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- 3081: Aristotle Voluntary Vs. Involu
- ... amount of choice. I would say voluntary action is that action which we choose to do, it is the action we are aware of and make the decision to continue with. So, especially, by my personal definition Clinton and Lewinsky were at a voluntary action stage. As for involuntary action, using Clinton as an example I would say his confession to the American public was involuntary or at least non-voluntary ... say that a non-voluntary action is when a person has no plausible option due to circumstances, such as a kill or be killed situation. Whereas a involuntary action is completely out of ones personal range of power. So, it seems I see involuntary and non-voluntary actions in the same light as Aristotle. I would, however, like to add one distinction in the case of involuntary actions. To me ...
- 3082: Birmingham, Alabama and The Civil Rights Movement
- ... the nation and assured Connor's place in history, albeit not a favorable one. This is a book worth reading. It is of the same genre as GIDEON'S TRUMPET for presenting a close and personal look at the people behind the news. It is ironic that a man, whose personal and professional goal was to maintain the status quo, was instrumental in attracting attention to a movement that brought irrevocable changes to Birmingham, the South, and indeed, the whole country. Bull Connor provided the conduit ...
- 3083: The Bean Tree
- ... desires. Usually the individual who chooses to take action is also willing to face the risks and obstacles that such choices involve. "The Bean Tree," by Barbara Kingsolver, is a warm, funny story about a personal journey of self-discovery, commitment, and risk-taking which illustrates these facts. Its spirited protagonist, Taylor Greer, grows up poor in rural Kentucky. In her town some families "had kids just about as fast as ... almost everything behind, including her real name. Taylor is the name she adopts at the place where her car runs out of gas, in Taylorville, Illinois. However, what starts out as a commonplace search for personal opportunities soon turns into a test of her character and beliefs, and of her ability to face and overcome obstacles. On her way west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she acquires a ...
- 3084: Educating Rita 2
- ... and is being perceived. The movie offers much more background information on other characters and events that are important to the story. 'The Screenwriter's Bible' by David Trottier offers a good insight in script writing and story structure. It deals with the basic elements of a typical screenplay, and explains what it actually is that an audience craves. Many of the principles can and should be applied to any story ... Educating Rita. London: Suzy Graham-Adriani Longman Literature 1991 Secondary sources: Educating Rita (The movie) Directed by Lewis Gilbert, Screenplay by Willy Russel, Columbia Pictures 1983 Trottier, David. The screenwriters bible: a complete guide to writing, formatting, and selling your script. Silman-James Press 1995
- 3085: The Crucible - Conscience
- ... that a new conscience has evolved, stemming from the trials, and the "balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom". The community of Salem has turned from a strict, repressive conscience to a conscience where personal gain and "common vengeance writes the law". The Church has lost its power to the Court. Mr. Hale, so revered and listened to at the beginning of the play, has practically no weight in the ... not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man, John only somewhat bewildered." Here we see the idea of morality being reflected on a personal level, or, as Miller would put it, Johns "conception of himself". He conceives himself as a sinner because of his "raw deeds", his adultery. "I may blush for my sin," he says to Elizabeth ...
- 3086: Data Warehousing
- ... s The Politics of Data Warehousing in conjunction with this paper. In his June 1997 paper, Marc comments on how little extended discussion of politics there is in the data warehousing literature. As of the writing of this paper, to the best of my knowledge, that situation still has not changed. This in unfortunate because ambitious data warehousing projects are rife with political issues. My working definition of a data warehousing ... IS usually gets called in. This need to obtain IS involvement can create great consternation in an IS organization who thought that building a data warehouse was going to get it out of the report writing business. User To User Issues These are issues that involve potential conflicts among the users of a data warehouse. This does not mean that IS is not involved. Rather, IS can be right in the ...
- 3087: Greek Gods
- ... it would happen. Therefore, to counter Achilles massive retaliation against the Trojans, Zeus allowed the gods to go back to the battle field. In Zeus's own interests, he preferred to deal with issues more personal to the individual heros of the Iliad. This can be seen throughout the book as Zeus attempted to increase the honour of certain individuals. Zeus knew that Hektor was going to be killed by Achilles ... Hektor "fill out" the armour so he would not seem like less of a man then Achilles. Zeus also gave his word to Thetis that Achilles would gain much glory showing his involvement on a personal level. Homer used the gods and their actions to establish twists on the plot of the war. It would not have been possible for him to write the story without the divine interventions of the ...
- 3088: The Crazy Horse Electric Game
- ... the book cuts into another baseball game, they are playing against the Crazy Horse Electrics. Sal, a big guy on the Crazy Horse, and Johnny get into a verbal argument, and then Johnny says something personal about him and he wound up and decked Johnny one. They break it up and continue the game. When Willie was about to pitch he looses his balance and Sal hits a good pitch. Then ... ex-wife, and she told him to tell Lacey that his son is still rotting away. Will decides to relay the message just to "your ex wife called." Willie had never pried into Lacey's personal life, but when Lacey came home, he read the message. Then Willie and Lacey get into his car, and drive down to an old facility. When they look in they see Lacey's son, staring ...
- 3089: Comparison of Margaret Mead's "Coming in Age" to Russian Youth
- ... have no control over others and little control over their own lives. Soviet society stresses more importance on society and the current political regime. They see social interests as much more important than individual ones. Personal interests must always be sacrificed if in conflict with societal interests (Shlapentokh, 1988, 19). Youth coming from broken homes and living in a society which gives them little freedom, look for ways to show their ... societies. Girls, for instance, are allowed to decide in whose family they should live. She can live with an uncle or father and her choice raises no ethical problems. Her decision is taken as a personal matter. Others will understand that her choice was for perfectly good reasons, perhaps the food was better, she had found a new lover or had quarrelled with an older one. The choice was easy because ...
- 3090: Hills Like White Elephants
- This story centers on the controversy of abortion in an ambiguous writing style by Ernest Hemingway. First of all, the perspective is not third person omnipresent. The author could not describe the characters thoughts. Most of the information in the story was relayed through the dialogue. The ... her at all except for sex, the girl saw a strong possibility of commitment, romantic ideals, and marriage. The sadness is that these couple will not see the consequence until it too late. In this writing, love is like licorice, which it is bitter. "Hills like White Elephants" must not simply be read, it must be read thoroughly to understand the clue that Ernest Hemingway conveyed to the reader.
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