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- 1891: The Role Of Fate In Oedipus Re
- ... fault of their own. If not for fate, the lives of Oedipus and his entire family could have been much better off. The whole debacle started with the birth of Oedipus. Oedipus was the only child of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. They took Oedipus to the oracle at Delphi to have his prophecy read. The oracle prophesized that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother. In order to prevent this from happening, Laius and Jocasta pierced Oedipus's foot and ordered a shepherd to abandon him on a mountainside. The shepherd pitied the child and gave him to a herdsman from Corinth. The herdsman then gave the child to Polybus and Merope, the childless king and queen of Corinth. They adopted him and raised him as their own. Oedipus grew up thinking he was the prince of Corinth. He heard rumors that ...
- 1892: Alice Walker
- ... civil rights attorney, in Mississippi where she was an activist and teacher. In 1967 Walker and Leventhal married, becoming the first legally married interracial couple to reside in Jackson, the state capital, they had one child together one year after they got married, named Rebecca . They divorced in 1976. Since then Walker has focused more on her writing and has taught at various colleges and universities. Walker is one of the ... Overall Alice Walker has been a very influential author throughout the black community, and her audiences are very much interracial. Although many of the criticisms are controversial on her view of black men and their abuse toward black women, that depiction can not be narrowed down to only that, there is much more that is present in Alice Walkers writing. Her feelings, morals and the opinions Walker has towards women, sexuality ...
- 1893: Why Are Individuals Aggressive?
- ... socially acceptable behaviour If these impulses are not released periodically in safe ways, they soon reach dangerous levels capable of producing acts of violence. Sometimes it is released in the form of physical or verbal abuse against another, (where the anger is displaced onto another). Sometimes the aggressive impulse is turned inward and produces self - punishment action, even suicide. The best that can be hoped for, according to Freud, is that ... linked to increased tendencies towards subsequent aggression. Support for the modelling and imitation theory comes from Patterson (1976) who found that "aggressive behaviour is frequently reinforced in the home". (Biechker/Hudson page 415) A young child who finds that anger and aggression are more effective in gaining what they want and which can enable them to control resources such as toys and parental attention, is having his aggression reinforced. Further, "aggressive ...
- 1894: Television Violence
- ... totally wrong and that it should be banned. Most people like the violence and find it to be very entertaining. Parents find it very hard to restrict their kids from watching violent television programs. The child would want to watch that program twice as much just because their parents said not to watch it. The child would be curious to find out what is so wrong about the program. Some people get the wrong messages or get bad ideas from watching some shows. If parents were to educate their children before watching shows like "Mighty Morphan Power Rangers", " X-Men" and "Cops" , then they wouldn't have to worry about their child getting wrong messages. Television shows also send out wrong messages to adults too. People that watch shows like "Cops" may and try the violent acts that are shown on this show. T.V. can ...
- 1895: Juvenile Crime: Crime Rates
- ... U.S. News & World Report, March 25, 1996) Current social trends do little to contradict the dire predictions made about youth crime rates. Nearly all the factors that contribute to youth crime -- single-parent households, child abuse, deteriorating inner-city schools -- are getting worse. At the same time, government is doing less (spending less) to help break the cycle of poverty and crime. Predicting a generation¹s future crime pattern is, of ...
- 1896: The Ninja
- ... is in lethal danger. The situation gets more and more unpleasant as you read and it s a real thrilling experience. Nicholas has to dig deep into his past from the time he was a child to find the right answers. Well, I don t really want to tell you how it all end. What fun would that be? But I can tell you that the end is very well written ... and it impressed me a lot. The novel is set in present time, at least half of it. This is another interesting thing about the novel. The reader even get to know Nicholas as a child, we can follow him as he grow up. We get to know his parents and his hard struggle to learn bushido. This, I think, is a very clever move by the author. Because by reading ... very strange and unusual stile and way of writing. But strange in a good way, I think. He has split the novel in two different time-dimensions, present and the time of Nicholas as a child. Then he jumps from one character to another, quite without warning, so sometimes it can be difficult to understand which person you read about. But as always it is only difficult in the beginning ...
- 1897: Social Acceptance of Homosexual Marriages
- Social Acceptance of Homosexual Marriages A child goes to school, the teacher asks, "Have your mom come in for a 'teacher mother conference'." Suddenly, the child is confused. For the first time he thinks about his home setting and wonders, "Which mom is supposed to come in? I have two moms." The example given is not an unusual one. It is ... with same sex parents who are raising one or more children. Legally, homosexual marriages are not binding, thus causing difficulty in adopting or fostering children. Due to society it is often difficult to birth a child, as well, without a "husband" or a "father" in a mother's life. Therefore, those who have children, via pregnancy, foster, or adoption have conquered a very difficult task. So, is this family an ...
- 1898: Sexism-Patriarchy
- ... a woman would lose power (because real power means having control over one's life), which is having the option to work and not to lose one's gentler side." Sexist tendencies don't just abuse women in the work place but also at home. The traditional sexist view of a head of any household is the man. When this idea is threatened, it is as if their masculinity were being ... the grave result of this uncertain balance in decision and responsibility. "A woman often finds she has difficulty fully sharing responsibility for the income. He finds, often, he has difficulty fully sharing responsibility for the child care and housework." For women who are not already married, simply dating can be a powerful dilemma. Many single men share a sexist ideology and a great deal of women are finding that they have ...
- 1899: The Force Of Evil
- ... of shadow, a poisonous blackness filled with bewildered loathing. …something hateful and unspeakable in the souls of men." An apparent introduction is made in the three works, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, The Child by Tiger by Thomas Wolfe, and The Destructors by Graham Greene; the unwelcome but necessary introduction to the sinful nature of mankind, to evil without limits, and without cause. When confronted with the presence of ... voice. "Get ready, General Zaroff." And he did win, he was the champion in the game between good and evil, the most dangerous of all games. Mr. Spangler, as he is referred to in The Child by Tiger, was brought more abruptly into the realization that man is born with the heavy burden of iniquity on his shoulders. Although still a child, Spangler did realize that the man he and all of his friends looked up to, the man that knew how to do everything, had a strange air about him. Spangler noted in the beginning ...
- 1900: Drew Barrymore
- ... Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction movie "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial." This movie was one of the most popular films of all time. This great achievement pushed Barrymore to stardom and was now known as a "Child Star". Throughout the 80’s she worked steadily, appearing in more films and T.V movies. This young star grew up in a very tough Hollywood lifestyle. She attended many late night parties, publicity events ... want to help other troubled young adults. She wrote in the "People" article, "These days, its pretty hard being a kid." When Drew returned to acting, she filmed a television movie about a teenage drug abuse, and she called the film "Pretty accurate." But this time in her life was not to be. In march 1989; she fell back again into those same bad habits by smoking pot. This depressing period ...
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