The Beat Generation
.... is Sal Paradise, who is living in Paterson, New Jersey. Most of his friends are already out west. A crazy college friend, Dean Moriaty who is Neal Cassady in real life, has invited him to Denver for a visit. Dean is a fast-talking, womanizing product of Denver reform schools. Sal idolizes Dean for his cowboy style, his ease with women and his high-spirited joy in living. However, it took Sal traveling across America and back to figure out the magnetic character Dean Moriaty was only good for the good ti .....
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An Analysis Of David Hume’s “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”
.... Hume gives an example of how “A blind man can form no notion of colours”. A blind man cannot form impressions of a color because he lacks the ability to see, thus without these impressions, the man cannot imagine what the color red is or what it looks like. But, if somehow the blind man is able to see, “this new inlet for his sensations” will provide the ability to conceive ideas. This ability of conceiving ideas is brought to us by the senses and through experience.
Using again the example of c .....
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Definition Of War
.... making an attempt to dissolve the unity of states their ancestors had worked so hard to create. As a result, they felt their freedom of unity and nationhood had been taken away. It is difficult to say who was right, but when all of the negotiations had been exhausted, war was the result. In this case there was no other option because both sides believed in their cause. The soldiers in the war suffered. American men spent weeks at a time in rat infested trenches with lice all over their bodies in both .....
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Julius Caesar – Victim Of Tragic Flaw
.... She is certain that it symbolizes Caesar’s death, but Caesar is convinced otherwise so easily by Decius, whom he trusts. Little does he know that Decius is part of the conspiracy, and it is his job to bring Caesar to the Senate, the place in which the assassination would occur. Not only does Caesar trust his friends, but all the citizens of Rome.
Caesar cared very much for all Romans, and always openly expressed his compassion for them. An example of this display of affection is when Caesar is on .....
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Science Fiction
.... to our inaccurate and misguided rationality. By mocking and belittling these faults using sarcastic and ironic devices which logically and scientifically support each other, Voltaire’s work allow people to see the incoherence of their own though. He demonstrates this by commenting on the absurdity of war and God:
Those sedentary and slothful barbarians, who,
From their palaces, give orders for murdering
A million of men and then solemnly thank God for
Their success (RABKIN, 67).
At the r .....
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Every Gain There Is A Loss
.... the "happiness" of the rest of his perfect society, we learn that perfection comes at a steep price. The people in this story lost the ability to see color, to smell, or hear music. All in order to keep peace and avoid conflict. After dinner, families are forced to discuss their feeling with another and not allowed to keep any secrets. But this boy, Jonas, realizes just how shallow these people are. They claim anger, but have never felt the blood-boiling rage of a fatal injustice. They profess sorr .....
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The Stranger: Quote Analysis Expansion
.... of a bare and innocent society shackled by the honesty it inspires, or, better stated, Meursault is the only honest man in a society that says more than it feels and much more than it believes. In direct parry to this social thrust, Meursault’s lawyer is given an extremely difficult role in this novel; he is forced to attempt to not only understand Meursault, which he cannot, but he also has to portray Meursault to the world as a creature of normal society, which is impossible, since the idea that Meursa .....
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The Importance Of An Education
.... on my interest as well as provide me with many career possibilities. Lately with the popularity of college, there is so much more competition in the workforce. I am hoping to fulfill in a challenging job with limitless opportunity for growth. From the excellent introduction to the health and science, my knowledge attained from college will lead me into a successful career path in the medical field. Upon recieving a college degree, my life-long dream is to engage somewhere in the medical field.
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The Allegory Of The Cave
.... First of all, Plato believed that one could only learn through dialectic reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to travel from where there are images and objects of sense to the lucid or invisible realm of reasoning and understanding. "The Allegory of the Cave" symbolizes this journey and how it would look to those still in a lower place. Plato is saying that humans are all prisoners and that the world is our cave. The things which we perceive as real are actually just shadows on a wall. Just a .....
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Being Unprepared
.... valet at the hotel that they were staying at that said there wasn't one when they had parked it. It was at this point in time that they discovered that it was illegal to take a rental car into Mexico.
When I was in high school, I was in the band. We lost a competition last year because we had won it the year before, and were cocky enough to think that we could just go down and win it again. We didn't even work that hard in practice for this reason. When we got to the competition, we lost it. We didn't on .....
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Defending Against The Indefensible: Understanding Communication
.... their hand and question the definition, or meaning that a teacher has rambled off to them. Neil Postman states his feelings on this best when he writes, “ It is a form of stupidity when to accept without reflection someone else’s definition.” He wants people to realize that definitions are not god given, and that to question the validity is acceptable. Upon looking in a dictionary at any word you will see that all have several meanings. The same may apply to our lives, while one definition may apply to .....
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The Things They Carried
.... really was fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. Dave Jenson, who practiced field hygiene, carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and several hotel-sized bars of soap he’d stolen on R&R in Sydney, Australia. Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April. Because it was SOP, they all carried steel helemts that weighed 5 pounds including the liner and camouflage cover. They carried the standard fatigue jackets .....
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Antigone: The Structure Of Classical Tragedy And The Theme
.... from becoming so confused that they lack attentiveness, all of these questions are answered within the next several minutes. The protasis in Antigone is brought about by Ismene attempting to reason with Antigone and reminding her of all that has gone wrong in the past. On line 48, Ismene pleads, "Think of our father, dear Antigone, And how we saw him die hated and scorned…And how his mother-wife, two names in one, Knotted a rope, and so destroyed herself…Our brothers fought each other to the death…" In .....
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Plato Versus Aristotle
.... that would be ideal for an actual state. Balance is a main word in discussing Aristotle because he believes it is the necessary element to creating a stable government. His less metaphysical approach to politics makes Aristotle more in tune with the modern world, yet he is far from modern.
Plato's concept of what politics and government should be is a direct result of his belief in the theory of forms. The theory of forms basically states that there is a higher "form" for everything that exists in the .....
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The Black Death
.... member dies. And then I heard his screams as the plague ate his body alive. I can still remember the scratching on my walls as he struggled with the pain of this great sickness. No matter how hard I tried to be the great shelter I once was. No matter how tight I shut my windows and doors. No matter how I wished them not to leave the house. I could not keep the plague out.
I remember when it all started her in London. The whole family was out when I first heard about this killer. I was anxiously wait .....
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