|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 22421 - 22430 of 30573 matching essays
- 22421: Television Violence and Its Effects on Children
- ... topic because I found it interesting to learn that studies have indeed found a connection between television viewing and the behavior of people, especially children. The first study reviewed is entitled "Television Violence and Children's Aggression: Testing the Priming. Social script, and Disinhibition Predictions," by Wendy Josephson. Josephson begins her study by commenting on other studies which pertain to the idea of television violence leading to aggressiveness in children's behavior. She acknowledges that, in fact, there are still differing views over whether or not behavior is affected by the violence. However, Josephson tends to rely more on the idea that it is affected and ... violence has on boys' aggression. Special emphasis is placed on factors such as teacher-rated characteristic aggressiveness in the boys, timing of frustration (before or after watching the televised violence, and violence related cues. Josephson's study is detailed and technical. However, sometimes it gets very difficult to understand the study due to the many advanced, technical terms used. The purpose of the study is somewhat easy to determine, and ...
- 22422: Satire Essay Mayor Rudolph Giu
- Satire Essay: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani In the mid 1930's Germany was run by the Nazi's. The country was a police state. Police were everywhere - escorting people, putting people into groups, and putting people into jail. People were orderly finally this amazing way of running a state has had a rebirth ... I say with due cause and legitimate reason) restricted a new and provocative art exhibit from coming to certain museums. The exhibit is lewd and way too risqué. Now in order too fully apprecitate Giuliani's Nazi like tactics in running New York City like a police state, one must look in more detail at the three examples described above. In the first example - Giuliani's decides to put paramilitary ...
- 22423: The Storm Within
- The Storm Within The title of Kate Chopin’s story “The Storm” suggests a metaphorical connection between the storm outside and the storm of emotions going on between the individuals Calixta and Alcee. The intensity of their sexual act inside the house follows the ... and blissful so they also did not worry about the storm outside. “They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms.” Calixta’s feelings and emotions are very intense at this time. All she feels and needs is for Alcee to extinguish the raging storm present inside both of them. Relaxation and calm is the feeling one gets ... after their sexual encounter was complete. “The rain was over; and the sun was turning the glistening green world into a palace of gems.” “He turned and smiled at her with a beaming face.” Alcee’s face beamed like the sun after the completion of a storm. The storm inside of him was satisfied and calmed by this act just as the earth is satisfied and calmed by a rainstorm. ...
- 22424: Emperor Constantine I
- ... importance in history and the honor in which his people held him. I found that emperor Constantine was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus in Naissus, a town in Serbia, on February 27 sometime in the 270’s CE. His mother was a woman of humble background named Helena who would later become a Christian. Because of her good works, she was made a Christian saint after her death. Constantine’s father was a career military officer named Constantius. Constantine was married at least twice and had four sons: Crispus, Constantine II, Constantius, and Constans. Constantius, his father, was in charge of the Roman Province of ... of political struggle and actual civil war before he could consolidate his power. Constantine finally became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire in 323 CE when he defeated the eastern Emperor Licinius. Of Constantine’s major accomplishments I feel that the most important was his recognition of the Christianity. In 311 CE, he ordered the end of the persecution of Christians. On October 28, 312 CE, Constantine faced one ...
- 22425: Ellen Foster
- ... and thoughts of this heroic, ten-year-old girl modeled after Gibbons’ own experiences as a young girl. Kaye Gibbons’ experiences as a child are the foundations for this breathtaking saga of a young girl’s tragic memories of her childhood. As with Ellen, Gibbons’ parents both died before she was twelve-years-old forming the basis of the plot and themes of this novel. The fond memories she possessed of ... an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses the simple diction and stream of consciousness as Ellen searches herself for the true person she is. Gibbons uses this to show the reader how Ellen is an average ... enjoys all of the things normal children relish and to contrast the naive lucidity of the sentences to the depth of the conceptions which Ellen has such a simplistic way of explaining. Gibbons’ and Ellen’s harrowing past is related in the novel through Ellen’s inner thoughts and the dialogue between characters. However, when Ellen converses with other characters, Gibbons chose not to use quotation marks or any of ...
- 22426: Describe The Elements Of Death
- Describe the elements of war and death in Stephen Crane s The Red Badge of Courage. This book is divided into two parts. In the first part the main characters, Henry Flemings. illusions disappear when confronted by the reality of battle(WAH 642). During the first ... wounded and another friend called the tattered man . Trying to make up for deserting his friends, Henry tries to help Jim Conklin who is dying.After Conklin dies, the tattered man probes deeply into Henry s conscience by repeatedly asking where ya hit (Bowers 132). Henry deserts the tattered man. When Henry stops another soldier he asks him the novels most important question which is why The soldier hits henry on the head for starting trouble. Ironically this wound becomes Henry s Red Badge of Courage . Henry is then lead back to his regiment by a cheery soldier who helps wandering soldiers. This leads Henry into the second half of the book. Henry s wanderings are ...
- 22427: Mars 4
- ... reddish varying in brightness.At its closes approach to earth (34 million miles)after Venus,Mars is the brightest object in the night.Mars is best seen when it is opposite the sun in Earth's sky and closest to Earth.This happens every 15 year's the planet comes to perihelion. Through a telescope Mars has bright orange regions and darker ,less red areas the outlines and tones change in martian seasons.The reddish color is because of it's heavily rusted surface.The dark areas are thought to have rocks that are simmilar to terrestrial basalts, the surface is even more weathered and rusted.The brighter areas seem to have similar but even ...
- 22428: Darkness At Noon
- ... packs an enormous amount of thought provoking dialog and insight into what may go through the mind of someone who is going through an extreme ordeal. One theme which ran throughout the book was Rubashov s actions that were taken as matters of self-preservation and what he must do to atone for them. The first instance of this was on page 45 where he asked if it is necessary to pay for deeds that were necessary and right. This was brought on by Rubashov s attempt and his witnessing of his neighbor s attempt on his behalf. More is said about this during Rubashov s first journal entry on page 80. Here he attempts to explain the logic behind the party s eradication of thought that goes ...
- 22429: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a Doctrine
- ... Doctrine In the story, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, written by James Joyce, the main character Stephen Dedalus has many encounters with women. Women and sexuality are major influences on Stephen's adolescent life. Another major factor that has an influence on Stephen's life is the Church. Women and sexuality conflict with the Church and its beliefs, and that is one of Stephen's major problems thus far. Stephen is having a very big identity crisis, from being a God fearing Catholic to a very hormonal teenager. As Stephen sits at the "adults" dinner table for the first ...
- 22430: Supportive Communication (mana
- ... behavior to be judged or labeled. Here are some simple steps for descriptive communication: I. Describe objectively the event, behavior, or circumstance. II. Focus on the behavior and your reaction, not on the other person s attributes. III. Focus on solutions. ? Be validating, not invalidating. Validating statements make people feel important and needed. Invalidating statements make people lose confidence in themselves and cause them to see themselves as worthless. There are ... of view. III. Indifference is the form of invalidation where the communicator makes the other person feel that their feelings are not cared about. IV. Imperviousness is where the communicator does not acknowledge the listener s feelings or opinions. ? Make communication specific, not global. When statements are made to be specific, the listener will understand it better and be able to apply to the wrong behavior more effectively. ? Be conjunctive, not ... are four main types of probing responses: i. Elaboration probe simply is a request for more information. ii. Clarification probe is a request for more clarity. iii. Reflective probe is the repetition of the communicator s statement in the form of a question to gain more information. iv. Repetition probe is when the listener repeats what was communicated by the communicator to ensure that he/she received the statement accurately. ...
Search results 22421 - 22430 of 30573 matching essays
|
