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- 11221: Female Dominance or Male Failure?
- ... failures of courtship by all male creatures. Thurber shares his problems with courtship and the role which men portray, he explores the relationship between nature and culture, and the demands culture places on men. Thurber's frustration with the female species is obvious and is reflected throughout his essay. The extremities males endure to obtain female attention become overwhelming and incomprehensible to Thurber, consequently conflicting with the myth and construction of the ideal of masculinity. Thurber's frustrations with women are evident right from the start. He displaces male insubordination to the blueprint of nature and it's “complicated musical comedy.” (Rosengarten and Flick, 340) It's interesting that he attributes nature as a female creator and thus justifying the relationship that “ none of the females of any species she created cared ...
- 11222: Artificial Intelligence
- ... proponents of neural networks. Expert systems contain the coded knowledge of a human expert in a field; this knowledge takes the form of "if-then" rules. The problem with this approach is that people don't always know why they do what they do. And even when they can express this knowledge, it is not easily translated into usable computer code. Also, expert systems are usually bound by a rigid set ... As Herb Brody states, "Neural networks do not require an explicit set of rules. The network - rather like a child - makes up its own rules that match the data it receives to the result it's told is correct" (42). Impossible to achieve in expert systems, this ability to learn by example is the characteristic of neural networks that makes them best suited to simulate human behavior. Computer scientists have exploited ... currently in the research phase and has yet to produce a commercially available product, such as visual recognition applications. Other applications are a multimillion dollar industry and the products are well known, like Sprint Telephone's voice activated telephone calling system. In the Sprint system the neural network positively recognizes the caller's voice, thereby authorizing activation of his calling account. The First Steps The study of the brain was ...
- 11223: Importance of Priority in Today's Society
- Importance of Priority in Today's Society In today's society it is of the ultimate importance to keep self- discipline as a major priority. Right now we may not realize it, but we are not living in a perfect society on this planet. But ... described could occur in the near future. Many people are in belief that chaos, mayhem, and even anarchy will not occur in their lifetimes. And most possibly what they think is true, but they don't show helpfulness towards they younger generations. By making a large pothole, it may be very difficult to fill it. By ruining the world today, it seems as if we are striving to mayhem. In ...
- 11224: Song Of Solomon By Toni Morris
- ... Milkman (Macon Dead jr.) evolves through the descriptions, events, and experiences of others. His parents, Macon Dead sr., and Ruth Foster Dead, represent the wall-blocking Milkman from his true authentic identity. Many of Milkman's major problems are a direct result of his parents suffocating mistakes. Ruth breast-fed Milkman until he was six years old, hence the name Milkman. She was sexually repressed by her husband for twenty years ... Milkman she disturbed his natural process for growth, and ultimately left him feeling lost and insecure. Instead of encouraging Milkman to grow and mature, Ruth hoarded him into the world that she herself despised. Milkman's father, Macon Dead sr., became a ruthless money hound after his father, Jake, was shot and killed for his property. This devastating event from his childhood made him miserly, insensitive, and stingy. Macon Dead sr ... because he does not want to suffer the same fate as his father. Macon Dead sr. fails to tell Milkman the reasons behind his miserly attitude. Thus creating an insurmountable gap between their relationship. Milkman's mother and father both thrust their personal fears on him adding to the destruction of his personal identity. Only after Milkman uncovers these tribulations behind his parents' identities, can he begin his quest for ...
- 11225: The Great Gatsby By Fitzgerald
- On the superficial level, The Great Gatsby tells the story of a young middle class man who happens to get mixed up in the chaotic affairs of his wealthy cousin and neighbor. F. Scott Fitzgerald's story of life in the 1920s is much more than it appears to be, though. Even such things as the colors used in description play a crucial part in the "big picture" of the entire ... other day Read one improving book or magazine per week Save $5.00 $3.00 per week Be better to parents" (174). Hopalong Cassidy is a typically romantic American figure of heroism and adventure. Gatsby's program for self-improvement written in the back of this book reflects Gatsby's struggle to acquire the two basic qualities of the American Hero: hard-working ambition and a robust desire for adventure. Gatsby's change from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby is his first step towards ...
- 11226: Equity In Canada
- ... more clearly. The first article, “The racism of indifference”, deals with the equity issues around racism. The article states that “In a Halifax hospital, a white woman is given compassionate care, but a black man’s medical problem gets short shrift”. The article describes a case in which a black man was in need of urgent medical help. Because of his race his case was not given top priority. It was later mentioned that his medical condition could have resulted in death. The issue of racism is certainly not new to the Halifax area. In the 1960’s blacks were ordered out of their village, and in 1980’s Sikh immigrants were called ‘trash’ and told to ‘go home.’ I found the author’ s choice of words quite appropriate when she described the ‘people of the east’ in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Words such ...
- 11227: Francesco Petrarch
- ... brother, who died at a very young age. His mother died when he was 15 years old, which was consequently when some of his earliest works have been recorded. At the age of 22, Francesco\\'s father passed away, which caused Francesco to attain a career. Giovanni, his son, was born illegitimately in 1337. The relationship between the two was disappointment to Francesco. He describes him as: \\"Intelligent, perhaps even exceptionally ... intelligent, but he hates books\\" He let Giovanni live with him till he could no longer stand the sight of him and sent him to live in Avignon, at the age of 20. It wasn\\'t until just before Giovanni\\'s death, of the Black Plague, did they start to write each other. Just before his sons death, Petrarch\\'s friends though of Giovanni as a good person and wrote Petrarch about this. He never ...
- 11228: The Swimmer By John Cheever
- John Cheever’s story “The Swimmer” depicts a protaganist, and the society that has nurtured him, as lacking in seriousness and responsibility. Neddy, the bewildered protagonist, represents a society satirized for centering its values on social status and materialism. During the course of Neddy’s journey, the illusions he has constructed about his life are stripped away, and in the process the truth behind his society is realized. In unveiling the tragedy of Neddy’s existence, Cheever reveals the unworthiness of an unexamined life. The tragedy of Neddy’s presence leads to his own demise. Through an unique usage of tone, Cheever foreshadows the misfortunes of the protagonist. Stereotypically, ...
- 11229: Psychological Perspectives
- ... learning, and socioculture. Psychologists that use the biological perspective as their basis for understanding how and why we think or act the way that we do, highly concentrate on the links between the brain, it's biological functions and how these functions relate to our mental processes. Through use of CAT (Computerized axial tomography) and PET (Positron emission tomography) scans, combined with electronic stimulation, psychologists are able to see how the ... Swiss biologist Jean Piaget (1896 - 1980)is known for using the Cognitive Perspective to focus on how children and adults reason and view the world. Through studies Piaget and his followers stated that a child's conception becomes more refined as the child grows older. He also stated that even though experience is essential for children, their perception and understanding of the world seems to be related to a biological clock ... Perspective. This perspective is made up of two similar ideas. The humanism part highly concentrates on the fact that humans have the ability to make choices and that these choices are related to the human's need for self- fulfillment. It also concentrates on the fact that subjective and personal experiences are the most important part of our decision making. The existentialism part sees people as having the freedom to ...
- 11230: Donald Trump
- ... how Trump fits into the typical stereotype of an entrepreneur. Born on June 14, 1946, in Queens New York, Donald John Trump was the fourth of five children of Frederick and Mary MacLeod Trump. Donald’s father Fred was a builder and real estate developer who specialized in building middle class homes in Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn for GI’s returning from World War II. The Trump family was very wealthy but despite their money, Fred Trump demanded his children’s success in school. Donald’s parents were always teaching them the value of money. Even though they did not have to, all of the children worked. The girls worked in banks and the boys ...
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