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- 1561: Their Eyes Were Watching God B
- ... had shared in their youth. Zora Hurston's second marriage to Albert Price III was also short lived. They were married in 1939 and divorced in 1943 (DA, 2). By the mid-1940s Hurston's writing career had began to falter. While living in New York, Hurston was arrested and charged with committing an immoral act with a ten-year-old boy. The charges were later dropped when Hurston proved that ... with her clever incorporation of prominent themes in society. While avoiding social prejudice, Zora seamlessly integrates her own racial-discovery into her novel. The reader does not feel that she is projecting social prejudices or personal attacks; but rather imparts a tender, gentle revelation to Janie that she is Black. Janie is raised with white children in the home of the family her Grandmother works for. She grows up playing, laughing ... the Wisconsin-River Falls University discusses the role of Afro-American women in Their Eyes Were Watching God. He explores the role of African-American women in early 1900's society by examining Hurston's writing. Historically, the job of women in society is to care for the husband, the home, and the children. As a homemaker, it has been up to the woman to support the husband and care ...
- 1562: The Stoics and Socrates
- ... also one of the best known, it is truly unfortunate he left the future so little of his theories. Only through the writings of his students have we any idea of his philosophy. In the writing of Plato much thought is given to the concept of the human soul. Socrates presents the soul having three major ideas associated with it. The human soul is immortal, immaterial, and moral. The question of ... object upon the earth and in the universe. In this scenario the actions of a human were of no consequence directly to the soul. There could be no concept of morality having any impact on personal life beyond the immediate. To Socrates the soul is the center of all human morality, the embodiment of "the good" in the human consciousness. Rather than just proceeding to rejoin the world-soul the individual ... existence. With this new found individuality a soul must worry about its existence, if it acted properly it would ascend to the Greek concept of eternal bliss. In my own unworthy opinion, to act with personal benefit in mind is to act selfishly and therefore immorally. I concede to Socrates that a truly selfless act is impossible, for as humans we always have an ulterior motive behind the closed door ...
- 1563: Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
- ... decide which situations are to count asmoral situations. Subjectivity All existentialists have followed Kierkegaard in stressing the importance of passionate individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth. They have insisted, accordingly, that personal experience and acting on one's own convictions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a detached, objective ... rational as is commonly supposed. Nietzsche, for instance, asserted that the scientific assumption of an orderly universe is for the most part a useful fiction. Choice and Commitment Perhaps the most prominent theme in existentialist writing is that of choice. Humanity's primary distinction, in the view of most existentialists, is the freedom to choose. Existentialists have held that human beings do not have a fixed nature, or essence, as other ... theologians Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann, the French Roman Catholic theologian Gabriel Marcel, the Russian Orthodox philosopher Nikolay Berdyayev, and the German Jewish philosopher Martin Buber inherited many of Kierkegaard's concerns, especially that a personal sense of authenticity and commitment is essential to religious faith. Existentialism and Literature A number of existentialist philosophers used literary forms to convey their thought, and existentialism has been as vital and as extensive ...
- 1564: Salvador Manuchin
- ... videotapes to learn and apply the techniques of structural family therapy. Minuchin stepped down as director of the Phildelphia Clinic in 1975 to pursue his interest in treating families with psychosomatic illnesses and to continue writing some of the most influential books in the field of family therapy. In 1981, Minuchin established Family Studies, Inc., in New York, a center committed to teaching family therapists. Minuchin retired in 1996 and currently ... members are over involved on one hand or too distant on the other hand, problems with family boundaries arise. Enmeshment is the term Minuchin uses when member's involvement is intrusive. In enmeshment, boundaries and personal space are weak and change rapidly. These changes impact all subsystems. Autonomy and competence are inhibited and perceptions of self and others are poorly differentiated. The family floods with anxiety in times of stress and ... an initial assessment of family boundaries is necessary. Both individual and subsystem boundaries should be assessed. These boundaries establish the relative individuality or autonomy of family members. In Minuchin's concept of enmeshment, boundaries and personal space are weak and change rapidly. In Minuchins's concept of disengagement, family members have rigid boundaries and communication between subsystems is poor. In the family studied, the wife and husband exhibit patterns of ...
- 1565: Tortilla Flat
- ... draw analogies of what is in the novel and one's own experience. While the elements of fiction are important in isolated ways, relating the parts is most important. A novel should show, "a direct, personal impression of life." The form of the novel is so free, so liable to variation, so open to innovation, that an exact definition is not possible. Different things happen in novels; the situation changes. Each ... What do the viewing characters perceive in Tortilla Flat? Is there omniscience--an all-seeing, all-knowing narrator? The shifts in point-of-view is also common in Steinbeck's novel. The theme is the personal and direct impression of life which Steinbeck projects. The setting in Tortilla Flat shows the story took place in a certain time and place. Setting also reveals character. Symbols, ideas beyond the object itself and ... For example, Babbitt believed that "ideal realism" results in egoism. To Babbitt, Blake contributed to the moral decline of society because he rejected limits and restraints. Looking back at Walt Whitman's style of plain writing, based mostly on a Puritannical plain style which disapproved of art that only pleased the senses, on an art that showed homeliness, and a realistic view in its imagery, a startling realism in diction, ...
- 1566: Loophole Or A Conspiracy?
- ... loophole, then we are in great danger because everything you can imagine is stored in the computers and large databases. This article just proves my point on Microsoft's power to influence and danger our personal everyday lives. Did you know that there is a secret imbedded program called " The Hall Of Tortured Souls"? Yes, there is that secret program imbedded in the Microsoft's Excel 95. This program was written ... their programs, the question of what other secretly imbedded programs are their in the other Microsoft's software. What can these secret program do? This scares me as I write this paper because I am writing with Microsoft's Word program. Can somebody be reading what I am writing or hacking through my system as I write? It looks like we all have to wait until they come up with a fix patch program to address these security issues. In the mean time, ...
- 1567: Analysis Of 1 Samuel 1:28
- ... of a kingship. 1 Samuel is presented in the form of a narrative account of the life and contributions of Samuel. Like most of the bible, scholars have tried to determine the author, date of writing, purpose of the text and the historical and chronological order of events. The author is unknown. Some scholars believe Zabud, son of the prophet Nathan, a priest and the personal adviser to King Solomon, wrote the text shortly after Solomon s death. Others believe Samuel himself wrote the text, while some scholars believe the priest, Ahimaaz, was the author. Most do agree that the composition ... behind the present form of Samuel. Though differences have been noted, such as the story of David and Goliath being much shorter in the Septuagint, these scholars still have not determined the author, time of writing or the purpose of the text. I noted some minor textual differences in my research but the main theme and message remained the same in all sources that I verified. The priestly families of ...
- 1568: Sports and Nationalism
- ... viewed as third world countries. However, on the soccer field, they are among the worlds best and a simple sport such as soccer helped them achieve this goal. This last example is somewhat of a personal one and for this example, I shall be writing in the first person. I came from a small country located on the other side of the world (Asia). It is a small country called the Philippines. I have lived here in Canada for almost ... long tradition of so called "American dominance" on the baseball field (from a Filipino's perspective). I decided to add in this segment to my paper in hopes of explaining my thesis on a more personal level. It is just further proof of how sports are more than just a game. For us, sport was used as a tool to channel our nationalistic ideals. This strong belief in nationalism allowed ...
- 1569: A Farewell to Arms: The Chaotic and Brutal World of War
- ... are viewed as the heroes throughout the novel. In his novel, A Farewell to Arms, the characters experience "the chaotic and brutal world of war" (Warren 35). Ernest Hemingway had written two books prior to writing A Farewell to Arms. Many who have read this third work perceive it to be a biographical novel of the author himself. In the novel, Hemingway writes about a character named Lieutenant Frederick Henry. The ... hurt. However before he can attempt to help him, his friend dies right before his eyes. "Yet even here we must notice that Lieutenant Henry turns his back upon our society after Caporetto. Following his personal objectives he abandons his friends, his responsibilities as an officer, the entire complex of organized social life represented by the army and the war." (Geismar 115) This critic observes Henry's transformation after Caporetto and all the senseless dying he experienced there. Hemingway's personal growth regarding the meaning of love has a major impact in this novel. Lieutenant Frederick Henry's lifestyle prior to World War I was filled with drinking and having sexual relations with women he ...
- 1570: Sagan
- ... we accept, and to compound the problem; what if the theories were predicting if life on this planet would end in the next year, decade or century. Choosing one over the other now becomes very personal, and scientists might try to resolve their problems with attacks on each others character, each will accuse the other of scare-mongering or being too conservative. This only breeds paranoia and hate for science in ... be accepting when it is afraid, no amount of RNA, DNA,G,A,T,C,X Y and Zed will change that. This is where people like Carl Sagan fit in. The power of his writing is its ability to teach the average man of the wonders around him in and easy to understand, non-confrontational manner. From this education we will learn to be critical of science and not shun it. The real progress for both western and eastern man will happen on a personal level and education is its vehicle. We do not judge the progress of a society by measuring the height of their buildings, the strength of their telescopes or grace of their athletes. We measure ...
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