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- 1381: Human Nature
- ... it is possible that the concept of evil can be presented to us. When this happens, we subconsciously choose whether or not to accept this evil. An example of this might be when a young child does something wrong without knowing that it was wrong, their mother or father might yell at them, and say to them something like: "Bad boy, go to your room!" The child might then understand that what he did was bad, and he is getting punished for it. The child might then not do anything similar from then on, because he knows that it is socially unacceptable. The child might also continue to do bad things, because he doesn't realize that what he ...
- 1382: Violence In The Media
- ... psychological effects of overexposure to any kind of violent media. The same problems crop up with children who are exposed to a lot of computer games use. The effects can be, firstly, desensitation, where the child no longer cares about people or animals being hurt. Aggressive behaviour has also been linked with computer games. And, thirdly, through exposure to the media children believe the world to be a much more violent and dangerous place than it really is. The first point is extremely relevant: desensitation, there the child no longer cares about people or animals getting hurt, for example it s like someone moving to New York s alleyways and joining a gang. The first murder you witness would be a terrible experience but after a time a murder would be just a murder; who cares? For a child s eager eyes the words cut and action never existed. The movie-makers and television makers of Hollywood have succeeded in their job very greatly; so much in fact that their audiences are transported ...
- 1383: Oedipus Rex: Fate
- ... their problem. However this plan, almost foolproof does not work. The shepherd brings the baby boy back to his city and gives him to King Polybus because the King and Queen could not have a child. Oedipus grows up as the son of Polybus and Merope. When Oedipus was a young man he was told that he was not his father's son. He tires to dismiss this horrible accusation as ... The King and Queen sent the baby boy to die. Shepherd: "I was told to get rid of it
It was said the boy would kill his own father."(Oedipus Rex,62) Iocaste: "But this child had not been 3 days in this world before the King had pierced the babies ankles and left him to die on a lonely mountain side."(Oedipus Rex, 37) These lines powerfully demonstrate the fear of fate held by Iocaste and Laios, such great fear that they would kill their first born child! Queen Iocaste certainly feared and believed in fate but she does not believe that prophecies, oracles and soothsayers could see the fate of others. Many times in the story she says things which pronounce ...
- 1384: Teen Pregnancy
- ... all so fast these days. People fail to realize that having a baby is supposed to be a sort of privilege. Many people take having a baby as a joke. Getting pregnant and having a child involves many pros/cons. For example having a child can be harder on some people than it is on others. When having a baby there are a lot of things to worry about, for the most important part financial problems seem to be the ... In high school students alone the rate for being sexually active went from being 66.7 percent to 60.9 percent in the years of 1991-1997. Abstinence is very important, but the peers your child hangs around are just as important. " The Nurture Assumption " says that peer groups matter a lot more than parents influencing how kids turn out, because you can pass your genes, but not your values. ...
- 1385: The Queen of Air and Darkness
- ... been there, Gawaine very well might have killed his younger brother. Gawaine even kills a women when worked up to a rage. These rages are a product of the unhealthy childhood he endured. The next child, Agravaine, is probably the least well adjusted of the four. He tends to be sadistic and self-centered. The children were told the tale of the King of Ireland by St. Toirdealbhach; the tale where ... the Unicorn ever leave him, so by killing it he thinks to own it forever. Agravaine is the boy most like his mother, in that he can not see past his own interests. The next child Gaheris, seems to have little personality. He is described as a stolid child. More often than not he seems to be just along for the ride. He does not take part in the arguments. He generally just sits back and watches. When Gawaine goes into a rage ...
- 1386: Toni Morrison's Beloved: Sethe, A Brave Mother In Love, Or Is She Selfish In Her Weakness?
- ... emotional horrors of slavery, Sethe has put herself in to a realm of physical and emotional pain: guilt. And in understanding her guilt we can start to conceive her motivations for killing her third nameless child. Did Beloveds death come out of love or selfish pride? In preventing her child from going into slavery, Sethe, too, protected herself, she prevented herself from re-entering captivity. In examining Sethes character we can see that her motivations derive from her deep love towards her children, and ... not let her children do so. The only way to be prevented from going back into slavery would be to end her life, and she did through her daughter, Beloved. Beloved was Sethe. This nameless child, who was buried under the headstone Beloved, was christened on her burial. Sethe had heard the preacher say the words dearly beloved, in his prayer, and thus derived her name. (5) However, the preacher ...
- 1387: Realism In A Raisin In The Sun
- ... life of an impoverished African American family living on the south side of Chicago. The Youngers, living in a small apartment and having dreams larger than the world in which the live, often use verbal abuse as a way to vent their problems. Many times, this verbal abuse leads to unnecessary conflict within the family. The most frequently depicted conflict is that between Walter and his sister Beneatha. Walter wants nothing more than to be a wealthy entrepreneur that can provide for his ... a large sum of Mama s insurance money, and he will not receive a penny. This dispute leads to general hostility and overall anger in the household. Because of this animosity, there is much verbal abuse that takes place within the household, and also leads to the Walter s alcohol abuse. Throughout the play, Lorraine Hansberry displays conflict through the lives of her characters. Throughout A Raisin in the Sun, ...
- 1388: Comparing Treatment Approaches
- ... for this effect is not known. She hypothesizes that either the opioid agonist or opioid agonist-antagonist combination is the reason by Buprenorphine has this result. By using the model of successful treatments for heroin abuse, she is attempting to parallel these actions to treating cocaine addicts, as well as those who use both drugs. Limiting factors of her study are that, in her view, her study is not directly applicable ... use, and may be completely ineffective in dual heroin and cocaine addicts. One concern with Mello's study is how it focuses solely on reducing self-administration, and has little to do with considering how abuse happens in the first place. The justification is for reducing occurrences of HIV through intravenous drug users, and lessening the potential for overdose. There could be other contributing factors than simply the reinforcing effects by activity in the dopaminergic systems. The mental state and life situations of the addicts, which led them to abuse the drugs initially, remain the same or perhaps have worsened as a result of their addiction. There is no evidence that this therapy would not simply cause the addicts to change their drug of ...
- 1389: Todays Hip Hop
- ... drugs in rap music was non-existent. If rappers talked about drugs, they advocated against them. The rap classic, "White Lines", by Grandmaster Melle Mel, educated listeners about the dangers of drug use and drug abuse. Drugs were not acceptable in rap music such as they are today. If an artist even mentioned marijuana or any of its thousands of synonyms, the media and the listeners reacted in shock. In the ... will simply ignore responsibility and claim that it is simply freedom of speech. If one is able to talk to an artist seriously (most of the time off the record), he will admit that drug abuse is plaguing society and creating self-destruction. It is easy to question a rap artist about his or her sayings, but what happens when a group named Tha Alkaholiks sells over 500,000 copies of ... so. So mind your own" (1996, p. 74) Reverend Calvin Butts and C. Dolores Tucker, both advocates against rap music, would most likely disagree. Butts and Tucker claim that even mentioning such things as drug abuse have an effect on young listeners. This is, however, a debatable issue. Many patrons against rap music claim that the artists are promoting drug use and drug abuse. This allegation is difficult to deny ...
- 1390: Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives
- ... to that of NASA, an organization who has exemplified its leadership time and time again by becoming a force, so powerful, that it is sometimes considered to police the world, has fallen into a sex abuse scandal. It seems that several women have come forward to proclaim their mistreatment from various acts ranging from rape to verbal harassment instilled upon them by members of the military. These women feel, had there ... and balances in the Army leads to enormous amounts of discretion held by any officer with a considerable amount of power and prestige. This can sometimes lead to hostility and moral masochism, the act of abuse and overextension of power towards subordinates. Feelings of persecution, fear, and intimidation of superiors are associated with this trend as stated by the New York Times. (November 8, 1996) These feelings made evident with the ... promotion doesn't take place until an appropriate and acceptable allotment of time has been served. An unaddressed problem in the Army deals with the fact that women, who were closest to the problem, sex abuse, have suffered due to rank and history. Because of the difficulty they faced, their complaints and plea for affirmative action, were unable to climb the ladder of authority. NASA on the other hand , with ...
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