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- 6221: Exploring The Theme Of Premature Death In Three Poems
- ... spring break at all, as he is spending it grief-stricken over the death of his four-year old brother. If one examines this title on an interpretive level, the word “break” takes on a new meaning, as it could refer to the death of the child as breaking the heart or spirit of the family and the speaker. The situations and tones in the poems are very similar, in that ... 1). He then questions himself and tries to determine why he is feeling so much grief, because he rationalizes that it is better for a child to die young and escape the hardship of the world and the misery of old age (5-8). In the last line of the poem, he makes a statement belaying his intense grief when he resolves to never like something so much that it will ... son’s violent death, and she used words like “thin”, “glass”, and “bubble” (12) to describe the frailty of the boy and of human life in general. The author used words like “spring”, “sun”, “shining”,” new”, “leapt”, “solidity” and “glistened” (22-24) to describe the hope for a new beginning that the speaker had at the end of the poem. Mid-term Break uses phrases and words such as “bells ...
- 6222: Unemployment
- ... six percent. This percentage does not usually fluctuate very much, unless there is some dramatic incident that affects the whole economy, like inflation for example. There are numerous causes of unemployment that economists around the world have came up with. However, I will describe the most important ones that are relevant to Canada. The biggest reason for unemployment, not just Canada, but also worldwide, is frictional unemployment. Many people are always ... kind increases every year. The effects of this kind of unemployment is that there are more and more young job seekers out there, while the average level of formal education and job expectations of these new entrants to the labour force is very high. But the most important effect of all is the reduction in the rate of growth of new job opportunities. Frictional unemployment can only be reduced by better career counseling, guiding school leavers into areas which have great number of jobs, by offering subsidies to employers, and by breaking down artificial barriers ...
- 6223: The Scarlet Letter: Physical and Psychological Effects and Consequences of Adultry
- ... Consequences of Adultry Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is about a young beautiful woman, Hester Prynne, who comes to Boston from England. While living by herself, waiting for her husband to move to the New World, she becomes entangled in a love affair with the town’s pastor, Hester Prynne suffers many consequences of committing adultery. First of all, she becomes pregnant. She has to go through all the pain of ... view. All of the citizens of Boston look down and condemn her for the sin she committed. Although Hester is clearly a Puritan, she does fully acknowledge her sin and boldly displays it to the world. She dresses Pearl in scarlet as a second symbol, and wears the scarlet A long after she could have removed it. All these things are proof that she was trying to hide nothing. Hester’ ...
- 6224: A Tale Of Two Cities - Charach
- ... of Two Cities was a drunken lawyer who had an extremely low self- esteem. He possesed many negative characteristics which he used in a positive way. Carton drastically changed his life around and became a new man. Sydney is not the man he first appeared to be. He is first described at Darnay’s trial as slouching and not paying attention. He is seen as a drunk who had many personal ... of Lucie than to always remember how deeply he cared for her, and that he would make any sacrifice to her or anyone dear to her. Lucie was the main reason for bringing out the new , more positve Sydney Carton. He now looked at things with a more positive attitude and a new personal strength was seen in his later actions. Carton’s final act in this novel shows what a brave man he was and he acts upon his true love for Lucie. After the second ...
- 6225: Homeless
- Outcast of Society As the world population grows exponentially, people are finding it harder to maintain a job and a place to live. Many must face the harsh reality of having to live on the streets. Others are fortunate enough to ... of income then the government should make it mandatory to donate so much of their money to a charity that can help people less fortunate. For instance, Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in the world. He has a net worth that topples over ninety billion dollars. If he were to donate thirty billion dollars in helping out the poor, he could place hundreds of homeless people in homes and still ... of violence are being done on homeless people and there is no real punishment for it. Even though it is technically a crime to attack homeless people, in a survey done on crimes solved in New York, only a mere twenty-seven percent of the crimes against homeless people are solved, while sixty-seven percent are solved about people who are not homeless. This chilling survey suggests that the world ...
- 6226: Gender Communication in the Workplace
- ... these differences are erased if variables such as employment, family, and age are similar for men and women, it remains true that women have a larger more diversified network of family ties. In the business world, women must face many obstacles to succeed. Women have to adapt to a male-dominated culture to be promoted and rewarded. Research has shown that communication styles between males and females can create conflict in ... sleeping their way to the top. A woman who has to face these types of accusations and stereotypes cannot effectively complete the tasks assigned to her. Much of the conflict facing women in the business world can be seen in Cheris Kramarae’s Muted Group Theory. Because language is a "Man-made construction. The language of a particular culture does not serve all its speakers equally, for not all speakers contribute ... Sloan, Food Service Director of Marriott. She has worked for Marriott for eighteen years, and advanced quickly in this male-dominated company. When asked what she felt were the obstacles facing women in the business world, Ms. Sloan stated" women are faced with stereotypes, excuses and discrimination". She felt that the biggest obstacles facing women was women themselves. She felt that women had created the idea of a "glass ceiling" ...
- 6227: AIDS and YOU
- ... seen as a disease of gay males in this country. This was a result of the fact that gay males in this culture in the days before AIDS had an average of 200 to 400 new sexual contacts per year. This figure was much higher than common practice among heterosexual (straight) men or women. In addition, it turned out that rectal sex was a particularly effective way to transmit the disease ... of this society looked on smugly, for both populations tended to be despised by the "mainstream" of society here. But AIDS is also spread by heterosexual sex. In addition, it is spread by blood transfusions. New born babies can acquire the disease from infected mothers during pregnancy. Gradually more and more "mainstream" folks got the disease. Most recently, a member of congress died of the disease. Finally, even the national news ... The danger of contracting AIDS is so real now that it has massively affected the behavior of both gay and straight folks who formerly had elected to lead an active sexual life that included numerous new sexual contacts. Abstinence The safest option regarding AIDS and sex is total abstinence from all sexual contact. For those who prefer to indulge in sexual contact, this is often far too great a sacrifice. ...
- 6228: Coming To America: Adjusting to a Culture
- ... satisfied with his wife to be because her intellect did not meet his standards. He decides to travel to America to find his bride to be. Prince Ahkeim and his servant Simi fly to Queens, New York to fill out the Prince's dreams. They arrive in a suburban area of Queens wearing very expensive suits and animal skins around their chest. Soon they find out that they need to change ... Ahkeim plans to meet a woman that will love him for who he is and not for the wealth he has. He must make everybody he meets believe that he is an ordinary person from New York so that his cover will not be "blown". The Prince even gets a job at a fast-food restaurant and works like a peasant would from his home. When asked where he is from, he simply replies "I'm an African student who is studying here at the University". Prince Ahkeim learns that there are many things that go on in America that are different from his world. He seems to be amused that people dump trash on the streets and greet each other by shouting curse words at each other. The apartment that he moves into is almost a complete opposite ...
- 6229: Dementia
- ... described the case of August H. a 71 year old patient with senile dementia. Although the case is not typical of our present day conception of the disease Pick was given credit for discovering a new disease. The other more significant event in 1892 was Blocq and Mariensco's description of scattered silver staining plaques in the cortex of senile patients. These plaques were subsequently named senile plaques (SP) by Simchowitz ... 1921 Jakob, described cases of dementia with pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs. Although it is now thought that only Jakob's case was typical of the disease the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was given to the world. The year 1936 saw an important change with regards to the diagnosis of AD. Before 1936 it was common practice to provide a diagnosis based on both clinical and pathological characteristics. However, when it became ... was the first demonstration of NFT in DS and the first full clinical and pathological correlation supporting an Alzheimer-like syndrome in DS (Beach, 39). Research in dementia began to revive in the early sixties. New causes of the dementia syndrome have been recognized including, depression, which in the form of psuedodementia may mimic dementia (Kiloh, 1961), progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele et al, 1964) and normal pressure hydrocephalus (Adams et ...
- 6230: Dietary Supplements
- ... actions regarding the drug or dietary supplement debate and its implications for marketers, consumers, and policy makers. Supplements are not required by the FDA to have premarket approval or safety testing, as are necessary for new drugs and food additives. For example, prior to release, a new drug must obtain FDA drug approval through an extensive process that involves preclinical testing on animals, three phases of investigational new drug testing, a new drug application review, and postmarketing surveillance research. Conversely, product testing is not required for any supplement with ingredients that have been present in the food supply prior to October 15, ...
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