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- 10241: On Line Addiction
- ... the Internet is accessed by millions of people from the young to the old. The reasons range from gathering information on a topic, to checking E-mail, to chatting with people from all across the world. The Internet is used in business and in homes. It serves almost any purpose imaginable. The Internet can be used as an information source, a learning tool, even for entertainment purposes. Surfing the Internet is one of the most popular pastimes around the world exceeded, some think only by music. Getting On-line and surfing around even for a couple of hours is common. Normally this is just an occasional thing, but for some it becomes an obsession. These ... aware that people form addictions to many things, from cocaine to gambling. References to alcoholism, "workaholism," even "chocoholism," are commonplace throughout our society. The idea that people can form addictions to computing is a relatively new one, but quickly gaining ground. Take for instance my brother, who was once an "A" student and a model son. He now has to be forced to get off the Internet to do his ...
- 10242: Young Goodman Brown
- ... of the forest, as if his calls to Faith were falling on deaf ears. A pink ribbon flies through the air and Goodman grabs it. At this moment, he has lost all faith in the world and declares that there is "no good on earth." Young Goodman Brown in this scene is easily manipulated simply by the power of suggestion. The suggestion that the woman in question is his Faith, and ... like a "bewildered man." He cannot believe that he is in the same place that he just the night before; because to him, Salem was no longer home. He felt like an outsider in a world of Devil worshippers and because his "basic means of order, his religious system, is absent, the society he was familiar with becomes nightmarish." (Shear 545) He comes back to the town "projecting his guilt onto those around him." (Tritt 114) Brown expresses his discomfort with his new surroundings and his excessive pride when he takes a child away from a blessing given by Goody Cloyse, his former Catechism teacher, as if he were taking the child "from the grasp of the ...
- 10243: "Planet of the Apes"
- ... movie, "Planet of the Apes," humans did not possess language, and as a result were dominated by apes. The significance of language is the main reason I do not agree with Mr. Burroughs. Imagine the world if humans did not have language. Life would not be as we know it today. Consider how valuable language would have been to the mutes in the movie. When they were being chased and whipped ... we may be destined for self-destruction. "Planet of the Apes" has a valuable message concerning our fate. Remember when the flower was found by the astronauts as the first sign of life on the "new" planet? Picture the "museum" and the talking human doll found in the cave. The Statue of Liberty scene had a huge impact on our thinking. All these circumstances caused us to realize that if we do not start to care about how we treat our fellow man and our planet, the destruction of our world will be inevitable. In conclusion, "Planet of the Apes" was worth watching. The movie offered several valuable lessons, including the significance of language, how we treat animals, and how we may be destined for ...
- 10244: Relating Themes in O’Connor’s “First Confession”
- ... state (“O’Donovan,” Contemporary). Catholicism also plays a major role in “First Confession” and in O’Connor’s life. The story is a good example of how the often-harsh Irish life affects the Catholic world (Matthews 252). For example, in “First Confession”, Nora is constantly worried is she will go to Hell or not (O’Connor, 362). This presence of Catholicism in this story reflects on O’Connor’s roots and lifestyle. He offered a detailed examination of the middle class Catholic world (Matthews 252). O’Connor offered his perspective of life through the eyes of Jackie. The story “First Confession”, relates to the themes and ideals of Frank O’Connor’s very being. Works Cited Locher, Frances ... James. “Frank O’Connor.” Voices. Ed. Louis Athenum. Vol 162 of Dictionary of Literary Biography. John H. Rogers, gen. ed. Detroit: Gale, 1996. 252. O’Connor, Frank. “First Confession.” The Stories of Frank O’Connnor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 151. 355-63. “O’Donovan, Michael 1903-1966, Sidelights.” Contemporary Works Consulted Gill, Richard. “Moments of Change.” Vol 23 of Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Detroit: Gale, 1983. ...
- 10245: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... in the sun? said, in a poem by Langston Huges. The story, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry showed segregation and its affects upon all races. This essay will show how Assimilationists and New Negroes fought for their own identity in the mid twentieth century. Whether they were being true to themselves or creating carbon copies of oppression was determined by one s view upon society. Passivity only prolonged ... the actions taken upon her. In the story she acts like a strong person by saying, Wilhelmina Othella Johnson does anything, whenever she wants! While in reality she is weak individual. The United States during World War 2 were submissive towards Hitler at first. This gave Hitler time to gain power and support of the people. If the Unites States had acted sooner towards Hitler the war would ve ended quickly ... power in Africa. Imperialism and ignorance drove The French and British to take control over Africa and its resources. Through Civil disobedience Jomo Kinate and Nelson Mandela brought African Apartheid to an end. Assimilationists and New Negroes fought for their own identity in the mid twentieth century. Whether they were being true to themselves or creating carbon copies of oppression was determined by one s view upon society. There are ...
- 10246: Narrative Of The Captivity Of
- ... Throughout this narrative the word “remove” is used regularly. The word can be seen in a figurative and literal way, both having metaphoric meanings to them. Every time Rowlandson and the Indians move to a new destination from their original place, she titles it a “remove”. There are twenty removes in her narrative, which literally means that her and the Indians traveled to twenty different places. The irony of the word “remove” is that she is actually moving closer to home and freedom instead of being removed from it. She has also actually been “removed” from what she use to be, fitting into another world with a different culture. Rowlandson from the beginning has had to remove her self from the ideas and values she use to believe in and also things that has had great value to her such ... word “remove” can also be thought to mean the move of her spiritual life towards God. In each remove some incident she experiences was related to a passage in the bible. Mary Rowlandson learns something new in each remove by gathering proof that supports God’s words. Therefore, each remove could mean her own self moving one step closer to God, and being removed from her original state of innocence ...
- 10247: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... proposed the following criteria for "person-hood": 1) consciousness (of objects and events external and or internal to the being), and in particular the capacity to feel pain. 2) reasoning (the developed capacity to solve new and relatively complex problems) 3) self-motivated activity (activity which is relatively independent of either genetic or direct external control) 4) the capacity to communicate, by whatever means, messages of an indefinite variety of possible ... or single, to be free from unwanted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision to bear or beget a child." Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. Everyone has their own individual opinion. A woman's body is hers and hers alone. Nobody has the right to make her do something that she does not want to. The Supreme Court has ... if she so chooses, according to Roe v. Wade. In later cases however, the Court has upheld Roe in Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992). In the same ruling, though, the Court gave states new powers to restrict access to abortions. (Hardy, pg. 189). Abortion deals with one's private life and should have nothing to do with the government. However, abortion should not be used as a means ...
- 10248: Different Ideas Of What Is Tru
- ... weigh the evidence and decide upon the guilt or innocence of John and Patsy Ramsey. Time magazine concludes that the investigation of the parents has come to a halt, due to the fact that no new evidence has been brought forward for months. This information does nothing to clear the Ramseys of murder, but does nothing to encourage their punishment. In the Globe magazine, a mention of a nylon cord is ... of gossip by supermarket tabloids. With such cases as the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation, in which little had happened since the death of the child, tabloids are known for twisting facts in order to pump new energy into a dying story. In the aftermath of Princess Diana¹s death there was a call upon the citizens of the world not to buy the supermarket ³rags², as a form of respect for to themselves. Reading from these ³headline grabbing² articles, insults not only those whose lives are spilled out among the pages, but those ...
- 10249: Imigration and discrimination in the 20`s
- Imigration and discrimination in the 20`s Beginning in the early nineteenth century there were massive waves of immigration. These "new" immigants were largely from Italy, Russia, and Ireland. There was a mixed reaction to these incomming foreigners. While they provided industries with a cheap source of labor, Americans were both afraid of, and hostile towards these new groups. They differed from the "typical American" in language, customs, and religion. Many individuals and industries alike played upon America's fears of immigration to further their own goals. Leuchtenburg follows this common theme from the beginning of World War I up untill the election of 1928. If there was one man who singlely used America's fear of immigrants to advance his own political goals it was Attorney General Palmer. The rise ...
- 10250: Todays Hip Hop
- ... like Martin Luther King Jr., who fought for equality would want his decendants fighting over an area of equality, You are MISTAKEN! Hip Hop is large and is growing now lets prove that to the world. Dont fight over to whom it belongs and dont let it become catogorized as just a fad of music. Please dont let them look down on us with prejudgice as "a bunch of bad influence ... will always be music; these two things somehow will always find a way to commingle. The best solution may be that the drug problem is solved and all rap music becomes positive, but a perfect world is impossible. Although this may be negative, it is true; Americans need to realize this and accept the music for what it is. BIBLIOGRAPHY Armoudian, Maria. 1994. "Beating the Bad Rap." Billboard. 106.48: 48 ... 40-124. Losee, Matthew, and Ryan W. Waxenberg. 1995. "Eastatic." ESMob. Dallas: Do-Boy Productions. Ro, Ronin. 1996. "To Be Blunt." Vibe. 4.3: 72-76. Smith, C. 1995. "Headbanger Boogie." The Show: The Soundtrack. New York: Def Jam Music Group, Inc. Smith, Danyel. 1993. "Party Out of Bounds." Rolling Stone. 669: 64-65. Smith, Danyel. 1994. "Positively P.E." Rolling Stone. 685: 30.
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