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- 3011: The Black Cat
- ... of the starkly, almost clinically realistic investigation of men who, although they may feel uneasy about their mental states when their tension lets up, are too far gone to understand their mania, let alone to control it (Gargano 171). His stories usually have a horrible murder theme in which there is a obsessive narrator and they follow the development of the theme step by step with a realism that, barring with ... is represented in the story (190). Contrary to this theme is when Gargano implies that if in fact it was a theme of perverseness it is flawed when the narrator proudly boasts of his self-control. In my view the most appropriate theme for this story is that the "Fiend Intemperance" could be one’s downfall as it was for the narrator in this story. When the narrator started drinking his ...
- 3012: The Black Cat
- ... 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 ...
- 3013: Comparison: Treatment of War in "The Rank Stench of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" and "The Soldier"
- ... forgotten. Farther on in this stanza, tents are described as "hives", which draws a comparison between the soldiers and insects, as though they too are part of a collective. In the next stanza, the lines "Gun-thunder leaps and thuds along the ridge; / The spouting shells dig pits in fields of death," seem to recreate the sounds of the weapons. The shells dig pits in the fields as though ready for ... the grass Drawn lines of tents are hives for snoring men; Wide, radiant water sways the floating sky Below dark with thoughts of home and hours of sleep. Tonight I smell the battle; miles away Gun-thunder leaps and thuds along the ridge; The spouting shells dig pits in fields of death, And wounded men are moaning in the woods. If any friend be there whom I have loved 790 God ...
- 3014: History Of The Prostate Gland
- HISTORY OF THE PROSTATE GLAND The prostate is a gland that is located just underneath the bladder. It surrounds the urethra through which a man urinates. The prostate gland is therefore vital to proper bladder control and urine flow-rate. The prostate is also essential for normal sexual function. It is the gland of ejaculation, supplying 95% of the seminal fluid and the power to push it through the urethra and ... treat prostate cancer is to have surgery. Johnathon Waxman, a cancer specialist from Hammersmith Hospital, in London, said, that 70% of patients become impontent after surgery, and 40% become incontinent which means that they cannot control their urination. Some other people that have prostate cancer recommend the Swedish approach to treatment, which is watchful waiting. This approach, as the name would suggest, means keeping a close eye on any signs of ...
- 3015: Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
- ... that in case of a hardware or software failure, the system should be able to bring itself back to the most recent coherent state of the data. This feature has to do with the concurrency control and the transaction management, but also requires extra mechanisms that have already been explored and studied for the RDBMSs. A DBMS should provide its users with a simple interactive way of making ad- hoc queries ... was accepted by the compiler cannot produce any run-time errors. It is desirable for a system to be distributed although that is independent from the fact that it is an object-oriented system. Concurrency control is one of the mandatory features of a DBMS, but the current systems are intended to be used for handling very long data like images, sound, text, etc. and consequently they should provide special transaction ...
- 3016: The Bell Jar
- ... a professional. She is loving, nurturing and maternal. She advocates sex for the pure pleasure, not procreation. She is attractive as well as being smart. She is cool and composed. Dr. Nolan never tries to control her like so many others have. The others try to adopt her and control her like her mother, but Doctor Nolan doesn’t do that. She just tries to be there for Esther and Esther adopts her as her mother. Doctor Nolan doesn’t fit into Esther’s preconceived ...
- 3017: Legalization of Drugs
- ... the decriminalization of drugs. "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." The rise ... of such drugs as crack, heroin, and cocaine. Instead, looking at it objectively, one can come to understand that without legalization, the drug use will still exist. Decriminalizing drugs is just a form of damage control that will hopefully lessen the negative externalities on society. The aforementioned arguments, however, cannot even be applied to the case for the decriminalization of marijuana and hemp products. Marijuana does nor cause crime or aggressive ...
- 3018: Just Say No! A Profile Of Cocaine and It's Effects On Two Lives
- ... his last time--cocaine stopped his heart and he died instantly. Dr. Louis Caplan, New England Medical Center Hospitals, says that using cocaine is like taking a chance on sudden death: "Cocaine's a loaded gun."5 Len Bias choose to be on the wrong end of the gun. Entertainers seem to live in a world exposed to many drugs. Sometimes they, too, make poor choices. An example of this is Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain was a famous rock singer for the group Nirvana ...
- 3019: Gambling: Losing the Gamble
- ... dollar the state receives from gambling revenues, taxpayers must put up a minimum of three dollars to cover additional costs incurred by gambling" (Traditional values 3). These could include monies for bigger police forces, gaming control boards, court costs and social programs. Nevada might be the only state that avoids this because of its huge tourist market; whereas other markets draw mainly from a local market. Time and time again, gambling has proven to have negative impacts on the economies of gaming communities. How can we limit or stop the spread of gambling before it gets out of control? Government studies are now underway to analyze the effects that gambling has on society. Recently states have turned down gambling initiatives because of what they have seen happen in other states. My thoughts would be ...
- 3020: The Effects of Organized Crime
- The Effects of Organized Crime The Mafia is a secret criminal organization that wields great economic and political control over large segments of Sicilian society and operates both criminal and legitimate enterprises in the United States. It is believed to have originated during Sicily's late Middle Ages, beginning as separate bands of strong ... of power Gotti and Gravano had from the ‘70’s to the early ‘90’s. Describing the 18 murders committed by the “Bull” and how slowly but surely the combination of Gotti and Gravano took control of almost every aspect of daily life in this, the epicenter of the world. The effects of organized crime on society in a whole was probably negative but to the poor Italian immigrants they were ...
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