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- 9581: A Separate Peace - Artificial Vs. Natural
- ... is similar to his personality as a whole. He was innocent and never caused anyone harm purposely and believed everyone was the same way. When he told Gene that he wanted to participate in the war, Gene replied by saying: ...You'd be sitting at one of their command posts, teaching them English. Yes, you'd get confused and borrow one of their uniforms, and you'd lend them one of yours...You'd get things so scrambled up nobody would know how to fight any more. You'd make a mess, a terrible mess, Finny, out of the war." (Gene Pg. 182) Gene knew what kind of person Finny was and knew that he was not cut out for the war. Being the natural person that he was, he enjoyed nature and ran around and frolicked while at the beach with Gene. "This kind of sunshine and ocean, with the accumulating roar of surf and ...
- 9582: Stereotypes
- ... whites are affected in that they are perceived by the color of their skin. It is common that blacks and whites do not share many characteristics. In addition, there are many prejudiced people in the world today. Being prejudiced means having a certain attitude towards a certain group that leads to evaluate members of that group negatively. A prejudiced persons thoughts often differs from an unprejudiced persons in that they have ... group differently. These are the people who usually dont care what a person looks like or what they believe. They see people for how they were brought up into society. They realize that the world is not perfect and everyone is different. Furthermore, I believe that there is no way a person can make a contribution in changing stereotypes, prejudicial thinking, and discrimination within stereotypes. Everyone has their on beliefs ... the way the talk, the rich are going to perceive the poor in the way they dress, and whites are still going to perceive blacks by the color of their skin. We live in a world where everyone thinks acts differently. This is the way things are and people cant change the way things already are. To conclude, most all stereotypes of the different cultures are perceived differently. There are ...
- 9583: Homeopathy And Women
- ... Deveaux 1994). Responding to these criticisms in later works, such as his History of Sexuality, Foucault succeeded in shifting the focus of analysis away from the formal domain of the state apparatus, towards the everyday world, where power as a constitutive element in social interaction occasions resistance as a matter of course. These two complementary stages2 in Foucault's intellectual career can serve as a model for research concerned with the ... is "an occupation that is unusual in the depth to which it penetrates the domestic settings of other families," Pelling proposes that male physicians, feeling overwhelmed, chose to compensate for their constant immersion in the world of women by distancing themselves "from the bodies of their patients." Nevertheless, Pelling interprets the available evidence from Britain as indicating that "the female line of influence in 'medical families' might be stronger than the ... all the problems involved in negotiating a personal identity, made Dr. Jones "the nineteenth-century version of the 'difficult woman'" (Morantz-Sanchez 1995: 216). Until recently "all but invisible to historians" (Rogers 1990: 282), the world of sectarian medicine (a term without religious implications, indicating only that the practitioners pursued a single, exclusive healing modality) is proving a fertile ground for research on women's struggle for autonomy and professional ...
- 9584: The Many Faces of Marriage
- ... ever be anything more has never come to them, and lack of desire for something can be the most potent barrier to its realization. Janie is one of those that realizes very young that the world can be so much more than anything she has been taught by an outside source. The ills which her people have suffered for so many years have blinded them to the subtle magnificence which can ... letting the sweet magnificence of nature pervade her being, trying to understand how she can become a part of the truth which is all about her. To her wide- open mind, the "rose of the world was breathing out smell," and she rapturously sniffs with all the purpose that she can muster. She finds there to be more to life than the mundane reality which everyone else is swept away in ... her first husband, Logan Killicks, thrust upon her. Janie's whole outlook on marriage changed when she met Tea Cake. Janie changes when she meets Tea Cake, who seems to open up a whole new world for her. Almost as soon as they meet, he suggests "playin' you some checkers" to Janie, revealing his essential respect for her intelligence and her ability. They spend a long time sitting in the ...
- 9585: Candide The Satire Of An Age.
- ... Candide is consistently being brainwashed by reason (Pangloss) saying that we live in the best of Yet it quite obviously that he does not. For how can there be, in the best of all worlds, war, slavery and many more abominations. Half-way through the book it would appear that Candide has given up his optimism when he looked at the Negro slave. Oh Pangloss... I ll have to give up ... a thing greater then man (God) has everything laid out, and everything is for the best (30). It is here that Voltaire's attack on Christianity begins. He bombasts them for believing that all the world is a stage, and that God has written the script. This idea of predestination is the antithesis of the Enlightenment period, and thus it is only natural that Voltaire, a typical Enlightenment writer, harangue these ...
- 9586: Female Infanticide in India
- ... It would make my blood boil whenever I read or listened to a news story involving the murder or abandonment of an infant. How could someone just disregard a life they just brought into the world. A life they were to love and care for. I know these feelings are from my heart and deeply rooted in my upbringing and education, but after researching this topic I realize there are many ... rely on their sons to care for them in old age and also to perform last rites on the parents after death. Indias ratio of women to men, already among the lowest in the world, is on the decline. The ratio for children under 6 has dropped from 962 girls per 1,000 boys in 1981 to 945 girls per 1,000 boys in 1991, and the trend is increasing ... history. As recently as the early 1800s in Europe and Asia, up to one-third of live born infants were killed or abandoned by their parents (p. 84). Infanticide has been a part of world history, but in the industrialized countries of the 20th century, it is very rare and shocking. I feel it is unfortunate that in India where strict traditions and social pressures on raising sons, along ...
- 9587: How Sensationalism Affects Eve
- ... when the USS Maine mysteriously blew up, both papers immediately blamed the Spaniards. Today, this incident remains a mystery. In addition many blame the act of ԤYellow JournalismԬ as the cause for the Spanish/American war. Yet another form of sensationalism popped up in the 1920s, picture tabloids. Sensationalism still remains a strong force in the current media. May it be in the form of picture tabloid magazines, celebrity journalism, or ... As long as journalists are willing to work hard and be honest about its limitations, it will remain our least bad source of information. A journalist must decide, am I journalist because I want the world to know the truth or do I want to twist the truth so it will sound better? That is cut and dry. In conclusion, it is evident that sensationalism has become deeply entrenched in the ...
- 9588: Hemp...A Help For Today
- ... for two reasons. First, it costs less and requires less effort. Second, many agricultural chemicals are dangerous and contaminate the environment therefore, the less we have to use, the better. Is hemp competitive as a world source of protein? Hemp does not produce quite as much protein as soy, but hemp seed protein is of a higher quality than soy. The proteins in hemp are also easier to digest than those ... produce cocaine and heroin for the local Drug Lord. This is truly a sad state of affairs. Hopefully someday the Peace Corps will be able to teach modern hemp seed farming techniques and end the world's protein shortage. The stalk of the hemp plant has two parts, called the bast and the hurd. The fiber (bast) of the hemp plant can be woven into almost any kind of cloth. It ... search of plant pulp to replace wood. Today some conservatives argue that there are more forests now than there ever were. This is neither true, realistic, nor conservative -- these statistics do not reflect the real world. Once trees have been removed from a plot of land, it takes many decades before biological diversity and natural cycles return to the forest, and commercial tree farms simply do not count as forest -- ...
- 9589: The Many Faces of Marriage
- ... ever be anything more has never come to them, and lack of desire for something can be the most potent barrier to its realization. Janie is one of those that realizes very young that the world can be so much more than anything she has been taught by an outside source. The ills which her people have suffered for so many years have blinded them to the subtle magnificence which can ... letting the sweet magnificence of nature pervade her being, trying to understand how she can become a part of the truth which is all about her. To her wide-open mind, the "rose of the world was breathing out smell," and she rapturously sniffs with all the purpose that she can muster. She finds there to be more to life than the mundane reality which everyone else is swept away in ... her first husband, Logan Killicks, thrust upon her. Janie's whole outlook on marriage changed when she met Tea Cake. Janie changes when she meets Tea Cake, who seems to open up a whole new world for her. Almost as soon as they meet, he suggests "playin' you some checkers" to Janie, revealing his essential respect for her intelligence and her ability. They spend a long time sitting in the ...
- 9590: Odyssey 5
- ... the Greeks as mental characteristics. Strength was one of the more dominantly looked apon of the physical characteristics. Strength was a common test and was used to gauge a man s place in the real world. Penelope used strength as a test for the competition for the suitors. The competition was to be able to string Odysseus bow and shoot it accurately, the prize (marriage of Penelope) going to the one ... competition, proven by the fact that they urged on Odysseus and Iros to fight. And when they finally saw blood, they went crazy, laughing and cheering like it was the most exciting thing in the world. The Greeks enjoyed many recreations and pastimes, of which dancing, singing, and storytelling were dominant. The Phaiakians were known for their terpsichorean skills, and as Odysseus said, wonder and awe cane to him when he ... generous, or friendly host, presents, even those with incalculable and immense values can be exchanged. The religious beliefs and aspects of the ancient Greek culture are very defined and strict. The Greeks believed that the world was watched over by Zeus and other Olympian gods, and that these gods decided their future. They also believed that the gods wills could be turned with sacrifices. This is why Odysseus, Telemachus, and ...
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