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- 25601: Alcohol Use Among Teens and Young Adults
- ... times by the time a person has reached the age of thirteen or fourteen, they have already tried their first alcoholic beverage. It needs to be made clear to young people that although drinking isn’t a horrible thing when it is done legally and over the legal age, that it can also be dangerous. I don’t think a campus can ever be truly “dry” because there will always be students who don’t follow those rules. For those individuals, they need to be educated so they can protect themselves from drinking to the point of injuring themselves or others.
- 25602: A Farewell To Arms
- By: BLAH A Farewell to Arms by: Ernest Hemingway The story begins in Gorizia, Italy, the headquarters of Frederick's troop, during World War I. The narrator is Frederick Henry, which is unclear at first. Frederick is an American volunteer in the Ambulance Corps, and a second lieutenant in the Italian Army. A young priest ... priest visit him at the hospital. Catherine visits him later and they have an affair in the hospital room. After this Frederick realizes that he is really, truely in love with her; that he isn't just attacted to her physically anymore. Catherine is now stationed at the hospital Frederick is in and changes her schedule to the night shift. Catherine is pregnant and Frederick feels "trapped biologically". They are both ...
- 25603: A Farewell To Arms
- ... Barkley is an English nurse, who find themselves in a love affair which must maneuver itself around the restrictions of World War I. The novel begins in Gorizia, Italy the center of operations for Fredrick’s troop, World War I. Fredrick is an American volunteer and in the Ambulance Corps for the Italian Army. He meets a English nurse Catherine named Barkley and does not truly fall in love with her ... something that is so disorderly and consequently deserts the Italian army out of love: “When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.” This explains Fredrick’s love and devotion towards Catherine. Catherine is the order and value in his life and when Fredrick puts aside his involvement in the war he realizes that love is what gives his life meaning. Later ... day and everyone is exhausted from the war. Surgeons, including Rinaldi is working around the clock. “This war is killing me,” Rinaldi tells Fre*censored*. “All summer and fall I’ve operated. I do everybody’s work.” Not only is Rinaldi overworking, he admits to having contracted syphilis. This once enthusiastic, young man is completely spent from the war proving that one way or another the war makes everyone ill. ...
- 25604: Church Burnings
- ... in the Toronto Star. Newsweek warned of “Terror in the Night Down South,” While USA Today reported that “Arson at Black Churches Echoes Bigotry of Past.”(Fumento 1) In the summer of 1996, the U.S. media widely reported a surge in white racist burnings of black churches in the American South. It all started the Center for Democratic Renewal announced a huge increase in arsons against black churches by whites ... 1). CDR had alleged that there had been 90 arson attacks against black churches in nine Southern states and every culprit was white. Fumento Contacted officials in various Southern states, and compared those to CDR’s list. He found that CDR had systematically failed to count fires set by blacks in black churches, had labeled as arson a number of fires which were not causes by arsons at all. The CDR ... CDR manipulated the unsuspecting media to cause hysteria across the country for the sole purpose of raising money for their cause. However their cause was to eliminate discrimination. I think it is ironic that CPR’s actions created the situation they were ultimately trying to omit. The church burning incident in 96 gives us all another reason to question everything.
- 25605: A Great Heron
- ... of the wisdom one was left with after reading them. "How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox" shows us how Brer Fox wanted to hurt Mr. Rabbit so badly that he took Rabbit's advice and let him go. This teaches us that when we try and squeeze someone too hard they have a better chance of sliding through our fingers. Harris' stories made you laugh at the end ... Jewett begins by describing a girl who is driving a cow that is a "valued companion" (text). This shows us that the girl can trust her rural friend while urban people cannot. Later the girl's past is shown to us and we can see how she is much more comfortable in nature. This is confirmed when the boy appears. Sylvia is terrified of him but later is interested in him because of his kindness. Because of Sylvia's bad urban history, she can see how wonderful rural life is and will not allow the boy to Eric Godsey corrupt her. She will not betray nature by helping the boy find the heron ...
- 25606: Hidden Persuaders in Advertising
- ... have a choice in these decision or are we compelled to make them by some hidden force. When you look at all the brands of milk powder available today the fingers in your hand wouldn't be enough to count them. We have to make a decision on which brand to choose. The question is what is the basis on which this choice will be made on. Most of the time ... the best mother in the world acted by some beautiful model gives her children that brand of milk. The children are showed to be happy and lively and the mother asks here audience "Why don't you give your child Nespray and make him grow healthier. By doing this they make the mothers guilty for not giving their child this brand of milk. So they are compelled to buying that brand ... should tune into to get the music that will make you happy. The advertisers show you products which are new inventions and adds something you like to the picture and tells you that you can't live without it this persuades people into buying these things. They might have no particular use for the item they purchase but they buy it to satisfy their mind. The advertiser has become a ...
- 25607: The Fall of the Roman Empire Could Be Linked To Many Different Aspects: Army, Citizens, Barbarianism
- ... leadership in governing Rome was lacking. It was clearly visible that the Roman Emperor was the backbone of Roman stability and therefore the strength of the Roman army was also crucial in ensuing the empire's stability. But this stability was drastically altered when corruption and “necessary” errors were committed. ECONOMIC, BARBARIAN AND MILITARY PROBLEMS The Roman Empire was plunged into military anarchy and raided by barbarous Germanic tribes causing a ... fight in well framed units, their overall will to train and discipline required for fighting was almost unnoticeable. Emperors continued to play a negative role in the allotment of foreigners to take control. In Piganiol's essay he mentions that the, “emperors disarmed the citizens and trusted the defense of the empire to mercenaries.”(11) Valens was a clear example of the corruption in the higher class of the empire. He ... towards the barbarian units of the army, corruption towards the state and its people, gives ample reason why such a revolt in the Roman army occurred. Towards the end of the empire the Roman army's qualities deteriorated. The legions failed to defend borders, the army began to consist predominately of the peasants (citizenship issue). The change in the soldiers attitude explains in the lack of loyalty to Rome and ...
- 25608: The Great Gatsby
- ... people clean up the mess that they had made . . ." In the book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald it is suggested that self discovery can involve a process of disillusionment with oneself and one's friends. The above quote is an example of Nick's realization of how different he is from the people of the east, and Tom and Daisy in particular. Nick goes to great lengths to establish his own credibility and moral integrity in the reader. From ... tolerance has a limit". With Gatsby, Nick admits he makes an exception of judging. He is prepared to suspend both the moral code of his upbringing and the limit of his intolerance, because of Gatsby's "extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness". This is an exception that he will make for Gatsby and not anyone else in the novel. Nick overlooks Gatsbys bootlegging, and his association with Meyer Wolfshiem, ...
- 25609: 27 Years of Influential 60 Minutes
- ... the television news business and 60 Minutes gave the viewing public what it craved--shocking interviews and investigations which led to the uncovering of crooks, terrorists, and swindlers. Witnessing doors being slammed in a reporter's face became customary to the show. Before 1968 the nightly news would simply broadcast headlines; comparable to reading a newspaper. But 60 Minutes became a television newsmagazine offering the reader revealing, on camera stories about ... Group, says that "60 Minutes invented a new genre of television programming-the newsmagazine-and in the process had a dramatic impact on the television industry and the viewing habits of the American people." Stringer's comment is very true because if one were to scan through a TV index today, they would see that nearly all channels are infested with talk shows, tabloid programs, interview shows of famous personalities, and ... programs, all of which derived elements from 60 Minutes. Given that 60 Minutes set a new standard for presenting the public with ground-breaking stories, creator and producer of the show, Don Hewitt, says "It's what you hear more often than what you see that holds your interest. The words you hear and not the pictures you see are essentially what 60 Minutes is all about." The shows that ...
- 25610: Lies My Teacher Told Me - Book Report
- ... what the United States has stood for in the past. Heroification is a degenerative process that makes people into heroes regardless of any type of character flaw they may possess. It appears that Mr. Loewen’s greatest concern about heroification does not revolve around who gets chosen for the history books but what actually happens to them after they do. He cites two examples of people that had led colored lives ... average are not chosen by these people but by committees who are part of the countless school systems throughout this great nation. These committees who do chose which textbooks are used in their schools don’t actually have the time to read the textbooks but rather they scan through them. This in turn is a major motivator for the publisher to have a book that is flashy and eye catching rather ...
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