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- 9881: Catch-22
- ... catch defeats them. The men are grounded if they are insane, but if they recognize the insanity of their missions, they are sane--and must fly more missions. These men are trapped in a crazy world--each searching for his own solution. Each of them has their own unique and bizarre personal insanity (e.g. The bombardier, Havermeyer, zeroes straight in on targets, no matter how much antiaircraft fire peppers his ... to transcend physical reality by making sensations metaphors for states of mind and by attributing unusual qualities to objects, making the reader take a second look at familiar objects and feelings. These help to create new and altered perceptions of the world--common in satires as they try to solve the problem being satirized by having those satirized (the human character) realize its faults. One example of the absurd humor that helps to abandon realism for ...
- 9882: The Problems With Acid Rain
- The Problems With Acid Rain Acid rain is a great problem in our world. It causes fish and plants to die in our waters. As well it causes harm to our own race as well, because we eat these fish, drink this water and eat these plants. It is ... of the lake. Scientists now see acid, aluminum and shortages of calcium as the three determining factors in the extinction of fish. As well there is the problem of chlorine. In many parts of the world it is commonly found in the soil. If it enters the fish's environment it can be deadly. It affects many of the fish's organisms and causes it to die. As well it interferes ... at the pH of 5.9 they were totally wiped out. Within a year the minnow died because it could no longer reproduce it's self. At this time the pH was of 5.8. New trout were failing to be produced because many smaller organisms that served as food to it had been wiped out earlier. With not enough food the older fish did not have the energy to ...
- 9883: Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family
- Ordinary People: Dysfunctional Family Thousands of people around the world suffer the consequences of not being able to forgive, in some cases it destroys their life. Ordinary People by Judith Guest, is the story of a dysfunctional family who relate to one another in a ... Beth’s case, she never forgiven herself for her wrongful thoughts and stubbornness as much as she did not forgive Conrad. Once again, off to Europe she went, living a lie and living in a world of her own. While Beth continues on despising Conrad, he can not understand why she doesn’t show effection towards him. While trying to get over his own dilemma, much confronts this seventeen year old ... never forgiven herself. Now that is a big price someone has to pay in exchange for nothing. 11th Grade Paper Level Received and 6 on rubric thats an A works cited: Guest, Judith. Ordinary People.New York: Penguin Books,1976.
- 9884: Genetic Cloning and Frankenstein
- ... potential consequences of his actions until it was to late. The first sign of Victor’s fatal flaw of egotism is that he forgets his bond to Nature and to the people he loves. “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me” (Shelley 32). His absence of moral judgement is the catalyst for what becomes the demise ... curse to mankind (Whitemore 200). The monster created by Frankenstein is also an illustration of the embodied consequences of our actions (Horne 407). Mary Shelley uses the monster as statement: everything born pure in this world is susceptible to corruption and evil. The gigantic stature of this creature can also be viewed as a symbol of the enormous perils found in creating life outside of natural bounds. Although the creature received ... chosen. The completion of my demoniacal design became an insatiable passion” (Shelley 153). This hideous monstrosity goes on to claim his murderous ways are justified because of his inability to find happiness in this human world. “Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend” (Shelley 66). The monster’s acts of revenge for his miserable existence displays ...
- 9885: Louis Pasteur 2
- PASTEUR, Louis (1822-95). The French chemist Louis Pasteur devoted his life to solving practical problems of industry, agriculture, and medicine. His discoveries have saved countless lives and created new wealth for the world. Among his discoveries are the pasteurization process and ways of preventing silkworm diseases, anthrax, chicken cholera, and rabies. Pasteur sought no profits from his discoveries, and he supported his family on his professor's salary ... Pasteur treated the child. The wounds healed and no trace of rabies appeared. Thus Joseph became the first person saved by Pasteur's treatment. Pasteur had won many honors for his previous discoveries; now the world united to do him special homage. Thousands of people contributed funds to establish a great laboratory, the Pasteur Institute, where scientists conduct research on various diseases. Pasteur died near St-Cloud on Sept. 28, ...
- 9886: The Scarlet Letter: Hester, What a Change!
- The Scarlet Letter: Hester, What a Change! The Puritans came from England in the sixteen hundreds to break free from the laws and regulations made by the king of England. In the new world, they were able to practice their own form of religion. The Puritans believed in God and His laws. "A Young Puritan's Code" was "Being sensible, that I am unable to do anything without God ... Franklin Pierce, an old college friend. The best of Hawthorn's early fiction was gathered in Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, and The Snow-Image. These capture the complexity's of the New England Puritan heritage. Hawthorne's writing had a wide range of influence upon people, such as Melville who dedicated the great classic Moby-Dick to him. One of Hawthorne's most famous novels is ...
- 9887: Beowulf Vs. Parzival
- ... expierence success until he learned what honor really was. It was said of him that, "No kurvenal had reared him, he knew nothing of fine manners," (Parzival, 83) He seemed doomed to fail in the world of the knighthood, because of his lack of spiritual and physical training. He is described as "naïve", "simple", and as a "raw young man" not at all prepared for he sought out in his vast world. His first encounter was with the Red Knight, Ither, who we later learn is a relative of Parzivals'. Parzival battles with Ither and kills him. After the battle is finished, Parzival stripped the corpse of ... he has done to others, (pg. 135). The reader sees a natural progression in Parzival's behavior. As the tale continues, the adjectives to describe him evolve from naïve and ignorant, to strong, valiant, and brave. He states, "may I forever be disgraced in this life and my fame brought to naught; and that these words are fact let my prosperity stand surely in the eyes of Him Whose hand ...
- 9888: Marilyn Monroe: Suicide or Murder
- ... would she do something so weak as to commit suicide? Or did she? Dazzling, seductive, extraordinary, Marilyn Monroe was the All- American Sex Goddess, a superstar legend with magnetic energy so strong she captured the world and her heels with her woman-child charm.“On Her own, “ against almost all impossible personal and professional odds, she had created something brilliant and magical-Magical Monroe.” (Marilyn Monroe, Internet excerpt) There is many ... references. These references have facts leading up to the very moment she died. Phone records, visitors, etc. It's very hard for me to believe that someone so high on life and talking about her new marriage to Joe Dimaggio on August 1, just three days before her death, would commit suicide. The coroner said “Marilyn was laughing and chatting on the telephone with Joe's Dimaggio's son and not ... to barbiturates and alcohol. But the actress's respiratory infections and chronic stage fright delayed shooting of her last movie from the start. Then on May 19, as the following excerpt begins, Marilyn traveled to New York City---despite a high fever and threats from Fox that she could be fired for any more absences---to sing “ Happy Birthday” at a democratic fund raising tribute to President John F. Kennedy. ...
- 9889: Lockes Influences On Education
- ... believed that everyone is born with a clean mind, a supposed condition that he attributed to the human mind before ideas have been imprinted on it by the reaction of the senses to the exterior world. Thus the first capacity of human intellect is that the mind is fitted to receive the impressions made on it; either through the senses by outward objects; or by its own operations when it reflects on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of anything... -John Locke (On Ideas as the Materials of All Our Knowledge) Locke considers the new mind as white paper or wax. It is to be moulded and formed as one pleases. It is up to the teacher to insure that it is formed the correct way and that there is ... situation and decide if there is a problem. Secondly, make an educated guess, or hypothesis, of what will happen. Next, test this hypothesis. If it is true then draw a conclusion. If not, make a new hypothesis and test again. This is a very valuable way to learn. The students get to experience the whole situation and will in tern retain and understand this information better. Along with using empirical ...
- 9890: Detrimental Effects That Technological Advances In Industry And Agriculture
- ... role government plays to influence private industry to replace technologically damaging processes with more ecologically sound technologies. Second, to phase out current technologies is a burden many corporations are unwilling to take on; implementation of new technologies adversely affects profit margins. Third, governmental failures in policy, according to Morgensen and Eisenstodt in “Profits are for Rape and Pillage,” create a situation where corporations have no incentive to move towards pollution control ... private sector, limiting their creativity to allocate resources to improve and change. Improving the environment is seen as conflicting with growth in business, and it becomes more of a risk than an opportunity. For example, new regulatory standards have to be met on national, rather regional levels, and technologies are mandated without the expertise to determine their practicality and availability. Morgenson and Eisenstodt indicate that it is incorrect to believe that ... capitalism is not a threat to the environment; he indicates that its mechanisms actually encourage decisions that respect environmental values. He evidences that the situation in the United States is exemplary in comparison to third-world counties in South America and in the former USSR. These are interesting observations, but they do not counter the observation made by Barry Commoner in “Economic Growth and Environmental Quality: How to Have Both.” ...
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