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- 15521: Materialism in the 1920s
- Materialism in the 1920s In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzerald. Materialism plays a major role for ones life in this novel. Jay Gastsby a very wealthy man lives a life of materialism just to prove to people that he is wealthy and important. Doing so he tries to impress a sertain lady by the name of Daisy Buchanan. Materialism plays a major role in Gatsbys life while he is trying to win Daisy back from her husband tom Buchanan. One of the things Gatsby impresses Daisy by his enormous mansion. He bought this big house because when he was ...
- 15522: Costs and Contributions: The Wave From South of The Border
- ... illegally are carrying drugs into the US. This influx of illegal immigrants from south of the border has created quite a stir in many places. Is this good that people are coming to the U.S.? What will happen if this pattern keeps up? Will they steal our jobs? What effect will this wave of people have on us? These questions plague many and deserved to be answered in the following ... children of Asian immigrants tend to do well in school, etc., while the children of Mexican immigrants do not. Is this a problem to worry about? I mean, come on, a few illiterate children doesn't hurt anything, right? How many immigrants are there again? While immigration to the US in 1994 was substantial - 800,000 people - this still falls far short of the peak year of 1907 when 1.3 ... are indeed likely to need considerable support. But other immigrants generally contribute much more in taxes than they take in benefits. This means that in contrast to popular belief, legal immigrants actually benefit the U.S. as a whole. On the other hand, illegal immigrants can cause many economical drains. The U.S. is a little leery about people migrating to the U.S. for many reasons. The chief concern ...
- 15523: Consent and its Place in SM Sex
- ... SM Sex At first the sting of the whip, and the reddening of her ass felt wonderful, but Carrie knew that the pain would soon become unbearable, despite her stating "refrigerator," her "safe" word. . . Carrie's example shows us how important consent is in SM, or rather sado- masochism sex play. The most obvious reason consent is important in SM play is the risk of injury and the potential for unwanted ... around a wrist, creating major veins to stop circulating . The danger might not even seem obvious until it is too late. It is possible though highly unlikely that one could lose the usage of one's hands. Often in SM sex, extremely intimate information is given to your partner, for example a fantasy. If the fantasy involves play that mainstream American society might not find acceptable, a deeper level of trust ... truly enjoy and possibly can not in their "real" life. With this type of relationship the trust often needs to comes close to intuition coupled with a little time sharing what each will and won't do. Consent to some degree is already given, yet even here it needs to be established. The real difference is that play is often so removed from participant's lives that it no longer ...
- 15524: Morality: The Pre-existing and Universal Code
- Morality: The Pre-existing and Universal Code Morality: A doctrine or system of moral conduct; particular moral principles or rule of conduct. To say that modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age is to suggest that human morality changes with the passing of time. This statement is just unacceptable. Morality is not something of a fad. It should not go through trends like clothes or popular ... from now. Only with universal principles can we as collective society discover what is right, what is wrong, and what is best, therefore there exists not modern morality but simply morality. An empirical philosopher, W.T. Stace, argues that if we believe all morals are culturally relative, it is impossible for us to judge what is best. Although admitting he does not know what is best, he concludes that it is ... amongst us. To take the position of ethical absolutism would be quite difficult to achieve without the reference of God. There would be no point, for the naive believer in the faith, in the philosopher's questions regarding the foundations of morality and the basis of moral obligation... For the true believer the author of the moral law is God. What pleases God, what God commands- that is the definition ...
- 15525: Television Violence and Its Effect on Children
- ... consuming pastime among children. With all of that exposure, one might pose the question, "How can seeing so much violence on television and video games and hearing about violence in in music affect a child's behavior?" Obviously these media have a big influence on childrens' behavior: we can see it in the way they attempt to emulate their favorite rock stars by dressing in a similar style and the way ... television with a friend or alone. (TV-Free America). Too often parents assume that their children are responsible enough to choose suitable programming. But the sad fact is that even some shows deemed as children's television are violent. A survey in Mediascope showed that a staggering sixty-six percent of children's programming contained violence. Many times the violence occured in cartoons which were the least likely to show the long term consequences of violence and in many cases portrayed the violence in a humorous way ( ...
- 15526: Prejudice Against Native Americans
- ... the US government simply used superior military power to evict them. The Europenas knew nothing of the new civilizations they encountered. Most Native American tribes viewed the lands they occupied to be no one man's property. They believied that they were alowed to occupy it by the grace of the "Great Spirit", in return the tribes took care of the land the used. Usually Native Americans harbored a great respect ... use . When the European leaders attempted to purchase this land from the tribes the Native American leaders often thought they did not have the authority to sell the land. In their view the land wasn't theirs to sell. Often times, payment offered was refused because of this view The Europeans, on the other hand, did not understand or care to understandthe Native American way of life, culture or philosophy. Instead ... nations to become equal in social standings ther has to be reform and awarness of the prejudice. Lack of orginization is a strong contributing factor to why Native Americans are dicriminated against. During the 1960's the African-American population united and fought for reform and equality. This has not yet fully occured in the Native American social setting. Many of the tribes still fued with each othe instead of ...
- 15527: Existentialism in the Early 19th Century
- ... her own unique vocation. As he wrote in his journal, I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the idea for which I can live or die. Other existentialist writers have echoed Kierkegaard's belief that one must choose one's own way without the aid of universal, objective standards. Against the traditional view that moral choice involves an objective judgment of right and wrong, existentialists have argued that no objective, rational basis can be found ... asmoral situations. Subjectivity All existentialists have followed Kierkegaard in stressing the importance of passionate individual action in deciding questions of both morality and truth. They have insisted, accordingly, that personal experience and acting on one's own convictions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a detached, objective observer. This emphasis on the ...
- 15528: Why Are There Poor People
- ... children yearn for. So many children take for granted the fact that they eat three meals a day, while so many others are lucky to find a scrap of bread in a dumpster. It wasn't until I was about nine or ten when I realized that there were poor people in the world. My family and I had been on our annual trip to New York City to see the Christmas play at Radio City. I didn't understand why all these people kept asking my dad to spare them some change, or why a family was searching through the dumpster. I asked, "Daddy, why is that man sleeping on the street?" My dad spent a long time explaining to me that not everybody had the same life as our family did. Some kids parents didn't have jobs to go to every day, or cars to take them wherever they needed to go, and not every family in the world had breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. He told me ...
- 15529: INTERNET USERS TURN ADDICTS
- ... users" and iii) the "Internet junkies." The "I'm-not-addicted users" are the users who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. This group includes college students who don't go online during the day to prove to fellow students that they can do without getting online; only, to stay up all night in a chat room online. Or businesspeople who stay after office hours to supposedly get a late report done; only, to stay online until the security guy's ready to lock up the building. Or husbands who stay offline all day, only to get online for hours after their family members are asleep. These users are addicts but portray themselves otherwise in the presence of people. Next, are "the I-only-use-it-when-I-have-to-users." These users make convenient excuses to use the Internet. Mothers who claim they have to visit their child's school's website, to read the highlights of the last PTA meeting, while they could have waited for the minutes of the meeting in the mail. They end up staying online for hours. Or ...
- 15530: Gender Differences
- ... faced with is stressful and painful. I told them that I am not too critical when checking out girls and when it comes to seeing other males bigger or stronger than myself, that I don't feel too much pressure of trying to look better than them. I am rather more concerned of my own health and ways to improve it. I was really surprised when they told me that other girls are the ones who usually criticize or pressure them. When I was aware of this, I did notice, at times, while walking around casually with my girl friends, when they weren't looking appropriate, would get stares, hisses or comments from other females. I was even surprised when I heard my girlfriends talking about other girls right in front of me, even though most of these times I didn't notice anything wrong or different about the other girls they were talking about. From this observation, I think the pressure of always looking good would be greater if I was to be a female. ...
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