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- 1241: Virginia Woolf
- ... imaginary place where here audience can feel comfortable and open their minds to what she is saying. In this imaginary setting with imaginary people Woolf can live out and see the problems women faced in writing. Woolf also goes farther by breaking many of the rules of writing in her essay. She may do this to show that the standards can be broken, and to encourage more women to write. An example of this is in the very first line when Woolf writes ... 731)." And even if the women could make money it would be dispensed at the discretion of their husbands, because women were not allowed to own property. So what does money have to do with writing? Woolf believes that intellectual freedom depends on material things and poetry depends on intellectual freedom. She even quotes Sir Arthur Quiler-couch who wrote, "The poor poet has not in theses days, nor has ...
- 1242: Taoism
- ... known as the Four Noble Truths based on his experience and inspiration about the nature of life. These truths are the basis for all schools of Buddhism. The fourth truth describes the way to overcome personal desire through the Eightfold Path. Buddha called this path the Middle Way, because it lies between a life of luxury and a life of poverty. Not everyone can reach the goal of Nirvana, but every ... right path or behavior is followed. The path to Tao and Nirvana are similar, yet different. Both believe there is an inner light which guides a person in the right direction to the ultimate goal. Personal desires must be forsaken to enable the inner light to guide a person to achieve eternal bliss. The teachings that discuss the inner light of a person are as well renowned in the Tao philosophy ... come from within. Tao means the way, but this way is never taught. Desire, ambition, fame, and selfishness are seen as complications to the end. That idea is consistent with Buddhist teachings; it is the personal life of each individual that gives Taoism its special form. Taoism and Buddhism perceive life, death and rebirth as a continuous cycle. This cycle has no beginning and no end. The soul is eternal, ...
- 1243: Issues to Consider When Implementing a Corporate Code of Ethics
- ... Each of the issues discussed above must be reviewed carefully in order to make the best ethical decision that will have positive effects on the company and society. References Behrens L. and Rosen L.R Writing and reading across the curriculum. New York: Longman, 1997 Carlin P. (1997). Pure profit, In l. Behrens and L. Rosen (Eds.), Writing and reading across the curriculum ( pp. 789-795). New York: Longman. Reprinted from Los Angeles times magazine, (1995). Cavanagh, G. (1997). Ethics in business. In L. Behrens and L. Rosen (Eds.), Writing and reading across the curriculum (pp. 796-811). New York: Longman. Reprinted from American business values, second edition, (1984, pp. 126- 150). De George, R.T. (1997). The case of the collapsed mine. In ...
- 1244: Song Of Solomon By Toni Morris
- ... self-actualization, as well as the tormenting road that leads to the shaping of an individual. Through beautiful language, with immense reality, she is able to describe young black mans journey as he uncovers his personal history, myth, and essence. The story revolves around generations, past and present, of a black family in the south. The character of Milkman (Macon Dead jr.) evolves through the descriptions, events, and experiences of others ... the same fate as his father. Macon Dead sr. fails to tell Milkman the reasons behind his miserly attitude. Thus creating an insurmountable gap between their relationship. Milkman's mother and father both thrust their personal fears on him adding to the destruction of his personal identity. Only after Milkman uncovers these tribulations behind his parents' identities, can he begin his quest for self-authenticity. By displacing the profound effect Milkman's parents have on his quest for self-actualization, ...
- 1245: Internet Security
- ... credit card numbers and other types of important data being taken. There are many advantages the Internet brings to its users, but there are also many problems with the Internet security, especially when dealing with personal security, business security, and the government involvement to protect the users. The Internet is a new, barely regulated frontier, and there are many reasons to be concerned with security. The same features that make the ... an ideal way for someone to keep a careful watch on the user without them being aware of it (Lemmons 1). It may not seem like it but it is completely possible to build a personal profile on someone just by tracking them in cyperspace. Every action a person does while logged onto the Internet is recorded somewhere (Boyan, Codel, and Parekh 3). An individual's personal security is the major issue surrounding the Internet. If a person cannot be secure and have privacy on the Internet, the whole system will fail. According to the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), ...
- 1246: The Biography of Ernest Hemingway
- ... decorations, to join the Italian infantry. These vivid experiences later provided background for A Farewell to Arms in 1929. War—the cruelty and stoic endurance that it requires—forms a major part of Hemingway’s writing. In addition to WWI action, Hemingway later covered the Greek-Turkish War in 1920, while the Spanish Civil War in 1937 provided material for his For Whom the Bell Tolls. Following WWI, Hemingway returned to ... trusted. Only reality was truth and that was harsh. Life was futile—nothing. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein are among those usually credited with influencing Hemingway’s early writing. The Hemingway’s were divorced in 1927, the same year that he married Vogue writer Pauline Pfeiffer. In 1928 the Hemingway’s moved to Key West, Florida. The shocking event of 1928 for Hemingway was the suicide of his father, who had been ill with hypertension and diabetes. It wasn’t until 1940 that the experience was reflected in his writing through the thoughts of Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls, and later characters sometimes expressed thoughts on suicide. In a manner, there were two Hemingways. One was the flamboyant adventurer—the legend ...
- 1247: The World Of Odysseus
- ... Penelope nor in any other relationship between man and mate in the Homeric poems was there the depth and intensity, the quality of feeling. . . ." It was pleasing to read the author's unusual approach for writing this book by first retelling mythical stories from ancient poems and then informing the reader of the poems' purpose. Though the author connected his thoughts and stories ingeniously, the book was quite a tedious task ... not only as a way of preservation, but as a way to educated outsiders of the values of man living in the indicated time period. The author has a similar purpose in his reason for writing the book; his purpose is to educate. The author of this book definitely attempts to justify his historical deductions with what appears to be sound and genuine factual research. After paraphrasing an important aspect of Greek mythology, the author almost always describes the importance of the passage. The author's writing is considerably well-developed in context as well as layout, allowing the reader a sense of trust in the author's authority in knowledge. Whenever the author produces his own opinion on a subject, ...
- 1248: Stephen King
- ... cinematically. I write down everything I see. What I see, it seems like a movie to me"(Beaham 17). During this year the biggest event that probably had the biggest impact on Stephen King’s writing style was the discovery of the author H. P. Lovecraft. King would later write of Lovecraft, "He struck with the most force, and I still think, for all his shortcomings, he is the best writer ... writer on their hands. >From then until he graduated with a bachelors degree in English from University of Maine at Orono in the Spring of 1970, King concentrated on rounding off the edges of his writing technique. One short story that best shows the type and technique of Stephen King’s writing is "The Body." "The Body", which has been adapted into to a Hollywood movie, was first published in the collection of short stories called Different Seasons. The story is a tale of four twelve ...
- 1249: Yukon Jack: The Life of Jack London
- ... man in the story experiences regret for not following the advice given to him earlier, but the dog presses on without regret or pity for the man, the same way London treats life. London began writing in early adulthood. He found it was the easiest way for him to make money. His literary apprenticeship was comparatively short. He started by writing for a local newspaper in San Francisco, and before long the entire country took a liking to his work. London had published his first book, The Son of the Wolf, in 1900. Also in 1900 ... By 1913 he was called the highest-paid, best known, and most popular writer in the world, with books translated into eleven languages” (Kunitz and Haycraft 843). By the age of forty, London was done writing. He made his fortune in his writings, but he managed to spend a greater one. “Although the cause of London’s death [in 1916] was given out as uremic poising, a pad on his ...
- 1250: Taoism
- ... known as the Four Noble Truths based on his experience and inspiration about the nature of life. These truths are the basis for all schools of Buddhism. The fourth truth describes the way to overcome personal desire through the Eightfold Path. Buddha called his path the Middle Way, because it lies between a life of luxury and a life of poverty. Not everyone can reach the goal of Nirvana, but every ... right path or behavior is followed. The path to Tao and Nirvana are similar, yet different. Both believe there is an inner light which guides a person in the right direction to the ultimate goal. Personal desires must be forsaken to enable the inner light to guide a person to achieve eternal Bliss. "The teaching regarding the inner light is just as prominent in the Taoist schools as it is among ... means way, but in the original and succeeding manuscripts no direct path is explored or expounded. Desire, ambition, fame, and selfishness are seen as complications. That idea is consistent with Buddhist teachings; it is the personal life of each individual that gives Taoism its special form". Taoism and Buddhism perceive life, death and rebirth as a continuous cycle. This cycle has no beginning and no end. The soul is eternal, ...
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