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- 23471: Brave New World: All Things are Relative
- ... If a person from the present were to see the sacrifices and eating of the human flesh by the Aztec Indians, that person would see it as barbaric in contrast to his own culture. Isn't it true that what we view as barbaric or uncivilized is always in comparison to own. Doesn't it stand to reason that in a society without families, they would view monogamy as uncivilized? This society has been shaped by hundreds of years and will continue to change in the years to come ... a significant amount of jobs would be lost and people would not be able to support themselves. This would cause homelessness and poverty which were not allowed in this culture. With time and distance people's cultures diverge. This has been true for a millennia past and a millennia to come. It should be apparent, that when comparing past civilizations with our own, that the word civilization is relative.
- 23472: Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity
- ... the Noble Eight-fold path. This religion has shaped the cultural life economically in Southeast Asia from the Spread of this religion that it culturally diffused to the maximum and is a major religion. Hinduism’s major belief is the caste system. Which is a system of social stratification, or rank. The caste system is based upon Hindu Beliefs and apart of Indian society. There are four main cast groups: Brahmans ... the religious class, the Kshatriyas which was the warrior class, the Vaisyas which were the landowners, Merchants, and Herders, and the Sudras who were the laboring class made up of the servants and peasants. Hindu’s believed in Reincarnation also. It is the rebirth of the soul in another body after death. Hindu people believed the action of the people in their life were rewarded or punished in their next life ... were the love of God and thy neighbor, preaching of brotherhood and equality which attracted the support of poor slaves, and the refusal to worship the emperor. This effected the social classes because Christianity wasn’t allowed in Rome at the time so anyone following the Christianity faith would be persecuted, the number of persecutions rose but in future time Christianity was made the official religion. It became one of ...
- 23473: Savage Inequalities
- ... a country that seems to strive for equality among all people, there are still many flaws that are allowing a type of segregation among our educational institutions. In "Savage Inequalities", a detailed account of America's most neglected inner-city schools, written by Jonathan Kozol, depicts the reality that many of our children are not receiving the education that all Americans should have the right to obtain. In the following, I ... of a seventh grader. Many of the resources needed to expand their education such as books, computers, and even teachers are hard to find. And once found, they are hard to hang on to. Chicago's Du Sabre High School cannot even hire a teacher and be sure they will last past the first few days. Funding for a school such as Du Sabre almost does not exist. They do not even have money to build a school that does not endanger the safety of the children. The classrooms are too full, and most of the time the teachers don't care enough to teach the children the basic rules of life. In 1989, the average amount spent on Chicago schools in the lower income cities only topped $9,000. In contrast, New Trier High, ...
- 23474: Hamlet: Significance
- ... journey of sins, even though he had prayed to God for forgiveness in an attempt to repent his sins. “O! my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the/ Primal eldest curse upon’t;/ A brother’s murder. Pray can I not,/ Though inclination be as sharp as will:/ My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent .” (3.3. 37-41) However, he still had no intentions of making things right and wished ... were caught in his destructive path. Thus, Claudius was, undoubtedly, the main character who brought upon the upheaval of Denmark. Nothing, not even the possibility of forgiveness from the heavens, prevented him from planning Hamlet's murder. When plot upon plot failed, he finally created a seemingly flawless way to kill Hamlet, using Laertes as his weapon. “If it be so, Leartes,/ As how should it be so? how otherwise?/ ...
- 23475: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- ... time, being mischievous, adventurous and funny. The society Huck lives in labels him "uncivilized" because he has an abusive, drunk father. "... by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry and I couldn't stand it. I was all over with welts." Here the reader can observe the ultimate failure of an uncivilized person. Pap is an alcoholic, a dead beat and a racist. Nevertheless, society also considered Huck ... that Jim could have been killed or beat. The people of Jims society would not have even listened to him or even considered his reason. "Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus-dat's Miss Watson- she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she alwuz said she wouln' sell me down to Orleans. ... but she could git eight hund'd dollars for me ... live up to that freedom when Miss Watson sells him. Ultimately Twain tries to point that we can still make up for the injustices just as Miss Watson did when she set Jim free. Twain's contemporary society did not react well to the hidden messages in the novel, which would explain why people banned and burned the novel. The people of Twains society did not like being told they ...
- 23476: Triumph Over Difficulties
- ... tried to take over the land from the Indians, the Indians never gave up, they fought strong and hard, untill they were forced to build homes elsewhere. During the Civil War times in the 1800's slaves were held as property to many rich white men. The slaves made the best of their situation until Abraham Lincoln fought to give them their freedom. The slaves were then free.If they had ... raped and men were forced to work until they fainted then beaten until they woke and worked again. The lucky ones were the ones that died on the trips to the death camps, they wouldn't have to see the sadness in the eyes of family members torn from them, never to see eachother again. Eventually help came to save these starving and horrified people. After the war the families began to peice together what was left of their shattered lives. Though the road to rebuilding their lives was long and hard, they found the strength to keep going and survive. During the 1960's people were faced with the Civil Rights Movement. Black and wihte children went to different schools. The blacks had to sit in the back of public buses.An amazing woman named Rosa Parks refused ...
- 23477: Transcendentalism Essay
- ... has achieved the knowledge through experience; he has learned more because he has had to teach himself what to do. The other boy is merely a parrot mimicking the strategy of someone else, he hasn’t had to apply his own thoughts to the work, and he has only had to copy someone else’s work. Thoreau emphasizes his point on learning through experience and nature throughout his book. “But while we are confined to books…we are in danger of forgetting the language which all things and events speak ... I hoed beans.” (p79). He felt that with all of the time he had it was more valuable for him to connect with nature than it was for him to read and study. Emerson, Thoreau’s friend and another transcendentalist, had very similar beliefs and values regarding the natural ways. “The civilized man has built a coach, but lost the use of his feet.” (p 224). As man progresses he ...
- 23478: A New Technology
- ... to automatic teller machines this summer could mean the end of those pesky personal identification numbers, or PINs. Instead of asking you for a PIN, the ATM will scan the iris of your eye (that’s the colored part) to identify you. It may sound like science fiction, but these ATMs are already in use in Tokyo and London, and a few of American banks following suit this summer. "This is still a pilot trial system," says Rob van Naarden, vice president of Sensar Inc., the main manufacturer of the iris-scanning technology. "We’ll be shipping about 500 or 600 units in the U.S. over the next 12 months." Using an iris-scanning ATM is just as easy as using a regular machine, van Naarden says. The computer uses three cameras to find and photograph your eye. The first ... third camera takes a high-resolution photo of your eye, which the ATM then compares to a photo taken when you opened your bank account. If the two match, you can withdraw money. You won’t have to look into a viewfinder, or even open your eyes wider than normal. The cameras work at a range up to 3 feet away, and only take two to four seconds to find, ...
- 23479: Ghosts and Poltergeists
- ... was heard on the night before the United States entered into World War I and again on the eve of World War II. Another ghost seen in the White House is one of Dolly Madison’s cat. The cat has been said to be seen curled up in the sun on a window seat or just running around somewhere. Other famous and recorded stories are that Andrew Jackson has been heard ... deceased before their deaths. Haunting activities are continuous over time, concentrated in the the same area, and are not violent. One thing to fear about ghosts thought, is , if you see a white ghost don’t run hide. Many people can easily mix up a ghost haunting with a poltergeist. A poltergeist may not be human beings at all. Some theories are that poltergeists are mass forms of energy that a ... person is unknowingly controlling. In some cases extreme poltergeists activity has been linked to demons. Poltergeists however, are usually linked directly to a specific person or object. Poltergeists can be triggered by a living person’s trauma in any area, at any time. Poltergeists build up over time to a climax, then start over. Poltergeists can travel anywhere they feel. Most poltergeists nearing the climax of their energy can become ...
- 23480: How Can We Achieve Clarity Through Writing?
- ... had very poignant views that were based strictly on my morals. Through this class though, I was able to create a sense of clarity in my thoughts and writing by looking deeper into other people’s opinions, not just the single sided judgments that I had. The transformation that I went through created a greater worth of the words I wrote in my papers, and helped to make sense of all ... looking at both sides of a story, we can achieve clarity in our writing. When we only take one view or stance to persuade an audience, we are caught up in our perspective and don’t take the time to get both of the views. Only one principle is being contested, leaving an empty space where the other vision should be. By doing this we only touch the base of a ... for them, was to rid of the group that was instigating them. By now looking at this past incident and seeing their perspective I respect the decisions they made. Now I realize that it didn’t ruin my summer and I have a completely different view to go by. The importance of making a paper more clear is to create a sense of fullness, to full fill the readers quest ...
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