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- 2351: Its A Jungle Out There
- ... is a cruel, harsh world, and the land of shattered dreams. The group first goes through many difficult trials and tribulations. The first big problem faced by the group is a marriage, which costs a great deal of money. The second ordeal is a very tragic death. After these one couple buys a house that is sold to them for three times its value. The parents and other groups then move ... immediately. After his first Socialist rally, he listens to mainly two people; one an ex-professor who has become a philosopher and the other an evangelist who has become a traveler. The Jungle had a great deal to do about socialism. Upton disliked Communism and Capitalism a great deal and thought that Socialism was the answer. Sinclair was brought up in Baltimore and his family was considerably poor. His father was very unsuccessful at hi job and it is believed that for ...
- 2352: Capital Punishment
- ... certain circumstances such as the life of a murderer, what is stopping others from creating their own circumstances for the value of one's life such as race, class, religion, and economics. Immanual Kant, a great philosopher of ethics, came up with the Categorical Imperative, which is a universal command or rule that states that society and individuals "must act in such a way that you can will that your actions ... Reformed Church of America, Southern California Ecumenical Council, Unitarian/Universalist Association, United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church (Death Penalty Focus). Those that argue that the death penalty is ethical state that former great leaders and thinkers such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Kant, Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Mill all supported it (Koch 324). However, Washington and Jefferson, two former presidents and admired men, both supported ... Surely, the advice of someone who clearly demonstrated a total disregard for the value of human life cannot be considered in such an argument as capital punishment. In regard to the philosophers, Immanuel Kant, a great ethical philosopher stated that the motives behind actions determine whether something is moral or immoral (Palmer 271). The motives behind the death penalty, which revolve around revenge and the "frustration and rage of people ...
- 2353: Howard Roark's Testimony At The Cortlandt Trial
- ... words, he did not realize that allowing Keating to propose the project to be a threat to his individualistic ideals. Roark’s unnoticed failure greatly changes the logic of his testimony. He explains how the great scientists and thinkers were condemned for their new ideas. He is obviously paralleling this to the Cortlandt project. It is incredibly true that as the ideas endured criticism and condemnation, they were eventually seen as ... man who created the wheel, and the man who discovered fire. His first statements that these men were prosecuted are merely assumptions, but they may very well have been true. Furthermore, he explains that, “Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced”. This is true in most cases, but Roark does not seem to realize that if all thoughts and ideas were accepted, there would be a few very dangerous ones. Denouncing ...
- 2354: Scandinavian Mythology
- ... the story of the creation of the world, according to Norse mythology. The Creation- In the beginning there was no earth or heaven, no sand nor see nor cooling waves. There was only Ginnungagap, a great void. In the north there was an icy world, while in the south, a fiery realm. The northern part of Ginnungagap became filled with the ice and. When that ice formed and was firm, a ... the ice. This man was called Buri. He had a son name Bor who married Bestla, who was the daughter of the giant Bolthum. Bor and Bestla had three sons, Odin, Vili, andVe. There was great strife between the offspring of Ymir and the children of Bor and Bestla. Odin led his brothers against Ymir and they killed him. Ever since that time there has been hatred and enmity between the ... and cast them into the air and these became the storm-threatening clouds. One day while Odin and his brothers were walking along the sea shore they came upon two tree trunks. The gods saw great beauty in the trunks and set forth to bring them to life. Odin gave them soul, Vili gave motion and sense, and Ve gave being and blooming hue. These beings were the first humans ...
- 2355: A "Full House" in the "Hand" of Education
- ... inform students and prepare them for the kind of education that they should pursue. Cardinal Newman, a well--known Anglican priest, had the idea of a University in mind. He stated that, "It is a great point then to enlarge the range of studies which a University professes, even for the sake of the students; and, though they cannot pursue every subject which is open to them, they will be the ... education. They can guide students to choose certain subjects and evaluate the ones they have chosen, to see if they will benefit from them. Cardinal Newman explains this as, “profiting by intellectual tradition; apprehending the great outlines of knowledge, the principles on which it rests, the scale of its parts; its lights and its shades, its great points and its little, as the student otherwise cannot apprehend them--a Liberal education”(41). In Cardinal Newman's view, professors should encourage students to go to a University because it not only is ...
- 2356: Christmas Gifts You Love (to Hate)
- ... possible to actually predict the kinds of gifts you'll unwrap on Christmas morning. Let's look at a few examples. The Necessity Gift The necessity gift is one that always seems like a really great idea to your mother or grandmother, but which is invariably a big yawn to unwrap. Let's be realistic, how excited is anybody likely to get over a dozen pairs of matching socks, a hairbrush ... The reason they stay there for a very long time--generations, even--is because most Closet Stuffers make us believe that someday they might be fun and/or useful. But of course, they never are. Great Closet Stuffers include pasta makers, fondue sets, tacky knick-knacks, tie racks, and the ever-popular but usually short-lived all-around exercise machine. Some of these gifts might have actually been on someone's ... concocting 12-pound, liquor-filled, green-red-yellow speckled wonders (you wonder what's in them) as special gifts for their favorite relatives. This doesn't make them taste any better, but they do make great door- stops in the off-season. No, only department or drug store fruitcakes fall into this category. Of course, not all "IDKWBY" gifts are culinary in nature. Calendars qualify, as do chia pets. Enough ...
- 2357: The Scandinavian Drama: Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts
- ... due mainly to her passionate love for the child born of that horrible relationship--her boy Oswald, her all in life. He must be saved at any cost. To do that, she had sacrificed her great yearning for him and sent him away from the poisonous atmosphere of her home. And now he has returned, fine and free, much to the disgust of Pastor Manders, whose limited vision cannot conceive that ... in which immorality was running rampant abroad? Manders. Yes, of course. Mrs. Alving. I have, too. Oswald. Well, you may take their word for it. They know what they are talking about! Oh! that that great, free, glorious life out there should be defiled in such a way! Pastor Manders is outraged, and when Oswald leaves, he delivers himself of a tirade against Mrs. Alving for her "irresponsible proclivities to shirk ... of life meant--only loafers and boon companions---- . . . So that happened which was sure to happen. . . . Oswald, my dear boy; has it shaken you very much? Oswald. Of course it came upon me as a great surprise, but, after all, it can't matter much to me. Mrs. Alving. Can't matter! That your father was so infinitely miserable! Oswald. Of course I can pity him as I would anybody ...
- 2358: Immortal Poetry
- ... come is almost inconceivable to us now. In this world, the only thing we can be sure of is that everything will change. With all of these transformations happening, it is a wonder that a great poet may write words over one hundred years ago, that are still relevant in today’s modern world. It is also remarkable that their written words can tell us more about our present, than they did about our past. Is it just an illusion that our world is evolving, or do these great poets have the power to see into the future? In this brief essay, I will investigate the immortal characteristics of poetry written between 1794 and 1919. And, I will show that these classical poems can ... respected people in our culture. The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. – Great God! (Lines 6 - 9) Wordsworth gives life to nature in his words, and displays to us nature’ s agony and pain, “howling at all hours.” But, we listen not! For we are out of ...
- 2359: Female Power In The Odyssey
- ... close and their enemies closer. She does just that, by keeping the suitors in her home for three years in order to later seek vengeance: Here is an instance of her trickery: she had a great loom standing in the hall and the fine warp of some vast fabric on it; we were attending her, and she said to us: Young men, my suitors, now my lord is dead, let me finish my weaving before I marry, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So every day she wove on the great loom- But every night by torchlight she unwove it; (98-103, 110-111, 2.3) By sneaking to the loom at night to unweave her threads she is able to stall her decisions. She further ... amazing the way that the text depicts her ability to take charge over her husband, even after all she has done to him. This is shown in book IV when Odysseus son, Telemacchus, goes the great hall of Menelaos, hiding his identity. With everyone gathered, ready to eat, Helen takes it upon herself to discover the identity of their guest: Menelaos, my lord, have we yet heard our new guests ...
- 2360: The Philosophy of Truth Making You Free
- ... own devising. Also, when this harmful conspiracy in the higher levels of society becomes known, then a little truth can cause a lot of harm. The issues that the government deals with are of such great consequence that, they will have to make unpopular decisions and even make unscrupulous deals and from the products of this practice, the public in turn will cause an unparalleled uproar that would tear the fabric ... the more we try to restrict harmful behavior, the more rules are established to get in the way of enforcement. First, it is unthinkable that man can be condemned to be free. Man has made great efforts to make the world better by spreading freedom. The freedom to choose what is right for you is the most fundamental freedom that exists. Rather than being weighed down by restriction of what you ... has always been made clear what physical and mental attributes are commonly desired in women. In particular if this man says that he likes women who are thin than this is because society has made great efforts to say that obesity is not beauty. Health and beauty aids of a store supply products to make someone thinner not fatter. Also if he prefers blonde haired women it is because all ...
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