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- 961: Gangs
- ... violence. Territorial gangs: can be from any race or ethnic background. They lay claim to a particular territory. They typically "tag" their territory with gang graffiti and are willing to defend their turf to the death. Professor Cornel West, a Princeton University social scholar, says in his book Race Matters "The frightening result is a numbing detachment from others and a self-destructive disposition toward the world. Life without meaning, hope ... 4. Expand the Drug Free School Zone Program: Not only would drug penalties be doubled within a 1000 yard radius of any school but also any crime that could be linked to gang activity the penalty would also be doubled. From a illegally parked car to murder, all punishments doubled for known gang members. Cost: Funded via. sin taxes on items such as alcohol and tobacco. Money would pay for extra ... Drive by's” act of terrorism: By labeling thing such as “drive by” shootings, or any violence directed at the public in general, an act of terrorism they would be a federal offense punishable by death. Committing a federal offense normally carries a much higher sentence than that of local jurisdictions, and is punishable by death no matter what state the crime was done in. Cost: Negligible Enforcement: Punishable by ...
- 962: Important African American Figures
- ... in 1799. In 1816 the African Methodist Episcopal Church was formed, uniting congregations of blacks in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. Allen was appointed its first bishop, a post he held until his death. In 1966 Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to win a seat in the Texas Senate. She authored the state's first successful minimum-wage bill and pushed for civil rights legislation. In 1972 ... circuit 1962-65, the U.S. solicitor general 1965-67, and the first African American associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court 1967-91. He was known for his attacks on discrimination, opposition to the death penalty, and championing of free speech and civil liberties. Marshall was awarded in 1946 the Spingarn Medal Tubman worked closely with the Underground Railroad. Often she left fugitives in the care of other "conductors" after ...
- 963: The Plague By Albert Camus
- ... outside Oran. Jean Tarrou is the best friend of Rieux. His notebooks are used as part of the chronicle. M. Michel was a concierge and the first person to die of the plague. After his death, many cases of this illness were reported widespread. Father Paneloux was a priest in Oran. Raymond Rambert was a Paris journalist that became trapped in Oran when the plague became widespread. Cottard was a criminal ... heat indoors. In autumn, there are inundations of mud. Only winter brings really pleasant weather. Love is considered repulsive in Oran. Also, it is impossible to see the sea, which symbolizes life in this book. Death and sickness are the relevant plots throughout this book. Dr. Bernard Rieux was leaving surgery one morning when he felt a dead rat under his feet. This was the beginning of the terrible tragedies that ... since he was a doctor. He was the first to actually attempt to help one of these sick people. Michel was his first patient, and the first to die of this plague. After Michel's death, many cases of this plague and death were reported widespread. As the numerous reports of sickness and death became prevalent, Dr. Rieux tried to comfort and cure the plagued patients. About ninety percent of ...
- 964: Samson Agonistes Dealing With
- ... Samson begins to question, "why was the sight to such a tender ball as th' eye confined? If light was so precious why would it be exposed and so easy to be destroyed. Samson considers death a privilege because he would be buried and relieved of all his pains and wrongs. We see the same kind of questioning why in Milton's, Lycidas. In Lycidas, however the person suffering defeat is ... go home. Manoa has already "made way/ to some Philistian lords, with whom to treat/ about thy ransom: well they may by this/ have satisfied their utmost of revenge/ by pains and slaveries, worse than death inflicted/ on thee, who now no more canst do them harm."(481-486 Samson) Samson still feeling as though he has got what he deserves tell his father to just spare himself the trouble. Manoa ... t want to go home to be pitied or sit around and do nothing. Samson rather drudge until the vermin or the pill-swill of servile food consumes him and brings about a much welcomed death. Manoa stills as though it will better for Samson to go home and lie bed ridden and hope one day of God giving back his gift of sight. Samson in complete denial still believes ...
- 965: Like Water For Chocolate - Movie Vs Book
- ... her in the lake, killing her. According to the novel, Mama Elena doesn’t die until later in the book, from a drug overdose. "At first, Tita and John had no explanation for this strange death, since clinically Mama Elena had no other malady than her paralysis. But going through her bureau, they found the bottle of syrup of ipecac and they deduced that Mama Elena must have taken it secretly. John informed Tita that it was a very strong emetic that could cause death" (Esquirel 135). Soon after Mama Elena’s death Gertrudis returns to the ranch. In Esquirel’s tale Gertrudis rides up on a horse at the head of the revolutionary soldiers. Tita finds out that Gertrudis is in charge of the troops. Unaware ...
- 966: Is it Glorious to Die for your Country?
- ... living around you, you would join the army just in the thought that you were obligated to for the sole sake of your country. Such thoughts were reinforced by the government promotion of propaganda. Glorifying death is not needed to be taught and should be up to the sole individual. School systems should teach an unbiased point of view of war to enable the child to make their own decision to ... when many soldiers of opposing countries fight against each other across a vast desolate, dirt covered land, and the only sense of cover was to crouch in a usually water logged trench. The sense of death engulfed your very soul, the constant bombardment of shells echo in your mind long after it had ceased. On the Western front conditions were horrible to say the least, stench of death remained constantly in the air, bodies riddled with bullet wounds lay across the bottoms of the trenches, dismembered bodies scattered across the landscape and the sounds of agonizing and dying men echo across the ...
- 967: ... front of captain, Billy is unable to defend himself verbally because of speech impediment so he defends himself physically. Unfortunately the blow kills master at Arms. The Captain is then obliged to sentence him to death because of strict naval discipline. Symbolism is used in this play. Billy Budd is symbolised for innocence; Claggart represents evil; and Captain Vere symbolises honorable ‘The sea’s deceitful, boy: calm above, and underneath, a ...
- 968: Death As A Theme In Hamlet
- Honesty is one of the most important factors in Othello. And although there is very little honesty actually present in the play the term is most commonly applied to Iago, who also happens to be the most dishonest ...
- 969: Freud And Caligula
- ... society today. According to Freud, the core of personality was made of the id, ego and superego. The id is based on the pleasure principal and required immediate gratification. It also enveloped the life and death instincts. The ego is based on the reality principal as it is rational and logical-where defense mechanisms come into play. The superego supercedes both the conscious and unconscious. It is the part of the ... formation, altruism, and isolation. There are numerous defense mechanisms with which people handle their pain. Repression is the act of burying a painful feeling or thought from one's awareness. For example, after a tragic death in the family one may try to forget about the funeral, and it eventually becomes completely forgotten. Denial is the second defense mechanism in which a person refuses to accept reality because it is too ... caught in bed with his sister Drusilla. Instability within the hierarchy led to a series of personal tragedies during his childhood. Both of his parents and all of his brothers were killed or starved to death by order of the suspicious emperor Tiberious. During his adolescence, Caligula was a virtual prisoner of Tiberius. By then Tiberius had largely withdrawn from active government and retreated to the island of Capri, where ...
- 970: A Homicide For Emily
- A Homicide for Emily A Rose for Emily is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner. This is because the way Emily s character is portrayed, the mysterious death of Homer Barron, and the way Faulkner uses the narrator to tell the story. Emily is portrayed as a woman who kept to herself throughout her whole life. In her younger years her father had ... manservant s visits were the only way that the townspeople knew that she was still alive. After her father died Emily kept his body in her house. A few days after Emily s father s death a couple of ladies came to give their condolences. But Emily came to the door dressed in casual clothes and showed no signs of grief. The townspeople were about to resort to law enforcement when ... she was a figure that could be pitied by the town, alone and penniless. Eventually Emily met Homer, a Yankee who came into town to pave sidewalks during the summer of Emily s father s death. They started seeing each other but Homer would rather hang out with the guys than hang out with Emily. He was not the marrying type. When Emily figured this out she bought some arsenic ...
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