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- 2451: The Scarlet Letter
- ... do no wrong. Not only Hester, but the physical scarlet letter, a Puritanical sign of disownment, is shown through the author's tone and diction as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece. Pearl, Hester's child, is portrayed Puritanically, as a child of sin who should be treated as such, ugly, evil, and shamed. The reader more evidently notices that Hawthorne carefully, and sometimes not subtly at all, places Pearl above the rest. She wears colorful clothes ...
- 2452: The Effects of Alcohol on People
- ... Others health effects like inflammation of the pancreas are caused by alcoholism and heavy drinking. Some other health effects can be to a pregnant women who drinks heavily may give birth to there fetus or child that may have F.A.S. which is fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a disease that effects characterized features. Fetal alcohol syndrome can be detective by the characterizes in the face like the child's lib , eyes, and nose. Fetal alcohol syndrome may also effect the body's abnormalities. ( Pittman , page 3 ) In other cases alcoholism or a serve drinking problem can impair the intellectual facilities. ( Pittman , page 3 ...
- 2453: Free Condoms Distribution Programs
- ... I feel the exact opposite. I think it would make kids more cautious of what they were doing and hopefully make them more responsible for their own actions. If I were a parent, and my child was sexually active, even though I probably would disapprove I would feel a lot more comfortable with the knowledge that they are practicing safe sex, rather then denying them any information and/or resources that would be of value to them. Sharon Stone had an interesting idea in her speech at the United Nations about how parents can help their child avoid H.I.V. infection; "Put 200 condoms in a box someplace in the house where everybody isn't all the time, so that your kids can take them." Thus, Ms. Stone suggested a non ...
- 2454: Marijuana
- ... the atmosphere good so they can grow it right. Most people growing this plant are very careful because how well they grow this plant depends on how strong the product or result will be. Drug abuse is use of drugs in an illegal or unsafe way. The factors that lead to drug abuse are a persons problems, to be cool, to seem older or mature, to rebel against their parents, to be popular. Although people give themselves these reasons to take drugs they dont realize that ...
- 2455: The Power Of Place
- ... surroundings. They help create our persona and thus who we become in the future. From the point of birth, people live in a set environment determined on the status quo of the family bearing the child. One may live in poverty or wealth, but from this point the child begins gaining a dependency on its environment. Though not a preferable indication of one's prospects of the future, a good childhood may make or break an individual in the future. As stated, "a good ...
- 2456: The Interpretation Of Dreams
- ... of his by saying, " since there can be no doubt that their psychical productions are less complicated than those of adults." Freud goes on to explain that dreams that children have are important to the child just as much as they are to adults. The reader might also agree when Freud says that the dreams of children "raise no problem for solution". Freud's points here make sense to the reader, because everyone knows that a child's mind is more simple than that of an adult, so why would dreams on the subconscious level be any different? Freud backs up these statements with examples of his own children's dreams. After ...
- 2457: The Lady Of Shalott -
- ... does. Her life of art in front of the loom and the crystal mirror is all she needs singing her song that echoes cheerly (30) throughout the land. She is as innocent as a careless child giving little thought about her future. The Lady of Shalott has no urge to leave her own interior world because she is not aware of any other options. Little is known about her outside many ... Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror cracked from side to side; The curse is come upon me, . (114-116) The cracked mirror could be interpreted as her irreversible loss of virginity and child-like innocence. She is now largely conscious of the whole action and its consequences but still wants to carry on. The Lady of Shalott has now reached adolescence. She brakes free of all restrictions, rules ...
- 2458: Isaac Asimov
- ... 629). Hilary was describing Robbie as being primitively made, Robbie was made before the new technology had been discovered, however, his programming had been incredibly complex. Hilary describes the devastating point is that "if a child thinks of it robot guardian as human then, too, it thinks of its human guardian as a robot , is badly ruined" (Corke 629). Stephen H. Goldman reviewed "Marooned off Vesta." He did a thorough job ... andyttrium, and such quite ordinary words as artery , continent, cortisone, lever, nucleus, and planet...." (Maxwell, 237-37). Emily was trying to apply that this book can be used by an adult as well as a child. She also recommends this book for children because Isaac simplifies the science for them. "Marooned off Vesta" was a short story that showed leadership and courage. Moore is the character that shows this. A starship ...
- 2459: Divorce in the United States
- ... and children. In extreme cases, the parent losing a custody conflict, or upset about material divisions may even resort to burglary or kidnapping his or her own children. In recent decades, however, other patterns of child custody and economic arrangement have emerged alongside the old. Some mothers have voluntarily relinquished custody in order to pursue other goals, or because they believe the children may fare better with the father. Joint custody ... children. However, after compiling data for this report and discussing divorce with others, I have determined that dissatisfied couples -- who avoid divorce -- often take their anger out on their children. This practice often harms the child emotionally -- or in some cases - - physically. Although my parents are not divorced, I have become acquainted with many people whose parents are divorced. Through discussions, I have determined that most of these people felt relieved ...
- 2460: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... talented; they played small roles in rather third-rate theatrical companies. Because they both had small parts they barely managed to make a living. Edgar was the second of their three children. When the third child was born, the father died, or disappeared, and Mrs. Poe went to Richmond with the two youngest children. The oldest boy, William Henry, had already been left with relatives in Baltimore. Mrs. Poe was in ... immoral. John Allan could not help regarding the little son of actor parents as a questionable person to inherit his name and the fortune he was busy accumulating. He was willing however, to support the child, and in time came to be proud of Edgar's good looks and intelligence. When Edgar was six years old, Mr. Allen's business took him to Scotland, the country from which he had come ...
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