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- 22731: The Real Reason Behind The Rec
- ... are likely to be held accountable for future violence. Even though I am against the news media presenting too much school violence, Americans should have been deeply disturbed by this shooting because of the child’s young age. The Michigan shooting should have enlightened Americans to the dilemma we face in this country. Two weeks after the Columbine High School shooting, information on the mass murder was still being broadcast on ... onslaught was ridiculous and the news coverage should not have been permitted to continue for countless weeks. Society has determined three reasons on which to blame the shootings. First, the nation blamed it on television’s violent programs. Following that, Americans gave the music recording companies the evil eye as well as attacking the gun manufacturers. All of these reasons involve material objects that are unable to think for themselves. Televisions ... CD players do not control themselves, people control them. Finally, boundaries controlling the television programs children view should be set by the parents. The same explanation applies to firearms. How can it be a gun’s fault that a person killed another human being? We try to blame the way our young generation is behaving on inanimate objects. Parents need to accept the responsibility for their children’s actions. As ...
- 22732: Epic Works
- ... is besieged by suitors, his son is now a grown man and his country is facing certain civil war. In the final acts, order is restored with the assistance of the goddess Athene. In Dante's epic, The Divine Comedy, he tells of a journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven. This epic is divided into three sections. In each of the sections he meets with mythological, historical, and contemporary individuals. Each ... and reward to illustrate the larger meaning of human actions in the universal plan. Paradise Lost is considered by some to be one of the greatest poems in world literature and most certainly John Milton's masterpiece. In its 12 cantos Milton tells the story of the fall of Adam and the loss of Paradise. Satan has been expelled from heaven with his fallen angels. In Hell, Satan formulates a plan ... and woman. Meanwhile, God tells his Son that Satan will be successful in corrupting man. But because, man was tricked by Satan, man will be given grace if someone in heaven will die for man's sin. To fulfill his plan, Satan tempts Eve in a dream. The next morning Eve suggests that she and Adam work separately that day. Gradually she is persuaded by Satan, who has taken the ...
- 22733: Cultural Write-Up on “Gone With the Wind”
- ... the boys talking about war all the time. Her innocence and carefree nature could be seen in that scene. I was in awe with the lavish scene, beautifully costumed and photographed at the Twelve Oak’s ball and barbecue. Its magnificence suggests an idyllic culture with warming and abundant security. The major characters were one by one introduced with immeasurable boldness that draws the viewer to them. I was immediately attracted ... this movie to epic proportions. This beloved and enduring piece, adored by so many over the six decades of its existence, is no doubt, one of the greatest movie of all time. It is cinema's greatest, star-studded, historical epic film, having an immortal cast in a timeless, classic tale of a love-hate romance and war. “Gone With the Wind” has numerous cultural values. There was adventure, tragedy, history ... and romance. The plot covers a variety of subjects such as the Civil War, racist issues, poverty, romance, and growing up in Georgia. It provides the audience the chance to be wrapped up in America's most famous story during one of our nation's most difficult times. It gives us a view of the old south and southern charms. It portrays war accurately and realistically, providing the viewers with ...
- 22734: Michael Faraday
- Michael Faraday Michael Faraday's scientific work laid the foundations of all subsequent electro-technology. From his experiments came devices, which led directly to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. Faraday was also the greatest scientific lecturer of his ... wires through a sliding contact to a copper disc. By rotating the disc between the poles of a horseshoe magnet he obtained a continuous direct current. This was the first generator. Although neither of Faraday's devices is of practical use today they enhanced immeasurably the theoretical understanding of electricity and magnetism. He described these experiments in two papers presented to the Royal Society on 24th November 1831, and 12th January ... law, which governs the evolution of electricity by magneto-electric induction". After reading this, a young Frenchman, Hippolyte Pixii, constructed an electric generator that utilized the rotary motion between magnet and coil rather than Faraday's to and fro motion in a straight line. All the generators in power stations today are direct descendants of the machine developed by Pixii from Faraday's first principles. Faraday continued his electrical experiments. ...
- 22735: Allama Muhammad Iqbal
- ... have a special goal in mind for whose expression I use the medium of poetry considering the condition and the customs of this country." (translated from the original in Urdu; Maktoobat, Volume I, page195) Iqbal's contribution to the Muslim world as one of the greatest thinkers of Islam remains unparalleled. In his writings, he addressed and exhorted people, particularly the youth, to stand up and boldly face life's challenges. The central theme and main source of his message was the Qur'an. Iqbal considered the Qur'an not only as a book of religion (in the traditional sense) but also a source of ... and the source of security and a shield from without. It also provides freedom of choice and equal opportunity for the development of personality for everyone within the guidelines of Qur'an. Thus, in Iqbal's opinion, Islam is not a religion in which individuals strive for a private subjective relationship with God in the hope of personal salvation as it is done in secular systems. Iqbal firmly opposed theocracy ...
- 22736: The Power Of Place
- By: jonathan dough The Power of Place by Winifred Gallagher When people think of their environment people think of their immediate surroundings; however, one's environment goes beyond and further into the psychological connection to one's personal environment. To further explain, Gallagher discusses three different aspects of The Power of Place: Outside In, Inside Out, and Synchrony. The book opens doors previously unnoticed about psychological ecology. From reading the book one ... status quo of the family bearing the child. One may live in poverty or wealth, but from this point the child begins gaining a dependency on its environment. Though not a preferable indication of one's prospects of the future, a good childhood may make or break an individual in the future. As stated, "a good or bad environment promotes good or bad memories, which inspire a good or bad ...
- 22737: Macbeth: The Weird Sisters
- ... In Elizabethan times, witches were a natural part of life. Macbeth witnessed this, as seen in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The evil forces that the weird sisters, who were witches, possessed, put Macbeth's mind in another direction. This direction was the beginning of his moral downfall and the destruction of his destiny. The weird sisters warned Macbeth of this in the three apparitions but he continued living his ... thine own esteem. (Act 1, Scene 7, Lines 42-43) Macbeth gave in to his wife and killed Duncan, only because he was a very proud man and had too much pride. Eventually Lady Macbeth's conscience took over her and she committed suicide. The witches ruined Macbeth's life with the temptation that led him to become a murderer. Knowing that they ruined his life they then wanted to ruin his death. They told him their three prophecies. The apparitions predicted the ...
- 22738: The Origins of the Great Depression
- ... the government interrupting or regulating it in any way. The belief that came from this policy was that the businesses that consolidated would receive larger profits from the consumer and share it in the worker's wages, who would in turn invest in the general wealth by investing in the stock market and also buying the manufacturer's goods. Even though it was true that the businesses were gaining on profits, the worker's wages were not being raised, and so they could not contribute to the buying of goods. Yet surprisingly, the stock market soared without any regulation. In the 20's banks began to quickly sprout ...
- 22739: Lord of the Flies: Our Society Suppresses the Evil That Is Presented In All of Us
- ... he began an amoral reign as he let the evil within take control. He became a hunter and a bold dictator looking bot for order, but for fun. Ralph was searching for order, yet Jack's overpowering will to succeed Ralph as the leader led him to compleat madness. He now was an killer and had let his evil half take over. By the end of the story he had become ... conch and how it meant nothing. This he replaced byt he pigs head which he used to show how the hunting was a better way of life than being civil. The pigs head symbolized man's dark side and how evil lurks inside all of us. It reached it's climax when Roger had killed Piggy and destroyed the conch, therfore making the pig's head the dominerant symbol left for them to follow. It made them feel as if Jack and his hunters ...
- 22740: Euclid: The Elements
- ... math teacher of all time. However little is known of him other than he taught at Alexandria in Egypt. It is also known that he put together the elements, arranging in order many of Eudoxus's, perfecting many of Theaetetus's, and also bringing demonstrated things that had only been loosely proved by his predecessors. There is other information about Euclid given by certain authors but it is not thought to be reliable. Two different types ... other works attributed to him. (ii) Euclid was the leader of a team of mathematicians working at Alexandria. They all contributed to writing the 'complete works of Euclid', even continuing to write books under Euclid's name after his death. (iii) Euclid was not a historical character. The 'complete works of Euclid' were written by a team of mathematicians at Alexandria who took the name Euclid from the historical character ...
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