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- 1141: The Great Gatsby: The Destructive Effects of Wealth
- ... on Daisy and Tom Bucchanon. Some examples of this theme are Tom's mistress, his overall attitude of people, and Tom's and Daisy's overall feeling of each other. Adultery can often be an effect of too much wealth. Tom showed this by the fact that he had another woman in New York. It showed the destroying effect of wealth because Tom felt that since he had enough money, he didn't need to be faithful to Daisy. Instead, the superficial power of money has led him astray from his wife. The fact ...
- 1142: Aging As A Mental Issue
- ... not be frighten be it. As it turns out the fear of this process is enough to speed it up. The negative attitude is a very powerful factor in this process and has a great effect on the physical aspect of aging. It is enough to put people into deep depression or lose their confidence with many other things like good posture. On the other hand maintaining a positive thinking can ... still many great years ahead. Some important decisions must be made such as proper diet and exercising. Physical fitness will definitely play an essential role in getting back ones confidence. It has a great effect in many areas of everyday life. Bringing energy that provides motivation and ultimately it renders those long awaited goals real. With new energy comes confidence and the ability to set goals again. A feeling of ...
- 1143: The Lexus And The Olive Trees
- ... Thai businesses for the building of hotels, office blocks, luxury apartments and factories. Almost overnight, these private banks had been bankrupted by the crash of the Thai currency, the baht. This situation caused a domino effect on other leading businesses that caused money problems. Many businesses couldn t pay the finance houses back, many finance houses couldn t repay their foreign leaders and the whole system went into gridlock putting 20 ... triggered a general flight of capital out of practically all the Southeast Asian emerging markets, driving down the value of currencies in South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia. Southeast Asian slowdown began to have an important effect on commodity prices around the world, including Russia. Too many of Russia s factories couldn t make anything of value. Without much of a growing economy, the Russian government became dependent on taxes from crude ...
- 1144: The Grapes Of Wrath 2
- ... other places, or the towns folk could have just created a lynch mob, and eventually the people living in the development would leave. I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe government programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression was a major economical event, and it greatly effected more then just people like the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed people for ...
- 1145: A Comparison of Hamlet and McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... inmost part of you. Possibly their relationships with females in powerful positions reflects on their use of non-threatening girls as objects of sexual desire. Although there is a lack of absolute evidence to this effect, it surely deserves contemplation. The most uncanny resemblance between the two characters in question, I found was how each feigned insanity to avoid liability. Hamlet says to his close friends Marcellus and Horatio in the ... of me- this do swear Despite the school of thought that believes Hamlet is truly insane, I felt this passage, establishing premeditation, adequately proves he was only posing as a lunatic. Further proof to this effect is also how Hamlet only acts absurd in front of Polonius and Claudius. His conduct is otherwise rather sane. This is similar to the role McMurphy's assumes, although in One Flew Over the Cuckoo ...
- 1146: Hallucinogen
- ... plant. Hashish is also made from this resin. Of all drugs, synthetic and natural, the most powerful is LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide. Twenty micrograms, an almost infinitesimal amount, is sufficient to produce a hallucinogenic effect; just 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms) could induce a reaction in all the inhabitants of New York City and London. This extraordinary potency makes LSD especially dangerous since it is usually impossible to determine how ... amount taken and the user's personality, mood, expectations, and surroundings. Although hallucinogens do not produce a physical addiction, users do develop a tolerance, so that increasing amounts must be taken to achieve the same effect. Psychological dependence on hallucinogens is well documented. It appears that each drug carries its own risks. For example, unlike hallucinogens such as LSD and synthetics such as DOM that consist of a single chemical, marijuana ...
- 1147: In Cold Blood: A Review
- ... surrounding the murders of an obscure Kansas farmer and three of his family members becomes almost frightening. At many times, the author of this paper was left wondering why this book was having such an effect on him and why it seemed so realistic to him. Initially, one may think the answer to be that the book was a true account- because these things had actually happened, and they were not ... was able to establish such rapport with these two men through countless hours of interviews over many years. The reader of "In Cold Blood" is given the cold, hard facts about the murderers, and the effect of their previous lives on their actions and thoughts regarding the matter. This draws the reader closer to the men than they would, perhaps, like to be. Capote talks about the lives of both killers ...
- 1148: The Crucible--comparing Play A
- ... where the children and Tituba are dancing in the forest is never seen in the forest; we simply learn of it from dialogue. This scene was most probably added in the movie for a dramatic effect: foreshadowing. Along the same lines, there are many scenes included in the movie that are outdoors, however; there were no such scenes in the play. All of the action in the play was indoors. The ... play. These details were most likely added to augment the idea of "mass hysteria." A scene was added in the movie, showing the hangings and cheers of the crowd watching, also to add to that effect. Next, Tituba was not whipped into confession in the play, whereas she was in the movie. This was most indefinitely added to show that the profession was typically not made willingly. One had to be ...
- 1149: Issac Asimov
- ... I.I.T. computers in society.) Even after society is drawn toward flashy movies for inspiration, teenagers and adults, everyone who loves science fiction stories, read and enjoy Asimov s interesting stories. His books really effect people s vision of the future, their ideas and goals. (I.I.T. computers in society.) So if people can be affected in such a way by just writing, imagine how special effects and movies will effect the world. As humanity moves into the future who knows what will happen? Well Asimov has some predictions in the form of short stories to satisfy human curiosity. In most of the short stories in ...
- 1150: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- ... drug that will make him the idol of all his classmates. Being such an attractive drug, as shown in the analogy above, and seeming harmless to the unaware user, steroids can have a potentially jeopardous effect. Consistently, users, new and experienced, have no knowledge to the dangerous consequences' steroids can have on their minds and bodies. Although steroids cause minimal deaths in our society, banning of steroids is purely justified because ... are bodies produce naturally. This high concentration is no doubt toxic to our bodies, and can result in harmful side effects. At an early age, anything such as drugs are going to have an increased effect. Most teenagers are unaware of these enhanced effects that steroids have on them, thus making the drug increasingly dangerous. The massive doses, medical experts say, not only affect the muscles but also sex organs and ...
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