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- 9281: The Fifth Child
- ... that human nature is unchangeable and strongly believes in the “nature” vs. “nurture” theory of personality. From the time of birth, Harriet had conceived Ben as being a belligerent infant whose main purpose in the world was to harm. When he was in her womb, Ben would be “trying to tear its way out of her stomach (38),” in a rage of vigorous jabs and kicks. When Ben was born, he ... Ben might attack. “But the last thing before they slept, the other children locked their doors quietly from inside (95).” By doing this, Ben’s siblings were locking themselves in from the rest of the world. This action symbolizes societies attitudes of not wanting another problem, and choose to ignore it. Another event which exemplifies the children reluctance to face their family problem occurs on page 96 of the novel. Lessing ... thing such as “’It’s large for five months, but not abnormally so (39),’” and “’There is obviously nothing much wrong with him (55).” The doctors are the ideal prototype for those people in the world that don’t recognize or chose not to recognize that there are problems in our society. In our culture, Doctors are veered as omniscient individuals that are supposed to be the ones that are ...
- 9282: Fahrenheit 451 - Similarities To Our Society
- Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction book that still reflects to our current world. Bradbury does a nice job predicting what the world would be like in the future; the future for his time period and for ours as well. The society he describes is, in many ways, like the one we are living in right now. We ... technological machines, they also have much larger speed limits, so people could get where they want a lot faster. Clarisse and Montag make it obvious to the reader that they live in a fast-paced world when they first meet each other. Before Clarisse runs into her house, they notice how fast drivers go that they "'don't know what grass is, or flowers because they never see them slowly,' ...
- 9283: Dreams Life
- Dream Life One of the brain's most astonishing capacities is its ability to create its own images-dreams-without any visual input from the outside world. Whether your sleeping or awake, your brain is constantly at work,communicating messages to you in the form of dreams. Dreams are a communication of body, mind and spirit in a symbolic communicative environmental state ... It has also been suggested that dreams are an attempt by the brain to make sense of stray thoughts. Essentially, dreams are our method of relaxing and letting our minds drift away into a different world. Your brain, mind and spirit, while at rest "review" and analysis in its own way long term, short term and spirit memory. It kicks around emotions, thoughts, ideas, actions and interactions of the short term ... the brain for newborns until they can get more stimulation from the external environment as they get older (Lemley 7). Blind people do dream. According to author Charles W. Kimmins, as quoted in The New World of Dreams, researchers have found that "all dreamers becoming blind after the age of seven see in deams even after an interval of twenty or thirty years." Those who become blind before age five, ...
- 9284: Ezra Pound
- ... Ezra Pound’s statement. "Preludes," by T.S. Eliot, is a literary work depicting city life. Although it was written some time ago, it contains a universal theme and is applicable even in today’s world. Eliot expresses the lonely, isolationist environment of the city. The people of the city seem dull, dreary, fatigued, and lifeless. The city dwellers repeat their daily mechanical routines; there is no change or break in ... claims that "Introspection ("the obscure reveries/of the inward gaze") in this age is unthinkable," there is a loss of identity and the depletion of moral values in the city. As a result of the world’s harshness, innocent children are forced to suffer as Eliot expresses, "The notion of some infinitely gentle/Infinitely suffering thing." The monotonous tone contributes to the dreary, lifelessness of Eliot’s city. The city dwellers ... life consists of the same daily mechanical actions. In "The Hollow Men," Eliot expresses that "We are the hollow men." He conveys the emptiness of people due to their lack of souls in today’s world. The hollow men are superficial and have no depth. When the hollow men say, "We whisper together/Are quiet and meaningless," it shows how they are afraid to show how they feel. Like the ...
- 9285: The Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White: A Review
- ... texture. White does a good job of getting to a good angle in order to include as much detail as possible. I think it is very interesting looking at her pictures taken from during the war. I would like to go downtown to take some grand view photographs, including lots of detailed subjects. I like to develop the pictures in black and white because it looks neat. White also does a ... White’s photos are that they are so sad. All in all I think most of her pictures are eye catching and very interesting. They have been carefully composed and are taken from around the world to show different lifestyles.
- 9286: The Grapes of Wrath
- ... in one statement when she said to Mrs. Wainwright that the family used to come first but now it's just anyone who needs help. The realization that it's not just you in the world but other people. Everything we do affects others in good and bad ways and the climax is when the Joad family realizes that. Conclusion A main problem was the general plight of the migrants. The ... of the rich. The Universality The appeal to all people seems like it would be universal. The main reason is because the biases that are put on the Joads can be seen allot in the world. Discrimination because of race, age, gender and ethnicity is still seen in the world today. Even though the book is not describing the Inquisition there are similarities in the discrimination presented. There is no group of any kind on the earth that has not been discriminated against for ...
- 9287: The Moral Life and Leviathan: Ideas of Hobbes and Pojman
- ... possessions, distrust of one another, and glory so that people remain hostile to preserve their reputation. With these natural causes of quarrel, Hobbes concludes that the natural condition of humans is a state of perpetual war of all against all, where no morality exists, and everyone lives in constant fear (p.45). He believes that humans have three motivations for ending this state of war: the fear of death, the desire to have an adequate living and the hope to attain this through one's labor (p.47). These beliefs become valid because of the use of his examples. One ... enables us to reach our goals in socially acceptable ways. It allows us to resolve conflicts of interests fairly. But the one thing true in both of their views is that until the state of war ends, each person has a right to everything, including another person's life.
- 9288: Caharacter Analysis Jay Gatsby
- ... salesman lost in false hopes and illusions, Willy Loman works for strict commission and cannot bring home enough money to pay his bills. Willy foolishly pursues the wrong dream and constantly lives in an unreal world blinded from reality. Despite his dream Willy constantly attempts to live in an artificial world and claims “If old Wagner was alive I’d be in charge of New York by now” (Miller 14). As a result, Willy often ignores his troubles and denies any financial trouble when he says ... s dream includes the success of his two sons Happy and Biff. Biff was a high school football star who never cared about academics and now that he needs a job says “screw the business world” (Miller 61). Ironically, Willy suggests that Biff go west an “be a carpenter, or a cowboy, enjoy yourself!”, an idea that perhaps Willy should have pursued. Constantly advising his boys of the importance of ...
- 9289: Alice Walker's "Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is The Self"
- ... to put her daughter to bed and she notices her daughter staring at her eye. Walker cringes and gets ready to protect herself. Then to Walker’s surprise, her daughter says, “Mommy, there’s a world in your eye. Mommy, where did you get that world in your eye?” She runs to a mirror in the bathroom and realizes that she does have a world in her eye. Walker knew exactly what her daughter meant even though her daughter isn’t capable at that age to understand things of that sort. She realized that although it was battered-looking, ...
- 9290: Animal Farm and Russian Revolution Comparison: Highlights, Events, Characters, Themes
- ... The Battle of the Cowshed could be compared to the various uprisings and confrontations that took place in Russia in the early days of the Revolution. The Battle of the Windmill can be compared to World War I and the Russians’ main enemy, Germany (“Russian Revolution”). The author of Animal Farm bases much of the events on the Russian Revolution. The characters in Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution can also be ...
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