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- 3761: Mescaline
- ... s euphoric qualities, Mescaline is used in Native American and Mexican Indian rituals and is believed to hold great spiritual power. Mescaline also provides feelings of a union with nature, due to a dissolution of personal identity. The Nahuati Indians called it teonanacatl- “God's flesh.” Peyote is a sacrament of the Native American Church, and its use in ceremony is considered to be a form of communion with God. An ... done so since it was adopted from South American tribes. The hallucinations brought on by the use of Peyote are believed to be both mentally and spiritually enlightening, and the insights gained are remembered for personal growth by South American tribes also. In past years, Mescaline has been experimentally used in psychology for treatment of schizophrenia and psychotherapy for alcoholism and terminal cancer patients. The results show some potential value in ...
- 3762: Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil in the Flesh
- Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil in the Flesh Shepaug Valley High School Modern World While reading A Guide In Expository Writing For the Study Of History, By Charles Olivea, I was learning how to write a thesis. "The concept may be written as a single word or as a hyphenated term. Some examples of these are ... my enemies. Does God pray for the Devil? I cannot forgive Hitler for what he did, but I hope that God, in His infinite love, can. The questions that have arisen in my head while writing this paper are as follows: Did Hitler know what he was doing was wrong? Is Evil the absence of knowing what is right and wrong? Where does all this hate come from? Why is hate ...
- 3763: Managing Overtime
- ... The United States Postal Service is a large organization with many facets of operations; I will be concentrating on what we call the Field Operation or Area Office. This is where the public comes into personal contact with the Postal Service either by way of the individual letter carrier (mailman) or the window clerk who assists with business transacted at the post office. Every community across America has a Post Office ... and approach the individual carriers immediately. As a manager I that this has happen to, I have approached the individual and asked some very basic questions to make certain that there are no health or personal issues going on with the carrier affecting their productivity. If nothing out of the ordinary exists, I point out that they are not meeting their productivity quota and make certain suggestions to assist them in ...
- 3764: Crime and Punishment: Is There or is There Not Such a Thing as Crime?
- ... raised by our parents and environment to learn that murder [infanticide] is ethically evil. So, using this knowledge we automati¬ cally process this information as wrong! That is why it is difficult to extrapolate in writing on the subject of why particular acts are defined as ‘criminal'. Murder and especially infanticide is low-down dirty wrong, as seen by the majority of this Earth's population. There may be exceptions to ... it was just the views of the time. Most of the Americans in this era thought of these views as acceptable, although a handful questioned the integrity of these acts with literature and propaganda. The writing of Beloved constituted sort of a memorial memorandum to these acts unjustly committed on the African-American people. These people were repressed and they definitely felt this was a crime. It was not until the ...
- 3765: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... to be the first master of the short story form (Edgar Allen Poe). About 12 of his works are known for their flawless literary construction. Poe had a rough childhood which definitely contributed to his writing. Poe was born in January 19th of 1809 in Boston. Poe was the son of David Poe, an actor and Eliza Poe, an actress. Poe also had a sister. At age three Poe was orphaned ... madness. Poe also talks of a beating heart when he writes, "to still the beating of my heart". This can be compared to his own erratic heart. Poe has also bean accused of plagiarism in writing "The Raven". Supposedly he stole the purple curtains that appear in "The Raven" from Elizabeth Barrel Browning. It is also said that Poe took the idea of a talking bird from Charles Dickens Barnaby Ridge ...
- 3766: Body Image
- Body Image The purpose of this study is to further explore and examine the influences of mass media on male s and female s personal body image satisfaction and the awareness and internalization of societal pressures regarding appearance. For a number years evidence surrounding the insecurities that women have towards their own bodies has been widely published. More recently, it ... 1999, Sipiora, 1991, Leobert & Sprafkin, 1988). The more people are exposed to these values, stereotypes, and behaviors the more it is reinforced that there is an association between the ideal body image, physical attractiveness, desirability, personal self-worth, and success (Fouts & Burggraf, 1999). The implication is a society that appears to associate body size and shape as direct aspects of their identities and self worth; if a man or a woman ...
- 3767: Poetry And Langston Hughes
- ... expression that can be dissimilar while still expressing the same views on the tribulations of African-Americans. “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” is short, to the point and opens up Langston Hughes’ world of symbolism. In writing this, Mr. Hughes used symbolism so extensively that when most individuals read it, they do not grasp the true intent of each word. The images that Hughes conveys in Harlem are “sensory, domestic, earthly, like ... Before and Beyond Harlem. Westport, Connecticut: Lawrence Hill & Company, 1983. Jemie, Onwuchekwa. Langston Hughes, An Introduction to the Poetry. Ed. John Unterecker. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. McMahon, Day, and Funk. Literature and the Writing Process. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999. Rampersad, Arnold. The Life of Langston Hughes: I Dream a World. Vol. 2. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Walker, Melissa. Down from ...
- 3768: A Critique of C. S. Lewis
- ... prayer. "Does prayer work?" Lewis states that prayer is not a machine by which one could plug in the right phrases and get the results. He defines prayer as either a "sheer illusion or a personal contact between embryonic, incomplete persons (ourselves)and the utterly concrete Person."11 If in fact prayer is a sheer illusion its purpose would be for the vocalization of wishful thinking. Whether the desired result comes ... synthesized theological dilemmas for the layman. Constantly referring to himself as a layman himself, Lewis left the details of theological doctrine and philosophy to those who were "experts". He was only interested in his own personal questions concerning Christianity and sharing his well thought out answers to others. This critique of C. S. Lewis contains various selections from three of his books. The first work address the topic of "Right and ...
- 3769: Life of Julius Caesar
- ... five years of command voted to him by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar’s personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces by deputies. Pompey’s own attachment to Caesar was broken when Caesar’s daughter Julia to whom Pompey had been ... prominent senators like Ciceroon account of the great power and influence of such against of Caesar. Caesar’s military dominance was established beyond the possibility of successful challenge, the senate gave him a profusion of personal honors which were out of keeping with Roman tradition, reflecting as they did the extravagant distinctions accorded earlier to the Hellenistic kings. The month of July was named after Caesar and his statue was placed ...
- 3770: Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- ... the story ROTHMC. However, they both reinforce the themes." Discuss Aprox 1000 words There are many important Themes in the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry. These themes include: racial prejudice, loyalty, honesty, friendship, personal integrity and respect for others. Although Jeremy Simms and TJ Avery are fairly minor people in the book, their characters are used to inforce and strengthen the themes of the novel. We first meet TJ ... school board members. Somebody told them about those books I d pasted over...but that was only an excuse. (Pg 151) This highlights some of the themes by TJ s total lack of loyalty and personal integrity. One of TJ s biggest mistakes in the book is befriending two white boys, R.W. and Melvin Simms (Jeremy s brothers). He thinks they are his friends and he doesn t know that ...
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