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- 21291: The Code of Chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... off the battlefield, and valor in battle. Sir Gawain faces many challenges in the story that cause him to sway from the code of chivalry. The arrival of the Green Knight results in Sir Gawain’s the first break with the code of chivalry. When the king is challenged for battle, one of his men, according to the code of chivalry, is show loyalty by offering to take his place in the battle in order to avoid endangering the life of the king. But King Arthur’s men all turn their heads in shame instead of standing up to fight. Sir Gawain is the only of Arthur’s men to volunteer to fight the Green Knight in his Christmas battle game. After the game is over and a year has passed, Sir Gawain goes to find the Green Knight, as he agreed ...
- 21292: KKK
- ... was not. Because the government had started recognizing African Americans as more than just slaves, the Klan decided they would have to take matters into their own hands. They felt extremely betrayed by the U.S. government. As one supporting KKK web-site claimed, "The KKK movement provided for the people of the south the leadership and rallying point to begin their arduous struggle to regain their lost dignity and indeed ... been given rights, the Klan felt it was their duty to prevent the former slaves from using them. For years, the harassment from the KKK was successful. Until the civil rights movement of the 60's, it seemed as if the Ku Klux Klan had achieved their goal. The Klan rose again, even stronger than before with hundreds more people joining their "movement". The Klan doesn't use the same tactics as they did years and years ago. Realizing they would get more attention using intelligent words as opposed to violence, the Klan changed their image. Although they continue to burn ...
- 21293: Korean Pollution
- ... of soot and other matter released from diesel engines in lorries, buses, and coaches. They are believed to have played a role in the premature deaths of 8,000 people. Other pollutants known as GMM’s are causing such damage. GMM’s are genetically modified micro-organisms. These micro-organisms are released from factories and laboratories and go into the atmosphere, and water supplies. They are most life threatening to elderly, and already ill people. (McCarthy 1 ... Some of the main pollutants are as follows: Benzene, 1,2-butadiene, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. There have been different goals set to lower the amount of these pollutants, however some aren’t expected to be decreased until 2008. In this time many lives may be lost prematurely. England, who is still believed to be the primary contributor of such toxins is planning to take action, but ...
- 21294: Labor Union History In Califor
- By: Daniel Olmos E-mail: agentolmos The various labor movements in California have been among the most important in our nation. As a state with a tremendously diversified economy, California's workers are employed in every industry imaginable; from our huge agriculture base, to our docks, to aerospace, to construction, to the entertainment industry-the list is endless. And in each industry, workers struggled to organize themselves into collectives to shape the labor landscape of California. Some of California's labor movements have represented significant political events on a national if not a global scale-as in the historic struggle of labor activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. The gains made be the United Farm ... for living wages and reasonable working conditions, and it proved that poor people can claim their rights when they organize and speak in one voice. In a word, labor unions equal POWER. But it didn't start with Chavez. In 1894, California held its first strike organized by San Francisco and Sacramento Carpenters who pushed for a whole sixteen dollars a day. Well, they settled for fourteen. However, a year ...
- 21295: Abuse Of The Innocent
- Is it right to force a mouse to live it's live in a laboratory cage to test anti-cancer drug? How would you like to be squeezed in a cage with many other animals, not being able to touch the grass, run around and play ... bobcats, lynx, coyotes, muskrats, nutria, and other animals are trapped each year in the United States for fur".2 They suffer from unbearable pain for several hours before their lives are ended by the trapper's club. Is the price of live worth the price of fur? Psalm 104, 27-30. All creatures depend on you to feed them throughout the year: you provide the food they eat, with generous hands ... who lost his bearings: 'I thought I was ill, I thought I was seeing things. It was a little monkey enclosed In a glass cage. Its eyes seemed to be falling out and it couldn't breathe. It was in dreadful, dreadful distress. I forgot everything and went near it and said something to it, and it buried its head in it's arms and sobbed like a child. I ...
- 21296: Abortion Should Be Made Illega
- Abortion should be made Illegal Abortion should be made illegal. Abortion is murder, it is the killing of an unborn baby. In today's society, regular people are not allowed to go out and just murder someone for no reason, so why should doctors be allowed to murder unborn babies? "Abortion is not merely the removal of some tissue from a woman's body.... Abortion is the destruction of an unborn baby." (O'Connor 93) According to John C. Willke, president of the National Right to Life Committee, "At the union of sperm and ovum there exists a ... used as a cold scientific "neutral" word that switches the persons mind from reality, and also will flip the seriousness, and preciousness of a unborn baby. (Schwarz 35) Can it be so possible in today's society that we "get so caught up trying to be sensitive to the woman and her suffering that we forget the baby altogether." (Gallagher 63)) People today do not want to see a young ...
- 21297: Character Symbolization In Lord of the Flies
- Character Symbolization In Lord of the Flies Piggy, Jack, Simon, and Ralph can all be seen as symbolic characters in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Golding uses symbolism to display his belief of the nature of mankind. He believes that the change from good to evil, from civilization to barbarism is unavoidable if there is ... this transition is marked by the death of Piggy and the destruction of the conch shell, which has very similar symbolism to Piggy. The gradual shift is also measured by various incidents that obstruct Piggy's mental reasoning, such as the breaking of his eye glasses, and the loss of the boys' faith in him. Piggy's character is used to show how even the best solution to a problem can easily be overlooked because of the lack of respect, pre-established prejudices, and the lack of mature thinking processes. Jack ...
- 21298: Arguments On Desegregation
- ... Even though the cost was no more than segregation had imposed on middle-class black people, the whites argued that they now had to pay more money in taxes to solve a problem that wasn't their fault. Black children were more likely to attend an inner city school and they felt that in return for their taxes they would receive an increase in crime and a lower standard of education ... ethnicity of blacks. While they were segregated, it was easy for them to maintain their African-American background. Once they became part of an integrated school system, they were forced to conform to white society's views on dress code, religion and behavior. The busing issue was considered to be "an educational disaster." Whereas previously, black children had been bused long distances to segregated schools, now they were busing white children to integrated schools. It didn't help the minority children and it hurt the middle-class children, creating conflicts where they weren't any before. The white middle-class families who felt violated by having blacks being bused into their ...
- 21299: The Island of Doctor Moreau: Could It Be?
- The Island of Doctor Moreau: Could It Be? It’s been five years since I left that dreaded island. Although I don’t think of it as much anymore there are still times that the thoughts and images of my days on that island and those creatures cross my mind. One day while sitting by the sea as ... although we were skeptical we told him that we would go. The following week we went to meet Mr. Martins at the dock. We slowly sailed to the island in a matter of a week’s time. It seemed like it took forever. When we reached the island the surroundings looked familiar but the island seemed to have been abandoned by the beast folk who I had known to live ...
- 21300: ABORTION
- ... probably have the child aborted. The woman will not want a constant reminder of how the child was conceived. This reminder is too painful. In such cases, the woman often takes into consideration the child's feelings. The child will eventually learn of its conception and may blame itself for his/her mother's grief. In the case of incest, a woman will take into account that the child will be born with a birth defect or severe disability caused by the mating of a blood relative. Seventy-six per cent of all women who have abortions do so because they feel that the child will change the woman's life considerably and they are not ready for such a change. This often applies to a single woman. If this woman is still in school, having the baby will result in dropping out of ...
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