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- 9161: Hemp: A Help or a Hindrance?
- ... referred to it as a drug called azulla that was used for making rope and cloth, and which was also used for experiencing euphoria. Hempen sails brought the Spanish, Dutch, and British conquerors to the new world (Charpentier 18). In North America, hemp was planted near Jamestown in 1611 for use in making rope. In order to keep a constant supply of hemp available, a law was passed in Massachusetts in 1639 ... used it in the past thirty days (Ravage 6). With these numbers increasing, the federal government is trying to stop at nothing to prevent people from using marijuana. But, unlike times before, there is a new threat that needs to be dealt with. For the past forty decades, the argument has mainly been whether or not to legalize hemp as a drug, but now leaders are beginning to see hemp ...
- 9162: Confucianism And Taoism In Joy
- ... teachings. It is the way of the universe, reality, and human life. Taoism is meant to extract ch'i (energy) from life through herbs, movement, and meditation. Popular Taoism is spiritualism and magic, akin to "New Age" religions. By living a life of wu wei, ultimately active and relaxed, one can appreciate the greatness of life. One must work without working, be effective without looking strained, soft and yielding yet rigid ... is seen through western eyes. Tan cannot speak or write Chinese and has only been there a couple of times. Some say the China is the stereotyped exotic, old China that is romanticized around the world-no better than the Asian grocery store or Laundromat owner that we're exposed to. Her only link comes from relatives and elders in the states and the western view. The point of the novel ... passed on to her own daughter. Each daughter was estranged from their own parent, misreading all their actions. In the end, they embrace their Chinese roots and find the best place for themselves in this world. "To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage," Lao Tzu.
- 9163: Ford, the Company and the Man
- ... car where selling for $2,000, Ford believed cars were not just for the rich, and he correctly saw the automobile would change the way all Americans lived and worked. The Model T inaugurated a new era in personal transportation, by 1918 more than half the cars in America where Ford Model Ts. In order to keep up with the demand created by a less expensive car, in 1913 Ford ... the Boss 429. The 1993 Mustang was considered to be fast enough to be a highway patrol car it could crack the quarter in 14 sec. flat this kept the people satisfied until the all new mustangs arrived in 1994 From the Model T to the Mustang the Ford Motor Co. has always made the best cars. The Ford Motor Co. has become one of the most successful car manufacturers in the world, because of Henry Ford the genius that knew the impact the car would have on America. Today the Ford Motor Co. is operated by the great grandson of Henry Ford.
- 9164: Tender Mercies
- Tender Mercies, written by Horton Foote, is a screenplay, which presents to the reader ordinary people, who are trying to live decently in an unpredictable and violent world. The reader comes to be aware of many dramatic scenes where the central characters have come to experience many complex but yet fascinating situations in their lives. Reading this screenplay the reader will come to ... if a caterpillar had died and had emerged as a butterfly. With their help, Mac had the ability to recognize life by becoming sober and starting all over. He, thus, learns that Rosa Lee, his new wife, and Sunny, his stepson, are way too important to him to ever start drinking again. Being acquainted with such a situation and how Mac was given another chance to start over his life, the ... was because she wanted to get approval for her seeing a man that her mother disapproved of. Another reason was so that she can get money from her father after she runs off with her new boyfriend because she knew that she would be unable to get money from her mother. Unfortunately, Mac was unable to get very close to his daughter as he had in mind because his daughter ...
- 9165: Taming Of The Shrew Illusion V
- ... the Shrew Illusion vs. Reality As a passing traveler in Padua, one could easily make superficial assumptions about the inhabitants. On the surface, Katherina seems like a vicious tiger that is angry at the entire world. Petruchio first appears like the type of man that anybody would like to have as a friend. At first glance, Bianca seems like a heavenly vision of beauty that any man would be lucky to ... with food, she exclaims, "I pray you husband, be not so disquiet: The meat was well, if you were so contented." (Pg. 70) Disposing of the invincibility she maintains in Padua, she hungrily entreats her new husband to be reasonable. Taking off the fierce mask she wears in the beginning of the play, Katherina exposes the reality that she too is human. Stumbling onto the scene in Padua, Petruchio makes a ... then to pluck it out." (Pg. 42) Clever and alert, his personality is initially appealing. As time passes however, Petruchio lets his cruel and tormenting ways manifest. Bent on gaining the complete obedience of his new wife, he refuses to let Katherina attend Bianca's wedding unless she admits that the sun is the moon (when it is not). Opposite of being jovial, he manipulates Katherina into speaking bold-faced ...
- 9166: Steven Speilberg
- ... tricks on his sisters. Stephen found his best mode of expression however, through an old eight-millimeter camera that he had found in his garage. Spielberg focused all of his time and effort into this new form of expression he had found, even at the expense of other things in his life. In an article in Time magazine Spielberg said "From age twelve or thirteen I knew I wanted to be ... at a time when directors were the most important people in Hollywood, and his more recent ones at a time when marketing controls the industry. That he has remained the most powerful filmmaker in the world during both periods says something for his talent and his flexibly."(Ebert 128) Spielberg has also gone on to co-create Dreamworks Studios, the only new studio to appear since the Goldwin Age. His two latest movies Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan have gone on to be his most critically acclaimed yet. Spielberg has become not only one ...
- 9167: The Catcher In The Rye 4
- ... study of one individual s understanding of his human condition. It s told in a monologist manner so it can describe Holden s thoughts and feelings. Holden Caulfield is a teenager growing up in 1950s New York. He has suffered through several school expulsions due to his poor achievement. In an attempt to deal with being expelled from private school he leaves school a few days prior to the end of the term, and goes to New York to take a vacation before he returns to his parents inevitable wrath. He assumes that if he can run away from the problem, then maybe it will go away. As you would guess, Holden ... existence. All Holden wanted to do was get away from it all and find happiness. He probed his own heart and soul to investigate his own sense of isolation and emptiness, before declaring that his world was full of phonies with each one out for their own phony gain. Holden did not want to end up like that. And because of his efforts no to become that way, some say ...
- 9168: Everything That Rises Must Converge
- ... depict the characters past experiences. There are two incompatible personalities in the passage, Mrs. Chestney, the mother, which represents the transition from the old South, and Julian, the son, who represents the transition of the new South. Due to the fact that Mrs. Chestney was the granddaughter of a governor, it purely conveys that she ranked high in wealth and position. This purely expresses her growing experience in a southern manner ... different as opposed to his mother. For example, "he daydreams about making black friends, and even bringing home a black lover." This statement is impossible, mainly because of his refusal to deal with the outside world and "the general idiocy of his fellow." "Julian lives" in the inner compartment of his mind
safe from any kind of penetration from without." His view of the world is too cynical and ironically every attempt he makes with the blacks fails.What can be conclude of Julian is that he had an absence of heart, which blatantly depicts his past, but when ...
- 9169: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... to escape life, he creates this character, the catcher in the rye, throughout his thoughts. He feels that by saving the children from falling off the cliff, he saves them from falling into the adult world that he disgusts. He feels that this character can prevent the children from becoming adults and remaining in that childish world. Holden pictured it this way, Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around-nobody big, I ... Burger says that, "Holden's mercurial changes of mood, his stubborn refusal to admit his own sensitiveness and emotions, his cheerful disregard of what is sometimes known as reality are typically and heart breakingly adolescent"(New York Times 14). He also easily mocks certain people and the way they act. On teachers Holden feels that, "You don't have to think to too hard when you talk to a teacher"( ...
- 9170: Marijuana
- Marijuana Drugs are a major debate it the world we live in today. Drugs are gaining more and more attention. More and more people are using drugs then ever before and there is no decrease in the amount of drug users. One of the most commonly used drugs is marijuana. In todays world marijuana is growing and is looking to be legalized in California for medical uses only but that will lead to many other problems in the near future. Marijuana is the most used drug in the ... the passing of this law marijuana will become legal in California. Other states can adopt this law if they would like. Education is the key to the end of drugs and the beginning of a new era. Just say NO.
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