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- 15141: The Question of Equality
- The Question of Equality Equality is the fundamental demand of the rebellion of the poor: it should be the ideological force behind the new society. How this egalitarian demand is understood is crucial to the distinction between the Democratic Revolution and the Marxist-Jacobin Revolution. The Marxist answer to the egalitarian demand is the dictatorship of the proletariat, which ... crystallized the issues themselves, their opinions and sentiments are directly felt by the political authority. The old political system divided our people between the influential, principally on the basis of social and economic status. The new political system unites them into a citizenry with equal individual rights. Politics in the old society were essential a politics of conflict, the composition among individuals and groups for social domination. It was not a ...
- 15142: Harry S. Truman 2
- ... and all the planets had fallen on me." Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. He grew up in Independence, and for 12 years prospered as a Missouri farmer. He went to France during World War I as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning, he married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, and opened a haberdashery in Kansas City. Active in the Democratic Party, Truman was elected a judge of the Jackson County Court (an administrative position) in 1922. He became a Senator in 1934. During World War II he headed the Senate war investigating committee, checking into waste and corruption and saving perhaps as much as 15 billion dollars. As President, Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in history ...
- 15143: The Industry Of Fools
- ... fun, and that since so many people are enjoying this form of entertainment it can not be wrong. Furthermore, proponents are quick to point out that fun is not the only issue; in addition, these new casinos have created thousands of jobs. Not only have casinos created new jobs, but there has been an increase in tax revenue for the cities that have casinos. Indeed, the increase in tax revenues has helped to rebuild some rundown inner cities and river fronts areas. These ...
- 15144: Pornography
- ... the communications industry to cease the senseless proliferation of immoral content into society. Everyone must resist the temptation and not give in to the grip that pornography has on a lot of people in this world. As it is now, in an unscientific poll, if offered just $100,000 to pose for a pornographic magazine, almost fifty percent of high school students would seriously consider performing this immoral and unspeakable act ... we need to think about how our actions in regards to human sexuality affect those around us, as well as ourselves, our relationship with others, and our relationship with God. Pornography is accepted in the world today. Any movie theatre won't hesitate to show a movie with pornography depicted in it if it will sell. The same goes for any bookstore which sells magazines. You can go into any major ...
- 15145: 1984 9
- ... and very frightening. May be telescreens do not exist but V-chips and Pentium III computers are very much alive. Even though we live in modern times how do we know who is insane? The world is flat and the planets revolve around Earth were once sane statements. Finally do we control ourselves in this Democratic country or are we just puppets dancing to the high and powerful affluent members of ... Goldstein is really somewhat of an unknown as well. The novel 1984 opened the minds of many people in the 1940 s. More importantly, is that even today 1984 still allows us to view the world with Winston s eyes. It shows us how many things we do on a daily basis for no other reason then that s what we are supposed to do. The ideas of the book are ...
- 15146: The Chrysanthemums 2
- ... unheard of, where water was plentiful and the air sprinkled with the sweet smell of fruit blossoms. A time when simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. Elisa Allen is at a point in her life where she has begun to realize that her energy and creative drive far exceed what life has offered her. Her husband, Henry Allen, is a well ... valley in a panoramic view, then moves closer to focus Elisa working in her garden. Throughout the story, the perspective shifts from Elisa s narrow and cramped domain, to the entire ranch, and to the world beyond. In a final transformation, Elisa s shock is thrown back by an image of multiple confinement, as she is enclosed by a wagon, surrounded by her seat and hidden within a coat that covers ...
- 15147: Commentary On The Road Not Tak
- ... and it gives an impression that the decisions that we have to make are natural. The divergence of the two roads into the same place (a yellow wood) symbolises Frosts departure into the real world (because of the singularity in wood). This could mean that the wood is being compared to the unknown world. Again, in the first stanza there is the start of the ambiguity in the very colour of the wood. A strong believer in the view that Frost has given a regretful tone to the poem ...
- 15148: 1984 Orwell
- ... changing of the past. Winston after having a dream tries to remember his childhood. As he remembers, no one had heard of big brother before the 1960s. But his job is to change history, and new history has been dated back to the 1930s with stories of Big Brother. Orwell again uses Winston to warn the reader not to let a government get too powerful and control the past. People living in Oceania in 1984 speak a different language then English, they speak newspeak. The government did this in order to have more power over the people. The Party invented this new language so that eventually English will not be used anymore, and then no one would be able to read anything written in English; such as, books, which are completely illegal, or old historical documents not ...
- 15149: Conservative Personalities
- ... change. Also, his style of leadership is task and production-oriented. Task-oriented leadership tends to emphasize task effectiveness. So, from the case, we can see that he would turn down the subordinates* suggestion whenever new ideas come. Jack seems to define role and tell people what, how, when and where to do various tasks only. On the other hand, Jack isn't a relationship-oriented leader as he doesn't ... doesn't give guidelines immediately, Jack can't handle well under this situation. Then the flexibility and imagination in facing different situations tend to absolutely low. Because his task-oriented leadership, he always neglects the new ideas and unresponsive to change. Mostly important, Jack doesn't realize the importance of staff motivation. Subordinates think that the budget in their section is comparatively lower than other department. As a result, they feel ...
- 15150: Sylvia Plath's Poetry: Feminine Perfection
- ... fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery." (30). Sylvia Plath also assumes that there is a strictly "feminine" way of perceiving a situation. "Since my woman's world is perceived greatly through the emotions and the senses, I treat it that way in my writing and am often overweighed with heavy descriptive passages and a kaleidoscope of similes." (32) With this statement she ... that one should be able to control and manipulate experience even the most terrifying.. with an informed and intelligent mind." Plath's lucid stanzas and her clear diction became a means for discovering her inner world, just as the telescope was for exploring the heavens. Through her fine use of alliteration, slant rhyme, color and imagery, she attempted to achieve this feminine perfection.
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