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- 13711: Slavery Is The South
- ... were inflamed by slavery. As America grew, the South wanted more slave states and the North wanted more free states to increase their hold in politics. One important act that fueled the slavery dominated political world of 1840 to 1860 was the Kansas and Nebraska act written by Stephen Douglas. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and called for popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska which under the Missouri ... was a disruptive and shortsighted solution to a complicated and commanding political issue. The Compromise of 1850 was another weak solution to the dominating problem of run-away slaves and the issue of slavery in new territories. This Compromise created stronger fugitive slave laws which satisfied Southern slave catchers and enraged Northern abolitionists. The compromise also made California a free state, the Mexican Cession subject to popular sovereignty, and dictated that ...
- 13712: George Bernard Shaw and His Short Story About the Cremation of The Narrator's Mother
- ... remained an unemotional observer on a journey through the crematorium with humor as the buffer between reporting the event and expressing raw emotion. Humor is the device to release himself and the reader to a new level of understanding. Plentiful details provide insight into the thoughts of the narrator as well as a time schedule through the cremation. Shaw relates about cremations that people are afraid to see it, but it ... at this point that their relationship will survive by humor in memory thereby overcoming the morbid aspects of death. The narrator has relived the entire experience by retelling it, but he has also reached a new level knowing his memories will survive and his mother's spirit will live on in a new shared understanding.
- 13713: The Meaning of Suffering in Job and The Aeneid
- ... his side. They help him on his journey. They are all fighting for the same cause. This fact alone makes Job's misfortune more taxing. Their mental anguish is not limited to matters of this world. Each man is faced with dillemas concerning their spiritual beliefs. Though he begs and calls to God for an explanation, Job receives nothing. This causes alone causes more mental anguish than anything else that happens ... his family and friends. He gains an abundance of wealth and social stature, as well as God's gift of longevity. He doubles the size of his family when you consider that he fathers ten new children and still has the ten others waiting in heaven for him. When he arrives there, he will see the true gifts of God. Aeneas, on the other hand, simply fulfills fate. He builds a ...
- 13714: Excellence is Your Best Weapon for Fighting Racism
- ... worked well in the past. However, I think the best and most effective weapon today for fighting racism is excellence. Excellence will bring down more racial barriers than all the marching and shouting in the world. To develop the weapon of excellence, we must take advantage of all the educational opportunities that are available to us. Even though the doors of opportunity are not always opened equally to everyone, there are ... you know it is possible to fulfill your aspirations, whatever they might be. President Clinton's rise to the top of his profession suggests to me that whether you are a big time runner from New York City, or a guy who runs around the block in Fall City, Washington, the formula for success in life is still the same. That formula is hard work, dedication, determination, and a small amount ...
- 13715: The American Tax System And Th
- ... with children has risen dramatically during the last few decades. High taxes have fueled unparalleled growth in government. The U.S. public sector is now larger than the entire economy of any country in the world except Japan and the United States itself. The tax code reduces incomes through punitive taxes on saving, work and entrepreneurship. It places multiple layers of tax on saving, thus reducing investments in new machines and technology that make American workers more efficient and competitive. High marginal tax rates (the tax rate on the last dollar earned) discourage work, saving and entrepreneurial activity, which leads to a smaller economy ...
- 13716: The Analysis of Several Works of Joyce Maynard: Life's Not Over Yet
- ... would call him Roderick. His face changed I would rather not. I think you should. Grandmother Maclaod insisted, in a voice as persuasive as a death threat. This conversation concerning what they should name their new baby. It was unfair of the grandmother to insist on the name of her dead son. She felt that she had the right to fulfill her emptiness in the life of her other son. Even ... learned in these stories was that just because old people seem old on the outside it doesn't mean that their just as worthless as their age, as elderly people have allot to offer the world still mentally, as they've lived life almost to the end while I've only started so alittle help from an experienced person in life can sure help allot.
- 13717: Transcendentalism
- ... fast paced society of today is the California speed limit that was recently raised from 55 mph to 65 because the natural fast-paced instinct that people want to move fast in our fast moving world. Not only is the freeway an example of the fast moving pace of today, is the shopping mall. The shopping mall lets people shop for what ever they need with a minimal amount of driving because the stores are located together. The preservation of nature, another transcendentalist idea, also is not happening in our current society. With the population growing and the housing space rapidly depleting, new housing areas must develop. Very uncommonly are there areas for housing that require no tree pulling or cutting to clear an area for development and building. Those trees are what help us breath and an ...
- 13718: College Life
- ... more, I attempt to gain speed. Pain and aching fills my body, but that doesnt stop me. The triumph in the end eases all of my discomfort. Ahead is the audience, and like the world, they wonder what will become of me. Will I strive to win or will I pull out before it is all over? The finish line is my goal; my determination keeps me moving. The line ... next for years in college will help me discover and determine how I plan the rest of my life. I dont just plan on learning, but also expanding my sense of what the real world is like. I have the rest of my life to choose the right career, but I have these next four years to teach me how to survive in order to obtain complete and total success ... you have set for yourself. In the race of college years, I plan to take it slow, learn as much as possible and only take with me what I need to survive in the working world. Determination to finish will only get me so far, but realization helps me to see that I will always have and will be competing for continuous success in life.
- 13719: The Second Shift
- ... women against certain negative aspects of being full-time homemakers and mothers, such as monotonous housework, dependence on the male partner for financial and emotional support, increases self-esteem because they are contributing to the world they live in. These women receive a renewed interest in life because they are in the thick of it. They are living life to the fullest. This model is the one that is constantly referred ... may also lead to conflict and psychological stress. Both of these models can be seen in the working mother at any given time. They are simply a fact of life, a by-product of the world in which we live. Mothers are constantly jumping back and forth in these roles, striving to find a sense of balance. But is there such a thing? Most of the time the scales are tipped ... the chores that were previously held by the homemaker. In this day and age, the ideal homemaker is a thing of the past. Many women today want and desire careers and a place in this world. They want to stand on their own two feet, to become a self-sustaining individual, free of dependence on another individual. When the mother considers the idea of working and raising a family, many ...
- 13720: The Efffects Of Louis 16th On
- ... material. They spent half of their earnings on bread and were plagued with unemployment. In Paris the gap between the very rich ( minority) and the majority of peasants was large. The crisis of the western world was felt mostly in France. Population increase was accompanied by the fragmentation of peasant holdings, inadequate increase in agriculture productivity and bad harvests after 1770. Both wages of the commoner and the level of employment ... the conflict between classes, the year 1788 proved to be difficult for all. All classes were discontent with the Ancien Regime and wanted a change. Louis XVI never took advantage of this situation to introduce new reforms and gain the support of the people. Thirdly, under pressure from nobility and other influential powers, Louis agreed to meet with the Estates-General. Instead this encouraged further criticism of the Ancien Regime and ...
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