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- 2621: Human Life and Fire
- ... underlying factors in today's society, many humans' lives are not allowed to are continue on. Examples of these factors are: AIDS, cancer, mental illness, and murder. Fires usually contained but sometimes rage out of control. The majority of the time they are unpredictable. Human nature is just as unpredictable. Throughout history, humankind has been very unpredictable and out-of-control. This fact can be proved by just scanning through a history book -- the Holocaust, the fall of Roman Empire and the assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria, which began World War I. Human nature ...
- 2622: Native Son: Bigger
- ... to Bigger Mary symbolizes the white oppression. In addition, he committed the act, "because it had made him feel free for the first time in his life"(255). At last he feels he is in control of his actions and mentality. He rebels against the burden of the white man's torment. He had "been scared and mad all . . . [his] life"(328), until he killed Mary. After this, he was not ... in the world did he (Bigger) feel any fear now"(254). This is a recent change in Bigger's mind set. He knows that he has pushed himself to the limits, and he is in control of what he says and does. He tries firmly to "stifle all feeling in him[self]"(262) when talking to his visitors in the jail, because he feared that they "would make him feel remorseful ...
- 2623: The Decline of Chivalry and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... the bedroom and singlehandedly taints the chevalier, and Morgan the Fay instigates the entire plot, wielding enough power. The author is using them as a metaphor for other anti-social forces and dangers outside the control of feudalism and chivalry, drawing upon biblical and classical examples in his audience's minds of where femininity is linked with subversiveness. Lady Bertilak is clearly seen in the Biblical role of the temptress, the ... the feudal economy and way of life, a simple, tangible, recognizable enemy that he blames for the end of an era, which, in reality, was brought to a close by sweeping socioeconomic factors beyond the control of men.
- 2624: Plato's Argument For A Just Life
- ... in his desires, he will act differently on different occasions and appear to endorse contrary principles. Plato holds, however, that rather than being principles, these are merely momentary enthusiasms. His soul shows no restraint or control and no structure or purpose to his actions. Above the democratic man are the oligarch and the timocrat. These types of men lead structured lives, both work towards a unified, selective goal: the oligarch for ... on reason but on momentary enthusiasms. Thus he can not be trusted to make a wise decision. We have said that the timocrat, the oligarch, and the tyrant are all dominated by singular passions which control every judgement. Thus they will make their decisions based on reason but their reason will show favoritism towards the part of the soul which dominates them. Thus they also can not be trusted to make ...
- 2625: Mexican Grey Wolf
- ... adolescents: "Adolescents who engaged in some drug experimentation (primarily with marijuana) were the best adjusted in the sample. Adolescents who used drugs frequently were maladjusted, showing distinct personality syndrome marked by interpersonal alienation, poor impulse control, and manifest emotional distress. Adolescents who, by age 18, had never experimented with any drug were relatively anxious, emotionally constricted, and lacking in social skills." Among other findings, Utah Power and Light spent $215.00 per year less on health insurance benefits for drug users than on the control group, and employees who tested positive for cannabis at Georgia Power Co. had a higher promotion rate than the company average, and were absent 30 percent less (Morris, 1991). Conclusion Whether cannabis use causes permanent ...
- 2626: Handmaids Tale
- ... the women of Gilead know that they are being controlled? Are the women of Gilead aware that they are being controlled by the society? In Margaret Atwood¡¯s The Handmaid¡¯s Tale, the theme of control is a very important factor of the book. In the story, at the Republic of Gilead, the women are being controlled by the society to do what the society wants them to do. The handmaids ... brainwashing happens so naturally over a period of time, the handmaids don¡¯t fully realize that they have been brainwashed by the society to do what the society wants them to do. The theme of control and being brainwashed could be found in many parts of books in many forms. For example, before the women became handmaids, they were at a institution where they get educated and influenced by the aunts ...
- 2627: “A Worn Path”: Phoenix
- ... can get out the ditch by herself. As she reached with her hands, Phoenix was rescued by a hunter, which eventually intimidated her. He told Phoenix to go home and then harassed her with his gun. Phoenix insisted to let him know that she was bound to go to town. Little did he know that he dropped a nickel and Phoenix picked up, trying not to reveal what she had in her hand. One can think about how scared she is now. Especially, when the hunter lifted his gun and pointed it Phoenix.”(119) “She stood straight and faced him.”(119) Letting him know that she is not afraid of him and she has seen worse situation than hers. “She walked on.”(119) Phoenix ...
- 2628: Faust and Victor Frankenstein: Unconcerned With Reality
- ... man of exceptional learning and ability, veritable superman. Yet at the same time, Frankenstein is portrayed as a grand failure, heroic but fated, doomed by the very superiority that ennobles him. Victor Frankenstein struggles for control over the processes of life and death, but is horribly punished when his experiment goes askew. The exploits of Victor’s characters echo the myth of Prometheus: those who attempt to play at god come ... through knowledge, the search to which he had devoted his entire life. In the end Faust is left alone and extremely distraught. When Victor's creation transforms itself from idea to reality, Frankenstein, immediately losing control over the monster and himself, also quickly loses sight of his end: .... but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure ...
- 2629: Brave New World Vs. Our World
- ... lost of all freedom and individuality, a world where people are exiled for breaking the mold. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are depictions of such a society. Although these novels are of fictional worlds, control of the future may be subtly evolving and becoming far worse than Huxley could ever have imagined. In Brave New World they destroy the freedom of the individual through various controlling methods such as a ... the case then this world would be filled with very intellectual people all being the same for the most part leaving no room for improvement in our society. Throughout Brave New World, each method of control is intended to keep the individual from questioning their individuality. By limiting language and literature, creating social classes and conditioning, these societies are able to accomplish their goal. For they would never know what it ...
- 2630: Existence of Man
- ... be a group that is essential to understanding their identity. There is a far more important area than how man sees himself or how society sees him, this area is where he has the most control over his own identity. The area in which he has most control over his own identity is in the area of what he is actually doing. In other words, man determines himself by the choices he makes. Having this freedom of choice entails commitment and responsibility. Since ...
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