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- 2501: Beloved: We All Look the Same In the Dark
- ... history’s shame” and “up from a past that’s rooted in pain”. After successfully escaping, Sethe was naturally a slave fugitive. And the whites found her. Desperately, she was able to kill her third child as an act of saving it from slavery. Her desire to keep her children from receiving a white man’s mark was stronger than her humanity. Sethe killed her baby girl because she wanted to ... not socially, not religiously. This story makes us think. . . and think again about what we mean when we say we love our children. You would not receive any sympathy if you were to kill your child today. And Sethe did not receive any, not even from those she desired to be accepted by: the black community and Beloved. She has to take personal responsibility for her baby’s death. Sethe does ...
- 2502: Prison Overcrowding
- ... a set amount of time regardless of there past record. In theory, a person who is a first time drug offender at the age of eighteen could serve more time than a thirty year old child molester. However this issue is not just cut and dry. There is a medium somewhere in between where an agreement can be made. Even the people who agree that the mandatory sentences should be imposed ... a mandatory minimum sentence. This crime is related to all sex crimes. Many people believe that as society changes the laws that govern it should change with it. It is ridiculous to me that a child molester should not serve three times what a drug offender should serve. Although drugs in our society are a big problem the is no reason why someone who sold pot in their life once and ...
- 2503: Does The Mass Media Cause Undesireable Social Consequences With Specific Reference To Pornography
- ... frustration, and not of sexual arousal. Reference Cited Christensen F.M. 1990 Pornography. New York: Praeger. Howitt, Cumberpatch 1975 Mass Media, Violence and Society. London: Elek Science Harmon, Check 1988 Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse. (City unknown).American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Hawkins, Zimring 1988 Pornography in a Free Society. (City unknown). (Publisher uknown). Bibliography 1. Pornography, Christensen F.M., a1990, New York, Praeger. 2. Mass Media, Violence and Society, Howitt, Cumberpatch, 1975, London, Elek Science. 3. Role of Pornography in Woman Abuse, Harmon, Check, 1988, American Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. 4. Pornography in a Free Society, Hawkins, Zimring, 1988. 5. Advertising, World Book Encyclopedia 1990, New York, Nault. 6. Pornography, Encarta Encyclopedia 1995, New York, Microsoft ...
- 2504: Violent Crimes By Juveniles
- ... are being praised for doing it. The violence on a simple show like Power Rangers can have a great effect on children. When you get into shows with guns and killing, that totally expands a child’s mind to new ways of getting rid of their problems. Television teaches children how to get rid of their problems, but not in the correct manner. Children should go back to communicating their problems ... sex, and are being taken to court in cases of domestic violence. Most juveniles that commit crimes have broken homes where their parents fight, do drugs, or are separated and did not think of their child. Often the children are left on their own. Again, by themselves it is hard to make money so crime is their only result. It is very sad but it’s true. Finally, juvenile have a ...
- 2505: Women In Combat
- ... down during the gulf war is an example of women's ability to cope with stress (Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, 1991, p. 222). As a POW she dealt with many forms of abuse and still managed to cope with her situation the her fellow male prisoners did. Almost fifty percent of servicemembers surveyed during the Gulf War said that fraternization within the unit decreased its morale (Congressional Quarterly ... 1992, p. 221). DISCUSSION There are many stereotypes people feel make a combat unit not feasible for females. However, closer look at the numbers reveals that men lose more time because of drug and alcohol abuse then women do with these three factors combined (Congressional Quarterly Weekly, 1992, p. 839). As women continue to become an integral part of the military their health care needs should be meet by well-trained ...
- 2506: Government Spending
- ... an average $12 to $26 under the GOP plan. The top 1/5 income families would receive more than 60% of the tax relief. A HHS analysis states that the GOP plan would also boost child poverty rates from 14.5% to 16.1%, and poor families with children would loose 6% of their income. Conclusion: In the end, budget reduction is no easy task. "...fixing the National debt is like ... quantifiable goal, that includes short term goals, and eliminated gimmicks. Countries like Sweden and Canada have successfully reformed fiscal policies. Sweden’s government elected to abandon welfare, pensions, health insurance, unemployment programs, family assistance, and child allowances. Their deficit soon fell by 3.5% of GDP in one year alone (Urresta 51). Sweden’s plan was three times as intense as Congress’ current plan, while cutting spending in half the time ...
- 2507: Crimes Of The Heart By Beth He
- ... that men have had men in their lives. In this play, all these defining qualities are shown. One of the women is repressed, one irrepressible, and one is suffering mentally due to being the middle child and they all are scarred by the abandonment of their father and how it affected their mother. “Crimes of the Heart,” was first performed by the Actors Theater on February 18, 1979. Many things were ... major, is Lenny’s jealousy of Meg, the younger sister, and the favoritism that was shown towards her as they were all growing up. Meg, twenty-seven years of age, dealt with being the middle child and suffers obvious mental problems, an obsession with death, from being the sister to find their dead mother and cat hanged in the cellar, a suicide not a homicide. She was also dealing with her ...
- 2508: Supporting The Prohibition
- ... experiment) was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses, and improve health and hygiene in America". If prohibition was not put into effect alcohol abuse and problems would have gotten much worse than before. Even though it did not last too long it had an effect on today. It prevented abuse and a depression that could have happened due to the use of alcoholic beverages. It also prevented a lot of families to break up, and crime rates went down. I think we would have been ...
- 2509: Unfoldingone Art
- ... intent/ to be lost"(lines 2/3), the reader can quickly make a mental note of small items that have been lost. For example, the reader could have lost marbles or doll clothes as a child. Line four makes the simple statement: "Lose something everyday." It is not hard to lose or misplace something, which line six: "The art of losing isn't hard to master." suggests. People misplace or lose ... continues this type of loss into the fifth stanza. The fifth stanza contains references to the different places that Bishop has lived. She moved from different places or "two cities"(line 13)-Worcester as a child and Key West as an adult (1166). She confesses to missing (line 15) these places as well as South America ("a continent"-line 14). Now Bishop moves on to another type of loss. The loss ...
- 2510: I Am A Man (The Elephant Man)
- ... ah yes, friends. How nice"(166). Another main component missing from John's life is his mother. Motherly love is foreign to John because he only has a mother when he is a very young child. John does not recall what happened to his mother and when Treves tries to converse with John about her, John lets out a "desolate moan"(32) and begins to "rock back and forth as if ... ah yes, friends. How nice"(166). Another main component missing from John's life is his mother. Motherly love is foreign to John because he only has a mother when he is a very young child. John does not recall what happened to his mother and when Treves tries to converse with John about her, John lets out a "desolate moan"(32) and begins to "rock back and forth as if ...
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