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- 25761: Spoken Words Versus Written Words
- ... more noble activity than writing. Speaking gives the listener a sense of trust. The speaker knows which audience to speak to and not to speak to. The opportunities that speaking offers us that writing can’t do is telling the listener about the events that happen during the present time, censorship, and trust from the credibility of the speaker. Through today’s technology more and more information is being presented in this world. Thus gives the speaker the upper hand to tell the facts as we speak during the present times. If present time information would be ...
- 25762: Mantle vs. Mays
- ... center field, Mantle started at Short Stop, and moved to right field before taking over center field from the retiring Joe DiMaggio. Mickey Mantle named after the hall of fame catcher Mickey Cochrane, his father’s favorite player. What made Mantle unique from the beginning was the fact that he was a switch hitter. Mantle broke into the major leagues before he turned twenty. Mantle had a .298 career batting average ... four years. Mantle was moved around a lot early in the career from short stop, where he had a short error filled season in minor league ball, to right field where he became the Yankee’s regular starter. Then in the fall of 1951 he was moved again to center field after the retirement of Joe DiMaggio. Defensively Mantle was an average player that seemed to always get the job done ... lead the Yankees to 7 World Series championships. Mantle holds World Series records in home runs, with 18; runs batted in, with 40; runs, with 42; and strikeouts, with 54. He also holds the Yankee’s record for most games played, and was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. So with the papers being full of headlines made by Mantle, one must wonder what it would take ...
- 25763: Comparing Two Poems
- ... creatures. This sentence stood out of the poem because it was repeated several times and also because it contained a greater sense of power to it than the rest of the poem because of it's repetition. This poem differs from Sylvia Kantaris's Package for the Distant Future because there is no repetition in words or sentences, but it still manages to give us a strong and clear message. The setting out of these two poems differs in ... longer exist and that the new generation must be told about the past, how death is just a beginning of a new generation. Similarly The Song of the Whale concentration of death revolves around man's influence over others. In Package for the Distant Future and The Song of the Whale both of the writers seem to understand and care for nature as indicated by the subjects of the poem, ...
- 25764: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... win. The inexperienced boys were persuaded in to fighting and dying for the victory of their country. This brought on a profound sense of disillusionment with the values of Western Civilization. In the German soldier s view they were looking to win the war and take over territory. Such as in Napoleon s time, in which his values was to imperialize weaker countries. The Germans and Napoleon both possessed selfish movies instead of looking through the victim s perspectives but rather looking to satisfy and protect their own desires and needs. This disillusioned the soldiers into fighting proudly for their homeland but never turning back to consider the possible downfalls in going ...
- 25765: Mirror of Myself
- ... her how she was feeling, and why she felt the need to dissociate on drugs everyday. With a look of optimism she replied, "right now I feel completely in control and full of hope. It's night time that is so excruciating and unbearable." Then, a look of fear and hopelessness quickly filled her eyes as she continued on with her explanation of why. She said, "well night is when I ... hold of the wailing child and is embracing her with love, acceptance, and open arms. Remember, this is her own personal struggle. We are all alone and we must all feel. Escaping from ourselves doesn't always solve the problems. It can help us feel better for the moment, however, there will always be another moment - tomorrow and the day after. I stand strong for her in this battle. For I ...
- 25766: The Holocaust
- The Holocaust Things that I learned from Notes and Mrs. Dekelbaum's speech. From Mrs. Dekelbaum's speech, I learned that the Holocaust happened 6 years before World War 2. I learned that during the Holocaust, more than six million Jews, and four million non-Jews, were killed by the Nazis. The ... and looted synagogues all over Germany. On September, 1939, Germany invaded Poland in "Lighting War," and War was declared. The same year, England and France became Allies against Germany. On July 1942, Deportation of Holland's Jews began. They were send to either Auschwitz, or Sobibor, which were death camps in Poland. Today, the Secretary of State is Jewish, and she never knew that. Her family background was from Slovakia, ...
- 25767: Effects Of Technology
- ... Many people respect and admire technology because it is there to benefit them. Without the technological advances we have had over the years, the world would not be what it is today. What people don t understand is that technology can actually be a bad thing. In society today, people are looking for more and more ways to be entertained, and all it is doing is causing problems. People are doing ... the Internet was first introduced, people never thought it would be as big as it is today. The Internet is an easy to use technology that can do just about anything. But what people don t understand is that the Internet is not all good. Much of the information posted on sites on the Internet is merely opinions, not factual information. When people look at this information, it looks and seems ... their seat to get something to drink or to go to the bathroom. Social gatherings and even family communication is being affected by the amount of television people are watching. At the beginning, people didn t know what they were going to do with a television, but now the question is how could people survive without a television. The Internet and Television are probably the two biggest technologies that are ...
- 25768: Anthem
- Anthem is a story of man s struggle to be free and to fight the masses of conformity. It tells of human nature and the want to gain all the knowledge that one could possibly attain. Man loses his safe haven and ... society but gains his freedom of individuality and his freedom of knowledge and the ability to understand. In Anthem, Prometheus and Gaea sin against society to become singular and understanding much like Adam and Eve s sin against God when they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge to gain wisdom; as a result, they can be compared to each other by there desire for learning and by their damnation ... exception of not to eat from a specific tree. They were told by the devil that this tree was the tree of knowledge and to eat of it would give them knowledge equal to God s. In Anthem, Prometheus and Gaea are told that they have everything that they will ever need or desire by the council. They are forbidden to gain knowledge that is not permitted by the council ...
- 25769: Police Brutality
- ... driver and his passenger. The driver was thrown against the hood and handcuffed. The passenger, a pregnant women was grabbed when she did not stop running, was clubbed repeatedly with a nightstick. The officers didn't even notice that a news helicopter was hovering above them recording everything live on television. {Streisand 10} Not every police beating is fortunate enough not to end without any major injuries. Take Jonny Gammage for ... stopped by whatever means necessary. Work Cited Brancato, Gilda and Elliot E. Polebaum The Rights Of Police Officers New york, A.C.L.U. 1981 Streisand, Betsy “ L.A. Chooses Sides : Cops vs. Aliens “ U.S. News and World Report Aprill 1996 10 Bruning, Fred “ Rogue Cops and Civillan Beatings” Newsday April, 1996 : 15. Daher, Kate “Justice For Jonny” {htpp://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ ~pshell/gammage/flyer.htlm October 1995. Winters ...
- 25770: Television: How It Effects Chi
- ... as loss of creativity , increased amounts of laziness and sudden violent attitudes and/or actions may result. Creativity is an important trait for a young child to have. When growing up it helps a child’s mind to develop, as they fantasize images of what they have experienced or are experiencing. When watching TV a child is entertained but also not thinking. The television hands information to them on a silver ... they see if it works and the child then becomes seriously injured or even dead. Also a child may see a villain on TV , scheming a plan to slay the hero or in the child’s case a teacher . In Alabama , a nine-year-old boy was caught putting rat poison in a box of candy and then proceeding to give it to his teacher. The boy responded by saying he ... a very major influence on peoples lives. Control needs to be taken by parents to regulate how much and what type of programs their child is watching. It will definitely help to expand your child’s capabilities by developing their minds , keep fit and active and learn non-violent ways of living.
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