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- 2681: Premarital Sex
- ... the things that should be stopped but it is necessicary to note that putting a stop to premarital sex could help with the amount of teen mothers, people that are sick and are given a death sentence from AIDS and people that get hurt because there is a lack of commitment in their relationship. The first and most serious problem that comes from sex before marriage are sexually transmitted diseases. AIDS ... not been treated may infect others during the first two stages, which usually last one to two years. In its late stages, untreated syphilis, although not contagious, can cause serious heart problems, blindness, and even death. The most common way to get syphilis is by sex with an infected person during the first two stages but an unborn baby can also get the disease from the mother and be born with ... full proof protection is to not have sex at all. By having sex with one partner and when one gets married, one greatly reduces the risk of these sexual diseases which cause pain, stress and death. Sex before marriage causes problems other then just diseases. Many people experience unplanned pregnancies as a result of premarital sex, people that have sex just for fun or just for the experience end up ...
- 2682: Athrax
- ... centimeters in diameter with a black necrotic (dying) area in the center of the ulcer. Lymph glands in the adjacent area may swell. About twenty percent of untreated cases of cutaneous anthrax will result in death (www.cdc.gov). Deaths are rare due to antimicrobial therapy. When anthrax is contracted by inhalation the initial symptoms resemble a common cold. After several days, the symptoms may progress to a severe breathing problems and shock. The inhalation of anthrax spores usually results in death one to two days after on set of acute symptoms. The intestinal disease form of anthrax may follow the consumption of contaminated meat and is characterized by an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract. Initial signs of nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting of blood, and severe diarrhea. Intestinal anthrax results in death occurring in 25 to 60% of these cases (www.cdc.gov). If anthrax were to be used in biological warfare, pulmonary (or inhalation) anthrax would be of greatest concern this is the most lethal ...
- 2683: Summary of The Call of the Wild
- ... law of club is quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be better off not to challenge that man. Buck learned this law after he was beaten half to death by the man who had the club. No matter what he tried, he just couldn't win. Buck was sold off to a man who put him in a harness connected to many other dogs ... The rest of the spectators will instantly pounce on the downed dog and make quick work of it. Buck eventually became the best dog to ever roam the Klondike and eventually sent Spitz to his death. Along with the cruelty, he was being starved to death by a gold seeking group who had not brought enough food for the dogs. Beatings were also a regular part of his life, and during one such beating a man named John Thornton came ...
- 2684: Racism
- ... southern parts of the country. The KKK committed hate crimes such as burning down of black churches, and putting crosses to fire. Not to mention torturing blacks and creating brutal 5 deaths such as the death seen last June in Jasper, Texas. A 49 year old black man by the name of James Bryd Jr. was dragged by the back of a pickup truck (Boven). Police got the call of a dead body and the mans torso was found first, right arm second. The brutal death started by two young men picking up Bryd, he hopped in the back of the truck and one of the men became enraged that he picked up a black man. They then drove to a clearing and beat Bryd severely. Then he was chained to the truck and dragged, to his death. The two men who had many white-supremacist tattoos were charged with a capital crime offense (Boven). The Texas born Dennis Rodman paid for the funeral for his stand against racism. The future, when ...
- 2685: Vronsky and Anna's Struggle With Love
- ... they are both similar is that neither couples realized how strong their love was until the other was gone. Until then they were almost blind to it and how they felt. With the suicide and death of Anna, Vronsky was hit by many different emotions. From the pain of losing her, to the hate of why she did it , to the love he soon realized hefelt her. Probably the hardest thing ... gone. This is what happened to Vronsky after Anna dies. He realized his love for her and how when she was alive he never really showed her how much he did love her. After her death I think that Vronsky's love grew immensely for Anna. Another hard thing for Vronsky to deal with is why she killed herself. Anna committed suicide because she could not choose between her husband and the man she loved. I think that Vronsky blamed himself for her death. If he would have never persuaded the relationship she still would have been alive. The hardest thing for her was to decided who she loved more. Anna never meant to hurt anyone, but by ...
- 2686: Heroes and the Defiance of Fate
- ... by Hector. This sets in motion a series of fateful revelations and decisions that lead to Achilles fatal flaw. Achilles Mother, the goddess Thefis, tells her son that he will die if he avenges the death of his dear frioend and kills Hector. But Patrolelos is more than a dear friend. He is also a reflection of Achilles glory and in an emotional sense a part of him. So in every way, Patrolelos death is a direct blow to Achilles, and Achilles has no choice, being the great warrior, but to seek revenge. His decision guides fate, but at the same time, fate guides his decision. [ From one point ... of himself and could care less about the forces of fate. He thought of himself as invincible. In spite of the warning from his Mother, Achilles chooses to continue his plan for revenge and certain death. Fate knew all along that Achilles ego would take care of the rest. In contrast to Achilles who charged boldly into his fate, Oedipus tries to run away from his fate, but the outcome ...
- 2687: Wuthering Heights: Themes in the Novel
- ... a novel filled with many emotions and activity. Her characters represent an on going conflict between love and hate. Upon the publication of the book articles and reviews were written regarding Brontes novel. Following her death some of these were recovered such as the following written January 15 1848: " In Wuthering Heights the reader is shocked, disgusted, almost sickened by details of cruelty, inhumanity and the most diabolical hate and vengeance ... them. The little souls were confronting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on. " (48) Here we can witness Catherine and Heathcliff comforting each other in the news of Mr. Earnshaw's death. For a time it seems as if Heathcliff could be redeemed. And as they grew they became more separate. Catherine pledges her love to Edgar Linton, a young gentleman from Threshold Grange. She has second ... mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire. " (82) Catherine admits that within her heart she is not doing the right thing. After the death of Catherine, Heathcliff never fully recovers from the loss. His love last to the point that seven years later he decides to bring up he coffin and embrace her one final time. When he ...
- 2688: 1984 2
- ... not good enough, however. The only way to completely eliminate physical opposition is to first eliminate any mental opposition. The government is trying to control our minds, as it says "thought crime does not entail death; thought crime is death." (page 27). Later in the novel the government tries even more drastic methods of control. Big Brother s predictions in the Times are changed. The government is lying about production figures (pages 35-37). Even ... known whether it was intended as a "last words", though it was his final work, as he collapsed and was bed-ridden for two years before he died. He did marry several months before his death saying it gave him new reason to live. Orwell s creation of Winston Smith shows a character who is: "in struggle against the system, occasionally against himself, but rarely against other people. One thinks ...
- 2689: Persuasion in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention
- ... It is here through the use of heightened style that hyperbole, parallel structure, biblical and classical allusions, metaphors, simplicity and imagery have the strongest affect. Henry's conclusion with "give me liberty, or give me death" contains many elements of heightened style employed to their utmost effectiveness. Although out of context it is an obvious hyperbole, it seems the perfect conclusion to a recitation emphasizing patriotism and loyalty, placing one's ... dramatic conclusion also contains parallel structure and simplicity, making the statement even stronger! In Henry's mind and what he hoped to impress upon his audience was that there were only two choices; liberty or death and choice to be made was obvious. Quoting "We are apt to . . . listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts" from the popular epic poem The Odyssey serves the purpose ... of providing a commonality, something the audience can relate to as well as a metaphor comparing the British to the evil sirens and those who would listen to their promises as fools, heading toward their death. Although Henry's persuasive writing style and his mastery of literary persuasion techniques certainly aided him in convincing the Virginia Convention to arm themselves against the British, his writing is also able to convey ...
- 2690: Glass Menagerie
- ... would often see when he went to the movies every night. His coffin trick is a symbol of Tom's suffocating life. Both Malvoli and Tom face life-threatening situations. In the trick, Malvoli faces death by suffocation if he does not successfully escape the coffin. Tom faces death by emotional and spiritual suffocation if he does not find away out of the house. Also, the coffin itself symbolizes the lifestlye Tom is trying to escape. Tom views his life as a very cramped ... only making sixty-five dollars a month, and never being able to achieve his dreams. Although he loves his family, the thought of being cooped up in a lifestlye he desires not to live is death itself. Finally, during the coffin trick, Malvoli not only escapes, but does it without disturbing any of the nails. Tom claims "You know it don't take much intelligence to get yourself into a ...
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