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- 1521: The Odyssey 3
- Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver s song Calypso is about the relationship between men and women, and he bases this comparison on the relationship between Kalypso and Odysseus in Homer s the Odyssey. In Calypso Denver portrays women in general as being superior to men by using the beautiful and enchanting goddess, Kalypso, from Homer s epic. John Denver encompasses all women in his song by providing Kalypso as a universal symbol. Along with the relationship between Odysseus and Kalypso and men and women, there are other interpreted allusions from the Odyssey to ... other gods and goddesses help aid Odysseus with his struggles. Athena helps him throughout his entire voyage, while Hermes aids him with messages on Kalypso s island and at Kirke s domain. The Odyssey influences John Denver s song Calypso in many ways. The character Kalypso represents the women in society as a whole, while many other interpreted allusions are portrayed throughout the song.
- 1522: Ethical Decision Making Model
- ... in the shipping department, and Tom believes that someone is setting him up. The poor performance in the shipping department has caused many problems. Deadlines have not been met, employee turnover rate is high, and John, my best salesman, is losing major accounts. Also, Paul, a promising young employee, who I have been thinking about replacing Tom with, has just informed me that he has been offered another job with another ... feel that a jury would agree with him. This negative publicity would not reflect well on Blitz Computers. The stakeholders include: the corporation as a whole, shareholders, customers, investors, suppliers, competitors, the general community, Tom, John, Paul, my boss, myself (my raise), my family, all other employees and their families, if Tom is dismissed and files suite another stakeholder is the government, Tom’s attorney, and a jury. There are many ... keep Tom and promote Paul so they can work together as a team. This solution unfortunately can’t change any past shipping problems but, together we can do our best to avoid any future problems. John is my best salesperson, so to help him out in the future, I have decided to send out letters of apology to all the customers who have been disappointed with Blitz Computers shipping service. ...
- 1523: History Of Computers
- ... described so far used gears, wheels, switches, and relays that required mechanical motion. The great breakthrough in developing computers came in 1940s when electrtonic components were first succsessfully employed. Example: Atanasoff and Berry: In 1937, John V. Atanasoff, professor of mathematics at Iowa State College, conceived an electronic digital computer. Receiving a small grant from the college, he started building the computer with Clifford Burry, a graduate student. In 1940 and 1941, he discussed his plans and showed his work to Dr. John Mauchly, later one of the developers of the ENIAC. The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was completed in 1942. Through a misunderstanding, it was never pattented by Iowa State College. Dr. Atanasoff tried to interest both IBM ... AerojetGeneral in 1952. The work of Atanasoff and Berry remained unknown to the general public until it was disclosedin 1973 in a court case. Sperry Rand, holder of the Eniac patent originally issued to Dr. John Mauchly and Dr. J. Prespert Eckert, filed suit against HoneyWell for Patent infringement. The presiding Judge ruled the patent invalid because it was based to some degree on the work of Atanasoff and Berry. ...
- 1524: Marx And Mills
- John Stuart Mill suggests that a person’s ethical decision-making process should be based solely upon the amount of happiness that the person can receive. Although Mill fully justifies himself, his approach lacks certain criteria ... behind it. Showing where there are agreements and where there are disagreements will critique the theory of Utilitarianism. By showing the problems that the theory have will reveal what should make up ethical decision-making. John Stuart Mill supports and explains his reasoning in his book, Utilitarianism. Mill illustrates the guidelines of his theory. Mill defines utilitarianism as the quest for happiness. His main point is that one should guide his ... by making known that when placing value in things to calculate pleasure, not only quantity important but quality as well. Mill’s criteria for happiness is easily understood, some statements that he gives are questionable. John Stuart Mill plainly laid out what he believes that the basis for ethical decision-making. First, the pursuit of pleasure is directly related to happiness. This idea can be easily accepted. It is natural ...
- 1525: Call of the Wild: Buck
- ... and even kill them sometimes. Buck also had external conflicts with some of his owners, other animals, and the Yeehats. He has external conflicts with the setting, because of the cold and the violent weather. John Thorton had external conflicts with the setting, the man who beat up Buck, and the Yeehats. Buck had a lot of internal conflicts because he was feeling sad for a long period of time. The ... beat all the dogs until one day they stopped at a bar and it was time to leave, but Buck couldn't move at all and the Scotch half-breed kept on beating Buck, then John Thorton went up and beat up the Scotch half-breed cut Buck free from the harness and the man left without Buck. Buck joined Thorton's team of dogs. They went to a bar; Thorton ... he was heading back to camp he felt weird inside. On the trail back to camp he saw all of Thorton's dogs dead, then he saw Hans and Peter dead and finally he saw John Thorton dead. He heard a noise and he saw the Yeehats he knew they killed everyone. He went after them killing them one by one they all scattered. Then the next day they were ...
- 1526: Ernest Hemingway
- ... became pregnant and was sick all the time. She and Ernest decided to move to Canada. He had, by then written three stories and ten poems. Hadley gave birth to a boy who they named John Hadley Nicano Hemingway. Even though he had his family Ernest was unhappy and decided to return to Paris. It was in Paris that Ernest got word that a publisher wanted to print his book, In ... from his own life that he sees the world as his enemy. Johnson says, "He will solve the problem of dealing with the world by taking refuge in individualism and isolated personal relationships and sensations". John Killinger says that it was inevitable that Catherine and her baby would die. The theme, that a person is trapped in relationships, is shown in all Hemingway's stories. In A Farewell to Arms Catherine ... A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, p.76 . Edgar Johnson, "Farewell the Separate Peace", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, pp.112-113 . John Killinger, "The Existential Hero", Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Farewell to Arms, Jay Gellens, Prentice-Hall, Inc.:1970, pp.103-105
- 1527: Male Relations with Women
- ... he insists that he knows best. Her husband tries to control her thoughts and her actions, giving no care to the fact that she might have an opinion. The woman wanted a room downstairs, "but John would not hear of it." He insisted on the room upstairs, because it better suited him. The husband feels that if he just soothes her temper with words, he need not do anything else. He calls her, "his blessed little goose," and that is supposed to make everything okay. John's remedy of taking tonics and plenty of rest is what he feels needs to be done, no matter that the woman is going stir crazy. John operates on the philosophy that he is the man so he knows best; giving no care or thought to the fact that she has an opinion also.
- 1528: What is Morality?
- ... greatest overall pleasure. This is the best state of affairs, and the right action is the action that brings about this state of affairs. After Bentham, other thinkers who interpret utilitarianism were the British jurist John Austin (1790-1859) and the British philosophers James Mill and John Stuart Mill. Austin set the utilitarian theory in his Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832). For James Mill, he popularized the theory in a number of articles. Most of his works are in the Westminster Review. His son, John Stuart Mill, had given a more precise definition of utilitarianism, and had become one of the most greatest philosopher later on. In his essay, he defined utilitarianism as: Actions are right in proportion as ...
- 1529: Leggatt as an Independent Character in Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer"
- ... sources for his novella. Conrad based "The Secret Sharer," on the events of another ship, the Cutty Sark, a famous tea clipper. In 1880, the chief mate of the Cutty Sark, Sydney Smith (Batchelor names John Anderson 188), killed a disobedient and lazy crew member, John Francis, by hitting him on the head with a capstan bar, after Francis refused to carry out some particular order of Smith's (Karl 203). The skipper of the Cutty Sark helped Smith to escape ... the story. He is merely a person, independent and as free as he can be while fleeing from the law. Works Cited: Baines, Jocelyn. Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. Batchelor, John. The Life of Joseph Conrad: A Critical Biography. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1994. Burgess, Chester Francis. The Fellowship of the Craft: Conrad on Ships and Seamen and the Sea. New York: National University Publications, 1976. ...
- 1530: Real And Unreal
- ... No couple share feelings with other couples. Therefore love it self, whether real or ideal is dependant upon the situations and persons surrounding it. Bibliography Hayden, Robert. “Those Winter Sundays” Reading and Writing from Literature. John E. Schwiebert. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1997. 308 Kemp, Claire. “Keeping Company” Reading and Writing from Literature. John E. Schwiebert. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1997. 201-205 Wilson, August. “Fences” Reading and Writing from Literature. John E. Schwiebert. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1997. 715-766 Word Count: 814
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