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- 8041: Knights and Chivalry
- ... is a distinguished soldier, gentlemen and an idealist. Todays readers might find it strange that so many elements of chivalry come into the story. The Knight in the Canterbury Tales is compared to the modern day police office. We would not think that the Knight would be such a perfect and gentle man who loved truth, freedom chivalry and honor. Since he is compared to police officer we would not think ...
- 8042: Diversity Within English
- ... lexicon or vocabulary, and phonetics or pronunciation. Social dialects are also where the described differences are often defined as stigmatized or nonstigmatized (Ferguson 52). Stigmatized items include use of the double negative (grammar), substituting the d sound for the leading th and losing sounds like the middle r and the final g in ing (pronunciation), and stylistic choices such as puke for vomit (vocabulary). There are three main types of reactions ...
- 8043: Our Prison System Sucks
- ... when the killer is dead. I know I would. I'm sure you all probably think I'm a monster by now, but think about it. What would you do if you where robbed? You'd want revenge, right? What if (god forbid) someone you loved got killed, what if you where to be rapped? What would you do??
- 8044: Communication Skills
- Communication Skills Communication skills are all around us, from the day we are born until the rest of our lives. How many times have you seen communication skills required for a job in the classifieds and wonder what it actually means. A communication skill is some ...
- 8045: Christmas, Retailers, and the Santa Claus Conspiracy
- ... supposed to be a fat man wearing red underwear who is capable of sliding down your chimney unharmed in order to quietly slip into your house while you're sleeping. If he really existed I'd be sitting up with a loaded shotgun every Christmas Eve, not dreaming of gifts while this lunatic could be slicing the throats of everyone in my house! And to add to the horror he is ...
- 8046: Chivalry
- ... ceremonies became part of the knighting process. Before a squire was knighted he confessed with many nights of prayer. The night before knighting, a squire underwent a strict fast and received the sacrament. The next day he washed and put on pure white clothing for the ceremony with a sword suspended from his neck. At dawn, the chaplain came to hear confession and celebrate mass. Then gifts such as a coat ...
- 8047: Blacks Treated as Lower Class Citizens
- ... that most employers did not want any blacks working for them no matter how qualified, and if you do not have a job it symbolizes a lower- class citizen. "Do you know how long we'd last, doing something like that" (Griffin 108). This quote shows the little power the blacks have over their jobs and how easily they could starve to death. The lower- class citizen usually has an inferior ...
- 8048: Something Wicked This Way Comes: Conflicts Between Father and Son
- ... to many hearts of boys especially the heart of William. The arrival of the mysterious, dark carnival allowed William to open up and express to his father on the on goings, for that was the day when both would take a step forward into a relationship known as father and son. “Will wanted to fling up the window and call. Suddenly Dad was so lost in the night. Not me, don ...
- 8049: Appearances - A Universal Concern
- ... ignored altogether. Even more definitive is the third and last experiment -- car problems. Two actresses were hired to pretend to have car problems. They both stood at the same place, at the same time of day, with the same problem. The more attractive actress had four men pull over in 10n minutes, while the less attractive actress did not receive help for over two hours. For those that are resolved to ...
- 8050: Why Televisions Should Be Unplugged
- ... includes violence, murder, rape, etc. Children's grades drop drastically when tuning in to their favorite cartoon takes priority over completing their math or other schoolwork. The effects may also carry over into the next day, when they re-enact their favorite scene of the previous night's episode of Power Rangers on the playground, often resulting in the injury of several poor kids. Obviously such programs are counter-productive to ...
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