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- 10121: The Crucible - Film Review
- ... who forced them to dance. As the hysteria grows in Salem, people begin to question their own neighbors, simply out of spite and vengeance, among other things. The Crucible is certainly historically accurate in it's portrayal of the townspeople's beliefs and attitudes. It is a film that should be seen to view the way people were in the seventeenth century. Fear was probably the biggest reason for all of the happenings. Fear is what ... of change. Change in their beliefs would shut down the entire town, because it was built mainly on their ideology. For the Puritans, their beliefs were what brought them to America, and if they didn't have their beliefs, what would they have had? The town of Salem was a Puritan town, and they had very strict beliefs. There were certain things, such as dancing, that just weren't done, ...
- 10122: Overhead Look At Sands
- ... Dashwood falls suddenly ill and dies unexpectedly. Mr. Dashwood is forced, by law, to leave his fortune and vast estate to his son, Mr. John Dashwood, from his first marriage. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and three daughters (Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret) without a home and with hardly enough money to live on. Edward, Fanny Dashwood's older brother, falls in love with Elinor, but Fanny makes up an excuse to send Edward to London, away from Elinor. The Dashwood family then moves to the Barton Cottage. Elinor tries to hide her ... sensibility together, in their dealings with money and love. Main Character Description: Elinor, the eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Dashwood, possesses great understanding and coolness of judgement, which qualifies her to be her mother's counselor. This enabled her to act on things for the best of all of her sisters and mother. When the Mrs. Dashwood received the offer to move to Barton Cottage, she wanted to know ...
- 10123: Why Should I Be Moral?
- ... can see where society as a whole must practice morality as a whole to allow everyone the non-competitive pursuit of happiness. I can also relate to the fact that following the immediate pleasure doesn't unnecessarily attribute to the future good. I have not been able to live one city longer than a year at a time. As a result of this, I am unable to purchase my dream home ... consequences we could face in our afterlife. I believe we discern right and wrong on the basis of what is right or wrong to our doctrine. True moral issues, but for the most part don't we judge thing based on what was instilled into us as children? We were socialized to fit a pattern and our society even today is still tinged with religious attitudes and beliefs. According to Kohlberg's stages of moral development, children give the right answer to moral issues, but with different reasons as they progress. STAGE BRIEF DESCRIPTION REASONS FOR DOING RIGHT LEVEL I: 1 Preconventional Desire to Avoid punishment ...
- 10124: Speciesism and Animal Rights
- ... them but by the hand of tyranny" (Bentham 440). The message behind speciesism is to make us aware of our treatment toward animals and realize that it does matter how we treat them. In Bentham's passage he realizes that animals have rights although they may not have the associated duties. The right of an animal is to live and have an equal chance of being a part of society, and ... he came up with this: But [the] attempts to limit [Inherent Value] to humans only can be shown to be irrationally defective. Animals, it is true, lack many of the abilities humans possess. They can't read, do mathematics, build a bookcase or make babaghanoush. Neither can many human beings, however, and yet we don't (and shouldn't) say that (these humans) therefore have less inherent value, less of a right to be treated with respect, than do others. It is the similarities between those human beings, who most ...
- 10125: The Political Principles of Jackson and Jefferson
- ... wanted a simple government, they were in favor of strict construction of the constitution. This meant that no action could be done unless defined clearly in the constitution. Jefferson and Jackson policies and beliefs weren’t always the same. Jackson was in favor of a two party system, in fact, in started the two party system. Jefferson was a true believer in a factionless government. He thought factions caused disruption in the government’s process and had no right to be a part of it. Jackson used his veto power more than any other president did. He considered himself the final word in all matters. Jefferson was the complete ... and social problems that occurred in the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Jackson tried to implement the philosophies of Jefferson. This would cause a problem since the physiocratic mentality and the lazzaire faire argarism polices couldn’t fit in a society moving away from argarism and going towards industrialism, Reducing the government role in business caused economic problems. Since the government was pretty lax on those issues money was getting into ...
- 10126: Gender Differences In Management
- ... needed. Men and women have different abilities which dictate the way they make decisions. Women tend to have a more difficult time making decisions because they take in more information then men do. Women don’t have the ability to filter out excess information which leads to a delay in important decisions being made. This doesn’t mean that the women’s brain is inferior to that of a mans. In fact men don’t have the ability to take in a large portion of information. They are detached from many of the human and personal ...
- 10127: Creative Writing: The Drive
- ... the new beginning, I was on my way to find myself. I had 14 hours to contemplate the reasons I was doing this. My friends said I was nuts, family said I was stupid. Let's see, nuts and stupid, um, O.K. I guess everyone has their own opinion. Its not really what I wanted to hear, but I could see their point. Yuma, Arizona, my hometown, lived there for 10 years, graduated from high school, had lots of friends, had a great job, but one crucial element was missing, I just wasn't happy there. Everyone, including my family, (who by the way, all moved back south), said I had everything going for me. I, on the other hand, did not feel that way. There were hundreds of ... home. The next day he came by my house and sat me down and told me he had felt the same way. It began. Two wonderful years, of now loving my best friend. It wasn't always wonderful, we had our bad moments, but I was the happiest I could ever remember. Jim was still in the Army, it was time for him to decide whether to re-enlist for ...
- 10128: Writing Process
- ... much they hate the assignment or the teacher. I do agree that you must teach the students how to write. That is where the English textbooks come into play. There, they can expand the student s mind with new ideas. Whether or not they decide to use them is up to the individual. In Elbow s writing, he says, The most effective way I know to improve your writing is to do free writing exercises regularly (Elbow 62). Because I am not one to write in a journal everyday, I cannot ... better in their English classes. Elbow also says, The main thing is that a freewriting must never be evaluated in any way; in fact there must be no discussion at all (Elbow 63). I don t agree with him. The only way for someone to improve his or her writing is if a peer reads over it and explains what could be done to improve it. In The Maker s ...
- 10129: Cyrano De Bergerac 3
- ... Guiche, soldiers, and Rageneau are characters that showed their love for someone who they love. Also loves have many different significant meaning in my mind. Love is something so strong that it would alter people's action. Cyrano's love for Roxanne was so deep that he would do anything just to make Roxanne happy. Even if that means helping Christian and giving up his chance in having Roxanne. When he realizes that Roxanne doesn't love him because he's not as handsome as Christian. He would even help Christian in writing lovely poems and letters because he loves Roxanne so much and want her to be happy. Another ...
- 10130: How America Should React To Ho
- ... important to realize that homosexuals are an integral part of our society. Your neighbor, your co-worker, your hairdresser, your child and even your spouse can be one of them. According to Richard D. Mohr "[t]wo out of five men one passes on the street have had orgasmic sex with men. Every second family in the country has a member who is essentially homosexual and many more people regularly have ... take for granted. We have to admit that some steps have been made to protect homosexuals. However, many government and public institutions and individuals still discriminate against homosexuals denying them employment, housing, insurance, marriage, child’s custody and so on. Why is it allowed to discriminate against people who have different sexual orientation? Some may put forward arguments that being gay is immoral, that it is illegal, that it is a sin against nature and violation of God’s law and, as Pete Hamill remarks, some people consider "homosexual variety [as a] proof of existence of Satan" (532). Some homophobics qualify homosexual behavior akin to lying and stealing and, therefore, support the idea ...
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