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- 7591: Personal Impacts Of Death
- ... a sizable research tradition in psychology and psychiatry on exactly how children's concepts of death unfold developmentally. As social scientists have studied the long-term social and cultural consequences of mass epidemics or total war, psychiatrists attempt to gauge how early firsthand death encounters later affect the motivations, psychoses, and fears of adulthood. And what lessons are learned in childhood about death? Consider the Saturday morning catechism. The lessons begin ...
- 7592: Fallen Souls in "The Inferno"
- ... tell it) were covered wholly; they shone below the ice like straws in glass,” (Literature 641). And among these ice covered souls is the soul of Benedict Arnold, an American officer of the American Revolutionary War. During Arnold's time as an officer he became one of George Washington's most trusted officers. But his deceit and worthlessness was shown when Arnold “sold his services to the British,” (New Standard Enc ...
- 7593: The Theme of Diversity in Novels
- ... life's struggles in different ways. They all pose different situations, resolutions and meanings to the reader. Even though all the situations were different, ironically they all were written during the time period after World War II. The novels can all be tied together in some way as the protagonist struggles to solve his or her own problem, as diverse as the problems may be.
- 7594: Preferred Hiring Practices
- ... those that would be most affected by preferential hiring: both blacks and women have had the right to vote; discrimination based on race, color, religion, or sex has been illegal; segregation has ended; and the civil rights movement has taken place. Clearly, we live in a different United States than out predecessors. Today's blacks and women may still experience some repercussions of discrimination, but for decades laws have been enforced ...
- 7595: Image of Child Heros
- ... prevalent in the different cultures. It is seen in many different fables and moral-based stories. “You cannot go against the Philistine, you are but a youth, and he has long been a man of war”(Metzger 145). This is what King Saul of Israel said to David when he proposed that he fight the Philistine warrior Goliath. The story of David and Goliath is quite possibly one of the oldest ...
- 7596: Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan and Christian
- Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan and Christian "Beowulf" is a link between two traditions, Pagan and the Christian. The virtues of courage in war and the acceptance of feuds between men and countries as a fact of life stem from the older Pagan tradition. On the other hand Christianity's moralities are based meekness and poverty. "Beowulf" brings this ...
- 7597: Comparison Between Beowulf and Tick
- ... the Geats- greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world" (ll. 109-111). So neither of them are whimps. Theyre tough too. Theyve had plenty of battles to prove it. "...from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood. I drove five great giants into chains, chased all of that race from the earth" (ll.247-250). Beowulf is a tough guy. Beowulf and Tick like to talk about ...
- 7598: Abbey, and His Fear of Progress
- ... of progress. He knew that hordes of people and their "machines" would come (Abbey 50-51). Most people see progress as a good thing. Abbey proclaims. "I would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world (Abbey 60)." "Prog-ress n. forward motion or advance to a higher goal; an advance; steady improvement (Webster's)." Is progress really all of that? How can you improve ...
- 7599: Social Criticism in Literature
- ... of the animals. Orwell criticized Germany, representing it as Pinchfield Farm, which betrayed Animal Farm by paying for lumber with counterfeit money. In real life, this represents the Soviet-Germany non-aggression pact during World War II which Germany eventually broke. Eventually, towards the end of the story, the term, "absolute power corrupts absolutely," is proven, as the pigs, who retained all the privileges for themselves, have evolved into a different ...
- 7600: The Theory of Property
- ... from remote gens to inherit. The Lower Barbaric, the Middle Barbaric, and the Upper Barbaric sub- periods comprise the second ethnical period. In the Lower Barbaric period belts, picture writing, stockades for village defense, shields, war clubs, air guns for shooting, the mortar and pestle and pipes were invented. These objects were more intricate and specialized than those found in the Savage period and the need for acquiring them also grew ...
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