Kovic's "Born On The Fourth Of July"
.... he joined the wrestling team
and constantly won first place in competition. When he lost, it was so
emotional that he would cry. He would do anything to be first, even if it meant
incredible agony.
The coaches made us do sit-ups, push-ups, and spinning drills until
sweat poured down our faces and we were sure we'd pass out. "Wanting to win and
wanting to be first, that's whatÔs important," the coaches told us. "Play fair,
but play to win," they said. They worked us harder and harder until we t .....
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The Indian Awakening In Latin America
.... them is
their sense of identity in which they respectfully care for and live with in
harmony. The land which they once owned was meticulously cared for and the
lessons which they learned of respect for nature was passed down to their
children for generations. Much of the land they once owned was stolen from them
when the Europeans invaded.
Another aspect which was described in this book was religion and the
effects it had on the natives of Latin America. The Catholic church was forced
upon many of the Ind .....
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Tavris' In Groups We Shrink
.... just stand by and take
part in the senseless stoning of Mrs. Hutchinson? Why didn't anyone intervene?
Nobody was willing to be an individual and step up to take responsibility and
put an end to the senseless lottery.
Another good example of the reluctance to act against the group would be
the Rodney King incident. As the officers clubbed, electrocuted, and beat
Rodney King to a bloody pulp, onlookers just looked on. Nobody did anything to
stop the senseless beating. It was obvious that the pol .....
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Elie's Wiesel And Night
.... why this is relevant, and gives the reader an idea of what was going on
in the minds of the jews living where he did.
He told his story (referring to the expelled Rabbi) and that of his companions.
The train full of deportees had crossed the Hungarian frontier and on Polish
territory had been taken in charge by the Gestapo. The jews had to get out and
climb into lorries. The lorries dove towards a forest. The jews were made to get
out. They were made to dig huge graves. And when they had finished t .....
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Marranos: A Lost People
.... Jews.
They practiced in secret.1 The Spanish made every attempt to search out and
punish these conversos. Some Jews chose not to convert and they moved to
Portugal. . Unfortunately, Portugal, in 1497, expelled the Jews from its borders
as well. Anti-semitism was growing in Western Europe and the Jews needed to
escape. The prime choice seemed to be so obvious. The Jews went to the New World.
The immigration of the Marranos to the new world might have begun with
none other than Christopher Columbus. .....
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Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives
.... Army, well known for its maintaining of order and
conduct, has fallen into a most peculiar and shameful predicament due to lack of
communication. The New York Times brought its readers to the attention that all
was not right in the military. An organization that shares a similar prestige
to that of NASA, an organization who has exemplified its leadership time and
time again by becoming a force, so powerful, that it is sometimes considered to
police the world, has fallen into a sex abuse scandal. It s .....
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Phoolan Devi: Perceptions Of Power
.... be physically or otherwise inescapable. Often, the belief follows
the direct experience of power, but regardless of the order in which it is
conceptualized, I feel the nature of power is inextricably founded in belief and
perception.
One of the most striking characteristics of Phoolan Devi is her refusal to
accept her power-deficient positions in her relationships. From the time that
she was a child, she seems to have refused to conform to her society's
hierarchical indexing. She resisted attempt .....
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Jeremy Rifkin's "The End Of Work"
.... store owner, a
cashier for Marriot food services, a Residence-Life Staff Coordinator, a Part-
Time Credit Card Service Assistant and an Assembler for an Electrical Switch-
Gear Manufacturing Company.
Rifkin observes that the main problem of mass global employment in both
the private and public sectors is caused by the continuing advances in
technology and it's impacts on organizations, it's structure and design and it's
direct effect on the global labour force. In particular, organizations are
usi .....
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Huckleberry Finn: A Good Role Model
.... is
not the best thing, but to Huckleberry, the truth is not always a black and
white issue. He is faithful to his friends and chooses friendship instead. He
knows that Jim's family needs him. In today's language, Huckleberry's reaction
to Jim's situation would reflect what Spock of Star Trek says, “The needs of the
many outweigh the needs of the few.”
An illustration of another positive side of Huck shows us that he has a
good and true heart, and the best intentions even though they may not turn out
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The Revolt Of Mother: The Power Of Decision
.... the
dust which the friction of life with inanimate matter produces"(LACpg.284).
This shows the lack of empowerment mother has at this time of the story. This
state is partly due to the society—a time that was male dominated and
discouraged the wife to speak out—and partly because mother just feel into a
routine that included everything except her happiness. I felt that mother
centered her life around providing for her family but forgot to look towards her
own needs. She bakes pies, cooks dinner and it ev .....
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12 Angry Men
.... you bet I'd pull the
switch."(17) This shows how emotionally unstable Three is. He is a grown man
living in a civilized community and would like to see a boy who he does not even
know die by his own hands Eight does not think highly of Three for what he says
about killing the boy and shouts "your a sadist."(17) which is the absolute
truth about Three.
The emotional make-up of a juror can change his desicision on wther or
not to let a man live or die. When someone is asked judge someone else, shoud
not y .....
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The Touch Of Magic By Lorena Hickok
.... them so that's how she ended up at the
infirmary.
A few months after they had arrived, Jimmie got deathly ill. The doctor'
s couldn't do anything for him and unfortunately he past away. Annie took this
unbelievably hard for she had realized that Jimmie was the only thing she had
ever loved.
Annie's attitude then worsened even more because she felt she had
nothing left. She would throw hissy fits at the nurses and kick and scream.
Believe it or not, this is one of the character traits that I .....
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The Color Purple By Alice Walker
.... letters in common language. Celie is entering her adolescence believing she
was raped by her father and that he killed both of their children. She writes
to God, because she has no one else to write to. She feels that what happened
to her is so terrible that she can only talk about it to someone she feels loves
her. She knows her sister Nettie loves her, but she is too young to understand.
Celie believe only to God may she talk honestly and openly about her suffering.
Celie is not, however, at t .....
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Windflower
.... she has given birth to. The unique little boy with blond hair and blue eyes
takes her breath away. It seemed that in giving life to her child she had
restored her own life to herself.
Although Jimmy is a joy and a blessing to Elsa, he also creates a
conflict for her. She does not know whether she should raise him as an Eskimo
like herself, or white like the father. Elsa takes advice from a lady she once
worked for, named Madame Beaulieu, the only white woman she knew. Elsa is soon
dressing Jimm .....
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Mary Astell's From A Serious Proposal To The Ladies
.... of some
ridiculous stereotype, for example, due to the fact I am a male. I guess I would
also want a separate place to learn if society shunned me for who I am and what
I wanted to do with my mind, but I would not exclude people to the same degree
that Mary wanted to. So these places that Mary Astell wanted to create do have
some merit to them. For without them, women of that time, unless rich, would not
have been able to be educated.
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