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- 14651: The Pitfall Of The Insensitive
- ... society. The advertisement examples that she gives show how they portray the ideal woman as young, thin and beautiful, as well as making all men to look like powerful and insensitive animals (which they aren t). Both of the distortions use pathos as their persuasive devises by evoking emotion in the consumers to cause them to buy their product.In almost all advertisements with the exception of Depends and Polydent, all the models are probably not over twenty-five. This may have worked in the 1930 s when, according the American Academy of Anti-Aging, the life expectancy was thirty-five. However, that is not the case today, when the average person living in America is predicted to live to 85. The ... to use models that are tall and slender. By doing this in clothing ads they lure the consumer into thinking that it is the clothes that are making them look that perfect, when actually, it s for the most part camera tricks and a lot of starvation. Advertisers often use fear tactics, or slippery slope to scare the women into thinking that their product is the only thing keeping them ...
- 14652: The Positive Influence of Gods in the Odyssey
- ... beings in Greek mythology are the gods! They have many powers and the ability to take the life of anyone in an instant. But many of them also have another side. What many people don't know is that they are not all horrible creatures. Many times, gods help and even befriend the mortals. Many of the gods, like Ino who saved Odysseus, Hermes who aided Odysseus, and Athena who assisted Odysseus, are a positive interferences in Homer's epic, The Odyssey. The white sea goddess, Ino, helps Odysseus on his journey to Phaiacia. He is about to be smashed against the rough rocks of the island when Ino sees him and "She pitied ... interference. Though some goddesses, like Ino, help mortals reach places, others, such as Hermes, warn them against danger. Hermes gives Odysseus advice on how to avoid danger. As if reaching the land of Circe isn't hard enough, now Odysseus must find a way to get his men back from her. The person to help, is Hermes. Odysseus reaches the house "'But just as I was on the point of ...
- 14653: The Plague 2
- ... these struggles first-hand. These characters have many different philosophies in dealing with the indifference. While Rieux demonstrates modest humanism, others use religion, fatalism and liberalism to confront their struggles. In order to understand Rieux s humanism one must define humanism. It is a mode of thought that the human is in priority. The human cannot be forgotten or disgraced. The humanist cares for people and shows compassion and understanding. Rieux ... and wanted Rambert to keep him informed of his progress. Rambert takes offense to this without knowing that Rieux was in the same, if not worse, situation. During a conversation with Panteloux, Rieux states, Salvation s a much too big word for me. I don t aim so high. I am concerned with man s health; and for me his health comes first. This is a humanistic statement and shows his respect for the human. During the beginning of the ...
- 14654: The Land Ethic
- ... to adopt a land ethic? First we need to identify what a land ethic is. A land ethic is using the land without abusing it. Meaning use as many and as much of the earth s resources as can be replaced, and that will do no harm to surrounding habitats because the organisms that live there are part of the land or ecosystem also. To do this kind of conservation at this extent after we have done virtually nothing for all of man s existence is unreasonable though. Also considering the kind of people that are in power backs up this idea. To adopt a land ethic similar to the one Leopold describes and consistently apply it decade after ... the points in the picture could be sent one after the other along a single wire. This is the basis of modern television: the picture is converted into a series of picture elements. Nonetheless, Senlecq's system, like that proposed by Carey, needed a large number of cells and lamps. 1884, the German Paul Nipkow applied for a patent covering another image scanning system: it was to use a rotating ...
- 14655: SAR
- Bookreport Konstantin Heiller The Sun Also Rises There is no flabbergusting plot in this book as it doesn’t contain twists, intrigues, or goals for any of the characters and the dialogue is the only thing that moves the reader through the book. Hemingway uses so much dialogue that it seems difficult at times to follow who is saying what. The narratordoesn't often enough credit quotations with, ",he said," or, ",said Brett," or, ",Bill replied." His omitting of these credits is heightening to the story. It makes things come even more alive. As a conversation that you ... table in a restaurant, the exchanges flowes, with the reader as a more passive reader than in a story written to be read instead of lived. and this story is a short glimpse into Jake’s life; his work, his friends, their trip and his love to Brett Ashley. Jake obviously has received a wound from W.W.I that causes him to be sexually intimidated which distinguishes him strongly ...
- 14656: Multiple Personality Disorders
- ... personality. Such things as temperament, outlook, handwriting and bodily gestures will usually vary. Even the name of the individual will generally change when a personality switch occurs. When a personality switch does occur, the subject's thoughts, feelings and memories are split from the conscious' awareness and control. The condition usually develops as a way of coping with painful and disturbing experiences faced in the individuals early life, such as child ... a child can mentally remove themselves from frightening and physically painful experiences. For instance, if a young child is being physically or sexually abused by someone they have learned to love and trust, they can't comprehend why that person is hurting them in such a manor. The child's emotions are confused, feeling both pain and pleasure, and since the child is so young he or she doesn't know what to do. So the child goes somewhere safe inside their mind by ...
- 14657: Detroit Lions
- The Detroit lions have done better in their new season in the NFL, now that they don’t have Barry sanders in their team. Without the man that holds the 2nd highest rushing record in the league, the team of Detroit that has always started their season bad, has started with a 2-0 which hasn’t happened in a long time, which is outstanding for the team rating. This for me is way of the charts, because who would of thought that The “Lions” would do so well without the man ... lucky start for them, but on their 2nd game against The Green Bay Packers, I realized that the team was on fire and I was very happy because the Lions is my favorite team, don’t ask me why? But it just is. I think the team players had realized “finally” that they cant let just one man do the job, that it’s a team sport, and they are ...
- 14658: Government Cutbacks
- ... that are recieving cuts, are in health care and education. It is important that these services are not cut any further, and that we continue to spend in these areas. Our health and our children's education are hurting as a direct result of the government's spending. We have overspent money that we shouldn't have for a number of years. Each year a different politician gets up, and decides how the money is going to get distributed. It is understandable that government find some ways to recoupe some ...
- 14659: Apartheid in South Africa
- ... first free, all-race election chose a black man, Nelson Manila, elected President of South Africa... after he spent 26 years in jail, for opposing the 'apartheid' of the former white supremacist government. South Africa's reform came very slowly and painfully, after many years of widespread injustice, racial discrimination, bloodshed, and violence against its non-white citizens. Non-violent resistance, combined with organized underground sabotage and terrorism by the African ... not 'leadership', not 'guidance' but 'control', 'su-premacy'..". THE OLD REALITY: APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA Under South African law, people of African descent, 85% of the popula-tion was crowded into about 13% of the country's land. White people owned 87% of the land - although whites were only 15% of the popula-tion. Even South Africa admitted there were twice as many people on the reserves, as could possibly earn a ... the country where blacks owned land. It is estimated that more than three million people of African, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and mixed race were forced off land where they had lived for generations. To Canada's shame, South African officials came to Canada to learn how our reserve system was operated... and Canada taught them. South African reserves, or 'townships' were tiny areas, surrounded and separated by white South African ...
- 14660: The Cat In The Rain
- ... it through a storm without drowning, and decides to go and rescue it. From the moment she leaves the room to get the cat, she is told repeatedly not to get wet, but she doesn’t care. Her only concern is to get the cat out of rain. Getting this cat is important to her because she empathizes with the it. "It isn’t any fun to be a poor kitty out in the rain."(57) Before she even has a chance to step into the rain, the hotel keeper has sent out the maid with an umbrella to ... hair. She feels this causes the lack of physical and emotional attention from her husband. When she tells him of all the things she desires, he merely tells her to "shut up." He really doesn’t care about her concerns. She doesn’t defend herself from her husband’s verbal abuse but rather begins to pout like a little girl saying, "I want a cat, I want a cat now. ...
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