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- 381: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... a journey to California in the hopes of prosperity and possibly excess. Casy represents how the many situations in life impact the ever-changing souls of human- beings and the search within to discover one's true identity and beliefs. Casy, however, was much more complex than the average individual. His unpredjudiced, unified, Christ-like existence twists and turns with every mental and extraneous disaccord. Jim Casy is an interesting, complicated ... a preacher. Casy and Jesus both saw a common goodness in the average man and saw every person as holy. Both Christ and Casy faced struggles between their ideals versus the real world. (Despite Casy's honesty, goodness, and loyalty to all men, he would not earn a meal or warm place to stay. Although Jesus had many followers, still others opposed his preaching until the very end. ) These prophets attempted ... pleasures along their trips and kept their hope and spirit throughout the journey. Thanks to Jesus, the saddest, dullest existence has had its glimpse of heaven.) Casy once remarked, "I gotta see them folks that's gone out on the road. I gotta feelin' I got to see them. They gonna need help no preachin' can give 'em. Hope of heaven when their lives ain't lived? Holy Sperit when ...
- 382: Character Analysis of Metamorphosis
- ... way to work and a speeding car hit him. Due to the impact, he loses consciousness. The next day he wakes up in the hospital and he is paralyzed all over. What would this man's first thought be? Of course, he would question why that he is paralyzed and if this illness is curable. Unlike the character in my parable, the main character in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," worries about the most unlikely things. Although Gregor Samsa had awoken to discover that he is an insect, he is afraid that he will be late for work and as a result, he will lose his job. Now that Gregor had become an insect, he can no longer work and provide for the whole family. In turn, it is now Gregor's turn to rely on his family to take care of him. By the way his family treats him, Gregor realizes he was an instrument they had often use without a care. Before the metamorphosis, ...
- 383: Munro's How I Met My Husband: Edie's View
- Munro's How I Met My Husband: Edie's View In the story How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro, I looked at the element of the narrator. In this story the narrator wasnt hard to spot like some other stories. Edie tells the story through insights on her feelings, how she describes others in the story, and her romances. Throughout the story Edie experienced many different feelings ...
- 384: Do Companies Have Business Con
- ... firm to seek actions that protect and improve the welfare of society along with its own interests. Corporate social responsibility often challenges businesses to be accountable for the consequences of their actions affecting the firm's stakeholders while they pursue traditional economic goals. The general public expects business to be socially responsible, and many companies have responded by making social goals a part of their overall business operations (Hay, 1989). This paper will discuss four companies that have a conscience towards our today's society, and helped to create a better community for all of us, they are Johnson & Johnson, American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), Herman Miller, and Procter & Gamble. A crisis confronted Johnson & Johnson in the fall of 1982, when seven Chicago area residents died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules contaminated with cyanide. Not only was $400- ...
- 385: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles revisited)
- ... of the day also reflect the reverence in which these men were held, as they are frequently mentioned. It is another mark of the degradation of the society that the primary estimate of a man's worth became the amount of money he earned. It is difficult in this holy age to conceive of such blasphemy, but it is necessary that we do so in order to avoid the same traps into which they fell. We have managed to reconstruct the scenario as far as was possible, but we endeavored to retain all of the original conversation in addition to our own narration. I don't think that there is anything further that you need to know about the recording, except perhaps that it appears to be incomplete. I would ask that you remain as silent as possible, because the tape ... along in the transcripts with which we have provided you." The Director signaled for the tape to begin, and left the stage. Dr. Zeis loaded the cassette into the machine and tested it. It wouldn't do to have it chew up the tape again, especially not for so important a patient: the sort of patient who could make his career . . . or break it. He knew he couldn't afford ...
- 386: A Man For All Seasons 3
- ... like to govern the whole country by prayer and Sir Thomas agrees. This shows how strong his faith was. Sir Thomas is a friend of King Henry VIII, but when he disagreed with the King s opinion on marriage, he was beheaded. King Henry was married to Catherine of Argon, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Catherine was Henry s brother s widow. King Henry and Catherine were married for State reasons , but although Catherine was pregnant many times, only one child survived Princess Mary. King Henry needed an heir to his throne, so he wanted ...
- 387: Do Companies Have Business Con
- ... firm to seek actions that protect and improve the welfare of society along with its own interests. Corporate social responsibility often challenges businesses to be accountable for the consequences of their actions affecting the firm's stakeholders while they pursue traditional economic goals. The general public expects business to be socially responsible, and many companies have responded by making social goals a part of their overall business operations (Hay, 1989). This paper will discuss four companies that have a conscience towards our today's society, and helped to create a better community for all of us, they are Johnson & Johnson, American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T), Herman Miller, and Procter & Gamble. A crisis confronted Johnson & Johnson in the fall of 1982, when seven Chicago area residents died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules contaminated with cyanide. Not only was $400- ...
- 388: The Us Is Murdering The Iraqis
- ... tech computers. Some may pick up the newspaper, but other than those few words on the page, the American population is living a life of excess. Excess that is at the expense of other people s lives. The American people take pride in the capitalistic democracy that is a model for the other countries, but they forget to watch the government. They don t even know what their government is doing. For years now people on the street curse and wish death upon the Saddam Hussein. He has been given titles such as the devil s son because the media has told all of the horrible things he has done. The media has shown how he is killing his own people for power. The struggle for power is killing the ...
- 389: Serial Killers
- Serial Killers "God, I've never done anything. Help me, help me! God, why is this happening? Help me!" Robert Violante screamed as the Son of Sam's .44 caliber bullet tore through his temple (Eyes of a Killer, http.//www.serialkiller.com). Serial killers are the most famous of all murderers because of their mass numbers of victims and their odd rituals ... known as a sociopaths, do not suffer from a mental illness, but from a character flaw. They are in touch with reality, and know right from wrong. They know killing is wrong, they just don't care (1994, Serial Killers, Time Life Books). You cannot pick a sociopath out in a crowd because they look just like everybody else. Actually, they act just like everybody else. You could have a neighbor that's a serial killer and not even know it. Psychopaths are everyday people with everyday lives, but they just have one problem, they have a need to kill. What does a serial killer do? Serial ...
- 390: Silas Marner: Eliot's Manipulation
- Silas Marner: Eliot's Manipulation Silas Marner, written by George Eliot, covers a time span of more than thirty years; however, emphasis is limited to three relatively short periods. The first period opens the book, showing Silas living his lonely existence at Raveloe, which leads ...
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