|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 6281 - 6290 of 22819 matching essays
- 6281: Influences of Chinese Culture
- ... focus here is the individual in nature rather than the individual in society. Central to Daoism is the concept of Dao, usually translated as “Way”, but which really refers to the underlying reality in the world of nature.3 It also develop as a cult in which followers sought immortality through magic and experimentation in alchemy.4 Lao Zi composed a 5,000-character text of the Dao de Jing which ... to have a position in a civil service of government administration, by taking the competitive examinations. I think my trip here prepared me and helped me for that test. Footnotes 1. Scott, Littleton, Eastern Wisdom (New York: NY Henry Holt and Company, Inc. 1996), pp 92 2. Houston, Smith, The Illustrated World’s of Religions (UK; Labyrinth Publishing Ltd.) , pp 101 3. Peter, Clarke, The World’s Religion (Pleasantville, N.Y./Montreal: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc; 1993) pp 180 4. www.encart.msn.com 5. ...
- 6282: Psychological Doubles
- ... human. Something troglodytic, shall we say? . . . or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent? (DJMH 40). Utterson s remark nicely demonstrates how old and new ideas can overlap. He at once draws on familiar Christian imagery of Hyde s foul soul transfiguring its clay continent comments Arata and a Lombrosan vocabulary of atavism, with Hyde-as-troglodyte reproducing in his ... Hyde is more identifiable with this class than is Jekyll. Indeed, the noun used most often in the story to describe Hyde is not monster or villain but gentleman (Arata 235). This novel portrays a world which consists of almost exclusively middle-class professional men. Instead of attacking Hyde, these gentlemen more often close ranks around him. Again, the monster gentleman is expressed in terms of violence. In the original draft ... Arata, Stephen D. The Sedulous Ape: Atavism, Professionalism, and Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde. Vol. 37 No. 2. (1995): Spring, pp. 233-256. Calder, J. Introduction Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R.L. Stevenson. New York: Penguin: 1979. Edmunson, Mark. American Gothic. Civilization, Vol. 3 (1996): May 1, pp. 48. Eysenck, H. J. The Biological Basis of Personality. Springfield, IL: CCT Pub., 1967. James, Henry. The Beast in the ...
- 6283: Types of Conflicts in Literature
- ... Most Dangerous Game,” the conflict between protagonist and antagonist is clear-cut and identifiable. The purpose of such literary works is not to emulate life, but rather to allow the reader to escape into a world of fantasy where he or she knows what the struggles are and why they are occurring. The driving force for these types of fiction is the element of physical conflict that provides the vast majority ... is physical conflict; however, the emphasis is not placed on the physical aspects but on the internal struggles because it is quite difficult to discern right from wrong and good from bad in the real world. The reader must become aware of the complexities involved and must realize and interpret the varying shades of moral values present. For example, in “The Destroyers,” there are physical conflicts in the story, but they ... the old man living in the house near the car park. But all of this contention exists because of complicated reasons resulting from differences in social classes and differences between the old society and the new one that emerged after the war. Everything is intertwined and no clear-cut conflict exists. The differences between right and wrong are not as noticeable. Even though T., Blackie, and the rest of the ...
- 6284: Lady Lazarus
- ... seen in the character of Lady Audley. Lady Audley is not much of a person, rather she is nothing more than a representation of the threatening woman figure trying to make changes in a patriarchal world. Lady Audley evokes a fear of women’s independence and sexuality. As a popular Victorian genre that trades on the power of the secret and frequently sexualized sins of its heroines, sensation fiction provides a ... attempts to avoid any talk of her past, and of course, Robert’s grave warning to Lady Audley that he was on to her scheme. In Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Braddon took to the new form like a duck to water. Using these two works as example, Braddon evolved the mystery and created what is her best selling work ever, Lady Audley’s Secret. Mary Braddon first produced Lady Audley’s Secret with the sole intention of helping John Maxwell launch a new magazine. Since this failed after only twelve issues, she sent it to another journal to be published a few months later (Peterson, 159). Noticing the recognition that Collins was getting for her work, Braddon ...
- 6285: Creative Writing: Trigatipede
- ... team leader for this excursion by a private investor from some breakthrough zoo. The investor, a man by the name of Henry Shrinton, asked me along with my crew to go down under to find new, unknown animals. I found this request very unusual simply because my formal education had been in DNA research, not biological hunts. Nevertheless, my grant from the University had run out so I desperately needed funding. We had only found a new species of butterfly, and I feared my return to the states with nothing to show of our three month stay. Our time was up, however, and the crew and I left Australia disappointed and empty-handed. At the airport in New York, I was greeted by Mr. Shrinton and a few of the other zoo investors. They quickly hurried me into a stretched limousine, and then my life changed forever. The investors asked me quite ...
- 6286: How To Succeed In Business By
- ... The Rules it states that to succeed in business one must be able to use an unorthodox style which allows that person to break free from ancient ways of thinking and be able to use new ideas in developing entrepreneurial and business skills. One way this will be proven is to look at how positive thinking and motivation hamper people in making tough business decisions. Secondly, this will be proven by ... is able appropriately deal with the problem and in a sense "nip it in the bud". A person can think positive all that they want, but they are still going to spill coffee on their new tie. By over-motivating a person, the same effect can happen. A person has to want to be motivated for it to work properly. "The Old Testament" of motivation states that any person can do ... in the army, Thomas learned the skills needed to create a lucrative business without any formal education. There are thousands of examples of entrepreneurs with no formal education that have made it in the business world. The most important thing to understand is that a business can only go as far as the people are willing to take them. Meaning that if you want to be successful you can encourage ...
- 6287: Shame
- ... and Bookmen, grew out of Rushdie’s interest in the Pakistani concept of sharam, a word that denotes a hybrid of embarrassment, discomfiture, decency, modesty, and a sense of having an ordained place in the world. Reaction to Shame was mostly positive; many applauded the style of Rushdie’s work and the themes it presented . Many critics appreciated the subject matter and presentation of Rushdie’s work. Cathleen Medwick in Vogue stated, "His new novel. . . reveals the writer in sure control of his extravagant, mischievous, graceful, polemical imagination. (414, Editor) "Magic realism", a technique often employed by Rushdie is essential to the structure of how the story of the ... prose prances, a declaration of freedom, an assertion that Shame can be whatever he wants it to be coy and teasing an ironic and brutal all at once. . .[Rushdie’s work] is responsive to the world rather than removed from it, and it is because of this responsiveness that the mode in which he work represents the continued life of the novel. . . and one wants something better to describe it ...
- 6288: Creative Writing: One More Basket
- Creative Writing: One More Basket Moreno Valley was Jenny Rinke's new home now and making friends was difficult for her. She put most of her energy into getting straight A's. The first day of school, however, the boy's put most of their energy into ... to go to class, Jenny heard some of the other girls in her class talking about joining the Moreno Valley Little Pirates basketball team. "Hey," Jenny said. "I could join that team and maybe make new friends." So she went inside and signed up. A week later she got a call form her new coach. He said practice was on Tuesday. She was so happy. Now she knew she could make new friends. That Tuesday she went to practice. It wasn't as she expected. As she walked ...
- 6289: Crazyhorse
- ... his hair was wavy so his people gave him the nickname of Curly (Guttmacher 23). He was to go by Curly until the summer of 1858, after a battle with the Arapaho’s. Curly’s brave charged against the Arapaho’s led his father to give Curly the name Crazy Horse. This was the name of his father and of many fathers before him (Guttmacher 47). In the 1850’s, the ... the trail, only that they wanted to use the Bozeman Trail. He offered them guns, ammunition, gifts plus money. The Indians did not sell (Ambrose 213-214). In June 1867, the government officials produced a new treaty. This treaty, like all the ones before, only promised lavish gifts to those who would sign. One of the Oglala chiefs, Red Cloud, wanted more for his nation than the simple gifts offered. He ... move from the forts; Reno, Philkearny and C.F. Smith. During the summer of 1868 his request was accepted. The troops moved. A civil war hero William Tecumseh Sherman moved into the territory as the new commander of the plains. He had plans to get the treaty signed. His hopes were to, shut up the congressional critics, get the Sioux to agree on a treaty and maintain the army's ...
- 6290: Make A Fast Friend - Adopt A Greyhound!
- ... running their prey. This breeding has given them athletic bodies, grace, and agility, and is what makes them attractive to racing trainers today. It is only recently that greyhounds have been used in the gambling world for racing and then tragically destroyed when their careers are over. Their careers end at two or three but their lives as your warm, gentle companions could be just beginning. Make a fast friend, and ... small animals. However, care should always be taken, just as with any other breed of dog. CARING FOR YOUR GREYHOUND: Initially a Greyhound off the track may be disoriented because it is in a brand new environment. A new dog should not be left alone for the first few days. They need to feel secure and comfortable and will bond quickly to those caring for them. Greyhounds need ordinary, but good quality, dog ...
Search results 6281 - 6290 of 22819 matching essays
|
