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- 121: The Works of Poet Carl Sandburg and His Effect on American Poetry
- The Works of Poet Carl Sandburg and His Effect on American Poetry The beloved poet, Carl Sandburg, changed the course of American poetry. He was a poet, novelist, journalist, and songwriter, yet the influence of his works have not always been acknowledged. Carl Sandburg ...
- 122: Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Taking Place Involving Gregor and Its Effect on the Family
- Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis Taking Place Involving Gregor and Its Effect on the Family Metamorphosis. This means a change in form, structure, or appearance. Change is a major theme throughout Franz Kafka's novella, The Metamorphosis. There is a significant relationship between the title, The Metamorphosis ...
- 123: Hume: Matters Of Fact And Rela
- ... views on synthetic and analytic truths. Take his favourite example: his belief that the sun will rise tomorrow. Clearly, this is a matter of fact; it rests on our conviction that each sunrise is an effect caused by the rotation of the earth. But our belief in that causal relation is based on past observations, and our confidence that it will continue tomorrow cannot be justified by reference to the past ... basis for believing that the sun will rise tomorrow. Yet we do believe it. In this essay I intend to explain his theories of matters of fact and relations of ideas, and show how they effect his scepticism concerning induction from past experience to future expectations. If we look at the first argument we see that it states, if I can't know the principle of induction to be true, I ... or are witnessing in the present. This exploration serves to clarify the distinction between matters of fact and relations of ideas and indicates their important implications. Hume comes up with the relation of cause and effect as the only way to reason beyond our senses. Hume then decides that the only way that we come to think in terms of cause and effect is through experience, defeating the validity of ...
- 124: The Effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The Effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin Seldom does a one work of literature change a society or start it down the road to cataclysmic conflict. One such catalytic work is Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom ...
- 125: Poor Habits and Their Effect on People's Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
- Poor Habits and Their Effect on People's Self-Esteem and Self-Worth Is there anything wrong with habit forming? Look at what most of people do with their wrong habits. Everyone has to work harder everyday in order to ...
- 126: Same-sex Marriage
- ... men(Time, 1995). Two others, Bailey and Pillard also did a study. This is the only study on the genetics of homosexuality which takes adoption into account. This study shows to a fuller extent the effect of environment on one's sexual orientation. The study also provided a deeper look at the genetic aspect. Bailey and Pillard recorded the sexual preference of identical twins, fraternal twins, non-twin brothers, as well ... brothers were homosexual like their siblings. In society on a whole, only two to five percent of the population claim homosexuality. Hence, since the adopted brothers did not share the genetics of their siblings, the effect of the environment plays a large role(The Hastings Center Report, 1997). There are three possible roles that genes might play in sexual orientation - the indirect model, the direct model, and the permissive effect model - in the indirect model, the gene causes homosexuality in some environments, heterosexuality in others, and, in some instances, has no effect at all. In the direct model, the gene dictates completely the sexual ...
- 127: The Street of Crocodiles
- ... readers experience his world, but the actual object of the their observation. This subtle shift in focus is quite likely to be the key element that accounts for the surreal aspect of his work’s effect. The tenuous redirection of cynosure leaves the reader unwittingly off-balance in territories mistaken as familiar. At this point Schulz is free to compel his readers on a journey inward. There they are apt to ... to begin to manipulate their bodies as tools. Alexander work is a frequent inclusion of stage training for the actor, dancer and singer. The principles of it’s work encourage the practitioner to address and effect change in patterns of physical stress. Here, a further understanding of the body’s own mechanics are deepened. For the work accomplished in the creation and presentation of Theatre de Complicite’s production of Street ... the basis Lecoq’s art. His aim is to develop what is real and present in a performer’s physical experience. This departure from a more classical approach to mime work is what deepens the effect of the truth in his work. Lecoq defines his work as fundamental. He seeks to give expression to the seat of experience rather than to represent an action for viewing. He believes that the ...
- 128: The Black Cat By Poe
- "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe wrote that the single effect was the most important aspect of a short story, which everything must contribute to this effect. Poe s gothic tale The Black Cat was written trying to achieve an effect of shocking insanity. In this first person narrative the narrator tells of his decline from sanity to madness, all because of an obsession with two (or possibly one) black cats. These ebony creatures finally ...
- 129: The Media’s Effect on Children
- The Media’s Effect on Children The media has proven once again that it is one of the most influential factors on children’s growth. General speaking, the media has had a very strong influence on how children see ...
- 130: Effect of the Environment on Western Settlers
- Effect of the Environment on Western Settlers As the country grew and expanded, the American people where always one to push their bounds. In 1763, we proudly, defied England's proclamation of the year, and settled ...
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