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- 24071: Its Simply Red Herring
- It s Simply Red Herring The main article of this book is that higher education, generally, has become in many ways and for many people, a kind of very expensive extended playpen, a place to stash young ... begin to learn what they really need to know. Meantime, colleges are in the business of wooing students and persuading their parents to invest large sums of money to support faculty and services that aren't really very useful or essential. A big scam, really, that society foists upon itself by insisting that college is the prerequisite for most of the elite jobs in economy, when in no very substantial way ... that will lead to a job. Bird cites The Department of Labor, it estimates there will be 4,300 new jobs for psychologists in 1975 while colleges are expected to turn out 58,430 BA s in the psychology field that year. So, these jobs are so in demand that these jobs can be filled without offering high salaries. As Bird implies, it is more advantageous to earn the money ...
- 24072: Thesis: Is There a God or is He(?) an Illusion?
- Thesis: Is There a God or is He(?) an Illusion? An illusion is one's own interpretation and perception of someone or something. It can be a strong belief or a wish. They are not necessarily false or errors. The strength of the illusion lies in the strength of wish fulfillment. For example - People, at first, interpret phenomena's according to their experience and knowledge of their every day life. They project their own character into the circumstance presented and regard it as somehow "ensouled". Such indefinite notions are transformed into a distinct conception ... hand, there is no truth so certain as the existence of God. He is the groundwork of all our hopes, and our foundation of morality and society. Nothing exists without a cause. Although we can't demonstrate a soul-substance and the immortality of a soul, or demonstrate anything concerning the nature of God, there is still a dependency on him, so that we cannot ascribe a personality to God, ...
- 24073: Forrest Gump
- ... say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates. People laugh, lose patience, treat you shabby. Now they says folks sposed to be kind to the afflicted, but let me tell you-it ain’t always that way. Even so, I got no complaints, cause I reckon I done live a pretty interestin life, so to speak.” Throughout the book, Forrest is always trying to do what is right, but it never seems to turn out for him. For instance, he tries to participate in a big demonstration against the Vietnam War at the U.S. Capitol “at which a bunch of Vietnam veterans is gonna take off they medals an thow them on the steps of the Capitol.” When it becomes his turn, he throws his Congressional Medal of Honor onto the steps. Instead of landing on the steps, it hit the Clerk of the U.S. Senate on the head. As a result, Forrest is arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon. These sorts of fiascoes happen during the course of this novel. Throughout the novel, Forrest is telling of ...
- 24074: The Absurd and Camus
- The Absurd and Camus The Absurd is a much misunderstood philosophical category, primarily due to its sense of linguistic finality both in French and English. To use the expression "that's absurd!" brings with it an automatic negative judgement and a feeling that all further discussion is thereby closed. For Camus, "absurdity" is the given premise of all modern experience, an uneasy feeling, above all, a ... or guiding hand for human life, does not even come into the picture. Camus simply presumes the absence of any kind of universal logic or direction generally associated with the idea of divinity. He doesn't even miss or desire God. No thanks, I'll find my own way around the labyrinth. Without divinity there can be no presumed code of conduct for human beings, nor any explanation of life's meaning. We are simply thrown into this world and the outcome is death, pure and simple. There is only life before and nothing beyond. And yet, this absence of explanation is not, in itself, ...
- 24075: In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Poem Cafe: Natural Laws Over Man Laws
- ... he is very level headed. He knows what is right and wrong but he is also very impressionable. What people say influence him a lot. An example of this is when he knew that Tom’s plan for attacking the Sunday school picnic was wrong but he still went along with it, to be accepted. Tom is Huck’s best friend. He is hard to influence and is always looking for an adventure and will stop at nothing to get one, even if it means stealing. He is very controlling and will tell Huck ... him. The girl in the café was a friend to the lady in yellow and purple even though the man laws said that was wrong. And the girl was looked down upon, but she didn’t care because she knew that natural laws triumph. In society there are rules people must follow in order to be accepted. In Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and “Café” we see that peoples instincts ...
- 24076: History Of The Olympics
- ... The winner had to have taken three of the five events. On the fifth and final day of the festival, the athletes marched to the temple of Zeus to collect their winnings, the coveted victor’s olive wreath. The winner of an Olympic event won much more than just the olive wreath however. He was often awarded a cash bonus by his townspeople; sometimes a pension for life. Additionally, he was ... They kept their athletes on strict diets and focused training regimes. Eventually the athletes trained for ten months before the events were to take place. The sessions were grueling; just like they are for today’s athletes. The original Olympic Games lasted for so long because they were a religious festival; in honor of Zeus. When Christianity began to spread across the ancient world, the festivals were held no more, as ... Emperor Theodosius I in 393. Over time the location was devastated by earthquakes, invaders, and floods. In 1766 a British traveler found the site and in 1875 the first archaeologists began excavating it. It wasn’t until 1896, after a French aristocrat interested in promoting athletic events, particularly the Olympic Games, that the modern Olympic Games took place.
- 24077: Introduction To The Crucible -
- ... lying on the bed motionless and still. At that time, wherever Samuel Paris went it seemed like he was being persecuted, despite his efforts to win these people and god to his side. Samuel wasn t the typical person. He was not married, nor did he have children. As a matter of fact he did not like children at all. The town that Samuel Paris lived in, Salem was an ordinary ... the town of Salem lots of helpful people, and no one really had time to fool around. Everyone in the town knew one another and there was no, minding your own business . Everything was everyone s business and this would soon cause problems. The people of Salem believed that the wilderness that lies next to them was a home for the devil. The virgin forests was the Devil s last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand. From this all the trouble began. The Salem tragedy developed from a paradox, a paradox in which some of us still live. ...
- 24078: Your Rights
- Don't Talk to Cops By Robert W. Zeuner, Member of the New York State Bar " GOOD MORNING! My name is investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a few simple questions?" If you open your door one ... it and must be given to chance to read it. Without a warrent, an officer depends solely upon your helpfulness to obtain the information he wants. So, unless you are quite sure of yourself, don't be helpful. Probably the wisest approach to take to a persistant investigator is simply to say: "I'm quite busy now. If you have any questions that you feel I can answer, I'd be happy to listen to them in my lawyer's office. Goodbye!" Talk is cheap. When that talk involves the law enforcement authorities, it may cost you, or someone close to you, dearly. This info came from a leaflet that was printed as a ...
- 24079: Macbeths Character
- Macbeth's Character The character of Macbeth is not an easy one to understand. At the beginning of the play Macbeth is praised by many people as being a hero when he has defeated the Norwegians. The ... gets Macbeth thinking about what they mean. At the start of the play the audience hail Macbeth as a hero but as he begins to think about murdering the king the audience feel he isn't so heroic after all, and they begin to dislike him. We learn from Lady Macbeth, the person who knows him best that he is too nice to be able to kill anyone especially the present ... Macbeth says this because he thinks he might become king without killing the present king, it might just be fate. But Lady Macbeth then begins to persuade him and soon a chink forms in Macbeth's armour. Macbeth says: "If we should fail "which shows us that Macbeth has once more changed his mind this shows us that he is very unwilling to murder Duncan. Once Duncan is asleep and ...
- 24080: Is President Bill Clinton A Tr
- ... and creative. He is a leader who feels your pain. The private Bill Clinton, which appeared in the Starr report, is someone entirely different. This side of Clinton is weak, reckless, and decadent. President Clinton's character perfectly matches the definition of the tragic hero that was formulated by Aristotle. A classic tragic hero is an extraordinary person who is brought down by a tragic flaw or weakness, and his downfall. The concept of hubris, or pride, underlies all tragic flaws. This corresponds to Bill Clinton's strong sense of invulnerability and denial. Clinton is a very strong person because he got his reputation completely destroyed. His private side got him into a lot of trouble but people view him as being ... mistakes. People can relate to him easier now because of the mistakes he made. President Clinton easily fits the description of a tragic hero. He has all the characteristics of a tragic hero but doesn't necessarily possess a tragic flaw because he had no downfall. Although Clinton was impeached by the House on charges of perjury, as the case moved to the Senate for trial, peoples support for the ...
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