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- 16121: The Pressures of Today's Youth
- The Pressures of Today's Youth Many young people in this day and age are tying to look act, and overall seem older. Youths face many dilemmas in their trek to adulthood yet, they still try to obtain adulthood earlier ... every male must follow verbatim. "On Self-respect " faces the every day pressures of adolescent life. The main premise of this essay is that you must respect yourself for anyone to respect you. Both essay's rely on self respect to relate to the rites of passage in today's society. Peer pressure is a very major dilemma in that friends or peers try to get a person to do what they, the majority, like and not what the individual likes. Peers create some ...
- 16122: Medical Malpractice
- ... and expert skill. In the past six centuries, medical malpractice has increased, which lead to revision and addition to the law. Liability was introduced along with the "GIANT of all torts", negligence. Now in today's society, a doctor's duty is to use reasonable care, skill and judgment in the practice of his/her profession and when negligent, take full responsibility. What is malpractice? Malpractice is negligence. Negligence is a tort. A tort is ... established by law for his/her conduct; (c) the plaintiff must suffer loss or injury as a result of this breach; (d) the conduct of the defendant must be the "proximate cause" of the plaintiff's loss or injury. ( Picard, Ellen I. p. 29) In the case of Adderly v. Bremner (Picard, Ellen I. p. 461) the defendant physician was negligent in not changing the syringes to vaccinate 38 patients ...
- 16123: Symbolism in "The Masque of the Red Death"
- ... revelation, but rather remains satisfied by presenting a symbol ridden tale of the certainty of death with resounding notes of revelation and divinity. The foremost symbol in the story is the seven rooms in Prospero's mansion. The seven rooms represent the seven ages of man. This is a firm indication of Poe's intention to echo man's mortality. Furthermore, the arrangement of the rooms from east to west is linear, representing the linear progression of life to death, and also strengthening the focus on man's mortality. Poe has extensive Biblical ...
- 16124: The Effects and Implications of Sin in The Scarlet Letter
- ... pervades the lives of its individuals, and any presence of iniquity is felt in all aspects of their lives. In The Scarlet Letter, the characters' lives are controlled by the sin they commit. Hester Prynne's adultery causes her alienation from the Puritan society in which she lives. After the term of her confinement ends, she moves into a remote, secluded cottage on the outskirts of town, inducing a physical separation ... society. Formerly an inhabitant within the bounds of the community as well as a member of the community, she is now outcast in both respects. Just as the act of adultery is pivotal in Hester's life, this sin effects a similar manipulation of Arthur Dimmesdale's life. Dimmesdale's guilt over his sin continually torments him throughout the novel and causes his unusual behavior. He resorts to self-punishment because of this guilt: “His inward trouble drove him to” whipping ...
- 16125: Drug Legalization
- ... a major dilemma for America to overcome. The banning of illegal drugs takes many back to the days of the Prohibition problems involving the banishment of alcohol. Prohibition obviously did not work in the 1920’s, and some modern day people feel that making drugs legal would solve the constantly rising drug problem. In his article Facing up to Drugs: Is Legalization the Solution?, Pete Hamill presents both sides of the argument very thoroughly. Using tremendous techniques in both writing and in major points, the author persuades the reader to give a great deal of consideration to the author’s belief that legalization is the answer to America’s drug problem. In delivering his points to the reader, Hamill effectively makes good use of internal structure. Initially, the point of view utilized in this article exhibits an interesting way that the reader can ...
- 16126: Economic Policies Of Lenin And
- ... the Proletariat'; the question is how did they succeed in giving economic power to Russian people. The first solid economic policy instituted in Russia after the abdication of the Tsar and the overthrow of Kerensky's Provisional Government was Lenin's policy of War Communism. War Communism was not a policy designed to promote economic stability in Russia. Russia was in civil war and war communism was a policy designed to get food to the soldiers fighting the Whites (anti-Bolshevik soldiers) and then next in line for food were the workers who supplied the soldiers. One must keep in mind that Russia's economy was in a bad state even before the institution of War Communism. In economic terms War Communism was an abysmal failure. The state was forced to pay wages in kind to workers because ...
- 16127: Hiroshima 5
- ... madness had just begun. That August morning was the day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more than just the loss of lives. According to Archibald MacLeish, a U.S. poet, "What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough . . . had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city had been burned to death, but that the problem of ... Japanese citizens in August, 1945, as a means to bring the long Pacific war to an end was justified-militarily, politically and morally. The goal of waging war is victory with minimum losses on one's own side and, if possible, on the enemy's side. No one disputes the fact that the Japanese military was prepared to fight to the last man to defend the home islands, and indeed had already demonstrated this determination in previous Pacific island ...
- 16128: Turner's Syndrome
- Turner's Syndrome A relatively uncommon human sex-chromosome disorder. Males very rarely contract this disease. Its occurrence rate in females is about one per 3,000 live female births. Occurs when a sperm carrying no sex ... Despite many efforts, no real causes have been found to be linked to this condition. It appears be a random event that can happen to anyone. There is no reason why a woman with Turner’s Syndrome should not lead a full, productive life. It is important though that she get good medical care regularly. Bibliography: Biology Today. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1991: Page 217. "Turners Syndrome." Via CD-ROM: Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia: 1996 Edition. "The Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States." Via the Internet: "http://www.turner-syndrome-us.org/".
- 16129: Machiavelli’s View Of Human Na
- Machiavelli looks at man from a leader’s point of view. Machiavelli’s philosophy about the nature of man is that man possesses both good and bad qualities, but will lean towards his own self-interests when all things are equal: thus man is a fickle creature. Machiavelli’s view of human nature influences his view of government. Machiavelli writes, “that man has qualities that will bring him either praise or blame” and because a prince is a man; therefore, he will also ...
- 16130: Bierce
- Bierce Serving as a union soldier in the Civil War, Bierce learned of war' s savageness, and how stupid and degrading it was. His writing style can be contributed to his war time experiences. His works are blunt, brutally realistic, and his attacks on others in the San Francisco Examiner, (American politically correct. Bierce's short stories "often hinge on an ironic surprising conclusion" (Contemporary as in one of his better known works "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge", were the sudden death of a Confederate spy catches us by surprise. A forerunner of the realist movement, Ambrose Bierce's cynical views of live and human existence gave him the nickname, "the wickedest man in San Francisco" (Contemporary Although often portrayed as a realist for his accounts on the Civil War, "Bierce was not ...
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