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- 2421: The Return of the Jedi
- ... beliefs of Jediism, again, can be compared to classical Taoism. The "true" Jedi believes in calm, and strives to maintain calm at all times. He can experience emotions, but he does not let his emotions control him. He is at one with his environment at all times. He is fully aware of the existance of all those around him, and holds free will as one of his highest ideals. He is ... to attain more personal power or resources. Peace is the defense of weaklings who don't know how to fulfill their desires. The ultimate goal of the Dark Jedi is to have complete and total control over the universe. This state, with the two sides of the "force" existant and constantly at war, might be compared to a somewhat reified form of Zoroastrianism, in which the two universal natures (Good and ...
- 2422: Literary Interpratation Of The
- ... this attack, the narrator first shows signs of mental illness. His saying he ‘knew himself no longer’ and that his soul has “take[n] its flight from [his] body” implies that he is not in control of his body and an outside power, the supernatural, is (347). After the attack, the narrator took out his pocketknife and stabbed the cat in the eye, an irrational decision showing the increasing severity of ... the punishment. Because of this, the sin that he committed would jeopardize his soul forever. No sane man would do this to an animal that he claimed to love. Again the narrator is not in control of his body and is being controlled by the supernatural and shows signs of mental illness. Later that night, the narrator is awakened by fire in his house and immediately exited it. All but one ...
- 2423: Weapons
- ... and spotting the enemies. It was a hard object to shoot down because there was no high artillery. They were stopped being used because the information was not that reliable to trust. Rifles and Sniping Gun's The Rifle Musket is the number two most used weapon. It's a muzzle loading Musket with one shot. The Musket was fifty-seven inches and it was long. It was weighed at ten ... a six man at 1,500 feet away. It shoot's 3 round's per minute. 841,000 were made. The Caliber James is equipped with four power telescopic sight. It's a fourteen pound gun and shoot's 500 yards. Sniper's use rifle's because of the distance. Some had telescopic sights
- 2424: Life Death And Continuous Chan
- ... tells of human being’s reluctance to see and care for the world until they have one eye beholding the “light that beckons”. Perhaps, we currently do not have the right societal pulls to take control of Earth’s fragile condition; to, as a whole, nurse it. Perhaps, we only have control over our insatiable need to be destructive and unknowing in many of our destructive acts (like the daily massacre of ants). Interesting enough, the only poem of the ones I have addressed that dealt with ...
- 2425: Minutes Of Glory
- ... to kill him, he begins to think he is invincible. In Macbeth's current state of mind, he is so willing to believe the witches that he is unable to recognize that he has lost control of his own destiny. The predicament is staged by the witches to create chaos and set up Macbeth's death by Macduff, who fits the criteria mentioned by the apparition. Macbeth is extremely vulnerable at ... his own men was divulging information and helping the enemy during the civil war. As for Macbeth, he was unaware that his actions were being dictated by the witches and thought that he was in control of his life. In a relentless attempt to stay alive, Macbeth also accepted the apparitions without question which brought about his defeat by Macduff. Macbeth and Duncan were both self-centered, proud individuals who allowed ...
- 2426: Martin Luther King
- ... bombed. Luckily his wife and baby had left the living room when the bomb exploded, but a black mob formed and was angry about what had happened, and Policemen were sent to the scene to control the situation, even though they were outnumbered. King, however, because of his strong belief in nonviolence, urged the crowd to not use their guns and to go home. The news coverage increased on the Montgomery ... surprised to find that 1000 youths were protesting. Though 900 were arrested, the next day 2500 children were protesting. Water hoses were used by authorities to fight the blacks. Attack dogs were also used to control the mob. But when the public was shown of the violent methods, it increased the sympathy onto King's cause. Despite this, 3000 youngsters demonstrated the next day. There was no more space in the ...
- 2427: Iran Before And After The Revo
- ... went against what Islam was all about. However, with Ali Khamenei in charge and being inflexible as ever, they could only live with their new hardships. All television programming in Iran was now under government control. The newspapers were extremely restricted to what they were permitted to publish and recent violations have resulted in lifetime jailing or death. The women are now forced to wear the hijab required by Islam, which ... still required to serve two-year terms in the military. It would seem the Iranians just got themselves into a much bigger mess than ever imagined. The Islamic Republic of Iran was now in supreme control. There was nobody willing to go against it and anybody who had the nerves to say anything was immediately killed. Now this is a religious government, which is punishing death to so many people. However ...
- 2428: What To Do?: Terrorism and the Media
- ... should not place too much emphasis on the police mistakes, while bring them ou t into the public. The media needs to remain subjective and not let either the terrorists or the law enforcement take control of what they report Theodore H. White sums it up with this statement " …power in America today is control of the media of communication" (White, Theodore H. qtd. In Nacos 16). Works Cited Ala, Odasuo A., and Kenoye Kelvin Eke, ed. Media Coverage of Terrorism. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1991. Alexander, Yonah, and Richard ...
- 2429: Metallica
- ... and guitar and bass wrifs that Cliff Burton had written before he died. This album went double platinum in record setting times. The album included the song “ONE,” based on the novel “Johnny Got His Gun,” written by Dalton Trumbo. In 1989, Metallica released their first ever music video for this song. he music video has clips from the movie, “Johnny Got His Gun,” released in 1971 and directed by Dalton Trumbo. In 1991, Metallica released there 6th album, simply entitled “Metallica.” (AKA The Black Album and Black Edition) This album is often referred as Metallica’s break-through ...
- 2430: TV Violence: Impossible To Get Rid of Violence on Television
- ... what Americans want to watch, or should it be censored out of the news? Many people think it should be banned. But would that be breaking the first amendment? I believe that TV doesn't control what people do, people control what people do. There was violence before TV was invented, but people can't blame themselves, so they blame TV for their problems. In most shows murderers get caught or killed. Why would someone want ...
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