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- 5341: Perception: Seeing is Believing - UFOs
- ... grasp the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe would study the patterns of the stars and planets to try to put this massive puzzle together. In their studies history has recorded sightings of objects that didn't hold to any pattern or set movement supposedly proved to be correct. Objects that moved freely in the sky in any way, shape or form they pleased. Having no further explanation for these dilemmas of space, they were dubbed "UFO's". The acronym UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. Modern electronics and science have helped us in the search for an explanation of these mysterious floating objects. In actuality they haven't gotten us much further on the mission for proof of other living beings in the universe. But in a universe so incomprehensibly large that we no not even a boundary, I sincerely doubt that ...
- 5342: Wuthering Heights
- Wuthering Heights "My greatest thought in loving is Heathcliff. If all perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be... I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure... but as my own being" (74). In Emily Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights, this statement of Caterine's undying love for Heathcliff best resembles the central theme of the story; a love that is stronger than death. In Wuthering Heights, a story about love turned obsession, Bronte manipulates the desolate setting and ...
- 5343: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse The destruction of the grand style of the epic is just what Pope was after in his mock epic, "The Rape of the Lock." Pope had no such universal goal ... the life of the nobility of his time. While Milton chose blank verse to express the immensity of the landscape of his epic, Pope chose to utilize the heroic couplet to trivialize this grandeur. Pope's quick wit bounces the reader along his detailed description of his parlor-room epic. His content is purposefully trivial, his scope purposefully thin, his style purposefully light-hearted, and therefore his choice of form purposefully ... satirizes female vanity. He wrote the poem at the request of his friend, John Caryll, in an effort to make peace between real-life lovers. The incident of the lock of hair was factual; Pope's intention was to dilute with humor the ill feelings aroused by the affair. He was, in fact, putting a minor incident into perspective, and to this end, chose a mock-heroic form, composing the ...
- 5344: UFOs: We Are Not Alone
- ... seems to fit fairly well. In the past, when the average person spotted a ufo they were quickly discounted as a kook or con-artist in search of either attention or monetary reward. It wasn't until more reputable figures in our society began to come forward that we started looking at this issue a little more seriously. An article written in 1957, entitled " strange lights over grenada" written by Aime ... towards the F- 84S. In an instant the flat disc sped overhead in a hazy blur and vanished. When cpt. Ferriera was questioned by portuguese air force investigators, he was quoted as saying: "please don't come out with the old explanation that we were being chased by the planet venus, weather balloons, or freak atmospheric conditions. What we saw up there was real and intelligently controlled and it scared the ... that have been documented and cross verified by other sources. To date the portuguese government has taken no official position as to what the luminous discs were. The united states has had more than it's fair share of unexplained aerial objects. In february of 1960 the n.A.A.D.S. (North american air defense system) spotted a satellite of unknown origin orbiting the earth. They knew that it ...
- 5345: The Repulsive Effects of Smoking
- The Repulsive Effects of Smoking Smoking has grown to be the leading cause of death in the 90's. Over the past decade, smoking has become very popular among young adults. Kids as young as the age of fourteen, have been exposed to cigarettes. The influence of false and misleading advertisement on youngsters is ... of negative effects. A recent survey composed of college students’ opinions, revealed what they really think about smoking. The students at the University of Florida argued about these questions: Does cigarette smoke effect a person’s health and body? Does cigarette smoke habit bring about financial problems? The most argumentative question was that if smoking is liked or disliked by the opposite sex? The answers given to questions asked on this ... of people. Just in the United States alone, 400,000 people have died due to tobacco related illnesses. Study has shown that a single cigarette contributes to the loss of seven minutes of a person’s life. As Lawrence C. An, MD, documents, “Each day nearly 3000 young people begin smoking, one in three of whom may die prematurely.” Doctor An tries to convince people that chronic smokers have a ...
- 5346: The Epic of Gilgamesh
- ... not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story that we, as people, can relate to. There are similarities between Gilgamesh’s journey and our own journey through life. Some of the texts that will be compared with The Epic of Gilgamesh, are the Bible, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters of these stories are all have that burning desire to be successful in life, which we can relate to. These texts span across different time periods and societies ... deserve. In the Bible, one of many themes is the quest for something greater than what the seeker currently has, in terms of stature or wealth. One of many examples is the theft of Esau's birthright by Jacob. In Genesis 25: 27-34, Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son, Jacob wanted more than his proper inheritance, he wanted the rights as the first born son. His ...
- 5347: The Bible and If God Exists
- The Bible and If God Exists Sometimes, like this time. I have the chance to explain that I am an Atheist. not because I know there isn't a god, but because I don't believe there is. If someone insisted that their pet fish could talk, I really couldn't say I knew it didn't, especially if I could not go and see for myself, but it would still be fair for me to say that there are no talking fish. The relevance ...
- 5348: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... not content with what he has, good looks, money, and power, and desires more in life. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a story that we, as people, can relate to. There are similarities between Gilgamesh s journey and our own journey through life. Some of the texts that will be compared with The Epic of Gilgamesh, are the Bible, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The characters of these stories are all have that burning desire to be successful in life, which we can relate to. These texts span across different time periods and societies ... deserve. In the Bible, one of many themes is the quest for something greater than what the seeker currently has, in terms of stature or wealth. One of many examples is the theft of Esau's birthright by Jacob. In Genesis 25: 27-34, Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son, Jacob wanted more than his proper inheritance, he wanted the rights as the first born son. His ...
- 5349: Germany 3
- ... really losing WWI. They finally found out by reading it in the paper and this caused great psychological shock. Their leaders had lied to them. Germany thought they had lost in an unfair fight. Nazi’s said that the Jews had stabbed them in the back. And they were humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles. In 1923 the currency was so inflated that it wiped out the savings of the middle ... The Great Depression had really hit Germany hard. This is what gave Hitler is chance to move. He promised to restore jobs to Germans, which he did to some degree. Hitler was a Nazi. Nazi’s denounced communism, rejected democracy, believed in the right of the individual, and anti-seminitism (Jews were to blame for all the Germany’s problems). Germany had no universal knowledge. They said that there was only a German science and a German math. And that Physics was a Jewish discipline. Germany lost some of it’s leading physicists ...
- 5350: Bless Me, Ultima
- The loss of innocence in life is an inevitable process. Losing one s innocence comes merely by growing up. The philosophy of the loss of one s innocence is a definite theme in the book Bless Me, Ultima. This theme is displayed throughout the entire story and plot of the novel. There is loss of innocence all around the main character, Tony ... of the loss of innocence covers the entire essence of the book. There are many cases in the story where people had lost their innocence of life and it was lost to them forever. Tony s brothers are of such a case. They had gone to war to fight for their country and explore the world. But as they yearned and sought the outside and how it was, they lost ...
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