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- 1301: A Street Car Named Desire
- A Street Car Named Desire Blanche, Stella’s sister, seems rude and obnoxious when she first came to New Orleans to Stella’s house. One of the quotes that I chose was something that Blanche had said that kind of represents herself when she first came to Stella’s house. “You haven’t said a word about my appearance.” Blanche couldn’t stand not being complimented on. This quote illustrates how Blanche was rude and obnoxious. When she first saw Stella’s house ...
- 1302: Beloved
- ... individual story to tell. Not only has she been affected by the choices she has had to make, but also everyone who has come in contact with her have been affected. One branch of Sethe’s tree tells of her killing her baby and another tells of the guilt she has felt throughout the years and the near destruction of her from the haunting of her dear “Beloved’s” ghost. Another tells of her boys running away and another tells of the neglect that her younger daughter has had to face. Because of this guilt, she almost paid for it with her life. However, the stages that her mind her took through with coming to terms with her involvement in Beloved’s murder, her redemption of that burden, and near madness were the elements that helped to guide her through the guilt. From the redemption of her guilt, Sethe has learned that when a branch of ...
- 1303: Contrasting Marlow and Kurtz and the Theme of Evil In "Heart of Darkness"
- ... degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. If one's inner darkness does surface, the victim then is given the opportunity to reach a point in personal growth, and to gain a sense of self-knowledge from it. That is, when one's darkness appears, one must learn from this experience how he or she can prevent similar results from occurring in the future. It is ultimately through self-knowledge that we gain the power to defeat our ... to exemplify the evil which lies within by showing many characters which have been, or are being overcome by their inner darkness. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad we see how Marlow's journey into his ultimate evil, into his inner self, can be a positive experience. By contrasting Marlow with Kurtz, who represents the absolute evil, we can see the two products of an inner evil ...
- 1304: Things Fall Apart 7
- After the stock market crash of 1929, hundreds of people ended their lives because they just couldn t cope with the fact that they had lost such a great deal of money. Some had lost their life savings - but most hadn t. In fact, most of them still had enough to live better than a lot of lower-class families. But why had they committed suicide? Many prisoners who have been institutionalized for thirty or forty years have been known to commit suicide not long after they are released. Why? Isn t freedom a better alternative than imprisonment? The answer to both these questions is the same: CHANGE. Even if the change is for the better, a good number of people can t handle it. In ...
- 1305: Contrasting Marlow and Kurtz and the Theme of Evil In "Heart of Darkness"
- ... degree of darkness lies within every person, but this darkness will not surface unless given the correct environment. The darkness, however, can emerge and ultimately destroy the person if not checked by reason. If one's inner darkness does surface, the victim then is given the opportunity to reach a point in personal growth, and to gain a sense of self- knowledge from it. That is, when one's darkness appears, one must learn from this experience how he or she can prevent similar results from occurring in the future. It is ultimately through self-knowledge that we gain the power to defeat our ... to exemplify the evil which lies within by showing many characters which have been, or are being overcome by their inner darkness. In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad we see how Marlow's journey into his ultimate evil, into his inner self, can be a positive experience. By contrasting Marlow with Kurtz, who represents the absolute evil, we can see the two products of an inner evil ...
- 1306: Animal Testing: Animals Suffer
- Animal Testing: Animals Suffer In order to tackle any concept in ethics you have to think with an open mind. We as humans need to understand that we don't stand alone on this planet, animals wander beside us. Once we understand that we share the land and its' resources then we can make smart ethical choices. In medical ethics we discuss many controversial and ... University, placed forty dogs in a device called a 'shuttle box,' which consists of a box divided into two compartments, separated by a barrier. Initially the barrier was set at the height of the dog's back. Hundreds of intense electric shocks were delivered to the dogs' feet through a grid floor.... they then blocked the passage between the compartments with a piece of plate glass and tested the dog again ... on animals. He argues that the knowledge that was gained from the experiments in some cases could have been gained in other ways. I have a slightly different take than Singer. I believe there shouldn't be any experiments on animals, but in extreme situations where a huge number of peoples lives are in jeopardy an animal my be used for an experiment. In discussing both sides of the animal ...
- 1307: The Internet
- The Internet Chances are, anyone who is reading this paper has at one time, at least, surfed the net once. Don't worry if you haven't, I will explain everything you need to know about the Internet and the World Wide Web. Including how it started, it's growth, and the purpose it serves in today's society. The Internet was born about 20 years ago, as a U.S. Defense Department network called the ARPnet. The ARPnetwork was an experimental network ...
- 1308: Huckleberry Finn 5
- Huckleberry Finn, the central figure of the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is compared and contrasted greatly to Tom Sawyer who was the main character in another one of Mark Twain s well written novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The events of Tom Sawyer happen before those of Huck Finn. The story of Tom Sawyer deals with the misadventures, really, of several children in the little Missouri village of St. Petersburg, about thirty years before the Civil War. The story takes place, that is, sometime during the 1830s. In contrast to the story of Huck Finn's which was a series of short adventures that took place on a raft down the Mississippi river. Huckleberry Finn the son of the town drunkard, is essentially good-hearted, but he is looked down upon ... personally restrictive and hard. He is generally ignorant of book-learning, but he has a sharpness for understanding many issues. He is imaginative and clever, and has a sharp eye for detail, though he doesn't always understand everything he sees, or its significance. Huck is essentially a realist, he knows only what he sees and experiences. He doesn't have a great deal of faith in things he reads ...
- 1309: History Guidelines
- ... guidelines to reveal the not so hidden facts about history? This topic is very controversial. There are many reasons why and why not we should teach by the History Guidelines. Using them means controlling children’s minds, however without them we could raise new topics in history and re-educate teachers. How do you control someone’s thinking? Actually I feel that you can’t. If you control the knowledge that you teach someone you can impose one point of view of the way you want him or her to see it. It is a very important observation that ...
- 1310: Theme John Steinbacks Of Mice
- Dreams are a train of thought or images passing through ones mind. Of mice and men s two main themes consist of dreams and pipe dreams. Dreams can lead to problems, success, or neither. Dreams can also lead to new dreams as well. Some individuals can carry out their dreams, others cannot ... would keep things going on properly and more in order, to an extent. George had to be the base since Lennie was not strong enough. Proof of this is when he stated: If George don t want me, I ll go away. I ll go away. (Page 110) Lennies pipe dreams were more selfish and related to himself rather than Georges. Lennie wished for rabbits, and furry creatures to satisfy his ... in the future and the pipe dreams symbolized their security. Even though problems arose between George and Lennie, George had to always be the leader and this helped preserve both of their hope. Still, George s loneliness doesn t really begin until the end. Candy s loneliness is similar to Georges loneliness at the end of the book because of their relationship to their close companions is lost. Candy s ...
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