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- 3311: Speech Observations
- ... comfortable and well versed in the material he was presenting. He utilized viewgraphs for the initial introduction to the material, and when possible, made an analogy of the topic and related the information to his personal and professional experiences of over thirty years in the field. This gave the students the opportunity to hear the information in various ways and possibly help the understanding of how it might relate to their ... out the information was also far less personable. He was very structured and to the point in his deliverance of the information and utilized significantly fewer analogies. Additionally, he seldom related the topic to any personal or professional experiences, which he may possibly, did not have any to relate. As a result, the class was far less involved in the communication or learning processes. This was evident in the lack of ...
- 3312: 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 one s 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 ...
- 3313: Nat King Col
- ... their first and last hits. Approached by Johnny Mercer and Glen Wallichs that year, Nat, unhappy with Decca, gladly agreed. In the winter of 1943, Nat was under tremendous stress. While still playing music and writing songs, Nat received his induction notice from the draft board. At the same time, Nat was writing what would become the group’s first hit, "Straighten Up and Fly Right"F. Later he would fail the physical due to "nervous hypertension".F The song was about a monkey who takes a ride ...
- 3314: Ordinary Men, Review
- ... for an average of nearly 14 Jews per policeman . (Browning, 131) Browning points out that many of these man had participated in ghetto clearing, but few had, up to this point, been involved in such personal killings. It was a tenacious, remorseless, ongoing campaign in which the hunters tracked down their prey in direct and personal confrontation. It was not a passing phase but an existential condition of constant readines and intention to kill every last Jew who could be found. (Browning, 132) There last final, and most brutal sweep was ...
- 3315: Neal Cassady
- ... The young Jewish poet from Paterson, New Jersey saw Cassady as an ideal hero and mate. Their early sexual relationship and Cassady's later rejection of Ginsberg both had a significant effect on Ginsberg's writing. (Richman). Jack Kerouac (Sal) tells the story of when Dean (Neal) met Carlo (Allen Ginsberg) in On the Road, "Two keen minds that they are, they took to each other at the drop of a ... of speech, his speed of living can be felt. He tells of bars and women and adventuring. The letters are littered with capitalized and underlined words, exclamation points and question marks. His mere style of writing speaks much of his character. He changes subjects rapidly and tells his stories in ways that make them seem almost unbelievable. He speaks of grand plans and tells even grander stories of robberies, hitch hiking ...
- 3316: Simile Of The Cave
- ... men is freed and ventures out of the cave into the light, or the world above, and sees the sun, symbolizing "the form of the good". Plato’s object in this work was not of personal enlightenment; he had the sense to understand that where communication was lacking, such as those prisoners still locked in the cave. The wise, represented by the freed prisoner, should distribute their knowledge to others who ... seems to be an individual venture, and it appears that the good cannot be realized by a collective enlightenment. This holds true to today’s society also. Man’s journey into enlightenment is still a personal adventure; success or failure in today’s society with our government depends on our individual drive to succeed and our own individual effort to do our best. In conclusion, Plato’s "Simile of the Cave ...
- 3317: Sophocles - Antigone
- ... because, [she] did [not] think [his] edict had such force/ that [he], a mere mortal, could override the gods, /the great unwritten, unshakable tradition. (Sophocles 503-505) This is the moment when Antigone chooses her personal conscience over state law. That goes true for our society today isn t there a little part of everyone that would like to be known for something they accomplished or something that they did? We ... that this is right or wrong? I do think that it is wrong to use illegal substances. In the situation where it would help to relieve the pain of my mother I would choose my personal conscience over state law. While Anigone and Creon assumed to know what God wants I do not, and I can only judge the decisions that I make. Now there is the other side of the ...
- 3318: Abraham Maslow's Theory of Human Needs
- ... the only reason that people would not move through the needs to self-actualization is because of the hindrances placed in their way by society. For example, education can be a hindrance, or can promote personal growth. Maslow indicated that educational process could take some of the steps listed below to promote personal growth: 1. We should teach people to be authentic; to be aware of their inner selves and to hear their inner-feeling voices. 2. We should teach people to transcend their own cultural conditioning, and ...
- 3319: Augustine And Love
- ... love. I think she is telling Augustine this, to see if he truly loves her with all his heart and to see if he’s ready to get married. Augustine mentions the idea about receiving personal glory when one’s loved. Augustine is stating that people love to be praised. Is this kind of love selfish? I believe it is selfish. If not selfish, I wouldn’t define it as true ... of men’s mouths and deeds known to men, bring with them a most perilous temptation from the love of praise, which goes round almost begging for compliments and piles them up for our own personal glory.” (pg. 205) I interpret this statement to mean that people are tempted to be loved because those who are loved are often praised. In general after I read Confessions I believed that Augustine had ...
- 3320: Death Of A Salesman 10
- ... serious tone about the relationship between the father, Willy, and his son, Biff. Miller feels that a father should always be loved. However, Willy has filled his son with false values, emphasizing flashy success and personal popularity, like being star quarterback for his football team, at the cost of real effort and personal integrity, like when Biff flunked his math exam. He even taught Biff to steal, without even realizing it. Willy:...[Biff] Go right over to where they re building the apartment house and get some sand ...
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