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- 1091: Down Syndrome 4
- ... X-rays, viral infections, immunologic problems, or genetic predisposition) may be the cause of the improper cell division resulting in Down syndrome. It has been known for some time that the risk of having a child with Down syndrome increases with advancing age of the mother. For example the older the mother, the greater the possibility that she may have a child with Down syndrome. However, most babies with Down syndrome (more than 85 percent) are born to mothers younger than 35 years. Some investigators reported that older fathers may also be at an increased risk of having a child with this condition. It is well known that the extra chromosome in trisomy 21 could either originate in the mother or the father. Most often, however, the extra chromosome comes from the mother. In ...
- 1092: My Left Foot
- ... kind. Personality creates the character in movies like My Left Foot. My Left Foot is an inspirational movie about a young man (Christie) who has cerebral palsy from birth. He seems to be a smart child, but no way to show it. He must deal with childhood and adolecsence with a severe handicap. Life is hard for him. His mother is 100% supportive, as are his siblings, but his father is reluctant to even touch the child. The father calls him "a cripple" and other degrating names. Christie endures life in a neighborhood where all the children seem to shy away from his condition. Little by little, Christie is accepted into the ... him dinner, clothes him, takes him for walks, and ultimatly waits on him like a servent would. You could say that Christie's mother is extremely motivated to help Christie grow and develop as a child and then later as an adolecsent. She decided to save money for a wheelchair for Christie and was motivated by his eagerness to move about. Christie's mother is a loving mother, she helped ...
- 1093: Violence on the Tube
- ... films of laboratory experiments. But what of our viewing outside of the classroom? Television is also one of our major sources of informal observational learning. According to Sweet and Singh, viewing habits range from the child who watches no television at all to the child who is in front of the television nearly all waking hours. They say that on average, children aged 2 to 11 watch about 23 hours of television per week, and teenagers watch about 22 hours ... is the way to handle frustration. Classic experiments have shown that children tend to imitate the aggressive behavior they see on television, whether the models are cartoons or real people. In one such experiment, a child watches a film where an adult beats up on a life-size doll. The child is then put in a room with the same doll and is observed. The child almost always beats up ...
- 1094: Frankenstein
- ... devoid of human companionship. At "birth," the creature appears to not be either violent or vicious, but unfortunately, the rejection by his creator drives it to a life full of revenge. Rather than focusing this child-like hatred on Victor, the monster hits its creator where it hurts; his loved ones. This originally peaceful monster, now bitter and hateful, resorts to random acts of violence to compensate for its mistreatment. At ... and respect for the creator. Victor, on the other hand, fled in disgust at first sight of " the miserable monster which I have created"(57)and hoped to never see it again. But like a child, Frankenstein's monster returned expecting to be accepted: " And his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his ... whose delight was in carnage and misery"(74) as seen in the murder of William. The creature, in contrast to his initial feelings, has exhibited anger and frustration toward his situation. This beast, like a child, uses the most available means of persuasion to get what it wants. But unlike a little child, who may cry or whine for attention, the massive monster utilizes its unhumanlike force to put the ...
- 1095: Montana 1948 Essay
- Montana 1948 Essay Maturity may come at any age and time in a person s life. One moment he or she may be a carefree child, and then suddenly realize that they have been transformed into a mature adult by a powerful and traumatic experience. An experience they will remember their whole lives. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ... the immoral actions of Frank will affect his family and its name. But most importantly, he must know that his integrity will be changed. He will learn shocking things that would mean nothing to a child, but everything to an adult. Larry Watson suggests that traumatic experiences transform children into adults. Therefore, disturbing experiences lead to changes of mind, growth in morals, and an emerging sense of adulthood. David changes his ... how he must act and the gravity of the situation in which he and his family are involved. By now, David has issued forth a sense of development and maturity. He is far from the child who once looked forward to visits from his uncle and visits to his grandfather s ranch. As an adult, he is concerned with the welfare of his family and his parents well being, emotionally. ...
- 1096: The Ones Who Walk Away From Om
- Would you sacrifice the happiness of another for your own happiness? Would you turn your cheek to a child in need if it would renounce your own rapture and change your life completely? Unfortunate to the way I was brought up and to my usual standards of thinking, I would have to answer these ... scare at the thought of life after college. My future encompasses the majority of my daily thoughts and actions and I would not sacrifice my chance at a decent posterity for anything, not even a child in need of my avail, no matter how great the need. I care very much about my life as a whole and want it to flourish to great extent. I have always been a very ... this up for anything? It is my dream, my heaven on earth. I could not possibly sacrifice that for anything or anyone. If it were to be true Utopia for me there would be no child locked in a basement. I don t see how there could be a "perfect world" with consequences and limits to this bliss. A perfect world for everyone but this child? It doesn t seem ...
- 1097: The Cause of Macbeth's Ruin
- ... an armed head telling him to beware of Macduff. Macbeth took this as a warning when in reality the armed head belonged to Macbeth and was severed by Macduff. The second apparition was a bloody child claiming that "none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth" (Act.4,Sc.1,Ln.79-80). Instead of realizing that the bloody child was the result of a cesarean section Macbeth thought it meant that nothing human can harm him and this made him feel invincible. In reality however Macduff was that child who "was from his mother's womb untimely ripped" (Act.5,Sc.8,Ln.16-17) and in the end kills Macbeth. The third apparition was a child crowned with a tree in his ...
- 1098: Mama Day
- ... though she doesn t say it in so many words, the reason is obvious: She loves her like a mother, and for most nothing short of attempted murder can kill the love between mother and child (Naylor 163-165). The language the people in the book use towards each other is yet another indication of the love felt between the central characters. And when I say language I don t mean ... Cocoa would never here. Though she uses a sharp tongue on Ruby, the one that she uses to slice deep into Cocoa has a tinge of lookey here, kiddo only a mother can hit a child with. And only love will let a woman call a man nigger and live to see another sunrise. Nigger please, were the exact words (Naylor 145). So when Cocoa treads that thin line between life ... want to or not. And so Naylor gives you a clear picture of Little Caesar in his short time in the book. The characterization is perfect and I think we can all relate to the child she shows us, alive with new life and devoid of the common sense and politeness of an adult, evident in his rude Gimme some Juice (Naylor 238). Just what a child should be. We ...
- 1099: Drugs: Hurt Players and Sports
- ... Maradona's cocaine, one can see that drugs hurt the athletes as well as the sport. First Brett Favre, who was the Most Valuable Player in the National Football League last season, entered a drug abuse center for his addiction to Vicodin, a very strong painkiller (Plummer 129 ). Favre had problems because of Vicodin. Favre suffered a seizure in February while in surgery to repair a broken bone. The seizure resulted from the abuse of the painkiller (Howard 1). Favre states, I went to Topeka, because the pills had gotten the best of me ( qtd. in Plummer 129). Favre's daughter Brittany asked his wife Deanna, Is he going ... National League rookie of the year for 1983 and 1986 world series champ, Darryl Strawberry had a great future going for him, but not anymore. Strawberry checked himself into the Betty Ford Center for cocaine abuse (Verducci 16). Five months later he tested positive for cocaine. After this, Strawberry had no team to call his own, as he was suspended from baseball (Verducci 17). Strawberry entered his third rehabilitation center ...
- 1100: Scarlett Letter Log Of Chapter
- ... them and yells at the. The suit of armor reflects the large A on the armor. All the people see is the A. 2. I believe those Pearl acts very strange. Chapter 8 The Elf-Child and the Minister Summary: At the governor's hall Dimesdale says where Pearl was from. He talks about how Hester was not worth being Pearls mother because she was too beautiful. Chillinsworht is advising Dimesdale ... shocked that she answers this. Dimesdale is given a kiss by Hester and Pearl goes over to Dimesdale and he puts his hand on her head. Chillinsworth is getting uglier. They try to take her child. 1. I think that Dimesdale is the father. Chapter 9 The Leech Summary: Chillinsworth has become freinds with Dimesdale and his doctor. Chillinsworth is very smart and has great medical knowledge. They are best friends ... mother then she looks at Dimesdale and starts screaming. 1. I think that if it weren't for the strict code these people lived by Dimesdale and Hester would be happy together. Chapter 19 The Child at the break-side Summary: In this chapter Hester tries to convince Dimesdale that Pearl will love him but he is afraid she will not like him. Pearl asks Hester why minister Dimesdale is ...
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