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- 26731: The Baswate Tribe
- The Baswate Tribe Although the Baswate Tribe’s five institutions are important to them, the institutions of economics and religion are the focus of the tribe. Everything that is done in the tribe relies around the idea of survival and gods. All the ... education or political rule, showing that not much attention is put into it. The only education is that of their religion and the elders are the people who politically make the decisions. The tribe doesn’t really stress the idea of family either. The tribe only stays togeather because the religion tells them to and that it is keen to their survival. As you can see, the religion and economic aspect ...
- 26732: Animal Farm: A Political Satire of A Totalitarian Society Ruled By Dictatorship
- Animal Farm: A Political Satire of A Totalitarian Society Ruled By Dictatorship George Orwell's Animal Farm is a political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship, in all probability an allegory for the events surrounding the Russian Revolution of 1917. The animals of "Manor Farm" overthrow ... laws which must be obeyed. Their laws stated that animals shall never become like humans; cruel and manipulative. They shall not wear clothing nor sleep in beds. Most importantly, they are to respect one another's equality and killing another animal is strictly forbidden. Meanwhile, the pigs as leaders are taking bigger food rations for themselves justifying their behavior as something necessary for the "brains" of their animal society. At this ... led the masses in rebellion against the Czar and the entire royal family. Unfortunately, as with the pigs, power corrupted and the people were then oppressed by their "comrades" under the new communist government. Orwell's message about power, in the hands of a few, is corrupting and does nothing to benefit the masses.
- 26733: University of Pennsylvania Essay Questions
- ... university diploma, and my receiving an excellent US education would vindicate the hard work he did to make this possible for me. When I first saw the booklet of University of Pennsylvania on my counselor's desk, I knew right away that this was the school I wanted to be part of. The University of Pennsylvania offers me much more than an education. It also offers me the opportunity to learn how to be an individual who can fulfill society’s needs both now and in the future. Moreover, since UPenn has a long history of “firsts, ” I knew that I would fit in the dynamic, inventive atmosphere. Since the responsibility of being the “first” is ... got a sense of the business world from the level of the lowest employee. I ended the summer very content and quite motivated to excel at college to avoid mindless, unskilled work like my McDonald’s job. Question: Most people belong to many different communities-groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which ...
- 26734: Don Quixote
- ... to the ordinary men he meets. Windmills are thus transformed into giants, and this illusion, together with many others, is the basis for the beatings and misadventures suffered by the intrepid hero. After the knight's second sally in search of adventure, friends and neighbors in his village decide to force him to forget his wild fancy and to reintegrate himself into his former life. The "knight" insists upon following his ... may appear as though Sancho Panza is a remarkably faithful and trustworthy friend to Don Quixote but it seems to me that he is really an immoral glutton. The only reason he becomes Don Quixote’s squire is because he is promised riches. The book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is a capricious tale of an older man’s quest to become a knight. Outfitted in such absurd gear as a bucket for a helmet and dubbed knight by an innkeeper the old man sets out with his squire and has many comical ...
- 26735: How To Wash Clothes
- ... if you need bleach or just regular washing powder. Do not wash colored clothes with bleach or else it will bleach your clothes. Check how much laundry you have for a load size. You don’t want to overload the washer, or it may damage it. Set all the settings where they are needed. Turn it on then pour the washing powders in. Don’t pour the washing powder in after you put your clothes in. The washing powder will not spread out if it is put in after the clothes. Finally, after the clothes are done washing, check the ... a fabric softener in with your clothes. A fabric softener softens clothes, makes them smell good, and helps eliminate static. A dryer may shrink clothes a little when drying. If you have something you don’t want shrunk, you may want to hang it on a hanger to dry. After the clothes are finished drying, get your clothes out as soon as possible. The sooner you get your clothes out ...
- 26736: Greek Myths
- ... the Titans, and the Hecatoncheires, or the Hundred- Handed Ones. Uranus let the Titans roam free, but he imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hundred- handed Ones beneath the earth. Finally, Gaea could not bear Uranus's unkindness to the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones any longer. Gaea joined Cronos, one of the Titans; and together, they overcame Uranus, killed him, and threw his body into the sea. Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, later rose from the sea where Uranus's body had been thrown. Now Cronus became king of the universe. Cronos married his sister, Rhea, and they had six children. At the time of Cronos's marriage to Rhea, Gaea prophesied that one of his children would overthrow Cronos, as he had overthrown Uranus. To protect himself, Cronos swallowed each of his first five children -- Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and ...
- 26737: Lord Jim
- ... aboard the ship. Jim went before a panel for them to determine if he was guilty of leaving them to die or if he could have saved them. They revoked his navel certificate, and Jim's image of himself and his self-esteem were shattered. A man named Marlow went to Jim and spoke with him about his future and even offered him a job. Jim accepted, but soon after ran ... no one would bother him. On the way there, he was captured by Rajah Allang and his people. He escaped and made it to a tribe of Malays, headed by Doramin, a friend of Jim's acquaintance Herr Stein. He felt safe around these people, and even fell in love with one of their women. When Gentleman Brown came to Patusan, he threatened everything Jim had worked for. He planned on plundering the settlement. Jim talked to him and promised him a safe trip down the river and promised the Malays that nothing bad would happen. But the chief's son and many others were killed, and Doramin was outraged. Jim returned to the village, knowing he would be punished. When he got there, Doramin shot him in the chest and he died. I ...
- 26738: Recent Changes To Welfare
- ... Mary Jo Bane believes the new welfare law poses serious dangers to poor children and families. As assistant secretary for children and families in the Department of Health and Human services, she supported the administration's efforts to refocus the welfare system on work and to increase state flexibility through the waiver process. But in the course of reviewing state welfare reform proposals, she became concerned that politics and financial pressures ... The answer, disturbingly, is nothing. During a floor debate, Senator Edward Kennedy described this as "legislative child abuse". (Edelman) While the authors are agreed that this is ,overall, a bad idea, they also each can't help but praise a few pieces of the legislation, such as the child care and self-improvement initiative. They express how the program set forth in a well intended manner, in the hopes of correcting ...
- 26739: African Diaspora
- ... from South Carolina, Louisiana and Surinam supports the second and third arguments much more than the first. The third argument, that of cultural transformation, is the argument I find to be most valid. John Thornton's analysis of this issue is extremely helpful. He addresses the "no connections" arguments in chapters 6, 7 and 8. He outlines the claims made by scholars Franklin Frazier, Stanley Elkins, Sidney Mintz and Richard Price ... He notes the tendency of researchers to focus on specific "Africanisms" rather than the cultural totality and stresses the fact that "cultures change through constant interaction with other cultures..." (209, 207). I agree with Thornton's analysis. As stated in a passage from our paper: It would be naïve to think that after being enslaved and transported across the sea to a foreign continent African slaves were able to physically transplant ... relative freedom. Gwendolyn Hall depicts how Africans created a network of "secret" communities in the cypress swamps surrounding plantations. These Maroons would hide out "for weeks, months and even years on or behind their master's estates without being detected or apprehended" (Hall 203). Hall describes the creolization of Africans and Europeans in Colonial Louisiana: "Conditions prevailing...molded a Creole or Afro-American slave culture through the process of blending ...
- 26740: Suicide
- ... way to die, I shall argue the other point. That being suicide does have its merits. Before you people start screaming, hear my case out. Most people argue that nothing justifies the taking of someone's life. Yet what makes life so valuable? Why do people cling to it so? All we consist of is a bunch of carbon atoms, bound together to form an exoskeleton, organs, and tissue. In this ... hard to grasp. Selfish in whose eyes? Certainly not the eyes of the victim. To them, they consider it selfish of others to try and preserve their life. Again, the argument of the stoppers don't know what the victim has to go through. They are not the ones enduring the pain. Religious people also crop up into the debate. Catholics claim that for someone to committ suicide sneds their soul ...
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