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- 25191: Tobacco And Kids
- ... Roberts). So what do the tobacco companies do to keep their industry alive and well? Seemingly, they go toward a market that is not fully aware of the harm that cigarettes are capable of. U.S. News recently featured a discussion of the smoking issue with 20 teenagers from suburban Baltimore. The group consisted of ten boys and ten girls between the ages of 15 and 17. When asked why they ... to your kids at a young age about the dangers of smoking. Identify family members who smoke and ask them to stop (Thomas). Children are the most valuable commodity we are given in life. Let's try to educate them while they're young to be independent thinkers and to not be swayed by the tobacco companies who are trying to take advantage of their mind and body. --- Works Cited "Bill Clinton vs. Joe Camel." U.S. News & World Report. 2 Sep. 1996: 12. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. "Selling Tobacco to Kids." America. 17 Feb. 1996: 3. Infotrac. Online. 27 Oct. 1996. Roberts, Steven. " Teens on tobacco; kids smoke for ...
- 25192: Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein: Still the Wretched Fools They Were Before
- ... than that which will get it. In many situations dedication to an act is reputable; education, sports, career. It seems then, that to become the übermensch and pursue excellence, one must stay dedicated to one's goal and dismiss the world around him. In the process of creating his monster, Victor Frankenstein ignores the outside world; The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit ... caused also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent...(p.53) Frankenstein becomes so wrapped up in his curiosity of creation, that he utterly ignores the outside world. Therefore, Faust and Frankenstein's desire to create, lead them to withdraw themselves from society. Faust desires to create love and possess a woman, so that he can feel all that the world has to offer. Frankenstein, desires to create ... Even after the successfulness of creating what they anted for themselves, Faust and Frankenstein remain unhappy. This unhappiness causes Faust and Frankenstein to commit acts far more evil than ever before. In this unhappiness, Faust's emotions become irrational and immoral towards Gretchen and Frankenstein ignores his "beautiful" creation. ??FAUST? When Victor's creation transforms itself from idea to reality, Frankenstein immediately looses control over it and himself. ...but now ...
- 25193: Sandra Street: Home
- Sandra Street: Home A home is defined in the dictionary as a familiar or usual setting, a congenial environment, and also, the focus of one's domestic attention. But what is home? There really is no right or wrong answer when talking about your home because everyone sees their "home" differently depending on their background, culture, or how they were brought ... what home is in different ways. Through all this, the conclusion is that home can be a physical place or an emotional state of mind that people appreciate and feel comfortable in. In Michael Anthony’s short story, Sandra Street, home is portrayed as a place that you value and relish. The story starts off with a boy named Steve, who is ashamed of his street, because everyone keeps making fun ... course on that score they were mistaken. Juan Sánchez had simply gone home(6)." This quote implies that he set his house on fire so that he could die and be with his wife. Sánchez’s home was not complete without his wife because his wife was his home. He could not find a happy home without his wife, so he decided to join her by killing himself. Home was ...
- 25194: Faust: An Elemental Romantic Work
- Faust: An Elemental Romantic Work Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's work Faust was an elemental romantic work. Faust, the main character of Faust, was similar to Prometheus or Napoleon, one who ventured for power to rule the world. For example in Goethe's Faust, the proud condition of human nature can be seen by the way Faust was willing to sell his soul to better himself. In Faust Mephistopheles makes a wager with God. The wager is that Faust, a common doctor, will stray from the path that is true and fit. Mephistopheles makes an agreement with Faust that if Mephistopheles satisfies Faust's desires in this world, Faust will work as Mephistopheles servant. Faust lives a typical romantic life full of passion, pride, and adventure. A turning point to Faust after Faust lives his life with his ...
- 25195: Coming of Age in Mississippi: Anne Moody
- ... Age in Mississippi: Anne Moody Coming of Age in Mississippi is the autobiography of an African American woman growing up in a racist south in the mid 1900s. It is the story of Anne Moody's struggle to deal with the race the racist society she is born into and her fight for freedom for herself and fellow African Americans. The book portrays her fight from when she was a small ... tells of her hardships of growing up poor and black at the time and one can see how she changes and grows living in the United States at the time. She is shaped by society's views and fights against those views to be seen as an equal and not an inferior. Anne Moody was raised in the rural Mississippi towns of Centreville, an extremely racist town in the south. Her ... parents were plantation farmers that were extremely poor and when her father left her mother Anne and her family was much worse off. Her mother moved around a little and had very little money. Anne's childhood consisted of meals of beans and bread and poor clothes. As a child she is not immediately too aware of the difference in skin color between the whites and the blacks. She and ...
- 25196: Filial Piety
- ... produced by Heaven and Earth, man is the noblest. Of all the actions of man there is none greater than filial piety. In filial piety there is nothing greater than the reverential awe of one's father. In the reverential awe shown to one's father there is nothing greater than the making him the correlate of Heaven2. The duke of Zhou was the man who (first) did this. "Formerly the duke of Zhou at the border altar sacrificed to ... affection of love, on respect and reverence, on giving repose to (the minds of) our parents, and on making our names famous. I would venture to ask if (simple) obedience to the orders of one's father can be pronounced filial piety." The Master replied, "What words are these! What words are these! Anciently, if the Son of Heaven had seven ministers who would remonstrate with him, although he had ...
- 25197: Animal Rights
- ... have a right is to have a claim or entitlement to something and to have that claim recognized by others. The bad news for animals is two-fold. First, in all the cases of women's rights, the abolition of slavery, and ending apartheid, a good part of the political momentum comes from the oppressed themselves. Secondly, empathy for the oppressed by influential outsides came because the outsides could identify with ... Animals are used every day to help find a cure for a certain disease in many painful ways. In 1984 at LaLoma Medical Center in California, a child had a heart transplant with a baboon's heart and dies only two days later. Some called it a medical miracle. Other thought is unholy to mingle body parts of humans with animals. The early vivisection's (the cutting open of living animals without any anesthetics), shed light on biological functions, but also killed many animals in the process. The first kidney transplants were done on ver hundred of dogs and ...
- 25198: Human Comedy 2
- The title is not that important to the novel, but it does aid in understanding one of the book's main themes, that the quality of life is very important. Main Characters Homer Macauley: This responsible young man has become the man of the house by supporting his family with an after school job. But ... children and the problems they are going through, but she lets them deal with their own problems themselves. She has the experience and wisdom to guide her children. Ulysses Macauley: This little boy is everyone's friend He is content with simply watching the world around him. Ulysses adds humor to the novel and gives the novel a sense of calmness. Marcus Macauley. He is the oldest Macauley child who is ... the loveliest woman in the world! ... p. 78. In this quote Spangler is running down the street, in a hurry to deliver a telegram. I chose this quote because it sheds light on Mr. Spangler's character and it adds a spirit of lightheartedness to the novel. It is a break in the story involving an unimportant event, yet it fits smoothly into the action and it becomes a necessary ...
- 25199: Barbie As The Epitome Of Beaut
- ... childhood toy that smiles out to us in the Pepto-Bismol coloured isles at Wal-Mart - Barbie. Since the time I was a toddler, I have witnessed the preaching of society that, features like Barbie's are the epitome of what it means to be beautiful woman. Tiny waists and large breasts were beginning to come out as the image of feminine beauty. Society has unconsciously made women focus their attention ... molded man Ken. Barbie had taught me that every member of society was living this very same life. I have to question if the weight of responsibility for this beauty myth falls only on Barbie's tiny plastic shoulders? But of course not! To be fair, Barbie was not the only culprit, I can remember getting dolls whose main purpose was to remove or apply make-up, style hair, or spend fake money with a fake credit cards, as if that's all it meant to be a woman! Barbie had now redefined what is was like to be a feminine in our society. Although today I can see more of an ethnic variety when it ...
- 25200: Body Image In Society
- By: Bryce Patton Reference: Parks, M.S., Read, M.H. (1997). Adolescent male athletes: body image, diet, and exercise. Adolescence, 32, 593-602. Establishing the problem: Today's society is heavily focused on the physical aspect of our bodies. It seems that our body image is of a very important concern to many. According to previous research studies one's self-esteem is closely related to the degree of satisfaction with one's body image. Most of the research before now on body image has been done in relation to the female population. The ...
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