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- 7131: Government Intervention on the Internet
- Government Intervention on the Internet CIS 302 - Information Systems I XXX-XX-XXXX During the last decade, our society has become based on the sole ability to move large amounts of information across great distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone's life in numerous ways. The natural evolution of computer technology and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnected computers to develop. This ... information through different servers across the country. Does this mean that the government owns the Internet, or is it no longer a tool limited by the powers that govern. Generalities such as these have sparked great debates within our nation's government. This paper will attempt to focus on two high profile ethical aspects concerning the Internet and its usage. These subjects are Internet privacy and Internet censorship. At the moment ...
- 7132: The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok One of the most emotional scenes from Chaim Potok’s The Chosen is when Reuven goes with Danny Saunders to talk to his father. Danny has a great mind and wants to use it to study psychology, not become a Hasidic tzaddik. The two go into Reb Saunders’ study to explain to him what is going to happen, and before Danny can bring ... they do and comes to grips with the fact that he doesn’t have a monopoly on virtue. A third way in which Reuven grows, though the book doesn’t really talk about it a great deal, is in his appreciation of life, or cha’im in Hebrew. He almost loses his vision, his father nearly works himself to death, six million Jews are butchered in Europe, and Danny’s brother ...
- 7133: Frankenstein
- Frankenstein Frankenstein is a story by Mary Shelley. This story is about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who had great hopes for his creature, but after he is done, he can't understand why it came out the way it did. Before Victor started his project on creating the creature, he planned that this would be a great achievement. He believed that he could create a human in which he can give life to. His hope was to be able to give life to the bodies that have already died. Victor dreams of ...
- 7134: Comparison of To Kill A Mockingbird With the Dewey Decimal System
- Comparison of To Kill A Mockingbird With the Dewey Decimal System In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes a southern community in the south during the 1930s. The great detail that is given the characters is rendered through the reflective eyes of a child named Scout. She describes the people and their place in the community in great detail. Each person has his or her niche in the community. This can be compared to the Dewey Decimal System of classifying books in a library where every book has its logical place, but is ...
- 7135: To Kill A Mocking Bird: Tom Robinson's Trial
- ... In her innocent gesture, Scout makes Mr. Cunningham realise that he is a father, not just part of a mob, and, in a sense, he ‘walks around in Atticus’ skin’ for a moment. Atticus demonstrates great bravery in defending Tom Robinson. Much of the White community turns against him and even take out their rage on his children. Children like Cecil Jacobs and Francis both tease Scout about her father being ... evident in public buildings but places of worship too. When Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to her church the Black members of the congregation take their hats of to them in respect. However Lula has great antagonism towards them. Lula felt that because all the white churches in town were segregated, why should white people be allowed in Black churches. This shows that the hatred between the two races works both ...
- 7136: How Does H.G. Wells Create Tension In: The Red Room
- ... different story, could suggest something looking beautiful in the moonlight rather than shadowy and deserted. Where as in this story and many others these colours suggest the supernatural. "for the moonlight coming in by the great window on the grand staircase picked out everything in vivid black shadow or silvery illumination." "echoes rang up and down the spiral staircase" "dusty and chilly" The narrator slowly and cautiously makes his way to the red room where he is to spend the night. He enters the room and proceeds to describe the dark room in great detail again using unflattering adjectives. The narrator is completely alone in this 'large sombre room' and begins to make himself at home not knowing what lies in wait for him through the night. "shadowy window ...
- 7137: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Was A Twisted Individual
- ... in the winter? Another example of how Holden is twisted is how he constantly runs from reality and goes into flash about a person he hates and why he hates them. Holden is in constant depression and the reason for his depression is that he feels he can’t help in change things. Holden is set on a straight path. Holden gets depressed when he sees something in the world he can’t change. Most young adults ...
- 7138: Red Badge of Courage
- ... body that has been deacying for quite sometime; Crane describes Henry as being “horror-stricken at the sight”. Young Henry also sees nature as he has never seen it before. He observes it through a great fear that has overtaken his entire body. He ends up looking at nature with a new found respect that he never knew before. At one point he sees a squirrel that is busily running through ... the forest. Henry throws a pine cone at the small animal; as it runs away, he begins to tell himself that his running away was just like the squirrel’s. Henry had sensed fear too great for him to handle, and he ran from it Throughout Henry’s experiences, the most trying is his venture through the forest. He begins to think about all the things that are important to him ...
- 7139: A Portrait of Stephen Dedalus as a Young Man
- ... hero underscores this aspect of his character. His first name comes from St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr; many readers have seen Stephen as a martyr to his art. His last name comes from the great inventor of Greek myth, Daedalus, whose mazes and waxen wings are the kind of splendid artistic creations Stephen hopes to equal in his writing. Just as Stephen is a contradictory figure, we may have contradictory ... of poetry are at most the products of a clever but shallow mind. Stephen may martyr himself for art, but his martyrdom will be worth nothing because he is too self-absorbed to be a great artist. He is not Daedalus; instead he resembles Daedalus' son, Icarus, who, wearing his father's wings, soared too near the sun and died as a result of foolishness and pride. Or we can take ...
- 7140: Frankenstein: Effects of Alienation and Isolation
- ... admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree”(Shelley 11). With Walton’s change in attitude, it is clear that he has a need to be close to others and that his isolation causes him great emotional pain and loneliness. Frankenstein, like Walton, isolated himself from family and friends. Frankenstein spent years learning sciences and studying the creation of life. He became so engaged and involved in his work that he ... had not seen for so long a time”(Shelley 33). Frankenstein’s work had become his whole life. He “wished as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit of my nature, should be completed”(Shelley 33). Victor does not comprehend the effects of his separation until he is reunited with Henry Clerval, a childhood friend. When Clerval ...
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