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- 15701: Charles Darwin
- ... did eventually obtain a degree in theology from Cambridge University, although theology was of minor interest to him also. What Darwin really liked to do was tramp over the hills, observing plants and animals, collecting new specimens, scrutinizing their structures, and categorizing his findings, guided by his cousin William Darwin Fox, an entomologist. Darwin's scientific inclinations were encouraged by his botany professor, John Stevens Henslow, who was instrumental, despite heavy ... place for Darwin as a naturalist on the surveying expedition of HMS Beagle to Patagonia. Under Captain Robert Fitzroy, Darwin visited Tenerife, the Cape Verde Island, Brazil, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Chile, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Tasmania. In the Cape Verde Island Darwin devised his theory of coral reefs. Another significant stop on the trip was in the Galapagos Islands, it was here that Darwin found huge populations of ...
- 15702: REM's Losing my Religion: An Analsysis
- ... his religioun he has become isolated and alienated from those around him, hence the reference to him being in the corner or the spotlight. this is related to society in that when one chooses a new direction or anew set of values in life difeerent from those around him/her, for example a new religion or no religion at all he/she will become alienated from those closest to him/her. A personal example of this is that I came from a very religious family and I have nade ...
- 15703: Flowers For Algernon
- ... the beginning, when he is retarded, he is kindhearted and likable. In the end, after the operation reverses, he is the same optimistic and happy guy. In the middle, though, he almost turns into a new character, except for the frequent reminders of how he used to be, in the form of flashbacks to his childhood and other emotionally blocked parts of his mind. He gets a new awareness of himself and others. He also makes the realization that some people he had put on a pedestal are not as good as they seem. He also starts to think about romance. Miss Kinnian ...
- 15704: The Coal Miners in France During the Second Empire
- ... value is the amount over and above the cost to reproduce labor which is extracted in the process of a working day. In order to achieve this end, the capitalist increases production by either adding new machinery or devaluing labor power. Among the coal fields labor power is approaching an extreme low in the pit of devaluation. The Company, as generalized in Zola's {Germinal}, has isssued a change in the ... to whcih these may be made to fit into ordinary economic categories..." (Parsons 1968 p. 718) Thus the polity is limited in range by the economy. A social change to maintained, the ideology of a new legitimate order should be established either by routinization or objectification. It must be sanctified in the real order to be a "real" change. The charismatic element of ideology reinforces an initial structural change. Events will ...
- 15705: To Kill A Mockingbord: Atticus Finch
- ... man. He would not let his children fight and he did not care about public opinion. Atticus does not discriminate on the basis of color and does not use the word Niger. He is a brave man because he believes in morals in a time when racism rained supreme. Atticus had the courage to act on his morals in town, in his parenting and in his law practice. He fends off ... accepted the case not because he was black but because he was innocent. Atticus has enough morals to know that Tom deserved a good lawyer whether he was black or not. Atticus is a very brave man. He stands up for what he believes in no matter what other people think. He defends a black man which upsets the rest of town. He protects Tom Robinson from a town mob that ...
- 15706: Classical Genres
- Classical Genres It is not exactly what you would here on MTV, but classical music is the most popular music around the world and has inspired more musicians than any other type of music. Classical music consists of five different genres: the symphony, the string quartet, the sonata, the concerto, and the opera. These five genres have been ... being the best opera writer, although, he did not write as many as Haydn, but Haydn lacked Mozart's ability to hear what would go well in the opera. Classical music is respected around the world as the best music by many people and is in a way proven by the test of time in that no other type of music has lasted as long. Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven have done ...
- 15707: Socialized Sexism
- ... The way that children are supposed to act is also supported through the parents. When a little boy rushes home with tears in his eyes because of cut or scrape, the ill fated words, Be brave, little boys are brave. , will come out. If the same were to happen to a little girl, she would be cuddled and hugged and allowed to finish crying. This indirectly socializes children that boys are tough and girls aren ...
- 15708: The Evolution Of Professional
- WRESTLING Wrestling is defined as a sport in which the opponents wrestle, or struggle hand to hand. This has been done for thousands of years. Wrestling is probably one of the oldest sports in the world. Along with the discovery of mummies, gold, and priceless artifacts that had not been seen by human eyes in thousands of years. There are pictures of wrestlers within the walls in the tombs of Egyptian ... below him. Now a day the first thing that comes to mind when wrestling is mention is that it is fake and that it is not a real sport. Vince McMahon, the owner of the World Wrestling Federation described wrestling as sports entertainment instead of a pure sport. In my eyes just because it is called sports entertainment doesn t mean that it is fake. Many that believed that wrestling was ...
- 15709: Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary
- ... army during the civil war against Hotspur, Glendower, and Mortimer. Now the people realized that there once “Pal Hal” is now a “Sweet hope”. So now during the civil war Prince Hal is now the new hope of England. The people love him and the enemy is becoming frightened they are going to lose. Then on the battlefield Douglas finds the king and starts to fight with him to the death. But England's new “Sweet hope” jumps in and saves his fathers life. Then after the king leaves Hotspur finds the prince. Hotspur says, “If I mistake not, thou art Harry Monmouth”(Act 5,4,58). Then the prince ...
- 15710: The Crucible - Conscience
- ... to prevent any kind of disunity…but all organization is and must be grounded on the idea of exclusion and prohibition, just as two objects cannot occupy the same space. Evidently the time came in New England when the repressions of order were heavier than seemed warranted by the dangers against which the order was organized." So firstly Salem was a place where the conscience of the people was strictly governed ... that Martha Corey had come into his bedroom at night, and that, while his wife was sleeping at his side, Martha laid herself donw on his chest and ‘nearly suffocated him’." We see that a new conscience has evolved, stemming from the trials, and the "balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom". The community of Salem has turned from a strict, repressive conscience to a conscience where personal gain and ...
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