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- 13701: Regret or Apology?
- ... white flag.'" (107-108). This political scientist obviously took this statement of regret out of context. Previously stated was a comment about "raising the white flag" which symbolizes retreat, defeat, and weakness. "I think those brave enough to admit fault would find a... power at home: It's amazing how an apology, if it seems sincere, can dissipate another's anger.... Erich Segal got it exactly wrong. Love doesn't mean ... of the offense. An offhand 'Sorry about that' might be fine for an insignificant error like dropping a piece of paper, but if you drop a glass of red wine on your host's brand new white couch, a fleeting 'Sorry about that' will not suffice" (107). Many people are very lax about using the phrase "I'm sorry" because they tend to use it in a very different manner. Listen ...
- 13702: A Time Capsule of An-mei Hsu
- ... necklace made out of glass. This shows her not to trust anyone from first glance. The next important item is the white dress that her mother gives her. This represents the first thing in her new life. He life of riches starts with the receiving of the dress. I guess that you could say that that began a new era. The last thing is the house that she moves in to. The house, to her, is the thing that makes it sink in that she is finally away from her Auntie. This is another symbol of the new era.
- 13703: The Point of Point of View in Capote's "My Side of the Matter" and Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
- ... stand I have positively no feelings in the matter now whatsoever"(p.192-3). The reader is now drawn into the story wondering how this man could regret such a thing as marriage and his new child on the way. As the reader reads further along, the narrator's hostility towards his wife's aunts becomes quite evident. From the very first time the aunts are introduced, the reader gets a ... the only difference being how it is presented. Cheever's story was written in anonymous narration-single character point of view. Moffett describes this character point of view beautifully when he says: Readers see the world as that chosen person sees it, but they also see it as the author understands it, for the hidden narrator may be paraphrasing what the character thinks as well as organizing and perhaps commenting on ...
- 13704: Free Will Versus Determinism
- ... feel we are not forced, we could have acted differently. That is why I choose to side with free will. Determinism has too many extremes and limits that, already shown, is not possible in this world. Free will is the mind's ability to choose with intelligence. That doesn't mean that our choice has all the freedom in the world. Our choices cannot and obviously should not be totally free from our knowledge, values and perceptions of everyday life and the things around us. Our choices are not free from past thoughts and decisions or ... be able to change his actions, therefore no one could ever be held morally responsible for his own actions. Common sense says that we can change our actions by our own choice. Everyone in this world has common sense. In this argument determinism is definitely not true. One can want to do something, but from past experiences, can stop and not do the actions he had planned. A thief, who ...
- 13705: A Town Like Alice: Discussion
- ... Discussion Even though cultures differ, people are basically the same. This is a statement that depends a lot on what you mean with basically. I think people are pretty much the same all around the world but and they definitely could end up being almost the same if they was raised in exactly the same way and had the exact same possibilities in life. If the basic characteristics are those you have when you're new-borned then I think it's obvious that they are almost the same, some things are of course genetic but I believe that the main part depends on your way of living. It's not ...
- 13706: A Comparison of the Women of Wharton and Deledda
- ... chaste innocence and the essence of romantic love, which Ethan was severely lacking, almost to the point of emotional dehydration. These two women personify what all men really want, an escape from reality into a world of unconditional attractiveness with the opposite sex. Even though there are some distinctions between the women, I believe they are there because of the story they are placed in. Let's say that Agnes was ... to compare these people or contrast the, either task would be worth doing over again. . . and again. Works Cited Deledda, Grazia. La Madre (The Woman and the Priest). Italy: Dedalus, 1920. Wharton, Edith. Edith Frome. New York: Norton, 1995.
- 13707: Rumpelstiltskin
- Rumpelstiltskin There are many reasons why the story "Rumpelstiltskin" has endured for so long, despite its modification into a modern interpretation (Grimm, Household Stories. New York, Dover, 1963. Page 228, and Garner, James Finn, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. New York, Macmillan, 1994, Page 13). The story, in both interpretations that I read, contains a element of human nature that has remained unchanged throughout the years. In the story "Rumpelstiltskin" the miller's daughter is ... to get out of her promise and prospers by showing tremendous strength of character. Exploitation is defined as the use or manipulation of another person for one's own advantage ( Webster's Universal College Dictionary. New York. Gramercy. 1997). This is an element of human nature that is found in the interpretations of this story that I read. The miller, The king and Rumpelstiltskin all exploit the girl (Esmeralda) in ...
- 13708: Victorian Literature
- ... urban society and troubled by the erosion of traditional religious beliefs, the early Victorian writers held to a moral aesthetic, a belief that literature should provide both an understanding of and fresh values for a new society. Novelists of the period explored the difficulty of forming a personal identity in a world in which traditional social structures appeared to be dissolving. With compassionate realism, George ELIOT, in such works as ADAM BEDE, described the slow dissolution of a rural community. The many powerful novels of Charles DICKENS ...
- 13709: Chopin's "The Storm": Summary
- ... passion within her. As Calixta is gathering up the laundry, Alcee Laballiere enters the yard, seeking shelter from the coming storm. My first impression of Alcee is that he is pretty well off in the world. Although I see Bobinot as a simple man. There is a mutual attraction between Calixta and Alcee, and this attraction is not new. Calixta has not seen Alcee very often since her marriage, and never alone. The attraction between Calixta and Alcee is only briefly explored. With Alcee's arrival comes the beginning of the rain, and he ...
- 13710: Should The Government Of Canad
- ... guaranteed a free post secondary education and the same went with health care and pension plans. People looking in on the country would be lead to believe Swedes didn't have a care in the world. In order for the Sweden economy to work as well as it did, Swedes had to pay 70% of personal taxes, which was the highest rate for personal taxes in all of the industrial worlds ... base tax the social programs needed to pay for and the government deficit was increasing. In the end, when the government tried to reduce, the government spending Swedes weren't able to deal with their new given independence, and sure enough, high unemployment became one of many of their problems. Looking at Sweden as a case study, I think that is enough to discourage the Canadian government from increasing the proportion ...
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