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- 1051: Anorexia Nervosa - Includes Bibliography
- ... punish themselves by restriction or starvation. A perfectionist likes to be better than everyone else, if she sees someone with a waist an inch smaller, her waist must be two inches smaller. Anorexics sometimes desire control over their lives, including their physical and emotional surroundings. Miss Pearson explains I loved the power I felt in starving myself . People who fall towards anorexia often times feel they have a lack of control in their lives and the only thing they can control is what they eat. They have control over their body and eat exactly what they want or eat nothing at all. It is not uncommon to find an anorexic that feels high after periods ...
- 1052: MTV and The Madonna Phenomenon
- ... going to discuss in relation to Madonna is Marxist Feminism. Marxist feminism is based on the principle of how women as a group are manipulated by economic and political factors which are out of their control. In terms of television viewing, Marxist feminism explores the portrayal of women on television focusing on how they are shown in the workforce. The theory behind Marxist feminist television analysis is that if women are ... video but also presides over the text before it begins, heralding it as dedicated to women in retaliation to the male address in the German films. The video empowers women and influences them to take control of their lives. The Post-Modernist feminist view is almost always discussed in relation to Madonna. E. Ann Kaplan writes about Madonna in relation to post-modernist feminism in bringing up another one of her ... Fiske 305). I choose to believe as Fiske does that this is not the case. The young girls choose to imitate and in fact idolize Madonna rather than anyone else because she goes against ideological control and allows her fans to construct meanings that relate with their personal social experiences. The girls do not see her as someone who has conformed to the dominant ideology of women but rather as ...
- 1053: Movie: The Firm
- ... spending large sums of money on their new lawyers then once they got used to the good life the firm would let them in on the corruption that when on. The firm had a tight control over their partners. They knew everything about their personal life as well as their work life. All their homes were wired and their phones tapped. They also had access to information on their partners family and friends. With such tight controls over their lives they had a power to control their every move. Temptations of escape were smothered by threats of harm. In two cases the threats of harm led to murder. A reoccurring theme of politics and power emerged throughout the film. For this ... Raven came up with a five-category classification. The five categories are as follows; coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, expert power, and referent power. The firm practiced all five of these categories to gain control over their employees actions. The top partners of the firm possessed a great coercive power over their subordinates. Coercive power is defined as a power based on fear. The lead character Mitch McDeere was ...
- 1054: Motives In Toni Morrisons Song
- ... through the novel, "Everybody wants a black man's life," a statement Milkman easily relates to while seeking escape from his sheltered life at home. Although none of the characters in the story successfully take control of Milkman's life and future, many make aggressive attempts to do so including his best friend Guitar who, ironically, sympathizes with Milkman's situation, his frustrated cousin Hagar, and most markedly his father, Macon ... business. Macon delights in the veracity that his son truly dedicates himself to his job, almost as much as he enjoys drawing Milkman away from Ruth and depriving her of her only pleasure. Macon wants control of his son's life for the sole reason of spiting his wife; to show her she does not possesses or influence Milkman's way of life. Milkman sees this spitefulness emerges as the large ... lives of the Dead family members; Milkman, unable to live any longer in an environment composed of animosity, drives him to leave his home and search for "his people." Serendipitously, although no single individual gains control of either Milkman's living or dead life, Milkman's need to escape from his collective family and surroundings unwittingly captures him and the life he so fervently aims to keep from the control ...
- 1055: The History and Future of Computers
- ... limited in adaptability as well as applicability. The new idea would be a general purpose, automatic mechanical digital computer that would be fully program controlled. He called this the Analytical Engine. It would have Conditional Control Transfer Capability so that commands could be inputted in any order, not just the way that it had been programmed. The machine was supposed to use punch cards which were to be read into the ... if instructions to the computer could be changed during a compution so that there would be a different outcome in the compution. Neumann fulfilled these needs by creating a command that is called a conditional control transfer. The conditional control transfer allows for program sequences to be started and stopped at any time. Instruction programs were also stored together so that they can be arithmetically changed just like data. This generation of computers included ...
- 1056: Farewell To Arms Paper
- ... discipline. The Priest is a very disciplined character. Fredrick looks up to the Priest because he is so disciplined. Discipline is an important part of the Hemmingway code of honor. Self-discipline and being in control of the situation are two extremely important aspects of the Hemmingway code of being a hero. Throughout the novel Fredrick seems to be able to control the situation. When he was wounded he ordered the doctor to heal him. He chose to leave the war and even after Catherines death Fredrick still remains in control. The average person would most likely be shattered completely, but he said, it was like saying good-by to a statue. The idea here is it is like saying good bye to something inanimate, ...
- 1057: Beware of Television
- ... not watching television. Play is one of the most important activities to develop a child's abilities. Playing with others requires the child to suppress his own wishes and desires to a certain degree, self-control must be learned. Not only must each child discover the need to suppress certain of his own impulses, but he must also discover the difficulties that attend the varying levels of aggression normally existing among ... around with a sharp knife or allow your little daughter to cross the street by herself? What's the difference between restricting television and protecting your child from other danger that they say they cannot control? Both are equally dangerous. I do not deny television has its positive qualities. I would like to say only that it is a double-edged weapon and needs to be used with caution. Some say that everything is medicine and everything is poison, and only dose determines what it would be. We should learn to control that real and tangible machine in our homes, so that it does not control us.
- 1058: Metamorphosis 3
- ... his bed into a gigantic insect, reveals the primary and most basic metamorphosis of this piece of literature. Kafka attempts to show the reader Samsa s discontentment with what his feels is the lack of control in his life by spontaneous transformation of a human being into an insect. Humans are at the top of the food chain in the world, and thus are in complete control. In contrast, insects have almost no control over their own destiny because they are small, unintelligent creatures that can be squashed between a human s thumb and forefinger or destroyed under the sole of a stepping shoe. The first instance of ...
- 1059: Rape
- ... of rape in order to effectively work towards the elimination of it. Despite the necessity for rape prevention, it must focus on eliminating the conditions in society which make women easy targets for rape. Victim control teaches women to avoid rape, but doesn't reduce the threat of rape. Furthermore, rape cannot always be avoided, no matter what precautions the woman takes. It also puts part of the responsibility and blame for rape on the victim. Rapist control confuses prosecutions with prevention. There is little evidence that punishment serves as a deterrent. Besides, very few rapist are ever incarcerated. From very early ages, men and women are conditioned to accept different roles. Women ... Women's vulnerability to rape is a result of this subordinate relationship. There are a number of sexist dictates that serve to maintain this subordinate relationship one of which is: Rape as a means of control over women. Rape plays a role in maintaining patriarchy by perpetrating the threat of violence. The acts of just a few violent men can terrorize all women and can control women's lives. The ...
- 1060: Saddam, Iraq, And The Gulf War
- ... nation of Israel. The Jews had decided to declare their independence before the UN officially granted it. By doing this, the Jews were able to postpone the UN decision to divide Palestine and had more control over Israel. The United States immediately recognized the new state. The Soviet Union and most other UN nations recognized it as well. Just as quickly, the members of the Arab League declared war on Israel ... Britain granted independence in 1961, benefited enormously from growing oil profits. The increase in wealth also increased tensions among the oil-producing nations themselves. For instance, both Iraq and its neighbor Iran wanted to control oil shipping in the Persian Gulf. This rivalry reopened an old Iraqi-Iranian dispute. Since the 1800s, Iraqis and Iranians had argued and fought over the Shatt al-Arab waterway on the northern edge of ... the waterway was essential to the economics of both countries. In 1979, the dispute got out of hand, and each side threatened the other. On September 17, 1980, Iraqs president Saddam Hussein claimed complete control of the Shatt al-Arab and ordered all Iranian ships to leave. Five days later, Iraqi troops invaded Iran and destroyed key Iranian oil installations. The Iranians counter-attacked, blowing up many Iraqi oil ...
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