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- 13191: Serial Killers and Society
- ... of dollars regardless of their aesthetic appeal, because of the identity of the artists. Serial killers are becoming as popular as rock stars. Serial killers are a development of the industrial world; they really didn't "come about" until the late eighteen-hundreds when society was becoming modernized and the threat of the new age sort of displaced some individuals so much they felt they had to kill to get their ... that led him to target complete strangers for a days work. When he was done, he laid his victim out in a ritualistic manner with various disemboweled items placed strategically on or around the victim's corpse. Of course, murder has been around for centuries, committed by under-educated thieves. No one was interested in meeting, and hearing about a poor peasant that slit someones throat in a dark alley. But ... people, and so did society. So instead of killing or punishing these horrible people, we now have television networks arguing over movie rights to the killers story. News shows fighting to get the "exclusive interview". T-shirts with the killers faces on them(e.g.. the famous "Manson T-shirt"). The only explanation I can offer is that we are still obsessed with our own mortality, and we always will ...
- 13192: The Sniper
- ... is. Gunshots heard throughout the city are a sign of how close the fighting between the “Republicans and Free Staters…” is to innocent citizens (this is most often the case in civil war). The sniper’s positioning “on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge” is very dangerous, for he can see everyone who enters the town, but they cannot see him. “…Machine guns and rifles…” are the weapons of choice in ... danger in war. The author shows with bullets how close you are to death in a war. In the event where the sniper lights his cigarette, he is twice almost killed with the “enemy” sniper’s bullets! The sniper’s own bullets are quite dangerous, too, as seen when he easily kills the tank commander and citizen woman informer. After shooting them, the “enemy” sniper sees him, and “His forearm [is] dead.” This is ...
- 13193: Dunny Takes The Fifth
- ... the "fifth business" in the life of Paul Dempster. Dunstan had a great deal of impact on the life of Paul even before his birth, at the simple toss of a snowball. If Dunstan wouldn't have had the instinct to move out of the path of the "snowball", that caused him so much mental anguish in the future, then Paul would not have been born premature and almost still. Ramsay ... Dempster. The same "snowball" that caused the premature birth of Paul also greatly altered the life of Mary. Mary suffered mentally and was said to have gone "simple"(24) after Pauls shockingly sudden birth. Dunstan's daily visits to Mary Dempster seemed to help Reverend Amasa Dempster cope with his wife's illness. If it wasn't for work that Dunny did for Mary then the Reverend would not have been so ignorant of his wife's condition for such a long time. Ramsay had a ...
- 13194: Legalization of Drugs
- ... there idolize drug dealers. They see a person with designer clothes, a black Mercedes, gold chains, and big smile on their face. That drug dealer seems like the most successful person in the neighborhood. It's very easy to want to follow in the footsteps of someone like this. Legalization would greatly reduce the profits of drug dealers. Kids would emulate the people they're supposed to. These role models include ... would take a hard hit as well. However, they would not disappear completely. Organized crime would be able to survive in other criminal activities like loan-sharking, gambling, prostitution, and child pornography. Furthermore, Crock wouldn't totally disappear with the legalization of drugs. Benjamin and Miller also state that there is strong, evidence that suggests that it would cease being the drug of choice for many (175). They believe that just as the years following the prohibition of alcohol, people will choose a lower potency of their particular drug. The people that choose to sell crack after legalization won't make more money selling it than selling cosmetics or used cars. Another major effect of drug legalization would be that it would "free up" law enforcement to catch other criminals. Violent career criminals commit ...
- 13195: How To Get Along With Your Col
- ... and your roommate. The following are a list of things to help you get along. First, really get to know your roommate. You should ask each other a lot of questions and learn one another's likes and dislikes. If you are total opposites don't panic because you will be surprised what you can learn from one another. On the other hand if you have a lot in common that is great, but don't just expect to get along. It is really important to be completely truthful when answering questions, don't just give an answer because you think that is what your roommate wants to hear. That ...
- 13196: The Crucible 3
- In Miller s, The Crucible, he describes a New England town in the midst of Salem witch-hunt hysteria during the late 1600 s. His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization for this hysteria. In Miller s running commentary he describes the intent of the Puritans particularly accurately. In one specific statement, he says they [the Puritans] believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the candle that would ...
- 13197: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- ... poetry was to “embellish and sweeten life,” He generally wrote of normal life, and attempted to show the beauty of it, that seems to escape us. In the early part of the twentieth century, Longfellow’s work fell into disfavor with the academic crowd because it was an age when everything traditional was held in low regard. Longfellow’s works were often criticized for being overly sentimental. However, Longfellow never fell out of favor with the poetry reading public, primarily because of his simple style, familiar themes, easily grasped ideas, and clear, simple, melodious ... format. "Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem." This poem revolves around the idea of life’s pursuits. It is an optimistic view toward dealing with life’s purpose. Longfellow suggests a major purpose of life is learning more and advancing yourself through time, and that life is not to enjoy ...
- 13198: Macbeth: The Murder
- ... and king. They tell Banquo that his sons will become kings. At that point Macbeth was already Thane of Glamis because of his father. He also had been named Thane of Cawdor, but he hadn't found out yet. This all made him think that maybe someday he could be king, but he didn't know how. At first Macbeth was hesitant about killing Duncan, but Lady Macbeth persuaded him into doing it. Duncan was coming to Macbeth's Castle to spend the night. The plan was to get the guards drunk, kill Duncan in his sleep, and blame it on the guards. Macbeth made two mistakes in the murder. First, he brought ...
- 13199: Capital Punishment: Does the End Justify the Means?
- ... miserable conditions, and consequently there is no equality between crime and the retribution unless the criminal is judicially condemned and put to death." Immanuel Kant. About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's "Death Row." Their time grows shorter as federal and state courts increasingly ratify death penalty laws, allowing executions to proceed at an accelerated rate. It's unlikely that any of these executions will make the front page, having become more and more a matter of routine in the last decade. Indeed, recent public opinion polls show a wide margin of support for the death penalty. But human rights advocates continue to decry the immorality of state-sanctioned killing in the U.S., the only western industrialized country that continues to use the death penalty. Is capital punishment moral? Capital punishment is often defended on the grounds by the government, that society has a moral obligation to ...
- 13200: A Brief History Of Time: A Review
- ... mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across the vastness of space and time to unlock the secrets of the universe." - Time "Brilliant book!" - Nick Donaldson, Bit Wrangler. This book was the first of Hawking's that I read, and still my favourite. If you haven't read it yet, I heartily recommend it. Below is the flap cover text from the hardback: Stephen W. Hawking has achieved international prominence as one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Now, for ... he has written a popular work exploring the outer limits of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature of time and the universe. The result is a truly enlightening book: a classic introduction to today's most important scientific ideas about the cosmos, and a unique opportunity to experience the intellect of one of the most imaginative, influential thinkers of out age. From the vantage point of the wheelchair where ...
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