. ...
- 8746: Van Gogh
- ... time. Before Paris, van Gogh had not even known who the Impressionists were. He admired pictures by Degas and Monet and through Toulouse-Lautrec he was in touch with the local members of the art world. He was also influenced by Japanese print makers. The Impressionists discovered Japanese prints long before van Gogh's arrival. These prints influenced him in his use of harmonized color. Van Gogh pinned them on his ... vitally important for his development, he had to integrate it with the style of his earlier years before his genius could fully unfold. Paris opened his eyes to the senses and beauty of the visible world and taught him the pictorial language of the color patch, but painting continued to be a vessel for his personal emotions. To investigate this spiritual reality with the new means at this command, he went ... his letters to Theo he wrote the following: I do not intend to spare myself, nor to avoid emotions or difficulties - I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter time...The world concerns me insofar as I feel a certain indebtedness and duty toward it because I have walked this earth for thirty years, and, out of gratitude, want to leave some souvenir in the shape ...
- 8747: Mediation
- ... occurrence (Schorer-Meisner 98). "It helps us to recognize our differences," says McKnight. "We have to have conflict; that’s how we grow. If we didn’t have conflict, we’d have a very boring world."(Schorer-Meisner 98) Our world is not at all boring for many reasons, and our world is full of conflict. Through mediation and problem resolution, families, schools, communities, states, nations and maybe someday planets or galaxies can find a solution.
- 8748: Utilitarianism
- ... The society in which we are living in today is one of many ideas that are not original to any individual person. Many of the ideas and "facts" that people live with in today's world are given to us by society. Through a very informal experiment conducted by myself as a precursor to the writing of this tutorial I found that a majority of people associate the word slavery only ... it violates the Golden Rule, which states that a person should treat other people as he/she would like them to be treated. Take, for example, a person with a substandard mental capacity. In a world such as the one that we live in today, a person who some might call dumb would have a hard, if not impossible time surviving. If this person were taken into the bonds of slavery ... consequences of the actions, the decision is not made for the potential slave, but rather the decision is made easy. It is the opinion of this author that there are very few situations in this world where a person has no choice what so ever. If I were to jump off the top of a five-story building I would have no choice on whether or not I got hurt. ...
- 8749: Michael Jackson
- Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson know as a man who many regard as the world’ s greatest all around entertainer. Even as a young kid he was a role model, as a member of the Jackson Five. Books for kids have been made and published by Scholastic Books. Schools for ... Stadium in Vancouver, Canada, donating money to the needy and the underprivileged. Michael is voted 1984’s ‘Hero Of Young America’ by a poll of 4,000 teenagers which gains him an entry in ‘The World Almanac And Book Of Facts 1985. Then he went back to Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he underwent treatment for his burn injury. He donated $1.5 million, it was received as compensation from Pepsi, to ... the Prince’s Trust and another for $100,000 to the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. Michael receives $25,000 for his contribution which he donates to charity. Michael still keeps his Heal The World Foundation going until this day.
- 8750: The Sociological Quest - Summa
- ... played the historical role that Hitler did. Structural analysis likes to compare societies. Through the study of epidemiology, the AIDS epidemic indicates that it is more widespread in Africa than in other parts of the world. In particular, organisation of African societies must be studied to complete a structural explanation. Ideology of victim blaming is another form of structural analysis. In the incidence of rape women are sometimes blamed, this may ... attention to the structural context, such as women having a right to "wear what men having a right to "wear what they want . Critical analysis allows sociologists to be reflective or sceptical about the social world". A critical sensibility requires evidence to back up any argument. It also attempts to define the 'extent to which sociology can and should emulate the natural and physical sciences". Being critical means trying to "uncover ... and argue a particular sociological view. Having a structural and critical sensibility aids in the analysis of society, whereas historical and cultural perspective permits an understanding of the unique organisation in or between the social world.
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