The Odyssey: Virtues And Vices
.... the Cyclops didn't treat his guests with respect and hospitality, it led to him being blind for the rest of his life. In every case, story or real life, if hospitality is not practiced bad things will happen.
Also a theme found in the Odyssey is revenge. One case of revenge is where Odysseus blinds the Cyclops in order for his crew and himself to escape and at the same time obtain revenge for the deaths of his men. Polyphemus deserved his fate because of his cruelness. Even after being blinded, Po .....
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A Three Generation Comparison Of Discipline
.... such as school, or preserved primarily for parents?
9. Do you feel children today are more or less inapt to responsibility compared to your own generation?
10. Do you feel your opinion on spanking is based on how you were disciplined as a child?
I chose to interview my mom and her father, mainly because I thought they’d show the most character and audacity when answering my questions. I will be the third generation view regarding spanking. My mom was the disciplinarian in our household, .....
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Writings Of Confucius, Hammurabi's Code Of Laws, And Egypt's Book Of The Dead
.... Man is fair, Petty man is unfair."
The second of these three values is responsibility and respect to one's family and elders, and responsibility and respect to others families and elders. This is most evident in Confucius' writings. He is constantly stressing family values and responsibility. One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of your parents be that you might become ill." This stresses personal responsibility and respect to your parents. Hammurabi showed responsibility by saying "I .....
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Knowledge VS Intelligence
.... According to Golding grade one thinking is the highest thought process, “but these grade on thinkers are few and far between.”
Golding’s article can be easily linked to Plato’s writing, The Allegory of the Cave, in which Plato declares, ‘let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened.” He goes on to discuss men in a world of darkness who can only guess what the shadows are. The truly intelligent would see these shadows and formulate an idea as to what they are. A somewh .....
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Lifetime Of Choices
.... time and more stable working hours than a lawyer would provide. Teaching would allow me to spend more time with my children, which is definitely a positive aspect to this job. Lawyers generally have a very unpredictable work schedule. They are often required to put in long hours of overtime on cases making it harder to raise a family.
My mother wants me to be a lawyer. She wanted to be a lawyer, but her parents persuaded her to be a teacher. She has recently begun taking law classes and insists that “ .....
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Greek Gods And Mythology
.... that god.
On the other hand, ancient myths were not only accounts of religion, they were also explanations of natural phenomenon. Some gods represented aspects of nature. Mythology was a form of science. "It is an explanation of something in nature; how, for instance, any and everything in the universe came into existence: men, animals, this or that flower, the sun, the moon, the stars, storms, eruptions, earthquakes, all that is and all that happens"(Hamilton 12). If there was a lightning storm, i .....
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To Work Or Not To Work?
.... aspects of college are taken care of. I have to study, do papers, and socialize. Socializing may not seem like an important aspect of school, but I think that it is valuable to meet different people and to become involved in school activities.
While at work last semester, I met a lot of new people and learned how to work with others. At Rent Grow, I use communication skills while answering phones and speaking to our customers. This will aid me in the future with job interviews. I also learned .....
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Types Of Conflicts In Literature
.... the “bad” guy. Through an examination of the conflicts present in “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Destroyers,” this difference can clearly be seen.
For the most part, the problems that arise in everyday life do not have clearly defined meanings, and they are not always so clearly marked. However, in commercial fiction works such as “The Most Dangerous Game,” the conflict between protagonist and antagonist is clear-cut and identifiable. The purpose of such literary works is not to emulate life .....
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Descartes 1ST Meditation
.... be truths. In the light of his arguments it is hard to firmly root any of our preconceived knowledge. He shows us all of the difficulties there are in trying to do so.
I do find his arguments convincing, for I have often found myself in life asking the same type of questions. I have never found any real answers for these questions. None at least that I can call knowledge in a true sense.
To tell you now why I think Descartes makes a good argument is easy. I think it is healthy to question what we cur .....
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Mancur Olson’s The Logic Of Collective Action
.... one must have a firm grasp of the assumptions underlying it, to which groups it applies, and the broad conceptual ideas the theory entails. The most important underlying assumption of the by-product theory is the rationality of man that is, people maximize benefits while minimizing costs. This cost-benefit analysis says that people want the maximum amount of benefits or results with the least amount of cost (money, time, etc.). A rational person will not join an interest group because the benefits do n .....
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Rituals
.... at night.
Around this time our family gets pumped for another one of our shindigs. We all load up and head to his house and just sit down and watch television. About and hour later my aunt shows up. She is always late and her time is an hour difference from the regular time. She brings all her kids and her husband (whom wants nothing more than to go home) inside and tries to perk them up. Well after a while every body decides to eat and we all grab a plate and dig in. It’s not fancy at all- all .....
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Oedipus Rex
.... but it is your wife who could tell
you about that.
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Shepherd: There had been prophecies...
Oedipus: Tell me.
Shepherd: It was said that the boy would kill his own father.
Oedipus: Then why did you give him over to this man?
Shepherd: I pitied the baby, my king, And I thought that
this man would take him far away to his own country.
He saved him- but for what a fate! For if you are what
this mane says you are, No m .....
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Will There Be A World War III?
.... of Poland; the third Reich marched across Europe until only Britain held fast. The Japanese assault brought America into war against both Hitler and Hirohito. It would be the bloodiest conflict ever: 100 million men bore arms, and 30 million civilians, many of them European Jews, would die before Berlin fell in May 1945 and, in August of that year, the United States would drop two atomic bombs on Japan- ending the war and changing the world.” (Hirsh)
What was FDR thinking those 18 minute .....
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Columbine High School
.... rather it be a lack of morals, knowledge, or values, people believe they need these things. Without people like that in this world, fifteen people would still be alive, parents and friends would not be suffering the loss of loved ones, and a nation would not be mouring. The effect thid massacre had on millions of people will face us everyday. Will students be safe in school, can we suspect others to do the same thing? That is what is wrong with our nation and other nations today. We have no compassi .....
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Understanding Interpretation Of Meaning
.... out the opposition. One way of doing this would be to take the two authors and list what each one is trying to convey. An example of this would be “Meditation” by John Donne and “Arriving at moral Perfection” by Benjamin Franklin On one side Benjamin Franklin is more persistent, stubborn, self motivated, independent, and an individual. John Donne was more caring, respective, giving, and trusting. Each of them has different views which give us the chance to compare and contrast each author’s point of vie .....
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