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- 3631: In Shape
- ... concern about the adverse affects of being outed to their coworkers. p. 5 Blue collar workers and those in the social service field reported being more secure in self-disclosure among co-workers (Morris, 1997). Personal accounts of stories of women coming out in middle adulthood also support the idea that they come out later due to fear of discrimination from the heterosexual community. Although these books, “Wives Who Love Women” and “From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life”, are not academic in nature, they offer a personal glimpse into the reasons why some women wait until later in life to redefine their sexuality. Scott, in her book, “Wives Who Love Women”, tells the story about Amy. Amy is 48 years old, happily ...
- 3632: A Farewell To Arms 5
- ... inner thoughts and feelings as we are with those of Frederick. The story is told through Frederick's eyes and the reader only meets Catherine through the dialogue between her and Frederick or through his personal interpretations of her actions. Catherine already possesses the knowledge that her own life cannot be dependent on another. She learned this lesson through the death of her fiance. Her love for Frederick is what her ... war for fear of losing her own stability with his death. The theme that Hemingway emphasizes throughout the novel is the search for order in a chaotic world. Hemingway conveys this through Frederick's own personal search during the chaos of World War I. Catherine has found strength within herself to lead her through life. This is what Frederick must come to realize. Through his involvement with Catherine, Frederick slowly finds ...
- 3633: Brighton Beach Memoirs Essay
- ... the midst of going through puberty. Like Rusty-James in Rumble Fish, Eugene looks up to his older brother Stanley. His hobbies and hopes include playing baseball in hopes of becoming a New York Yankee, writing, and to see the "Golden Palace of the Himalayas", which in other words is seeing a naked woman. Eugene always feels as if he is being blamed for everything that goes wrong. He finds liberation from a household of seven by writing in his diary, which he calls his memoirs. Stanley is Eugene's 18-year-old, older brother. Stanley can be described as a person who stands up for his principles. Eugene is constantly looking to ...
- 3634: Is There Hope For The Psychopa
- ... moral development lets the person feel no guilt or pain for what they did and quite possibly feel satisfaction regarding their actions. A sociopath has little self regard and pays little attention to their own personal safety when picking fights. Quite often they will be outsized and get hurt. Some sociopaths are non-violent and stay out of prison by doing small crimes like swindling and insurance fraud. It is possible ... to conform to the social norms for lawful behavior, as indicated by repeatedly performing illegal acts that are grounds for arrest 2. deceitfulness, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure 3. impulsivity failure to plan ahead 4. irritability and aggressive , as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults 5. reckless disregard for safety of self or others 6. consistent irresponsibility as indicated ...
- 3635: Albert Einstein 2
- ... as the Gold Medal, Copley Medal of the Royal Society, and the Barnard Medal. Albert Einstein s explanation of physics also gained him a lot of influence in the world of physics and of military personal because of the potentials of nuclear energy that were being explored. Einstein s work in the field of physics helped explain atomic physics such as his most famous theory, The Theory of Relativity. His findings on the theory of relativity (E=mc^2) helped show the potential of nuclear energy. With all of his findings and his own personal feelings on WWII Einstein felt he needed tell President Roosevelt about the potentials of a Nuclear Bomb and how the Germans were working on a bomb using Nuclear Energy. In the year 1939, Einstein and ...
- 3636: Cigarette Smoking Amond Colleg
- ... smoke" (Riche). Furthermore, "women who smoke are dying at twice the rate of women who do not smoke" (Riche). And finally, along with cancer, cigarette smoking also contributes to cardiovascular diseases and reproductive difficulties. From personal experiences, I have had family members die from smoking cigarettes, and many of my friends also smoke. That alone makes this project a small bit personal. As you can see by the facts listed above, smoking is extremely dangerous. I could go on and on with interesting and some rather astounding facts and numbers associated with this subject, but I believe ...
- 3637: A Farewell To Arms 2
- ... s style as simple, spare, and journalistic. These are all good words; they all apply. Perhaps because of his training as a newspaperman, Hemingway is a master of the declarative, subject-verb-object sentence. His writing has been likened to a boxer's punches--combinations of lefts and rights coming at us without pause. Take the following passage: We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last ... it paints an entire dreary wartime autumn and foreshadows the deaths not only of many of the soldiers but of Catherine. Hemingway's style changes, too, when it reflects his characters' changing states of mind. Writing from Frederic Henry's point of view, he sometimes uses a modified stream-of-consciousness technique, a method for spilling out on paper the inner thoughts of a character. Usually Henry's thoughts are choppy ...
- 3638: Margaret Atwood
- ... entertainment and escape. "I read them all, even when they weren't supposed to be forchildren" (qtd. in " During this childhood of reading, Atwood also began to write. By the age of six, Atwood was writing "poems, morality plays,comic books, and an unfinished novel about an ant" (qtd. in " Two years after this life-altering decision, Atwood entered Victoria College at the University of Toronto. She received her bachelor's ... to receive her Master's degree from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Atwood also received education from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during1962-63 and 1965-67. The most positive comment Atwood received about her writing aspirations was from a friend of her mother (" She began her career through self-publication. "I had the use of a small flat-bed press, and with the help of a friend I painstakingly hand ...
- 3639: The Life of William Shakespeare
- ... 1600, 1608, and after 1608. All of Shakespeare’s work has no exact date and are estimations to when they were written. Shakespeare’s first period was an experimentation. He had a stylized version of writing. Chronicle history plays were popular before 1954. Shakespeare’s earliest work were four plays describing the English civil strife. A few comedies were written during the first period. The second period was when Shakespeare wrote his most important plays, usually concerned with English history. This period is when Shakespeare’s style of writing became unique. He wrote “Richard II,” “Henry IV,” “Parts I,” “Parts II,” and “Henry V.” He also wrote great comedies during this period too. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “Much Ado ...
- 3640: The Great Gatsby 15
- ... from a distance. When this dream doesn't happen, he asks around casually if anyone knows her. Soon he meets Nick Carraway, a cousin of Daisy, who agrees to set up a meeting. Gatsby's personal dream symbolizes the larger American Dream where all have the opportunity to get what they want. Later, as seen in the Plaza Hotel, Jay still believes that Daisy loves him. He is convinced of this ... Gatsby. Jay cannot accept that the past is gone and done with. Jay is sure that he can capture his dream with wealth and influence. He believes that he acted for a good beyond his personal interest and that should guarantee success. Nick attempts to show Jay the folly of his dream, but Jay innocently replies to Nick's assertion that the past cannot be relived by saying, "Yes you can ...
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