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- 14731: Personal Writing: All About Nothing: The Story of My Life
- ... thus, I am left topicless. I could try to fool you with some far out, totally unbelievable story about how I was in a car wreck involving at least two dozen cars, including the president's limousine, and how despite having broken two legs, an arm, in addition to various other body parts too numerous to mention, I managed to drag myself out of the wrecked car (A job for the ... worship. It could for example have made me realize how important a proper education is (Do not ask me how.). And, because of this, I could be a diligent hard working student. Thankfully, it didn't and I am not, but the point is, it could have. A scary thought indeed. My parents aren't divorced and do not abuse me, giving me no excuse for bizarre, eccentric, or anti-social behavior, but sometimes I wish they where or did, because then, if they where divorced or did abuse ...
- 14732: The Stranger: Existentialism
- ... to understand existentialism better was when Meursault shot the Arab on the beach and how he handled the situation afterwards. The Arab had drawn his knife and held it up to Meursault, but this wasn't what bothered him, it was the light from the sun that shot off the Arabs knife, and the intense heat along with the salt from his sweat in his eyes that was bothering him. Meursault shot the Arab mainly because he was uncomfortable and not because he felt threatened, but in any case he made the decision to shoot him. In the next chapter Meursault can't understand why he would need an attorney for his case because it's simple to him, he had murdered a man and was now ready to pay the consequences. He had made a choice that might not have been the right one but he accepted it and ...
- 14733: Philosophy 2
- #2 Explain how Augustine s conception of freedom relates to compatibilism and to freedom in the sense of autonomy. According to Augustine, Human beings are endowed with a power that he calls the will. He emphasizes the will to being ... where at the time that a choice is made, the state of mind and or characteristic of a person may have is the cause of a previous condition and eventually links back before the person s life. Augustine does not believe that our choices are determined by internal factors because the responsibility of those choices are beyond our control and alleviates us from such a thing. Therefore freedom no longer exists ... compatible with human freedom and moral responsibility, and Augustine rejects this. Augustine sees human beings having metaphysical freedom: the freedom to make decisions and control what to choose with any determination that is outside one s control. He points out that with out our metaphysical freedom we would be end up living in a boring and planned world. Our metaphysical freedom exercises the choices that causes evil and causes of ...
- 14734: How Television Works
- ... have been countless inventions that have forever changed the world just by their existence. Many of these have been related to communications, such as a radio, phone, and more specifically the television. Soon after it's release, millions of families across the nation had their own television set, adding something new and exciting to the list of American pastimes. But what is inside a television, and how do they work? Who ... an antenna, then they are shot from the electron gun, which is a device the aims and sends the signal. Those beams go through a funnel, which starts to project the image. The projection isn't one piece as it appears though. It's actually thousands of little dots lined in place to create a picture. But the fun doesn't stop here! One of the biggest parts of a working TV is the picture tube, which has ...
- 14735: The Spanish-American War: What It Meant For Cuba And America
- ... from Spain and Americans sought to gain greater world power, wealth and to become a more prominent nation. Both Cuba and the Americas could gain from this war if they played it right, and that's exactly what they did. It all started on the night of February 15, 1898 when a US battleship, the USS Maine was destroyed by an explosion. The explosion killed two-thirds of the Maine's crew. The fact was, nobody knew for sure what had caused the explosion, but the United States press saw this as a great opportunity to make some money; so they, with their Yellow-Journalism tactics ... hundred fifty-four of its crew members lead to know certain answer. This is when the Yellow-Journalism started and the stage was set for some major competition between the publication companies. The press didn't mind spicing their stories up a bit and even fabricating, for the most part, a story in order to gain more readers. The papers began printing colored comics as well, one being named "The ...
- 14736: Fetishism- A Paraphilia
- ... urges, fantasies or behaviors where the sexual goal is an unusual situation, activity or object. These arousal patterns are only considered deviant because they are usually required for sexual functioning. The object of a fetishist's sexual desire might be used with a partner but more often than not the fetish becomes the entire focus of sexual pleasure. Fetishism is a perversion that is found, primarily in male heterosexuals, in which orgasm is impossible without the presence of their fetish. A fetish can be any number of things. There are three basic types of fetishes: 1) an inanimate object (e.g. women's clothing, shoes, gloves, underwear), 2) a part of the human body (e.g. foot, hand, hair, legs, breasts, fingernails), 3) or something odd such as, leather, rubber, the touch of velvet, adult diapers, perfume, music ... cases kleptomania has been considered a fetish. Many fetishists develop a compulsive urge to get their fetish by any means possible. They may become sexually aroused when they "peep" on women changing or steal women's bras or panties from their homes. The risk involved while stealing usually increases the sexual arousal. Pyromania has been seen in a similar way. Since fire is associated with passion, the fire starter, if ...
- 14737: Environmental Isuues
- ... weapons as wastes, and waste disposal and reduction and, if left unaddressed, these issues will become fatal problems in the near future. Many Americans get sick everyday; this usually warrants a trip to the doctor s office. The doctor will usually examine the patient and prescribe an antibiotic. Antibiotics are being used as a way to solve medical problems. The heavy use of antibiotics is causing a threat to the population ... these microbes. Reality is, we do. We come in contact with these microbes and sometimes become sick. Being sick means another trip to the doctor; only this time, the antibiotics that the doctor prescribes won t work. This is due to the fact that the microbes that caused the sickness are resistant to the drugs, being that they are so abundant in microbe breeding grounds. In order to treat sickness, doctors must evaluate their patients more efficiently and choose other methods of treatment before they prescribe antibiotics. If the amount of antibiotics being released into the environment can be reduced, there won t be a time when simple infections can t be treated. Conditions that can t be treated with antibiotics are called infectious diseases; they are on the rise and kill over 17 million people per ...
- 14738: Old Man and the Sea: Themes
- ... destruction to himself. This might accomplish nothing but the satisfaction of doing this and also has great risks. Finally he comes upon a painful experience with his hand which is in great pain and won't move. This is useful in the place where Christ loses his physical self and has less to deal with. On the third day, he recovers himself and returns to his home even though his only ... first it has a hunter vs. his prey. This hunter does respect th e prey. Throughout the book it has this series of events: encounter, battle, defeat, and respect for the prey. This is Hemmingway's `Code of Honor'. This part of the novel has to do with relationships between two characters. The first to discuss are Santiago and Manolin, Manolin being the small follower of the old man named Santiago ... rather than being lucky. The other relationship in this story has to do with Manolin and his parents. Manolin seems to be very rebellious against his parents, although he does submit to their demands. Santiago's greatest link to the village is the boy. Santiago may be poor in the story, yet is proud. This story when compared to being imaginative is good, but in real life is somewhat of ...
- 14739: Dreams
- Dreams (Sigmound Freud's interpretation) Dreams, what are the meaning? Sigmound Freud "Dreams, what are the meaning?" Sigmound Freud wrote many books, publications, and articles about the subject of dreams and how to interpret them. He had many theories ... As sleep is a necessity to a healthy functioning body, the need for the mind to continue reacting to stimuli while the body is at rest, is essential. He states that dreams are the mind's reaction to external stimuli. For example, he did tests on many patients in which he would use external forces to see if it would indeed effect their dreams. Freud placed a strong cologne in front of a patients nose, and the patient dreamt that he was in Cairo acting as a sort of "Zorro" type hero on an adventure. Then he placed a drop of water on the patient's forehead, and the patient dreamt he was in Italy, and sweating violently while drinking Orvieto wine. So this would be one theory to how dreams come about. However, Freud pondered the question of "why ...
- 14740: Dolores Claiborne
- The Eclipse On the day of the full eclipse, Dolores Claibornes life changes forever. True, it had been changed by events beyond her control long before this fateful day, but she chooses this day to end her husbands life so she and her family can go on living. Steven King masterfully weaves this tale of love, abuse, and denial in his novel, Dolores Claiborne, which was later turned into a movie directed by ... form of a confession. She wants to get it all out of her conscious so that she can be cleared of killing Vera Donovan. In the movie, however, she is talking to Salena, who doesnt remember all of what happens, or is in denial about most of what happened. Many of the present time scenes in the movie are of Dolores trying to convince Salena that this really did ...
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