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- 3121: First Love: Pathway to Adulthood
- ... inch of a person; like wildfire spreading through a tree. But as the feelings become more intense, the flame of passion can turn into a blazing fire that burns painfully through every vein. A person's first love is especially powerful because it grows from an innocent, naďve passion. Such was the case for both Vladimir, in Turgenev's First Love, and Tatyana, in Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. The first experience of unrequited love for Vladimir and Tatyana was filled with these raptures and tribulations, which, although left them broken hearted, gave them the strength and maturity needed to become ...
- 3122: Gay Marriages-Acceptable to God and America?
- ... Oakland. Naturally, they decided that a babysitter was required to look after my younger brother and I after school. I remember Debbie as a funny, energetic, and warm lady in her mid- thirties. It wasn’t until a decade later that I realized that she was gay. Debbie would take us to different places at least twice a week with a woman she told us was her “sister”. I could recall one time when I caught Debbie and her “sister” kissing each other rather intimately in front of the ladies’ room at McDonald’s. I thought it was rather peculiar, but I was really too young to even comprehend homosexuality. What I did comprehend, however, were the group of men whistling cat calls, using obscene gestures, and yelling out ... kind to me and my brother. What did Debbie and her “sister” do so wrong? Years later, I am convinced that Debbie and her “sister” were a lesbian couple, and the incident at the McDonald’s was a bunch of stupid, homophobic morons. These days crimes targeting gay and lesbian couples are heard on the news frequently, and it sickens me that such ignorance exists in America. I grew up ...
- 3123: The Outsiders: An Analysis
- The Outsiders: An Analysis Introduction In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author's style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the author. The author wrote the story when she ... made about the book too. The Outsiders is about a gang. They live in a city in Oklahoma. Ponyboy Curtis, a 14 year old greaser, tells the story. Other characters include Sodapop and Darry, Ponyboy's brothers, Johnny, Dallas, and Two-Bit, that were also gang members and Ponyboy's friends. This story deals with two forms of social classes: the socs, the rich kids, and the greasers, the poor ...
- 3124: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life
- Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21st, 1899. He was the son of Dr. Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small town called Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was brought up in a somewhat conservative household by his parents who pushed the value of politeness and religion. It wasn't until he began English classes in school that his writing talent began to shine. After he graduated from high school Hemingway turned his back on university and he decided to move to Kansas City. It ... who took him under her wing. She was first to point him in the direction of the simple declarative sentence, which was another great influence on his style. It seems to me that it wasn't until Hemingway developed an interest in bull fighting that the idea for "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" may have come around. Bull fighting seemed to trigger a whole new interest in Spain. The short ...
- 3125: Cults
- ... of the site, IRC Teen Chat. Jay18: I am a really great poet, but all of the kids in my class are pretty warped about it. I basically hide it from them because I don't need that hassle. Fire-Shade: My family has a great respect for the artist inside us all. I know you live in Michigan, and our family could always use new operatives all over the world ... family is about, it is about always fitting in and never hiding the truth to be liked or cool. Are you interested? Jay18: Well maybe Fire-Shade: Give me your phone number we really shouldn't talk about this here. Jay18: I would rather not give my phone number out. You give me yours, I won't be able to talk for long though. Fire-Shade: Trust is very important in our group. Do you trust me? You can't call us, unfortunately because we are not in a position to ...
- 3126: Childhood Experience Of Religion Conflicts
- ... the most wonderful and historical continents in the world. It is full of beautiful countries that represent their own religions and cultures. Europeans are mostly known for their ethnic food and historical sites and let's not forget parties and good time. Even though Europe might seem a very happy place, their politician issues and hate between religions still goes strong even till this day. In Montenegro two main religions are Islam and Orthodox. For centuries people of these two religions have been arguing and disagreeing. Reasons are too many but solutions are none. An experience that I can't understand till this day, which has painfully hurt me, was when I came back from Sweden on a cold December day in 1993. I was in Sweden for two years and I loved it there ... new language, which seemed so inspiring to me at that time. In my mind every human being seemed the same and I treated my friends equally. When I got back to my homeland, I couldn't wait to see my old neighborhood friends. It was like a dream come true to be home again. The next day I was able to enroll in the same grade as my friends and ...
- 3127: Drugs in Sports
- ... see the point of people competing when they are using a substance which is bound to give themselves an unfair advantage over other competitors, who are trying their level best to win fairly. I can't see how it cannot be worse to run a race fairly than cheat and artificially enhance a performance by taking drugs. In 1992 John Mcewick, was one of the most promising shot putter's in Britain, he took the silver medal in the all Britain games and at just 22 years of age, hopes were high for his future. However just 6 years later, he found himself totally isolated ... keep up with the majority of shot putters. When he refused to risk damaging his body with the possible effects of such illegal substances, John Mcewick found himself in a terrible position. He simply couldn't compete with other athletes who were becoming stronger and better than ever before. He also found that his trainer and main sponsor would no longer support him, because of his refusal to take such ...
- 3128: Life and Work of Shirley Jackson
- ... a magazine of literary quality, one that the English Club finally agreed to sponsor (Friedman, 21). In 1939, the first edition of "The Spectre" was published. Although the magazine became popular, the English department didn't like the biting editorials and critical essays. But inspite of the department's constant watch over the magazine, Leonard Brown, a modern literature teacher, backed the students and the publication. Later, Jackson was always to refer to Brown as her mentor; and in 1959 she dedicated her novel ... the opposite; that writing was relaxing. In 1949, the Hymans moved to Westport, Connecticut. As usual she worked hard. Six of her stories were published in various magazines including "The New Mexico Quarterly Review", "Collier's", and "The Reader's Digest." A year later her second novel, "Hangsaman" was ready for publication. Critics, a "Time" magazine staffer and the writer of "The Yale Review", regarded this book as one of ...
- 3129: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... getting beaten up every time the camera was on the ring. Today you do not see me running around killing or beating people up just for the fun of it. The reason that I don’t is, I was raised to know that it is fake and that it is against the law to do what they were doing. Even if I could go around and kill people or beat them up, I wouldn’t because I wouldn’t want that to happen to me. When the movie "Higher Learning came out in 1994 my sister and a couple of her friend took me to go see it at the Star Lincoln Park, ...
- 3130: Issues to Consider When Implementing a Corporate Code of Ethics
- ... their motives or actions. The American people felt that whatever the corporations were doing would benefit the people and the country. Then came the Nixon/Watergate scandal and it was during this era that America’s innocence and naiveté was broken. The public began to scrutinize corporations and elected public officials actions to question what social responsibilities corporations should have (Behrens and Rosen, 1997, pp. 768-770). Due to a more informed and conscientous society, nearly 75% of all American corporations have implemented a corporate code of ethics (Cavanaugh, 1997, pp. 796-811). A company in today’s high tech world that is deciding whether or not to be socially ethical needs to consider the following: the cost of being ethical, conflicts between goals and values, and the models of ethical decision making ... may have individual social values that they feel are important to social responsibility, but according to Freidman, they must not let these values interfere with their primary responsibility for which they were hired. In Freidman’s opinion, the primary responsibility of executives is to maximize corporate profit benefitting owners and stockholders. Social responsibility is a role the government must maintain, not the company. Friedman’s reasoning is that a company ...
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