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- 25781: Capital Punishment
- ... of the gas was a huge factor that was constantly argued. The continuing desire for a less painful, error-free means of execution led to the development of the lethal injection method in the 1970's. Initially it was approved in Oklahoma and Texas in 1977. This method involved injecting a combination of a sedative, which is used to make the execution less painful, and a fatal chemical agent into the ... Similar before and after studies in Canada, England, and other countries likewise found that the suggestion of Capital Punishment had deterred murderers better than the prospect of long prison terms. In Britain during the 1950's, a typical "lifer" actually served only seven years, compared with a much tougher average, the United States life term today of twenty years. Between 1930 and 1980 there have been 3,860 executions in the ... Nevada is second with twenty, Texas with 16.9, Florida at 14.5. South Dakota has the lowest murder rate with .7 murders per 100,000 population. Since the Supreme Court rulings in the 1970's up to 1984, only sixteen death row inmates have been executed. In America we have many criminals. Different societies have different views on how these criminals should be punished. The more harsh we are ...
- 25782: Lord Of The Flies
- ... of having two groups within the whole, a leader must emerge in order to keep the two groups working efficiently. Since there is no adult on the island to take on the responsibility, the character’s environment once again forces them to elect a leader. The person who is elected is Ralph. He is forced to be organized and insightful on how to keep everyone alive. This is shown through him ... not qualified to be leader of the entire group and did not want to follow his orders. Therefore, the leader of one group was Ralph and the leader of the other group was Jack. Jack’s group moved into the forest to live. Golding decides for that group to move there because that group is evil, and savagery. This is what most people believe to be the place where savages live ... spirit and the civilized. The setting in the Lord of the Flies is quite significant in the development of the story. William Golding uses it to motivate character behavior, foreshadow events and represent his character’s personalities. He did an excellent job in painting a setting that did more than play a background but a literary element that helped make the novel more entertaining.
- 25783: Hiroshima
- Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, southwestern Honshu, Japan. Hiroshima has warm, humid summers with July temperatures. Hiroshima caught the attention of the world when a U.S. plane dropped the first atomic bomb on the City, destroying it on August 6,1945. The Atomic bomb blast in 1945 obliterated three- fifths of the city within seconds and killed about 75,000 people ... me!" and she saw her youngest child, Mohawk the five year old buried up to her chest and unable to move. As Mrs.Nakamura started Frantically to claw her way toward the baby, she couldn't see or hear anything of her other children. Mrs.Nakamura always was a strong person, she never thought of the worst and always hoped for the best. Here is an example of her strength, Mrs ...
- 25784: The Life of Benjamin Franklin
- ... situations. Even as a child, he was a natural leader, leading friends in and out of scrapes. Through analyzing the life and contributions of Benjamin Franklin, one can discover that he was one of America’s most influential founding fathers. When Franklin was a child, it was difficult to provide him with a job he readily enjoyed. At the age of 10, his father showed young Benjamin many job opportunities in ... struggled on to Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, he found work at an old press owned by a gentleman named Keimer. Keimer loved arguing about religion, and discussed many things with Franklin. Franklin approached and answered Keimer’s questions with such tact, Keimer was impressed with his natural skills as a disputer. It was during these years that Franklin kept a journal describing various English towns and the characters of their residents. This ... Again and again, Franklin urged his countrymen to maintain resistance, and he was one of the original and most hearty fighters for independence. In conclusion, it is obvious that Benjamin Franklin was one of America’s most influential founding fathers, and he contributed greatly to his country. His scientific and patriotic mind improved the lives around him, and his humorous side enlightened them. One statement demonstrates these qualities; while waiting ...
- 25785: Frankenstein: Good and Bad Choices
- ... or task was to create man. After creating the man, Prometheus felt it his job to protect his creation. In doing so, he gave fire to man that he had stolen from Zeus. From Prometheus's actions he suffered for the rest of eternity. When Victor Frankenstein made his being, he made a choice to "animate lifeless clay and body-parts", to become a being. The choice he made would haunt ... recover during the night. After Victor Frankenstein created his being, he called it pure evil, but in reality, Victor made his being evil. When Prometheus opens the box that his bother sends to him (Pandora's box) he lets out all the evil things that corrupt the world. Frankenstein can be compared to Prometheus. Both Frankenstein and Prometheus made things that undoughtily went wrong. Frankenstein made the being and by the end of the book the being had turned out to be an evil creature that no one wanted to have anything to do with. But at the same time, Prometheus brought on himself Pandora's Box. In the same way, Victor Frankenstein is like Zeus. Frankenstein made the being and Zeus made Prometheus and he made fire to help out man. Frankenstein, after making his being, did not want ...
- 25786: The Red Badge of Courage: Belief
- ... believes that when he becomes a hero he will become a man and know about life. The youth believes becoming a hero will make him the person he wants to be. In reality he doesn’t know what he wants, or if he truly wants to be a hero. He runs from a battle confused, he believes that he was better off than the other soldiers who might die were. In ... the flag in the heat of a battle. The other characters also believed in what the fought for in the end of the book and for example the loud soldier who (believed that he wasn’t afraid ended up changing and becoming a nice person as well as a good friend. He learned that what he originally believed, which was I am not afraid of anything wasn’t what he truly believed. He was terrified; he even gave the youth his will. The Union or blue sky with sun, believed in what they fought for. They believed that a state cannot succeed ...
- 25787: Heart Of Darkness 2
- ... untruth. It can be a false statement or a statement left unsaid which causes someone to be misled. In life lies are told for many different reasons. In fiction they thicken the plot. In Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Marlow dislikes lies and therefore only tells two, both in extraordinary circumstances, and the lies show the following about Marlow: even though he has been touched by evil, he is still a ... lets others continue to believe what they already believe; and that this helps him justify the lies. Marlow, in the middle of his story, interupts himself to say "You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie." He does not think he is better than the rest of the world. Lies simply appal him. Marlow feels there is a "taint of death, and a flavor of mortality in lies ...
- 25788: Hospitality in The Odyssey
- ... he treated his guests. Since Polyphemus did not treat Odysseys and his men well, Odysseys wanted his revenge. They seized their "...stake with its fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant's eye till blood came boiling up around the smoking shaft and the hot blast singed his brow and the eyelids round the core and the broiling eyeball burst." (IV, 433-437) Odysseys got revenge on another group of men that weren't very hospitable to him, not even in his own house. When he returned home, disguised as an old man, the suitors that were guests in his house, did not give him a very warm welcome ...
- 25789: Capital Punishment: For
- ... a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then those that do not. In order for capital punishment to work as a deterrence, certain events must be present in the criminal's mind prior to committing the offence. The criminal must be aware that others have been punished in the past for the offence that he or she is planning, and that what happened to another individual ... as a deterrent, because of human nature to ignore practised advice and to self learn. There are those who claim that capital punishment is in itself a form of vengeance on the killer. But isn't locking up a human being behind steel bars for many years, vengeance itself? And is it "humane" that an individual who took the life of another, should receive heating, clothing, indoor plumbing, 3 meals a ...
- 25790: The Odyssey: Virtues and Vices
- ... revenge. One of the themes commonly used is the abiding and the breaking of the law of hospitality set by the Greek gods. One example of not showing hospitality is where Antinous strikes "the man's (Odysseus') right shoulder blade – like solid rock..." with a stool. Because of Antinous' foolish action, he eventually dies due of it. His sentence went with the crime and served him right. Some consequences of not ... to let Odysseus and his men go and when Polyphemus eats a few of Odysseus' men. This act was repulsive considering he was eating men almost the same race as himself. Since the Cyclops didn't treat his guests with respect and hospitality, it led to him being blind for the rest of his life. In every case, story or real life, if hospitality is not practiced bad things will happen ...
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