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- 10081: Escape Through Science Fiction Novels and Movies
- ... the price when they do less work and engage in more play. However, when we are involved in science fiction there are no undesirable consequences that we must face. If luke skywalker stopped working one day, he would not get fired. He would just use a few more droids. As we watch star wars all we know is that all of a sudden work became much easier, fun became much more ...
- 10082: The Mafia
- ... 53). This is what makes up modern corporations. The decisions that are made by certain companies come from the hierarchy of the company. It is this way in the Mafia as well according to Cressy: "(d)esicion making (in the Mafia) is concentrated at the top of the hierarchy… a low-status member is expected to surrender his own will and authority to the authority of his superiors (and) place (himself ...
- 10083: The Patriotic Shopping Center
- ... feelings of claustrophobia in the seven-acre theme park, Knott’s Camp Snoopy. The designers tried to create an environment that was meaningful to every American, a place where families could relax and enjoy the day together. However, the author persuades the reader that the mall is nothing more than a glorified shopping center. “The outside [of the mall]…resembles…a Las Vegas Casino…impossibly large and vaguely unreal, [with its ...
- 10084: Odysseus' Journey
- ... of Circe. On his way to the palace, Hermes confronts Odysseus and tells him “Here, this is a good medicine, take it, and go into Circe’s house; it will give you power against the day of trouble. And I will tell you all the malevolent guiles of Circe.” (287-290) Confrontation with Polyphemus After their cycloptic enemy ate many of the crewmembers, Odysseus knew he would have to blind the ...
- 10085: Video Poker
- ... family of a person that just lost it all. People can be seen smacking the machines because they were losing. (3) There is no telling what those people do to their family after a hard day at the machines. Greenville is second in the state in machines available to be played. 12 counties in 1994 were forced to legalize payouts on the machines. (4) In conclusion I would have to say ...
- 10086: Hero Worship
- ... would argue that these heroes do this as part of their job and this is what they are supposed to do. None of these saved lives would have happened without these professionals showing heroism every day. It takes commitment, gallantry, courage and sometimes bravery to step up and go a little further than normal. When someone pulls a child from a burning house that person is called a hero. What about ...
- 10087: Stocism in "Enchiridion"
- ... bring. When I first read the “Enchiridion,” I harshly criticized this attitude of “accepting ones misfortunes.” I thought that acceptance was equivalent with resignation. Cruelty, injustice, bodily discomforts, illness, etc are facts of our every day life, and simply accepting these things was, in my opinion, surrender and the first step toward indifference. However, I came to realize that I missed a crucially important point. I came across Reinhold Niebuhr’s ...
- 10088: Democracy
- ... that the idea of a philosopher king has the best of both worlds: The control of a dictatorship, but the freedom of a (controlled) democracy. (The philosopher king is not defined as concisely as I'd like, so I'm taking some liberties here). Someone who is bred specifically to lead a country would be better than any politician; they would be specialized in the physics of politics, they would have ...
- 10089: Role of Horses in England
- ... streets, night crews had to work long hours shoveling the waste and transporting it out of the urban areas. These crews had to work at night to avoid contributing to the traffic problems during the day. Traffic was another part of the problem of using horses as transportation. There were close to 500,000 carriages, over 100,000 passenger cabs and also vans, wagons, and carts. To contribute to the congested ...
- 10090: The Ideals Of Knighthood In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
- ... rests. Lining out the deal with Gawain he says, "Whatever I win in the woods I will give you at eve/ And all you have earned you must offer to me." Gawain accepts, and each day while the Lord is hunting, his wife tempts Gawain. Gawain is torn between his purity and his courtesy because he cannot commit adultery, yet he cannot offend a lady by not honoring her request. She ...
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