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- 3411: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal {Famous
- ... Ramon y Cajal was not always as hard working as his father. Early in his life, he ignored his studies for many other pursuits. Cajal was an avid artist and excellent with watercolors as a child. He did not have money to spend on art supplies so he had to save for weeks to buy paper and pencils. He could not buy watercolors, so he had to scrape paint off of ... a young boy, made him a great scientific illustrator. His scientific, and occasional non-scientific, writings are highly decorated with carefully illustrated diagrams created by the author. Cajal never had trouble making friends as a child, and this ability stayed with him through his adult years. In this book, Cajal talks fondly; he admires and even idolizes the other scientists of his time. As his work becomes more respected, and he ...
- 3412: Alcohol
- ... in financial trouble, caused by the alcoholic using most of the money to buy alcohol. Kids of an alcoholic suffer the most, listening to arguments and being the blame of their parents drinking, making the child feel at fault. This causes the child to become depressed. They stop bringing friends home and do not attend many social events. Alcoholism causes excessive absences at work. Which causes loss of money for both the employee and the employer. Up to ...
- 3413: Utopias
- ... urn has outer beauty but no inner, which is how it differs from people. In the new world, outer beauty will not be recognized but the inner is what will count. A time which no child wants to experience is when they are losing their loved one, their father. Before their father passes, not too many people get to hear encouraging words of advice because it is usually unexpected. However in ... Unto that Good Night, the author portrays a dying father giving his son worthy advice to help him live on his own now. In the new utopia, fathers like these will give advice to their child before they leave, to help them survive gently alone through life. Another person or animal that would be put in the new world is the fox from The Little Prince. The fox is the one ...
- 3414: Barney The Hitler Of My Generation
- ... children "A stranger is a friend you've never met" when the rates of kidnapping and molestation are rising. Barney encourages children to place boxes, and other objects (such as bags), over their heads, despite child mortality rates from suffocation. ("Hate" 3) Barney is turning our children into sissies, raising them with a false sense of security and universal harmony that bears little resemblance to reality. What is going to happen ... Friends is detrimental to today's children. Parents should use the television more as a tool, and less as a babysitter. Barney & Friendsclaims to be educational when the producers admit it is escapism for a child. It teaches children to repress their emotions and conform to his will. Barney has formed his own legions of toddlers and is planning on domination of the earth. It is time that we must unite ...
- 3415: My Antonia
- ... in the small western town of Black Hawk, Nebraska. The main character of the story, 'Antonia Shimerda, is thrust as a young girl from her own native country into the American prairies. While still a child, she must deal with the death of her father. He felt that he couldn't deal with the strains of his new life and support his family so he commited suicide.She is forced to ... a " no-good " and comes home alone, sorrowful and dejected. Her fiance had told her that they had been married but then ran off without her. 'Antonia later gives birth to a girl, the illegitimate child of this supposed marrige. She takes great pride in her daughter but with her birth, she loses whatever respect she had left. Years later, 'Antonia is found in Hastings, Nebraska, married with eleven children. Her ...
- 3416: The Color Purple
- ... of strong women, namely Nettie, Sofia, and Shug. In her young life, the only person who took the time to care for and encourage Celie was her sister Nettie. Despite the physical, sexual, and verbal abuse Celie suffered in the hands of her stepfather and husband she was able to overcome it with the help of Nettie. Nettie who later in the book serves as a silent confidante to Celie, taught ... Celie sexually, Shug also shows that Celie is a human being with value. She is loved and appreciated, and by this she learns to love herself and develop a high self-esteem. After years of abuse with Shug's help Celie becomes more optimistic. She has finally found love in Shug's company. "She say I love you, Miss Celie. And then she haul off and kiss me [Celie] on the ...
- 3417: Catcher In The Rye - Holden
- ... from "falling" into losing their innocence and becoming an adult, and he takes pleasure in the attempted thwarting of maturation. In the beginning of Catcher in the Rye, his initial character is one of a child. Throughout the book, he takes steps and the forces of change take a toll on his childish ways. In the end, he seems to be changed into a man. Holden is definitely extremely immature in ... middle of the book, forces of change unfold on Holden. While waiting for an old friend of his, he had the sudden urge to go into a museum that he had visited while still a child in school in order to bring back memories of his childhood. However, when he finally reached the museum, he decided not to. "Then a funny thing happened. When I got to the museum, all of ...
- 3418: An Essay On Platos The Republic And Aristophanes The Birds
- ... is a great idea because when this is done people spend less time trying to find a mate and more time doing things that are more productive to the society as a whole. Once a child is born, they are taught from a young age to be a model citizen, under Platos standards, which is critical to instill good morals and beliefs in every citizen. This is accomplished by censoring what children hear and see. In this way a child is taught only good morals, which leads to every one in the community having the needs of the community come before the needs of themselves. The beliefs and morals of the people of The Republic ...
- 3419: Schizophrenia
- ... time (Crider, Goethals, Kavanaugh, & Solomon, 1989). Schizophrenia, like other psychopathologies has many documented, and several uncertain causes. Some scientists have evidence that pregnant mothers have experienced an immune reaction that presents dangers to the unborn child. Schizophrenia is a disorder where the bodys immune system attacks itself. Schizophrenia is not present at birth but develops during the adolescence period or young adulthood. Schizophrenia is a biological brain disease affecting thinking ... or Franklin D. Roosevelt (American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page). Pregnant women who experience an immune reaction that presents danger to their unborn children, this reaction raises sharply the rates of schizophrenia in the unborn child. Severe malnutrition in the early months of the fetal development may contribute to schizophrenia. It is also known that schizophrenia runs in families. The probability of developing schizophrenia as the off spring of one parent ...
- 3420: Alcohol
- ... related to alcoholism are nearly $150 billion a year. Bibliography Work Cited Page United States. National Safety Council and California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. Effects of Alcohol United States. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. FAQs on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Word Count: 484
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