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- 11561: Five Ripe Pears And On Moralit
- ... long as it does not impede upon any ipso facto virtue (Didion). In the essay On Morality , by Joan Didion, this aspect on morality is composed. This will be utilized to verify that William Saroyan s (author of Five Ripe Pears) guilt of an immoral action is conflicting given specified conditions. To begin, On Morality is an essay of a woman who travels to Death Valley on an assignment arranged by ... or bad is: all actions are sound as long as they do not hurt another person or persons. This is similar to a widely known essay called Utilitarianism [Morality and the Good Life] by J.S. Mills with which he quotes actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. Consequently, Saroyan s action of taking pears could be viewed as moral or immoral given certain circumstances. At the age of six, Saroyan was categorized as a thief for taking five pears from a tree. His argument, ...
- 11562: Imperial Presidency: Overview
- ... the final draft. The spirit of compromise amongst the founders was what provided a viable and secure base for the future of the presidency. After his discussion of the founders, Schlesinger shifts to the president's powers of war. He analyzes every war, excluding the Revolution, that the United States has participated in up to and including the war in Vietnam. He discusses the specifics of each scenario and the way ... are indicative of the seesaw struggle between the presidency and Congress. Schlesinger goes on to discuss additional examples of conflict between the presidency and Congress such as the dominance of Congress during the late 1800's, the annexation of Texas, the Great Depression, W.W.II, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam. Schlesinger focuses a great deal of attention on the events of the twentieth century, because, in part ... secrecy and deception that Nixon practiced while in office. He analyzes the specific actions of the administration, the reasons for the actions, and the result of the actions. According to Schlesinger, the result of Nixon's extreme secrecy led him to be withdrawn from the rest of the country. He eventually created his own reality within the White House. It was a self- perceived reality where he could do whatever ...
- 11563: The Use Of Setting In A And P
- ... on the pavement. The main character, Sammy, is almost nineteen years old and his coworker, Stokesie, is twenty-two and married. The manager, Lengel, is gray and teaches Sunday school. The setting in John Updike s story, A & P , is used as a way to show humor and realism. Updike uses the setting in a way to show humor. In the beginning, Sammy is ringing up an older woman s groceries when three bathing suit clad girls walk in. Sammy, of course, forgets what he is doing momentarily, and rings up a box of HiHo crackers twice and the old woman catches the mistake (Updike 316). She s one of these cash-register-watchers, a witch about fifty with rouge on her cheekbones and no eyebrows, and I know it made her day to trip me up, Sammy thinks about the old ...
- 11564: Julius Caesar: Jealousy
- ... Caesar because they feel threatened by his power. Brutus is the only conspirator who murders Caesar for more honorable reasons. Jealousy is a very important theme in this play. Cassius feels very threatened by Caesar's power. He remembers when he was an equal to Caesar, and doesn't think that Caesar deserves this much power. He comments to Brutus, "I was born free as Caesar; so were you: / We both have fed as well, and we can both / Endure the winter's cold as well as he" (Act I, sc. II, 97-99). Cassius is also enraged because Caesar doesn't like him. Caesar suggests, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; / He thinks too ...
- 11565: 1984: Duty or Desire
- ... end the torture by Obrien forces him to love Big brother over Julia . In the beginning of the story we see Winston as a terrified person. He is living in a society that he doesn't agree to. He is a protagonist and the society that he lives in is ruled by the Big brother who is an antagonist. He works as a minor member of the ruling Party in London, under the leadership of the all-seeing and all-powerful Big Brother. The big brother's eyes are following Winston everywhere. "On coins , on stamps, on the covers of the books, on banners , on posters and the wrapping of the cigarette packing-every where the eye is watching you and the ... leads to hysteria which the party wanted so that the people would throw themselves totally to their party work. Julia hated the inner party but unlike Winston her rebellion is confined to this relationship. Winston's rebellion is of a wider scope through his actions and thoughts he seeks to understand the ideas that torment him - how and why the Party has power, and how he can help to overthrow ...
- 11566: Thailand
- Thailand Thailand is often called “The Land Of Smiles” because the people of Thailand often are smiling, and most tourists who go there have a fun time and are very happy. Thailand’s old name used to be Siam. Now it is Thailand or in the Thai language it is Muang Thai, which means land of the free. The main religion in Thailand is Buddhism. Ninety five percent of the people are Buddhists. They believe that Buddha (their god) lived around in the 500’s or 400’s B.C. His real name was Siddhartha Gautama. The people called him Buddha, which meant “Enlightened One”. People in Thailand take their religion very seriously. Almost half of the men in Thailand become a ...
- 11567: Lord Of The Flies 5 -----
- ... a dictatorship. "Ralph looked at [Jack], eager to offer something." (Page 24) This shows how Ralph wants to be fair and generous, and he is willing to let other people be leaders as well. " '[Jack's] going to beat Wilfred.' 'What for?' 'I don't know. He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up.' " (Page 176) Jack beat up a kid, Wilfred, without a valid reason, because he had done something Jack did not like. Other comparisons are ...
- 11568: Romeo And Roseline Together
- Romeo and Rosaline Together? In the Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, one main character, Romeo, is presented as a melancholy person during the first act of the play. The source of Romeo s melancholy may be caused by his love for Rosaline, and her lack of love for him. In the beginning of the play, we learn that Romeo is pursuing the young lady, Rosaline, which he is in love with, but who does not share that love, [o]ut of her favor when I am in love (1.1.166). Romeo learns that the Capulet s are throwing a great party, in which Rosaline is attending. Although it is dangerous for a Montague to appear in this assembly, Romeo risks his life just to see his love. Benvolio also persuades the young lord to go in the disguise of a mask, [g]o thither, and with unattained eye (1.2.87). Benvolio s plan is to show to Romeo that he need not worry about Rosaline s love, because [a]t this same ancient feast of Capulet s all the admired beauties of Verona (1.2.84- ...
- 11569: Kanflict: How Humans Have Risen Above The Divine
- Kanflict: How Humans Have Risen Above The Divine Until Emmanuel Kant, God, primarily the western Religion of Christianity's concept of God, was of an elevated stature over humans when concerning the issue of morality. This however was to be questioned due to this philosophers works on this subject. All philosophers preceding him also ... inclination. This inclination is the desire, primarily, to be happy. To be moral means adhering to codes of goodness and selflessness. This might involve running into a burning building to rescue a child. This doesn't make one happy, because one doesn't say, "I could die or I could live. Ya know, I think I'll take the first option…Yippee." This seems ludicrous, that one would chose the good of one over the good of ...
- 11570: Hard Times By Charles Dickens
- ... and he strived to make his children perfect and not to wonder. He raised his children never to wonder, never to doubt facts and to never entertain any vice or fancy. As soon as Gradgrind’s children were old enough to absorb, he was feeding giving more lessons than they could hold. His children were brought up only knowing one way to live and that was the idea that if it is not fact, then it is false. He was emotionaless as were his children because they were brought up only knowing what they were taught by him. Eventually, as Gradgrind’s children became older, what they were taught began to turn sour in their minds. Tom, Grandgrind’s son, began to despise his father and all he was taught and thus began to rebel. He took to smoking and gambling, which eventually led to his downfall. Tom had grown up to become ...
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