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- 12991: Bloody Merdian
- ... some sort of migratory movement to the West, has now completed a full circle and has returned to the place of his birth. Birth not in the physical sense of being delivered from his mother s womb, but rather the Kid experienced a rebirth in the form of one of the judge s great clay voodoo dolls (pp.13). Throughout the whole book beginning on pp.14 and ending with his death, the Kid seems to have had his life manipulated in someway or other by the Judge. Like the dancing bear on pp.326, the Kid dances to the beat of the Judge s fiddle. What does the dance mean to the judge though? Its seems as though the dance represents life and life is only good for one thing, war. If one does not offer up himself ...
- 12992: The Internet, Pornography, and Children
- ... should not have access to Internet sites that are considered pornographic. Does that mean that children should not be allowed Internet access or that the Internet should not have pornographic sites? Of course it doesn’t mean that! What it does mean is that the issues arising from the mixture of children and Internet should be dealt with and not ignored. This paper will attempt to intelligently discuss some of those ... risks include the following: 1. Exposure to material that is sexual, hateful, or violent in nature and the possible encouragement of illegal or dangerous activities. 2. The safety of a child and/or a child’s family could be compromised by the child providing information or arranging to meet a person they have met over the Internet. 3. A child could be exposed , through e-mail or chat/bulletin board messages, to disturbing, demeaning, or aggressive material. 4. Legal issues resulting from a child using a parent’s credit card or violating another person’s rights.5 Children’s access to pornography on the Internet (risk #1) is a concern of a lot of parents. Pornography is defined as “1.Pictures, writing, ...
- 12993: Frogs
- ... and big eyes that can see in almost any direction. Most species have webbed feet and powerful legs making them good jumpers, and excellent swimmers. A frogs tongue is attached to the front of it’s mouth instead of the rear, and most frogs are very vocal, especially the male frogs. As a frog grow, it goes through many changes. Starting out as a tadpole, and morphing into a frog. Most ... prefer moist regions, and many kinds live in the water. Because frogs absorb oxygen in water through their skin, they can stay underwater for long periods of time. A frogs body temperature depends on it’s surroundings, and during cold weather, frogs dig burrows in mud and hibernate. During hibernation, the frog needs little oxygen and no more food than is already in it’s tissues. During intense heat, a frog might estivate, or in other words, lie in a state of torpor during the heat, after burying themselves in sand and clay. Frogs are carnivores. They eat just ...
- 12994: Resistance In From Singing To
- Resistance, as exhibited throughout this unit's readings, provides a dangerous outlet for the frustrations of Latinos everywhere. People in Latin countries, such as Cuba, often times seem to express that by sitting quietly under a dictators rule you are agreeing with ... combat this phenomena in both violent and nonviolent ways, but both provide serious risk. Rules setup in countries like Cuba are severly enforced, evident by the numerous soldiers encamped on every street. In Margarita Engle's short story, "From Singing to Cuba", the theme of resistance looms over the story and dictates the actions of the characters. Examples of resistance occur throughout this story, but several particular incidents provide very sufficent ... main character Miguelito wears a large crucifix around his neck when walking in public. This action is very taboo in this area of the world, and this fact alone plays a large role in Migelito's choice to wear it. "He left the top button of his shirt open to make sure the crucifix showed and he walked with pride, relieved to be taking a step so bold and defiant." ...
- 12995: Responsibility And Duty As The
- Responsibility and Duty as they Relate to The Awakening Most cultures put heavy emphasis upon responsibility and duty. The culture portrayed in Kate Chopin's book The Awakening visibly reflects a similar emphasis. The main character finds herself wanting to stray from her responsibilities and embrace her intense desire for personal fulfillment. Edna's choice to escape shows two elements: rebellion to the suppression of her adventurous spirit and the lack of "fulfillment" in her relationship. Although she embraces her new found freedoms, she commits suicide at the denouement ... question of whether to live a life of servitude or to pursue ones greater happiness. Immanuel Kant stipulates that the more people cultivate their reason, the less likely they are to find happiness. Kate Chopin's character Edna tries her entire life to fit in the prescribed mold of the women of her time. She invests so much time into duty and responsibility that she loses any happiness that she ...
- 12996: Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
- ... observer for the King of Württemburg, he traveled with the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was in that service that the young count had gone aloft in military observation balloons. During Zeppelin's military career, he fought in the Seven-Weeks War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), serving in the armies of Württemburg, Prussia and Imperial Germany. In 1890, Zeppelin retired from military service as ... year old count was not ready to retire completely. He had been nursing a dream since 1874 of giant flying 'ships' .'He became a tireless champion of lighter-than-air aircraft. By the late 1800's, people were attaching motors and propellers to balloons in order to travel at will. Makers of engine-powered lighter-than-air craft's quickly encountered a technological ceiling. Lifting more powerful engines and heavier loads, required a much larger gas envelope. To attain any speed faster than a crawl, the larger envelope had to be fashioned into ...
- 12997: Feudal Japan
- During the period of Japanese history known as Feudal Japan, there were many warring fiefs, or states, with different lords. Their objective was unifying Japan. and, it couldn't have been done without the help of samurais and ninjas. Samurais had masters and went by a code of conduct known as Bushido. The ninjas were just thieves and hired assassins. What else can be learned about these warriors? Some questions that might pique a person's curiosity are many. How did they training? What requirements had to be met to become a master? How has modern day Japan been influenced by its medieval history? Feudal Japan has had much influence on Japan's shape into modern day. "The kami came into existence on a plane parallel to the Prime Materia, whence Japan is created after Izanagi (the male) 'dips his spear into the ocean and creates Japan ...
- 12998: Oedipus Rex
- ... Jocasta will kill his father and marry his mother. Everything that happens from then on is about a variety of characters trying to overcome fate with their own Free Will. Needless to say, it doesn’t work; and by the end of the tale, Laius and Jocasta are both dead because the gods decided to turn their son against them.. When the oracle comes to Laius and tells him that his son will kill both of his parents, Laius makes a futile attempt to dispose of the child and therefore, avoid his terrible fate. “...While from our son’s birth not three days went by Before, with ankles pinned, he cast him out, By the hands of others, on a pathless moor.” He gives the young child to his head shepherd to cast out ... can not bring himself to do this and so he gives the child with ankles pinned to a fellow shepherd from a distant land called Corinth. When he receives the child, he unpins the baby’s ankles and gives him the name Oedipus, which means “swollen feet”. He cares for the baby and when he returns to Corinth, he gives the child to Polybus and his wife Merope, who raise ...
- 12999: The Tower of Babel
- ... of the Jewish by the Nazis, one common ideal has been sought after over and over from the beginning to the end of time. This goal can be summed up into one phrase, "Why can't we all just get along?" In much of literature, many authors have addressed this issue of racialism, and with persistence and much sweat, it has been realized that these practices of racism are morally incorrect ... towards other human beings that are equal and parallel in all ways except beliefs. In doing so, he created the novel Kidnapped. In the novel Kidnapped, Stevenson carefully molds his theme of duality and character's personal and cultural conflicts to narrate a story about a kidnapped boy, named David, who, through his growing cultural tolerance and open-mindedness, matures from a naive adolescent to a young man capable of dealing ... was rich, whether I could change a five shilling piece" (Stevenson 102-103). Perhaps the worst fault shown by Stevenson in the Highlanders is the treachery and murderousness in much that they do. Despite David's personal conflicts between the two cultures, much of his own attitudes change. For through these cultural conflicts, he learns not to be judgmental and realizes the virtues of the corresponding faults that the Highlanders ...
- 13000: Cloning 4
- ... question that needs to be asked, is whether the gains out weigh the losses--the gains being scientific research and the losses being the religious, moral, ethical, and social concerns that it poses on today’s society. A clone, as defined in “The Human Genome Project,” is; 1. a population of genetically identical unicellular organisms or viruses arising from successive replications of a single ancestral unicellular organism or virus. 2. a ... Christians and Roman Catholics believe that a soul enters the body at the instant of conception, and the fertilized ovum is in fact a human being. Dividing that “baby” in half would interfere with God’s intent. And the many cloned zygotes that died after a few cell divisions would be lost human beings; their loss is considered as serious as the death of a new born baby. These same conservative ... quick buck off of self-advertising, because of course there is no way you could make a clone a human being safely at this point. I think the man is clearly unhinged and I don’t think he is to be taken seriously.” Marion Bamewood, a member of the board of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine said, “I have very serious reservations about cloning human beings. The society has ...
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