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- 12271: Gene Therapy 3
- ... to establish the facts of nature." (276). I think that taking a gene from a fetus is wrong. By taking the homosexuality gene out of a fetus, a person is taking part of that baby s identity. That baby has no choice in the matter just as when a parent chooses to get an abortion. The baby cannot say don t do that to me or try to fight for it s freedom to live and live with happiness. "Isn t this like condemning Jesus because his unique God-consciousness and never-ceasing devotion to God s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion?" (King 342). ...
- 12272: Minerals
- Mining is one of the largest commercial jobs. The word mining doesn t sound very important to ordinary peoples who doesn t know geology. After I read this book, I knew our culture need industrial minerals more than they need anything else except food, but even food could not be produced without minerals. There are only a few of the world s five billion people who don t rely on mineral everyday. Unfortunately, there is many factors concerning these industrial activities. Will it make profit or is it not economically feasible. Minerals can be found in ...
- 12273: Art Censorship
- Do's and Don'ts Originally, when the question of art censorship was first addressed I was quite ambivalent about my position. I felt indecisive because on one hand I feel that there should be freedom of ... yet, I find it rather distasteful. If we begin to limit the imagination and take away every form of ex-pression, what will be left? As well as a place of learning an educational institution's purpose is to generate and promote discussion. When the New Age racist, David Icke, wanted to speak at the University of Toronto the Canadian Jewish Congress was upset that an anti-Semite would be permitted to address the student population. However, the University's president, Dr. Prichard, argued that the University was a place that all learning avenues should be ex-plored. Within the framework of the University students would learn to discern right from wrong under the ...
- 12274: Males In The Nursing Profession
- ... in society. More and more males are entering diploma and baccalaureate programs. Although the percentage is low, " it is estimated that of the 1.8 million "working" registered nurses, only 5.7 percent were men," (S. Boughn, 1994), and these numbers seem to be rising. As the number of males in nursing increase so do the questions and queries pertaining to the male nurse. Some of these queries include: Why do ... starting point would be to analyze the reasons why men choose nursing as a career. It is believed that men get into the profession for all the same reasons women do. To be more specific S. Boughn (1994), states three main reasons why men enter nursing: " psycho-social motivation as defined as the desire to care for others; practical motivation, specifically as related to job security and salary; and feelings of ... good to know that I am going to be in a profession where I can help others daily. Another reason males choose nursing relates to job security and salary. For many men, nursing just isn't a job, it is recognized as a career. " The nearly $40,000 a year that the average nurse takes home is attractive to many men,"(T. Squires, 1995). This is one of the reasons ...
- 12275: Reading The Light
- ... though I could not empathize with Brian, I did feel sympathetic towards him. When David said to Brian, Is it really such a surprise? I m sure you know that your mother and I haven t been the best of friends lately. (6), that was a shock to me. David did not seem to be sympathetic towards his son; instead he made it sound like it had happened and that there ... sun. (7) My heart sank. They just stood there accepting that their family was breaking up. I thought that Roger Pfingston wrote this story from his heart. I was able to put myself in Brian s place and actually feel how I thought he would feel. The story that stretched my imagination the most was Charles by Shirley Jackson. Even though children have wild imaginations, it did not occur to me ... elaborate lie. When I looked back in the story, I found the spot where I think that Laurie first started to tell his lie. The teacher spanked a boy, though, ... For being fresh was Laurie s replay to his mother asking him what happened in school. Laurie thought. It was Charles (14) When I reread this I thought that this was where Laurie decided to put on his act. I ...
- 12276: Ignorance Is Strength
- ... the higher the level of education a person has, the better their chance of succeeding in an environment they enjoy working in, and living an overall productive life. On the contrary, however, in George Orwell's 1984, the less the citizens of Oceania knew, the better. One of the three "truths" that the Party presented summed up the ways if Big Brother in just three words: "Ignorance is strength." The people ... he had escaped the dominating control of the fictitious Big Brother, he was still under their grasp. A strong example in 1984 of a case where "Ignorance is strength" was a truth was Katherine, Winston's ex-wife. A description of Katherine shows the Party's ideal woman: "She had a bold, aquiline face, a face that one might have called noble until one discovered that there was as nearly as possible nothing behind it. Very early in their married ...
- 12277: Nightjohn And Number The Stars
- ... decide to run. He brings two field hands with him so they can see what happens and retell the story back at the quarters. He does this basically so everyone will be horrified and won't decide to escape. Reading and writing was strictly forbidden because the owner wanted to keep them ignorant so they wouldn't rebel against him. Once a female got her "troubles" [menstrual cycle] they would be sent off to the breeding sheds to reproduce. The "mammy" took care of all the young ones until they were old ... fact that a man endangered his own life for the benefit of the younger ones. Nightjohn taught Sarny the alphabet a numbers, which was rigorously forbidden. Even though, Number The Stars was just a children's book, this was actually the first book that ever made me feel for the characters, enough to cry. To think, that a small, peaceful country was overrun by the Germans. Everything was taken away ...
- 12278: Othello 3
- ... they were bad. In the play "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice," Shakespeare portrayed the women in a couple of different ways. Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca were all portrayed as whores. Othello, Desdemona's husband of another race, didn't believe the fact that she didn't cheat on him with Cassio. An example of Othello portraying Desdemona as a whore is when he says, " That handkerchief which I so loved and gave thee thou gav'st to Cassio." In Desdemona' ...
- 12279: A Second Look at A Man Called Horse
- ... were kings, and he wanted to be one of them." But he was knocked down the first notch when he discovered out there that some men could still be his superiors even when they couldn't read like he did. These men still had the necessary skills to be good at what they needed to be good at in the circumstances they lived in. Then the young man supposed that he could buy with money the kind of men he wanted to associate with but that didn't work out either. "He found them not friendly. They were apart from him and he was still alone." He was still not satisfied. I think people often try to buy or impress the people they want for friends with money or the fancy things money can buy. People who are impressed by those things alone don't usually end up being real friends. The young man was captured by an Indian at a time when he was totally vulnerable, naked and stripped of everything that was of value to him. He ...
- 12280: Two Kinds of People on Campus: Party Animal and The Sober Guy
- ... keg. On the other hand the sober guy, if he partakes in alcohol induced activities, would chose an imported bottled beer; for example, Corona with a twist of lime. Chances are that the party animal's favorite beer is Natural Light in a can, only if it's on sale. The sober guy is always prepared for a quiz. A party animal usually studies for a quiz twenty minutes before class begins. He also misses his classes frequently. Sometimes, when the party animal shows up for class they are hungover. Often, a party animal's grades are affected by attendance. On the other hand, the sober guy is always on time for class, awake, and without a hangover. The party animal is usually a popular guy. People are always ...
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