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- 371: Social Order Versus Personal F
- Social Order Versus Personal Fulfillment In the regal, and superficial high-class New York world presented in The Age of Innocence there is one particular, unchallenged rule of social order. This rule of complete social grace has been, instead ... stone, been impounded deeply in the minds of every generation raised under the canopy of money and fashion. The desire for etiquette is so overwhelming that it manages to suppress the simple human yearnings for personal fulfillment, otherwise enjoyed by those not imprisoned by clothes or cash. This conflict between society and human emotion is extremely prevalent. From the beginning of the tale, the description of old New York and its inhabitants seems rigid. The people are bent on their customs and beliefs. From the promptness of the Beaufort Ball, the inflexibility of decorum (including dress, meals, and room presentation), and all relationships, personal or business. The severity of the conformity makes the presence of radicals such as Ellen, Mrs. Mingott, and even Newland, fodder for subversive scandal and gossip. But these radicals are merely people who are ...
- 372: Writing For The Screen
- Writing for the Screen I was sitting down one day watching a movie in the theater and I had noticed how insignificant and how bland it was. There really didn't seem to be much essence ... get rid of them and they just keep coming back even more. For instance the summer regurgitated movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, is a good example of a formulated 're-hash' of writing just redone. Sometimes I feel the writers of these films just do it for the money, or the simple fame of achieving a blockbuster movie once again. We find this with the writer of The ... easy for those that analyze and look at movies as a work of art and not just merely a Saturday night date place. These scriptwriters seem to stray away from their original concept of creative writing and have conformed to the Hollywood pressures of fitting a script standard that has been set. Look at an independent thinkers like Quentin Tarantino. He is a revolutionary writer that has radically changed the ...
- 373: The Paradox of Community
- ... Sander County had “never had before” (29). Long- time residents, worried about change, express what they believe to be “the new role of laws and the courts in the local and national society“ (1). Though personal injury litigation rates are lower in Sander County than other major types of litigation, a norm of aversion towards this legal discourse is evident throughout the majority of the community. Those who enforce personal injury claims are viewed by fellow residents as greedy, selfish, and “quick to sue.” Litigation is portrayed as weakening the collective values personified in the law as a means of turning the law against the community to make an “easy buck” (144). Even highly respected members of the community are criticized for making personal injury claims. For example, a minister filed a suit after slipping and falling at a school. A local observer commented by saying there are “a lot of people who are resentful for it, because... ...
- 374: Mesopotamia
- ... in modern day Iraq. It was home to many great political, economic, and cultural developments that were influenced by its climate and geography. Such developments include; the development of cities, agriculture, irrigation, a form of writing, the wheel for transport, as well as; the lunar calendar, and a central body of law. In my paper I am going to discuss these accomplishments and tell how Mesopotamia’s climate and geography influenced ... relieve the tremendous workload associated with agriculture and irrigation we can say that it was an economic development caused by Mesopotamia’s climate and geography.. Mesopotamia is the area from which the earliest forms of writing can be traced. These systems of writing date back to the third millennium B.C.E. 14 In Sumer, a place in Mesopotamia, writing developed in three stages over the course of a millennium. First, writing appeared as carving pictures in ...
- 375: Engineering
- ... to the development of the modern microprocessor. Now modern microprocessors contain as many as ten million transistors. Computer companies used this new technology to build smaller and cheaper computers. This allowed for the creation of personal computers. These computers were small enough to fit on a desktop yet powerful enough to run many types of software. The first of these personal computers (PCs) was built in 1975 by Instrumentation Telemetry Systems. This computer, name the Altair 8800, used an 8-bit Intel 8080 microprocessor, had 256 bytes of RAM, received input through switches on the front ... work. In the mean time you'll be around the equipment and just seeing it and knowing what it is and hearing about it and what it's called is of some value.” (Richard Olsen Personal interview). Computer engineers must also possess the desire to transform the theoretical into the practical. “They need an interest in figuring out new ways to do things. Ability to be analytical and creative. High ...
- 376: Eating Disorder
- ... abuse to the social forces that construct certain female ideals that most women can simply not live up to. Then, of course, there is a blending of causes. Overall, of course, while we must emphasize personal problems, it is necessary to keep an eye on social messages. Feminist-writer Naomi Wolf has discussed how cultural ideals for beauty emphasize a slender body shape typical of prepubertal development that is unattainable for ... make some generalizations regarding a significant portion of eating disorders. We know that they can be, and are, compounded by the social messages that Wolf describes. But the causes obviously also run deeper into the personal realm. It appears that problem eating develops during early to middle adolescence, and that these early patterns influence later eating behaviour. Body image becomes crucial in this development, as does the social and familial setting ... David Burns in Feeling Good. The New Mood Therapy. (Burns) Burns teaches certain steps in psychotherapy practise that teach people to make charts of tables charted "cognitive distortion" and "rational response". This entails a person writing down what is bothering them and then honestly answering the questions. (Burns, pp.62-69) This might seem too simple, but it is incredible what healing can reside in a person honestly facing their ...
- 377: A Critical Analysis of the Poem Entitled "Tract" by William Carlos Williams
- ... by its own weight," it means that the poem will now be judged as good or bad for the bare quality of the written words. And not because it has been dressed up with fancy writing tricks and techniques. WCW goes on to state, "Some common memento is better, something he prized and is know by…" This could be a reference to the poet's personal signature. That if a poet wanted to write a certain way, or had a particular "decoration" or style that he wanted to use consistently, it would be acceptable. But make it something plain, and applicable to that part of the physical world which he is writing about. When WCW says the "driver" should take off his silk hat, and should be brought down, "Low and inconspicuous!" he could be telling the poets to keep themselves separate from the poem. To ...
- 378: Ben Franklin
- ... at his Craven Street boarding house in London, and began a long friendship and scientific-humorous correspondence with his landlady's daughter, Mary Stevenson. Their letters reveal his gifts for lively friendship, for brilliant letter writing, and for humane understanding. At home from 1762 to 1764, Franklin traveled throughout the colonies, reorganizing the American postal system (#2). The crisis caused by the Stamp Act (1765) launched Franklin into a new role ... the journey he established his own printing press, the beginning of a financial success, and started his own newspaper. His purpose in life gradually changed as he grew older. Analyzing his behavior contributed to his personal growth: he focused on his faults and tried to rectify them. He was content in an imperfect state. He gave advice on how to achieve a successful and useful life. Ben was particularly writing to instruct the young people. Benjamin attempted to achieve virtuous excellence through the art of virtues. To acquire moral perfection a person must concentrate on one virtue per week. These virtues include temperance, silence, ...
- 379: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- ... High School in Dayton, Ohio. He was editor of the High School Times and president of Philomathean Literary Society in his senior year. Despite Dunbar's growing reputation in the then small town of Dayton, writing jobs were closed to black applicants and the money to further his education was scarce. In 1891, Dunbar graduated from Central High School and was unable to find a decent job. Desperate for employment, he ... the Callahan Building in Dayton. The major accomplishments of Paul Laurence Dunbar's life during 1872 to 1938 labeled him as an American poet. Dunbar had two poetic identities. He was first a Victorian poet writing in a comparatively formal style of literary English. Dunbar's other identity was that of the dialect poet, writing lighter, usually humorous or sentimental work not merely in the Negro dialect but in other varieties as well: Irish, once in German, but very frequently in the hoosier dialect of Indiana. There is good ...
- 380: Internet Privacy
- ... and improve customer service by tailoring offerings to the unique needs of individuals . At the same time, this has become a subject of hot controversy because the technology involves the extensive collection and use of personal data. Many, if not most, online shoppers and surfers are not aware of the extent of how much and what kind of info can be gathered about a person, even someone who is just visiting ... Consumers Want survey conducted by the non-profit research firm Privacy and American Business, 61 percent of the 474 Internet users surveyed said that they would be positive toward receiving banner ads tailored to their personal interests rather than receiving random ads. This represents about 56 million adult users interested in such personalization. In addition, 68 percent of the users also said that they would provide personal information in order to receive tailored banner ads, on the condition that notice and opt-out are provided . The study seems to back the e-commerce firms who are watching online behavior to provide ...
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