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- 5381: Racism
- ... a trouble maker or a juvenile delinquent. Without ever talking or meeting me. Without meeting a person you can not judge any person. Race Separation: South Africa is unique from other multiracial countries around the world. Instead of seeking equal rights for all their citizens they pursue a policy which brings about the separation of the racial groups. The government separates the white and black races, giving them each their own ... cultures, we should try to work out our differences and live together in peace. Signs of anti-Semitism growing amongst blacks. In November 1993, Khallid Abdul Muhammad, made a speech at Kean College in Union, New Jersey. He accused Jews of e ffb xploiting black tenants. He shamed Jewish participation in the civil rights movement. *He accused the Jews of "sucking the blood from the black community". Regarding the Holocaust, Muhammad ... prove that the slave trade was dominated by Jews. Another Islam, Louis Farrakhan, told an audience in Harlem that Jews "are the most organized, rich and powerful people, not only in America, but in the world" and told them they were "plotting against us even as we speak". It makes me made that this Nation of Islam, who is no better than any other racist organization and I wonder how ...
- 5382: College Obstacles
- College Obstacles Thirty-one years ago, I came bounding into a world of love and laughter. I was the first Child, the first grandchild, the first nephew, and the primary focus of my entire extended family. Although they were not married, my parents were young and energetic and had every good intention for their new baby boy. I grew up with opportunities for intellectual and spiritual growth, secure in the knowledge that I was loved, free from fear, and confident that my world was close to perfect. And I was the center of a world that had meaning only in terms of its effect on me-- what I could see from a height of three feet, and ...
- 5383: Advertisers Take Us For Spend-
- ... buyers with a products name, its maker, its merits, and its local distributors. A direct-mail appeal is designed to support the sales activities of retailers by encouraging the continued patronage of old and new customers. When no personal selling is involved, other methods are needed to induce people to send in orders by mail. In addition to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, special devices such as single-product folders ... to customers in stores, included in packages of merchandise, or conveyed in some other manner directly to the recipient. With each medium competing keenly for its share of the business, advertising agencies continued to develop new techniques for displaying and selling wares and services. Among these techniques were vastly improved printing and reproduction methods in the graphic field, adapted to magazine advertisements and to direct-mail enclosures; the use of colour ... and efficiently lighted. Many subtly effective improvements are suggested by advertising research. The question of what motivates a consumer to buy challenges the imagination and ingenuity of the seller and presses research specialists forward into new fields of investigation. Motivational research, for example, attempts to probe the unconscious impulses that motivate buying decisions; advertising agencies then utilise these findings to influence the consumer and to attempt to break down sales ...
- 5384: Character Analysis of Metamorphosis
- ... worked as a traveling salesman in cloth for his father's creditor. Gregor complains about "the trouble of constant traveling, of worrying about train connections, the bed and irregular meals, casual acquaintances that are always new and never become intimate friends." (296) He often dreams of the day when he is able to quit and rid himself of this tiring job. Even though he greatly dislikes his job, he continues to ... was but now Gregor is lead to believe so because his father wants him to provide for the whole family. All of a sudden, Gregor discovers that he had turned into an insect and his world is not the same anymore. Instead of panicking and wondering why such an incident would happen, he thinks about his job. He worries that he doesn't get enough sleep. The "rain drops beating on ... family instead of himself. All he thinks about is going to work and earning enough money so that he can pay back his father's debt. It is as if Gregor is trapped in a world where he sees what they (his family members) let him see. Gregor's father, "the man who used to lie wearily sunk in bed," (317) is "standing there in fine shape
" Before the metamorphosis, ...
- 5385: War Of The Worlds
- H.G. Wells' classic novel War of the Worlds is one of the most profound prophetic novels ever written, comparable to other works such as A Brave New World and 1984 in that they predict events leading to the decline of mankind in times of social unrest. In this case, Wells has written a book in the time of a decline in British ...
- 5386: Bell Hooks
- ... we are. This concept remains difficult on the underprivileged because they do not want to be known for their background. They see themselves as less privileged, and therefore want to keep this hidden from their new society. These students face many obstacles in their lives; college presents a whole new and much larger challenge. The transition is also hard on them. They want to fit in and hide their past, but at the same time, they do not want to lose sight of their upbringings ... what they deserve when it comes to higher education. Rich states, There is no woman s college today which is providing young women with the education they need for survival as whole persons in a world which denies women wholeness (45). This, of course, is all due to male dominance. Rich believes women are outsiders in man s world. She wants women to keep their outsider s view and not ...
- 5387: Was It Heaven Or Hell
- ... mirror of her face; in refreshing their souls with the vision of her bloom and beauty; in listening to the music of her voice; in gratefully recognizing how rich and fair for them was the world with this presence in it; in shuddering to think how desolate it would be with this light gone out of it. By nature--and inside--the aged aunts were utterly dear and lovable and good ... told a LIE?" Twice, at intervals, Aunt Hannah followed with the muttered and amazed ejaculation: "You confess it--you actually confess it--you told a lie!" It was all they could say. The situation was new, unheard of, incredible; they could not understand it, they did not know how to take hold of it, it approximately paralyzed speech. At length it was decided that the erring child must be taken to ... must be set. How much of it can you two undertake?" "All of it!" burst from both ladies at once. The doctor's eyes flashed, and he said, with energy: "You DO ring true, you brave old relics! And you SHALL do all of the nursing you can, for there's none to match you in that divine office in this town; but you can't do all of it, ...
- 5388: Watcher
- ... sick days at home. He learned that if he kept quiet and still, the adults would have labeled him to be part of the furniture. On his days home, Charlie received glimpses into the adult world of common topics like misery and scandals. These relations and encounters with the adults had drastically matured Charlie before his time. Later on that year, Mabel Bradley, his mother, was sent to the hospital because ... belted your father when he needed it, and make no mistake I ll belt you. Is that understood? s l belt you. Is that understood? (6). She acted like a military officer from the Second World War. Charlie did not like staying on the farm there was never anything fun to do. The one thing Charlie enjoyed doing was, hiding in the corn patches spying on people and eating corn on ... Here Stanley, Stanley, (22) not knowing how to call a bird. Charlie viciously kills Stanley and buries him the biggest of the two manure piles. On his stay at his grandmother s, Charlie made a new friend Robert Thompson. He was Aunt Evelyn s new boyfriend. Thompson was well educated and was studying to become a doctor. Grandma Bradley and Thompson did not get along at all; she refused to ...
- 5389: Why Are All The Black Kids Sit
- ... needed almost everywhere. The last point I will discuss is the point she makes of certain terms being misused, terms that she has heard directed towards her as well as others. Tatum thinks that the world is wrong for using derogatory as well as slang terms, which may be offensive to other ethnic, religious, or any group for that matter. She states that she prefers the name Black as opposed to ... ethnic group so how are you supposed to know what to refer someone by who you haven t even gotten to know. In conclusion I would like to say that this book has opened a new way of thinking to me. Almost, I would say a new perspective on a couple of my views about racism. The book kept me thinking, Was I right doing this, should I say that, or is what I do everyday ok? I am glad I ...
- 5390: American Language
- ... been able to learn English successfully. In order to become a naturalized citizen, immigrants have to know the English language (Alter 24). So why are they not learning? They must learn to communicate with the world around them, instead of squeezing by, knowing the absolute minimum. There is much to consider when declaring an official language for an entire country. Where will the money come from to teach the immigrants English ... 1997:37. King, Robert D. English as the Official Language:The Problem of Multiple Cultures. Current (Washington D.C.) July/August 1997:3-8. Mc Bee, Susanna. A War Over Words. U.S. News and World Report 6 October 1986:64. Reagan Information Interchange, The. Congress Acts to Make English our Official Language. 1999.http://www.reagan.com/HotTopics.main/HotMike/document- 8.5.1996.3.html (6 May 1999). Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur M. The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society. New York: W.W. Norton, 1992. U.S. English, Inc. 26 April 1999. http://www.usenglish.org/incindex.html (6 May 1999). Bibliography Alter, Jonathan. English Spoken Here, Please. Newsweek 9 January 1984: 24-25. ...
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