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- 2131: Understanding The Cause Of Hom
- ... in temporary accommodation, poor or overcrowded conditions, or being in mortgage arrears and under threat of re-possession." (Hope 1986) It is a symptom of many complex problems: mental illness, emotional instability, illiteracy, chronic substance abuse, unemployment, and, most basic of all, breakdown of the family structure. Anyone can become homeless and the reasons that force people into homelessness are many and varied. The leading cause, however, of homelessness in the ... are unemployed or work in low-paying jobs are among the most vulnerable to becoming homeless. Therefore, homelessness, housing and income are inextricably linked. Low-income people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, child-care, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which takes a high proportion of income that must be dropped. Two ...
- 2132: Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre An
- ... such forces in her life: Her early years spent in Dominica, her family the descendants of the plantocracy class disempowered by the Emancipation Act, herself the daughter of a third generation Creole woman. As a child she was emotionally adrift and withdrawn, rejected by her mother and not for the last time in her life was isolated, lonely and vulnerable. She continually found herself within a male-dominated world of financial dependence, despite her childhood mistrust of the male figure as stable protector. Her feminine vulnerability was repeatedly exploited and her love rejected. It is understandable why she began her self-destructive cycle of alcohol abuse. I believe in Bertha she saw much of herself. Bronte s representations of Bertha and the sweeping, pernicious generalisations about Creole women must have been viciously offensive. Seeing Bertha as the rejected, isolated and vulnerable ...
- 2133: Under The Influence Of Televis
- ... colors, quick movements, and sudden flashes capture the public's attention in a way like no other medium. TV programming has helped many viewers confront major social issues, such as domestic violence, homosexuality, and drug abuse. Since the 1950's, the American public has embraced the visual aspect of TV and shown an interest in world events like never before. Television has given the common man the power to see and ... is its contribution to a sedentary lifestyle. Researchers say people wathc an average of four hours of television a day. Americans routinely give up exercise and other productive activities in favor of watching TV. A child today typically spends more time with TV than he or she spends talking to parents, playing with peers, or participating in recreational activities. The passive act of watching television has taken time away from activities ...
- 2134: Condemnation of the Church and Foreign Intervention
- ... priest covers up the for the government. in this film there is a scene when the mother asks the priest where her daughter is from, and the priest repeats “God wanted you to have that child” this is evidence that the churches is in connection with the government. The Argentinean like the Salvadoran government does not want to extinguish the war against the people therefore anyone who is suspected of opposing ... other Latin American countries. I think Cuba has progressed impressively. Burns includes an article from the Los Angeles Times by Frank Mankiewiez “ I traveled throughout Cuba ...during that time I did not see one shoeless child or one child with the classic signs of malnutrition. Cuba now has the lowest infant mortality of all Latin America... Havana s the only capital I have seen which does not have a typical ring of shantytown ...
- 2135: Capital Punishment
- ... arms, swallowing razor blades, blinding or castrating themselves- because feeling something, even pain, is better than feeling nothing. People who wind up committing murder are often the survivors of attempted murder themselves, or of a child abuse that is so severe, that if they were not strong, they would not have survived. David Berkowitz was the Son of Sam serial killer. The press at one time asked him why he killed so ...
- 2136: Comparative Essay - A Bird In
- ... God, Rachel Cameron, is a lonely, single woman, who believes herself to be pregnant. After a great deal of grief, and thoughts of suicide, she comes to accept the fact that she is carrying a child, and looks forward to the event. Here, the irony lies in the fact that she is not carrying a child, but has a tumour in her uterus. In Rachel's words, "The ironies go on." Another similarity that exists between the two novels is the upsetting relationships the heroines endure. Vanessa of A Bird in ... right all along. Her first love was really a married man. Nearly the same thing happened in A Jest of God to Rachel. She met a man that she had known when she was a child, and had pursued an intimate relationship with him. He was easy for her to communicate with, and he was her first lover. When she finally gathered up enough courage to talk to him, and ...
- 2137: Censorship of the Internet and the Tyranny of Our Government
- ... legitimate applications of the Internet. Banning of material that may be offensive to one, but may be quite valuable to another, deprives people of their civil right to information. Pro-censorship advocates argue that some child might unsuspectingly stumble upon unsuitable information. This is not true. Online users are not bombarded with grotesque pictures and hate groups' paraphernalia. One has to deliberately go into such a site, and there exists software ... in the mail and logging onto a pornography site can be quite time consuming. Also, parents can take an active part in the censoring of their own children's online activities. They should manage their child's Internet usage as they would determine the kinds of movies available to be watched. (Censorship and the Internet 1) This can be done with software, not government intervention. As stated in "Censorship and the ... Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity it should end there" (Censorship and the U.S. Government 1), technology makes this possible. Internet providers, such as, America Online, Prodigy and CompuServe offer child functions to restrict sites determined by keywords, subject matter, or specific sites. Such software as "SurfWatch", "NET NANNY", and "CYBERsitter" offer a variety of options including blocking of specific sites, preventing children from revealing ...
- 2138: The Bill of Rights
- ... juries refused to indict Bjornson, but the government is still penalizing him. TWICE PUT IN JEOPARDY OF LIFE OR LIMB: Members of the McMartin family in California have been tried two or three times for child abuse. Anthony Barnaby was tried for murder (without evidence linking him to the crime) three times before New Hampshire let him go. COMPELLED TO BE A WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF: Oliver North was forced to testify against ...
- 2139: 1996: A Turbulent Year for Israel
- ... Carmel is, "The level of violence and anger is very high . ..and it's influences the family situation. Another Israeli agreed, "Israelis still live by the sword" Violence is also frequently seen in the Israeli abuse towards Palestinians. In November two Israeli border guards were arrested after being video taped beating and kicking six Palestinian laborers. Israeli and Palestinian human rights activists claim that such beatings happen all the time and ... living near the checkpoints to monitor further violence. Another trend with Israel socially is the ever growing flow of foreigners into Israel from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. The foreigners complain of discrimination and abuse from employers who pay low wages and house them in rat infested hotels. The Labor Ministry estimates that there are 300,000 foreign workers in Israel and two thirds of them have overstayed visas and are there illegally. One immigrant commented on the abuse saying, "Society tolerates it because these people are not Jews." On the lighter side there has been a dramatic increase in the UFO sightings over the Israeli skies. Skeptics say, "Israelis are simply being ...
- 2140: Cry. The Beloved Country
- Cry. the Beloved Country "Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of it all. Let him not love the earth to deeply. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give to much of his ... Msimangu that he is able to begin his search, a search that will change his life forever. He finds his sister, who is not expecting his arrivial, so, he tells her that she and her child will go back with him. Next he wanted to find his son, but he had no idea where to start, so Kumalo had told Msimangu that his brother lives in Johannesburg. Msimangu immediately knows who ... better life. Kumalo was a very emotional man, who dealt with his problem to the best of his knowledge. At the beginning you can tell he is a very caring individual for he allowed a child to eat at his home when she had nothing to eat at hers. Kumalo was a main element in the plot. The reason he was so important, through out all the trials that he ...
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