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- 6051: Phaedo
- ... was wise for he was always in the pursuit of knowledge. Unfortunately, Socrates was put to death late in his life. One of his best students, Plato, however, recorded what had occurred on that last day of Socrates' life. On that last day of his life, Socrates made a quite powerful claim. He claimed that philosophy was merely practice for getting used to death and dying. At first, the connection between philosophy and death is not clear. However ...
- 6052: Beowulf 6
- ... is doing a good thing, but all his motives are not the most honorable motives. This shows the Pagan values of the time. Materialistic things meant a lot to people during this time. The next day, there is a celebration of Grendel s death. Beowulf and his group of warriors leave the mead hall to go sleep in their beds (1300). While they are gone, Grendel s mother decides to extract ... kills the monster (1569). Beowulf s belief that God shows him the way to kill the monster shows the Christian values in the book. Beowulf returns home and becomes king after years pass by. One day, a slave finds a tower filled with treasures and a dragon guarding them. The slave decides to steal a golden cup that is there. When the dragon awakens, he leaves the tower in search of ...
- 6053: Porography
- ... society saw it as perverted and sinful,it was still considered relatively harmaless.Today there is one case studie,standing out from the rest,that tends to shatter this illusion. The study done by Monica D.Weisz and Christopher M. Earls used "eighty-seven males.....that were randomly shown one of four films", by researchers William Tooke and Martin Lalumière: "Deliverance, Straw Dogs, Die Hard II, and Days of Thunder", for ... point by her boss, who threatened her with death (Itzin 26). Ms Marchiano did escape and when her story was told,it was repeated by a number of women in the pornography buisness. According to D'arcy Jenish many children are lured into the pornography industry by choosing first to model.These young teen's egos are boosted when they are told. "(they have good bodies)", and are asked "if they ...
- 6054: Black Rain
- ... one paragraph, The name of the bomb had already undergone a number of changes, from the initial "new weapon" through "new-type bomb," "secret weapon," "special new-type bomb," to "special high-capacity bomb." That day, I learned for the first time to call it an "atomic bomb." (Black Rain 282) The importance of the name of the bomb may seem ineffectual, but he seems to dwell on finding out what ... mussels left in any of the many streams and there were also no fish in any of the ponds. The only thing that survived were the eels who were seen swimming up the river a day before the surrender was given. This was a sign of rebirth. It only took a year after the Hiroshima bombing for the surrender and during that time the government did not help any of the ...
- 6055: Self-Improvement
- ... many teachers do you know that give out his or her home phone number during your academic career? One seemingly endless week passed. Even with a burst of effort on my part, I received a D on his quiz. With the paper in my hand, I nervously asked, "Mr. Johnson, my name is Sam. I am in your English class, I would like to talk to you about my grade for the quiz" looking at me with an understanding expression, he replied, "Sure, what about the grade?" A sensation of relief overcome my nervous body, I asked, "why did I get a D?" he gently reply, "May I see your paper?" with my cold sweaty hands, I handed him my disorganized paper. After reading it once, he gave me a understanding look, and said, "you got most of ...
- 6056: My Personal Belief
- ... there has to be a life after death, because God has made a better place for me in Heaven after this life has passed. My belief in Christianity helps me to make it through each day, whether they are good or bad, because I know that I always have a friend in God. The existence of God in my life helps me to be a better person because I know that ... in some higher being. If you don't have anything to believe in, then you live your life with a void. You don't really live a fulfilled life, you just exist each and every day. Without my belief in God, I could not make it through life.
- 6057: Jobs Are Not For Me
- ... that bright made things even harder. One time I can recall where my job really interfered with my life was when I had tickets to go see a concert. Unfortunately I had to work that day. I did not see any big problem with this; I would just take the day off. Not with Bob around. To someone like him, groceries are life and they should be for everyone, especially me. Well little did he know that this little situation would end my employment with that ...
- 6058: The Time of Christmas
- ... My thoughts were interrupted periodically with phone calls for my office. I answered the calls with the formatted, "Merry Christmas, this is Jennifer. How may I help you?" It became automatic. Thirty- forty calls a day answered the same way. At the end of the day I drove to my apartment, actually it was a room I rented with little kitchen privileges. I would set a bag of fast- food down on my dresser or bed and turn on the TV ...
- 6059: Prostitution
- ... Outline Thesis: Prostitution should be legalized because not only does it financially benefit the country, but legalized prostitution could also reduce crime. I. Illegalized prostitution A. Preservation of morality B. Health risks C. Violent crime D. Costs to citizens II. Legalized prostitution A. Constitutional right B. Regular health exam C. Reduction of violent crime D. Government regulation III. Argument Prostitution is known as the oldest profession in the world, however, many states in the U.S. outlaw it. The textbook definition of prostitution is the "act or practice of engaging ...
- 6060: Just Trying to Help
- ... always quick to come up with a “nigger joke”, or to tell everyone how much better he was than the entire black community. This really ticked me off, and Mike knew it. Ever since the day that I made damn sure Mike wasn’t ever going to run off his mouth in front of me, he thought hard about what he was going to say when I was within earshot. Mike ... knew he would make much more out of his life than Mike ever would. This made me feel a little better, but the things mike would say still kind of pissed me off. One particular day we were playing basketball when Mike started playing a little rough. He would put his elbows up in Kaasa’s face, or push him when he would try to take a shot. Kaasa just ignored ...
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