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- 12911: Mars 2
- ... the sun. The next five planets in order from the sun are gaseous. Mars follows closely behind Earth but is comparatively smaller, with about half the diameter of Earth and about one-tenth of Earth s mass. Thus the force of gravity on Mars is about one-third of that on Earth. Though it is much smaller, Mars does have the same surface land area as Earth. Other than Earth, Mars posses the most highly varied and interesting known terrain in our solar system. The surface of Mars is a very hostile place however it is more like Earth s surface than any other planet in our solar system. Much of the Martian surface is rough and cratered, but expansive flat plains and smooth hills can also be found. Unlike any other planet, there is ... lower surface gravity. The less gravitational pull, the higher volcanoes can grow without collapsing under their own weight. Another reason why the volcanoes on Mars are so massive is because the crust on Mars doesn t move the way it does on Earth. On Earth, the hot spots remain stationary but crustal plates are moving above them. The Hawaiian Islands result from the northwesterly movement of the Pacific plate over ...
- 12912: Juveniles: Too Young To Die?
- ... have legitimized the execution of juveniles. Four of those twelve states have lowered the legal age of execution to twelve. For whatever reasons the death penalty has been supported by the public since this country's existence. In this day and age of increasing violence, both juvenile and adult, it is time to re-examine the use of the death penalty as the ultimate solution to crime. The social repercussions of ... a loved one. It is the thought that a life is the ultimate price to pay which fuels this argument. The delineation between adults and juveniles is much less clear on this point. Age doesn't seem to make much of a difference when dealing with restitution. Putting an individual to death seems to put the minds of certain individuals at ease. This argument is what makes that 9% seem to ... legitimizing killing as it does, some minors are compelled and encouraged to commit crime. It is as though they feel no responsibility to abide by the laws the government sets down when that government doesn't follow them itself. The problems surrounding the death penalty go far beyond the actual juveniles (un)affected by it. Through the debate over it's justification as well as the actual carrying out of ...
- 12913: A Separate Peace - Phineas And Carpe Diem
- "He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls"(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to it’s fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the "carpe diem" (seize the day) philosophy from the movie "Dead Poets Society." There are a few examples in the first part of this ... laughing at the seagulls, when most others would be lying on the beach being lazy. Another example of Finny living a full life is that he makes up his own game just because he doesn’t want to waste his time playing badminton. The strange thing is that this game turns out to be a popular game in the novel which is still played 15 years later as the author says. Finny invents this game just on a spur of the moment, making up the rules as he goes along, you can see that he surely doesn’t want to waste any of his ability. Which points you to the last example. The last example is concerning his incredible athletic ability. Finny and Gene are in the pool one day, and they ...
- 12914: Yahoo?
- Yahoo? WC:505 “Yahoo” is a word that was used in the story Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift. The word was used as satire and hypocrisy of humankind. The story was published anonymously in 1726 because of the attack and vanity on contemporary courts, statesman and political parties. Nonetheless, the book became so imaginative and witty, that it became a favorite children’s book. The word yahoo was invented by Swift meaning human-like or degraded human inhabitants of the land of the Houynhnms in part IV of Gulliver’s Travels. The yahoos were mistaken by Gulliver as beasts because of their repulsive appearance. Gulliver later realized that humans and yahoos are the same, and starts calling all human beings yahoos. The first use ...
- 12915: Justice In Plato Vs. Justice I
- ... her pupils would be somewhat similar to those in his or her teachings. Often enough the student decides to take what he or she learns from his teacher and expands or even opposes his teacher's ideas. Aristotle was a student of the often imitated, never paralleled, philosopher, Plato. Although under the tutelage of Plato for over nineteen years and teaching at the Platonic Academy, Aristotle had many different views in ... which justice in Plato is constructed include but are not limited to education, interdependence of a communities sub-units, philosophy, the separation of public and private life, truth, as well as no movement. In Plato's Republic, justice is defined in many different ways, none of which seem to keep Socrates content. Cephalus insisted that justice was telling the truth and paying one's debts. Polemarchus, Cephalus' son, maintained that justice was paying one's dues. Socrates refuted their argument by using a mad man as an example. He proved that if one man borrowed another man's ...
- 12916: Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel
- ... be the one to decide that. Next thing I know I'm on a 6:30 train to Windsor, CT. It was a Thursday and I received a call from Mr.Spencer, well it wasn't really for me but for my parents. I immediately new who it was, you can just hear it's a school teacher. One can just hear that over the phone. After the phone hangs up I hear a yell, “Holden, front and center!” Then we go throughout that whole, we had a discussion with ... Chaffee!” I said, trying to keep my cool. Why and how did you choose Loomis Chaffee? Then they gave me that same old response. Well Mr.Spencer teaches at a prep school and. I didn't let them finish the sentence. “NO!” I exclaimed. I refuse to go to one of those prep schools, all of the little kids are phonies. But then as abruptly as that little conversation started, ...
- 12917: Invisible Man
- ... Invisible Man are so real and true with such rich imagery. Even today some 40 to 50 years later prejudice still rings throughout society like a loud, annoying bell. Some of us today still haven’t learned to treat all people equal and I think that is what makes the book so great that it will most likely never die out, no matter what era, what age the book will always relate to society and the lives of people. All ages can read it and understand and also it has unique style. Ellison’s combines the experiences of a black man living in the south in the time of racism and prejudice and of a man that just wants to find himself. He wants a sense of identity and self-reliance, something we all want and can relate to. There are two aspects in the novel, it’s just not about prejudice, but it also the search for identity. I’m glad I got to read such an intriguing novel. I will always remember the moment I read the first line of ...
- 12918: The Great Gatsby: Unfaithfulness and Greed
- ... becomes very close to her ex-beloved, Jay Gatsby. Even with their new lovers, none of them displayed true love. Each wanted something from the other. Tom wanted the "possession" of Myrtle, Myrtle wanted Tom's "luxuries and wealth," and Daisy wanted Gatsby simply for his wealth. Both Tom and Daisy know of each other's affairs, but neither one truly cares. As the story progresses, it seems as though each of them is trying to make the other more jealous. Honesty and Love, two words know only by the faithful, George Wilson. George certainly had his flaws, but he loved his wife dearly and couldn't live without her. "He was his wife's man and not his own." When he became aware of Tom and Myrtle's affair, he was "really sick, pale as his own pale hair and ...
- 12919: Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
- Dog In Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem, "Dog", the dog symbolizes an ordinary man going on about his life. In the first section Lawrence establishes what the things are that the dog sees in comparison to himself. The next section deals ... a part of our lives. Lawrence also repeats "The dog trots freely in the street" in this section and throughout the poem to tell us that we are free and can control our own destiny’s. We are shown, in this section, how exciting life is through the use of colourful imagery and explosive alliteration. Some examples are "Drunks in doorways"(Line7) and "Chickens in Chinatown windows". (Line 14) This section contrasts humans with dogs in the ways in which they think and feel. "He doesn’t hate cops / he merely has no use for them / and he goes past them". (Lines 23 -25) This tells us that if we have no use for something we look at it with indifference ...
- 12920: Laughing and Sense of Humor
- Laughing and Sense of Humor “What is it that differentiates human beings most revealingly? Some say it is their varying degrees of compassion; others say it is amounts of prudence; still others, people's differing appreciations of beauty, or whatever makes them angry. And there are other possibilities worth considering. But in truth nothing is so revealing as a person's sense of humor.” It is not very hard to notice the many differences between people. There are thousands of things that differentiate us. Appearance is of course the most obvious but in reality appearance does ... a sense of humor can reveal. People have differing degrees of wit. Certain television shows and movies are obviously made to cater to different audiences. There have always been certain jokes that “are over someone's head.” A person's sense of humor can give real insight to their educational background and “intelligence.” A lone high school drop-out in a group of archaeologists may feel to see the humor ...
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