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- 19951: Childhood Socialization
- Webster's definition of socialization is “1. to make social 2. to take part in social activity." A well known definition of socialization is being exposed to race, ethnicity, and religion in an unbiased, open-minded, and ... about everyone around them, regardless of their background. It is easy as an adult to make the decision to live this way, but children need direction and example in order to be social. Children don't decide that they want to be "social" in every sense of the word, rather they have to be taught. Socialization is not the idea of being a "social" person, having a lot of friends, or ... backgrounds. This can be accomplished by way of play-groups, school, after school programs, extra-cirricular activities and clubs. These sorts of experiences are fun for and at the same time it opens up children's minds to different types of cultures, races, ethnic groups through various friends without them being aware of it. Children also learn a great deal from television, movies, and radio. Often times the children learn ...
- 19952: Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye: Literary Analysis
- ... completely distraught. A man on the bus continues to fondle her, but rather than call attention to him she would rather save face for him. She hates the situation but she wants to believe he's a good person so she begins to make excuses for him: "maybe he didn't do it on purpose" or "maybe his right hand didn't know what his left hand was up to". All the while trusting , and having her trust broken. The second phase the main character went through was the attempt to flee. When she finally tried ...
- 19953: Catcher In The Rye 9
- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE By, J.D. Salinger The Catcher In The Rye, a novel written by J.D. Salinger, is appropriate reading for today's youth although he wrote this book in 1951. It is apparent that this title has a lot to do with the contents of the book. Holden Caulfield, the main character, said at one point, " I ... to relate to his younger sister, Phoebe. He is an adolescent who finds himself alone, lost and troubled, in addition to being a compulsive liar. He tries to make sense out of life, but he's so confused that he cannot. Holden saw other reasons why people do things, not just what is on the surface. Then he thought that they were phonies, especially the lawyers who he said do not ... fact that he was not a part of any group. Holden was not a part of a group of friends, a baseball team, or even The Book Of The Month Club. He said, "I don't get hardly anything out of anything. I am in bad shape. I'm in lousy shape". Phoebe once told Holden about a poem by Robert Burns, "if a body catch a body comin' through ...
- 19954: Self-Reliance
- ... in Emmersons view is to look upon the world and yourself, seeing the resources available to you and working with them in a fashion which makes you feel you are productive. Deeper than that it's a understanding of what your personal role is in the universe, and acceptance of that justifying it only to ones self. I don't believe one could be truly self reliant and selfish, because self reliance means an understanding of the world around you in order to be independent enough to find confidence with in yourself to exist self ... them self as the center of the universe and not take into account the events, people, ideas around them. Self centered Ness is the same evil as selfishness in my humble opinion. There really isn't a difference in how a person who acts selfish, and who is self centered functions. Both function as a deter ant to grokking the environment you live in. People who are selfish often look ...
- 19955: AIDS
- ... layer) imbedded with three proteins. The core section is bullet-shaped surrounded by a protein. Inside is the genetic material, RNA, covered by another protein (Combating AIDS 354). The HIV virus attacks the human helper T-cell or CD4-lymphocyte (part of the human immune defense system). This cell normally attacks and destroys foreign proteins and viruses. The normal CD4 T-lymphocyte is impervious to the HIV virus but if this cell produces a CD4 receptor molecule the HIV virus then has an entry into the cell. It attaches to the CD4 receptors on the cell ... of the immune system so that one or more "opportunistic" diseases can gain a foothold. It is one of these diseases which eventually kills the patient. An "opportunistic " disease is one which a normal person's immune system can successfully defend against. When something occurs that damages the immune system, then these diseases abound (Folks). One of the symptoms of full blown AIDS is dementia. This was thought to be ...
- 19956: Black Like Me
- ... wrote books about what he had gone through. During those interviews, Griffin was very considerate. He requested Wallace, a reporter, to report carefully so that he would not hurt his African American friends. Please Don t mention those names on the air. I d be afraid their lives would be endangered, and they were my friends (Griffin 149). In addition, he was a man who never gave up. He insisted on ... go to the restroom or not. The driver forbade him and commanded him to go back to his seat. Then, Griffin tries to argue with him. No sir, but the others --- you mean I can t go to the (Griffin 63)--- He did not have a chance to argue, because the driver kept on interrupting him. From this incident Griffin realized that the blacks always did not have a chance to ... were many similar cases. Racism is getting more serious in this world. People should care about each other regardless of their nationality, then the universe will become more harmonious. Moreover, people should learn from Griffin s bravery. He was willing to tell everyone what he experienced and how white people do wrong. Everyone should always strive for the rights, which they deserve. Black Like Me was a very touching, adventurous, ...
- 19957: Death On Demand Reaction Paper
- ... it. I also chose it to see if there was anything that I could do to somehow control this act. But apparently the only thing that I can do is vote for candidates that won't borrow huge amounts from the financial market therefore, keeping interest rates low. Well, this is what I got from Karl's lecture of the Crowding out Effect. Since I don't recall covering this concept in class and reviewing what I just stated I believe that may have a slight misconception of the Crowding out Effect. I hope that we will go over it in ...
- 19958: 1984 3
- The book is 1984 by George Orwell. It is a shocking and scary view of the future from a writer in the 1940's.This book tells of a society which is ruled by fear and ignorance, where "Big Brother" is the government is always watching you, and ruling you subconscioulsy.Orwell wrote this as a warning against the ... overly tusting in their leaders. What I learned from this book, is that what happens in this fictional novel, can easily happen to our present day community.Governments lie to us today, so why couldn't they attemp to alter the past like "Big Brother" government did so skillfully and convincingly in 1984. I also came to the understanding the "ignornace is bliss" can be a statement held as dogma to ... did not use science to solve his problems in fact the modern science and technology of the day in 1984 was his problem. A "telescreen" was mandatory in all homes, this was a two way t.v/monitor that allowed the government to watch every waking and sleeping moment of a person's life. The telescreen doed out mindless brain washing drivel that made ther person almost subconsciouly believe the " ...
- 19959: Macbeth: The Symbol of Blood
- ... symbolic of the brave fighter who been injured in a valiant battle for his country. In the next passage, in which the sergeant says "Which smok'd with bloody execution", he is referring to Macbeth's braveness in which his sword is covered in the hot blood of the enemy. After these few references to honour, the symbol of blood now changes to show a theme of treachery and treason. Lady ... and "If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, for it must seem their guilt." When Banquo states "and question this most bloody piece of work," and Ross says "is't known who did this more than bloody deed?", they are both inquiring as to who performed the treacherous acts upon Duncan. When Macbeth is speaking about Malcolm and Donalbain, he refers to them as "bloody cousins" A final way, and perhaps the most vivid use of the symbol blood, is of the theme of guilt. First Macbeth hints at his guilt when he says "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?", meaning that he wondered if he would ever be able to forget the dastardly deed that he had committed. Then the ghost of Banquo, all gory, ...
- 19960: Quit Smoking!
- Quit Smoking! SURGEON GENERALS WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy. Cigarette smoking has been proven to be hazardous to your health. It wasn t until 1964 that the actual truth came out about cigarette use. From the years 1952-1956 Kent brand cigarettes was allowed to use a filter containing asbestos. Cigarette ads were allowed on television up until the year 1971, and it wasn t until 1979 that it was discovered that women smokers could cause major damage to the fetus if they are pregnant. In 1964, the annual Surgeon General s Report On Smoking And Health reported an overwhelming association between smoking and early death from lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and all other chronic diseases (Payne 2). Smoking has been proven to cause many ...
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