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- 9801: Self-Reliance: Misunderstood G
- ... as the scientific community has evolved to accept unaccustomed theories, yet encounters difficulty when relating to the public new and extreme ideas that rebut the system. In history, the results of individualism has been spread world wide. Important leaders, thinkers, and philosophers with radical ideas in virgin areas of research were making significant finds rapidly. Yet progress was slowed by short-sighted men who failed to see greatness. Aberham Lincoln was ... as upstart fools- dreamers believing the impossible. English royalists were aghast at the indignation of the colonies to separate from England and form their own country. In present day, the United States is the sole world power, a great country born out of dreams. "Self-Reliance" expressed the need for creative thinking. Society during Emerson's era resisted reform and scorned the reformer. Emerson saw individualism in direct conflict with society ...
- 9802: B.F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology
- ... most well known psychologists of all time. He was a very intellectual man and will be remembered far into the future. References Behaviorism. (1997). The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved April 07,1998 from the World Wide Web: http://www.utm.edu./research/iep/b/behavior.htm Boring, E.G. (1967). A History of Psychology in Autobiography. New York: Irvington Publishers. Retrieved April 07,1998 from the World Wide Web: http://lafayette.edu/allanr/early.html Skinner, B.F. (1974). About Behaviorism. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Press.
- 9803: Humbled By Natures Grandeur
- ... in the wild that was less than five feet away from my kayak. I was almost able to touch it. Unbelievable! After spending time learning about the killer whales and playing with them in their world, it became clear that killer whales are not the bloodthirsty monsters depicted in stories and film. In fact, it became clear that we are the Orcas only true enemy. It is unfortunate, but humans ... earth. It is every organism around us and we, as humans must learn to accept this fact. Being among the whales makes you feel just how insignificant humans are compared to everything else in the world. We are only a small part of this earth and we must learn to share it with all of its inhabitants. Those four hours in the water showed me our earth in an entirely different ...
- 9804: Confronting Death In Poetry
- ... such as the people of the pavement, whose memories may until then have been neglected. Yet they, in their deaths, can also provide others with a sense of peace that is in some ways a world apart from the fear that we sometimes hold of the moment of death. Such fear is a thing of the past in Emily Dickinson's Poem, "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died" as ... uncertain stumbling buzz begins to take on the framework of the only thing standing between life and death as the eyes shut and its image is replaced with one of peace and harmony, escaping this world of struggle to gain God's eternal reward. All three authors deal with and do a good job of portraying the stages of grief that impending death brings, no matter what form it comes in ...
- 9805: Andrew Carnegie
- A man of Scotland, a distinguished citizen of the United States, and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him, Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver, Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between his birth and his move to the United States. When steam machinery for weaving came into ...
- 9806: Cry Freedom
- ... racism. But I guess that strong racism within a certain community caused apartheid. The incidnts that were occuring in South Africa were absolutly discracfull to how a country was behaving in the eyes of the world. I believe that preventing South africa from participating from olympic and sporting events as well as trade relations was a very good initiative taken by world commitee s. Black deaths in custody Black deaths in custody was a story presented by ABC s four courners. The story is mainly about Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia during a period of 1980 to ...
- 9807: Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family
- Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family Thousands of people around the world suffer the consequences of not being able to forgive, in some cases it destroys their life. Ordinary People by Judith Guest, is the story of a dysfunctional family who relate to one another in a ... Beths case, she never forgiven herself for her wrongful thoughts and stubbornness as much as she did not forgive Conrad. Once again, off to Europe she went, living a lie and living in a world of her own. While Beth continues on despising Conrad, he can not understand why she doesnt show effection towards him. While trying to get over his own dilemma, much confronts this seventeen year old ...
- 9808: The Art Of Raising A Child
- The Art of Raising a Child Many parents believe that a child comes into this world as a "tabula rasa", a blank slate. They think it is their task to mold the child in order to make him or her into a decent human being. If it wasn't for them ... mess, look at a rich kid who never had to work for anything. His arrogance and misery are the result of a failed attempt to contribute something of value. 4. Let Your Child Experience the World Freely. It is part of the child's developmental process to run, scream, laugh, grab, and pull. It is your duty to make sure that the environment is safe for the child to do so ...
- 9809: Andrew Jackson
- ... At this time his political career looked over. In 1814 Jackson was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia, here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were pro-British in the war of 1812). His goal was achieved at Horseshoe Bend in March of 1814. Eventually he forced All Indians from the area. His victory's impressed some people in Washington and Jackson was put in command of the defense of New Orleans. This show of American strength made Americans feel proud after a war filled with military defeats. Jackson was given the nickname "Old Hickory", and was treated as a national hero. In 1817 he was ordered against the Seminole Indians. He pushed them back into Spanish Florida and ...
- 9810: Jane Eyre: The Preserverance of the Personality
- ... of 'inward' actions over the actual events; the elaboration of the construction by recurring features - major themes varied; or the contrast between two poles, two extremities - both in images and characters. Jane Eyre and the world seen through her eyes are exposed to the tensions of opposing forces and tendencies. How the personality can preserve or regain its integrity and stability in such an environment is the underlying subject of the ... the best institution for that purpose. She is educated by Helen Burns, whose pure self-negation is a transcendent value, whose preference for suffering gives her emotional force ("euphoric separation of the self from the world" ), and Ms Temple, who has an ideal, "well-regulated mind". Although Jane respects both, she cannot identify with their complete self-sacrifice, with their extremity, and when they are gone, she is left in her ...
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