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- 2761: Karl Marx's Teachings and Capitalism
- ... Practically speaking, the factory produces additional problems for the workers. The working conditions are very poor in the factory. “The economical use of the social means of production, matured and forced as in a hot house by the factory system, is turned in the hands of the capital into a systemic robbery of what is necessary for the life of the worker while he is at work, i.e. space, light ... booming wool industry, “A mass of ‘free’ and unattached proletarians was hurled onto the labour-market by the dissolution of the bands of feudal retainers, who, as Sir James Steuart correctly remarked, ‘everywhere uselessly filled house and castle’. Although the royal power, itself a product of bourgeois development, forcibly hastened the dissolution of these bands of retainers in its striving for absolute sovereignty, it was by no means the sole cause ...
- 2762: What Is The American Dream?
- ... in Kansas during the Reconstruction. During the time that he lived with his grandmother, however, she was old and poor resulting in little to eat and forcing them to rent out part of their small house. Unable to give Langston the attention he needed and his feelings of hurt and rejection by both his mother and father caused him to grow up very insecure and unsure of himself. In the second ... what is the American Dream? When asked, this question would receive a variety of responses, yet the main response would probably be freedom. The denotative meaning of the American dream is given in the Random House Dictionary: 1. The ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American. 2. A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S ...
- 2763: Types of Conflicts in Literature
- ... and Blackie, the leader of the gang, when T. takes command. This hostility present is not held exclusively within the gang. As a group, they all despise Old Misery, the old man living in the house near the car park. But all of this contention exists because of complicated reasons resulting from differences in social classes and differences between the old society and the new one that emerged after the war. Everything is intertwined and no clear-cut conflict exists. The differences between right and wrong are not as noticeable. Even though T., Blackie, and the rest of the gang destroyed Old Misery’s house, it is hard to completely blame them for what they did because the discrepancies are so difficult to make. All kinds of conflict exist in literature, whether internal or external or concrete or abstract. It ...
- 2764: Writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's Code Of Laws, And Egypt's Book Of The Dead
- ... this is "Let the sole sorry of your parents be that you might become ill." This stresses personal responsibility and respect to your parents. Hammurabi showed responsibility by saying "If a builder has built a house for a man, and has not made his work sound, and the house he built has fallen, and caused the death of the man's son, the builder's son shall be put to death." That quote shows a man's responsibility for himself and his family. In ...
- 2765: Atomic Bomb
- ... the top scientists from around the country were brought together to construct the most deadliest thing known to man. The project originated in the Pentagon in 1942 when General Groves was told, by the White House, he was to lead the Manhattan Project. World War II had already been raged for three years when the Nazis, after being victorious in Europe, declared war on the United States. This was nine months ... on Nagasaki. Over 200,000 lives were taken because of the bombings. On September 2, 1945 Japan surrendered , unconditionally. Robert Oppenheimer was recognized as a national hero in the United States. In 1949, the White House asked him to lead a project in making the H+ Super Bomb. For recognizable reasons, he declined this offer. In 1954, his security clearances were revokedand he was slowly pushed out of public services. Robert ...
- 2766: The Dead Sea Scrolls
- ... Zadokites lost control of the high priesthood to the Hasmonaeans (the Maccabean family). When the dust of the revolt had finally cleared, Jonathan the Hasmonaean, who was not of the Zadokite line, but from the house of Hashmon, had been proclaimed high priest and leader of the people. With the help of the Syrian Pretender to the Selucid Throne, Alexander Balas, Jonathan the Hasmonaean appeared in the robes of the high ... priestly head. The priests of the community are called either the "Sons of Aaron" (Manual of Discipline 9: 7) or the "Sons of Zadok" (Messianic Rule 1: 24). In post-exile times, membership in the house of Zadok was a necessary prerequisite for holding a legitimate priestly office, as recorded in Ezekiel's vision of the new Temple, only the Sons of Zadok are to have the right to make sacrifices ...
- 2767: The Many Aspects of Streets
- ... Children often play in streets to be with their neighborhood friends and playmates. Families too, often gather in streets or have neighborhood picnics. For example, children and families often use streets on Halloween, traveling from house to house in search of treats. On main streets there are often stores, businesses, and restaurants. The accessible locations of such commercial places can often also serve as a meeting place. From a more abstract point of ...
- 2768: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been
- ... leaves to go to a family barbeque down the street. Connie is left by herself and chooses to wash her hair instead of going to church. When she hears a car driving up to her house, her heart starts pounding, she pulls at her hair and says, "Christ. Christ.," not in reference to the Lord or religion in general but because she is worried about how bad she looks. This gives ... her when she opens the screen door. Connie replies by saying, "Who the hell do you think you are?", a typical response of someone in that situation. If a complete stranger showed up at my house and talked to me as though we were best friends I would respond the same way. Throughout the story Oates continues to use vulgar language to illustrate the story and show how much Arnold Friend ...
- 2769: Berkeley's Theory of Immaterialism
- ... and thus the materialists' belief has been reduced to absurdity. Let the reader consider this example to reinforce the point. A ten-story building is erected, and a person who lives in a single-story house in the country sees the new building. To this person the structure may seem quite tall, as he has never seen any building taller than three stories. However, a construction worker comes across the same ... being ruminated upon it does not exist in the realm of knowledge at that particular time. As an example, if I were to move to another country and, after some time, forget about my old house in America, it would not exist to me anymore. In accordance with the immaterialists' view, my actively perceiving mind would be electing not to reflect back upon the past. Thus, only the active mind can ...
- 2770: “The Legacy of One.”
- ... was never there though. That led me to do a lot of stupid things, but my dad was always there to try to understand why I did them. Until one warm, Saturday at my grandparents house. It was my dad and I, having a great day, watching cartoons! Everything was going great, until my dad wanted to go on a motorcycle ride. Now, I had always loved riding the bike. Something ... going to do it it’ll be me. I am the one who runs me now. It has been that way for a long time. My dad was the same way, moved out of his house at the age of 16. That is what our legacy is I guess. Well, it’s actually a few rolled into one. Here they are. 1. You are the one that controls you. 2. You ...
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