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- 9601: Television Violence
- ... and 55% said that they didn't think it effected the way people acted(14). As seen in the survey the problem of television violence is being made more aware to the people of the world. The problem has also grown over the years to a more serious dilemma making the government start to try and solve the problem by initiating laws in which television stations must limit violence on T ... not enough though the problem must be taken care of promptly before it changes society as a whole. If the problem is not taken care of swiftly then it could effect the future of the world by having violence rampage the streets of our towns. In the past when television was first invented it was a much happier time. people could walk on our streets without having to care if they ... recovering , and gave one student a fractured collar bone and multiple fractured ribs(15). Because of these two incidents and many more television violence has been brought to the attention of the citizens of the world. It has also grabbed the attention of the United States government. Since these occurrences the government has strengthened there hold on the collar of the television stations around the U.S. by making stricter ...
- 9602: How To Succeed In Business By
- ... in the army, Thomas learned the skills needed to create a lucrative business without any formal education. There are thousands of examples of entrepreneurs with no formal education that have made it in the business world. The most important thing to understand is that a business can only go as far as the people are willing to take them. Meaning that if you want to be successful you can encourage your ... normal business practice and be able to perform at a pace where they leave the competition in the dust with no remorse. The old saying: "there are no rules when it comes to love and war" also applies to entrepreneurs in business. An entrepreneur must be able show no compassion towards anybody in order to get the job done. It sounds cruel, but some of the most successful people in business ...
- 9603: Cranes Use Of Ironic Symbolism
- ... beginning to realize the effect his arrival on the town will have. The train car is the perfect symbol of the East moving toward and imposing itself on the west. The second setting is "a world of complete contrast to the Eastern Pullman: the setting is Western, the bar of the Weary Gentleman Saloon" (Solomon 253). The saloon Fischer 2 contains all the necessary Western elements-- whisky, guns, barflies, and an ... the story's role conflict as "the relic of the Old West runs into the new bourgeois and his wife" (Solomon 252). Potter has ignored his role as Marshal and is unarmed. Scratchy's pretend world is shattered: "There ain't a man in Texas ever seen you without no gun. Don't take me for no kid" (Crane 409). Stunned by the news of the marriage, Scratchy is quick to ... Crane 409). The news of marriage resigns Scratchy to his former role of town bum; he shuffles off. Scratchy is the first to meet Potter's Eastern bride, and this catalyst wreaks havoc on his world. Thus, "The Bride comes to Yellow Sky" is a study of changing roles in the West. Jack Potter, the Marshal, reluctantly accepts his new role and tries to fit in, while Fischer 4 Scratchy ...
- 9604: Frosts Tuft Of Flowers And Men
- ... of repair. A wall serves as a reminder of the unique individuality of each person. It can also serve as a challenge to climb. A wall can be a driving force to overcome the individual world and to peer over to the world of another. Robert Frost explores the role that walls play in life. He describes the individual world that each man exists in, but shows how these worlds are parallel. The task of life unites all living things. In these poems, The Tuft of Flowers, and Mending Wall, Frost helps ease the ...
- 9605: Crucible 3
- ... other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong ways and deceitful ideas They believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would light the world He is remarking about the way of life and beliefs of Puritans. He says they will not let their new world be polluted with sin and crime, and the world will imitate their actions, depending on the way their society is ruled. The people of this time and era think their justice system is acceptable, and throughout the many scenes in the book, nothing ...
- 9606: Crusoe Savage Man
- The book Robinson Crusoe1 written by Daniel Defoe is about a young man who learns about the real world by "traveling the seas," in doing so he skips the "middle station" of his life and away from the safety nets of his parents. Jean-Jacques Rousseau author of, The First and Second Discourses2, describes ... less than thirty years between them. The time period of which these books were written coincide with each other. The basis, which Robinson Crusoe was written, was the idea of capitalism and discovering the New World. The First and Second Discourses was written with the idea of the New World's people, for example the "Caribs" of Venezuela. Rousseau refers to the savage man as having desires for food, physical needs, to be at ease, and not to be in pain. When Robinson owned ...
- 9607: A Considerable Speck - Compared To 4 Other Poems
- ... industrialized capitalist society that he lives in over the feudal society of medieval Britain. But in a closer examination of the work it becomes clear that this observation is much too simple, as the industrial world that Hank Morgan creates is destroyed. Therefore the book can be viewed as a working out of the idea that a quick change in a civilization brings disaster. Civilization and change need to be developed ... a republic. However his plans are destined to fail because he is incapable of understanding values that are different from his own; he is the ultimate know-it all, and sets out to remake the world in his own image. He is given "the choicest suite of apartments in the castle, after the king’s"(Twain 31), but he criticizes them because they lack the conveniences of the nineteenth century, such ... explained. "Cause and effect…don’t exist in Camelot. Things happen to people in Camelot without purpose, plan, or coherence; God twists and turns the road whenever and however he pleases."(George 60) Hank’s world is finally destroyed because he forgot this basic principle of medieval life. He tried to establish the physical aspects of modern industrial life, but he ignored the intellectual ones. He showed all his subjects ...
- 9608: Tragic Heroes In King Lear, Ha
- ... get something from a person telling them that it is love. For example: A woman marrying a man for his money and then divorcing him when he loses his money. This relates to the modern world by that it still goes on, everyone does something for someone to get something back in return. It may not be as shallow like it was in King Lear, but people still do things for ... to do it. It gave me the idea about to think heavily on something before I go out and do it on a spur of the moment thing. This play can relate to the modern world by that, people still make decision before they think of the consequence. For example: people drink and drive even though they know what alcohol does to their driving capabilities. Oedipus Rex is a tragedy, Oedipus ... something you valued a lot, and then blame your mother for losing it only to find out that you hid it somewhere and just forgot where you put it. This play relates to the modern world by that people go searching for things today too, only to find out something that they didn t want to. For Example: Adopted people go searching for their biological parents, only to find out ...
- 9609: NATIONAL MORALITY IN HAWTHORNE
- ... the character of Hester Prynne. “The greatness lies Ledbetter-8 in the character of Hester Prynne. Because she dared to trust herself and to believe in the possibility of a new morality in the new world?” (Carpenter, 47). Hawthorne’s heroine achieves moral greatness in defiance of her human weaknesses. She also overcomes the prejudices she is forced to endure from the Puritan society who condemns her and her child, Pearl ... idea of transcendentalism’s positive freedom as she achieved her moral independence and originality. She is free-spirited in a type of “moral wilderness” where she can determine her own morality. The laws of the world did not confine Hester; her only law was that of her mind. (Sherman, 43) Hawthorne and his transcendentalist brethren envisioned a society where individuals determined Ledbetter-9 morality. The transcendentalists believed that the state should ... advocates. Hester follows the same self-judgment and sentences herself with retribution of a life filled with charity. Moreover though, Hester Prynne is the embodiment of the purely American dream of life in the new world’s wilderness, and the self-reliant action that is necessary to attain such an ideal (Carpenter, 47).
- 9610: Hobbes Philosophy
- ... 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.
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