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- 7451: The Relation Between Abuse Neg
- ... difficulties. The remaining part of my research came from journal articles and books. In my findings, I am implying that maltreatment affects a child a great deal, most likely for a severe amount of one's life. The emotions that are built up in the child are going to cause outbursts of anger, confusion, anxiety, hostility and distrust. Depending upon the intensity and the length the maltreatment occurs for assists in ... have an influence upon delinquent behaviors. "Maltreatment is referred to as the parental behaviors that are considered acts intended to inflict physical or psychological harm and that reflect a lack of concern for the adolescent's well-being, sense of self, and social competence." (Brezina, Timothy) Maltreatment causes neurological damage, deficits in cognitive socioemotional functioning, and learning of antisocial problem solving and failure in school. Depending upon the severity and length ... the maltreatment put onto the child determines the level of violent behavior put forth by the juvenile. Severe physical, psychological, and neurological consequences can come about because of maltreatment. These consequences may impair the child's ability to socially integrate in various ways. Within the last ten years studies have found strong associations between inadequate parental nurture, harsh or erratic discipline, and delinquent or violent behavior in childhood and adolescence. ...
- 7452: Freedom
- ... conflict. Although Hobbes stated that all people are roughly equal, still, if someone has more, others have less. The insecurity regarding what you can keep leads to violence. "where there are no restraints on people's actions, it leads to the war of 'all against all'" says Hobbes. So, Hobbes is basically saying, any state is better than the state of nature, be glad that the state is there. Even if ... which leaves power out of the hands of the people and leads to criticisms from philosophers such as Locke and Rousseau, who counters Hobbes with their own ideas of the "state of nature". In Locke's "State of Nature" the "State of Nature" is ordered by the Laws of Nature, including your Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property. If a man works a piece of land and makes it better ... property, agriculture, science, and commerce. People entered into a social contract among themselves, establishing governments and educational systems to correct the inequalities brought about by the rise of civilization. All of the differences between Rousseau's theories when compared to Locke and Hobbes, begin with different interpretations of the state of nature. Since Hobbes had the impression that all people were egoists and were only interested in their own good, ...
- 7453: Summary of "Of Mice and Men"
- Summary of "Of Mice and Men" This classic is set in 1930's California and tells of an unlikely pair of optimistic laborers who work the dusty vegetable fields of California. Their names are Lennie Small and George Milton... with George being the leader. Lennie is a man ... them the emplyment which they badly needed. Luckily, they manage to land the jobs. Not long after, Lennie has his first run in with Curley , the bosses son but nothing happens. They learn about Curley's tarty wife and her exploits with the "eye" and George realises that the potential touble makers are Curley and his wife.. they both could make Lennie do something bad and George warns Lennie about this ... There was a disagreement between Slim and Curley and he (Curley ) hadd all this mounted stress and tension that he unloaded onto Lennie for no reason. After a few minutes of passive resistance to Curley's beatings and George's encouragement to hit him back, Lennie grabs a hold of Curley's fist and breaks it. This was their last confrontation as Curley had no choice but to back down ...
- 7454: Personal Writing: A Schoolyard Lesson
- ... myself; I knew today was going to be just fine. My family and I had just moved from Guatemala, and today was to be my first day at Bel Air Elementary School. I usually don't get worried about these situations, since I've been through the routine before, besides I tend to make friends pretty easily. Why would today be any different, I told myself. I finished brushing my teeth ... for awhile: filling out paper work, introducing ourselves, all the first day stuff. I heard a few kids say they were new to the area, of which Brian Vedder was the only boy. He wasn't much to look at, not a soap opera star, or a great athlete, just a regular kid. Nonetheless I thought I'd like to meet him and talk to him later on in the day ... this time we all were becoming restless, and I definitely knew why. Everyone was waiting for recess, the time when kids get to have fun and let it all hang out. After all we didn't have class all summer, and keeping our butts in those chairs for so long was beginning to hurt. Lunch rolled around and we knew what that meant; recess was next. The bell rang and ...
- 7455: Muhammed Ali
- Muhammed Ali In some people’s eyes Muhammed Ali is the greatest boxer ever. He has always been classified as great! He was even classified as the greatest athlete in the 20th century by Sports Illustrated. He was the first to ... to fight properly. Clay was a small man when he started boxing as an amateur; he weighed only eighty-nine pounds. Clay would soon become the man to see at the Columbia Gym. Joe Martin’s wife said that Clay was an overall nice guy. He was polite and always did what he was asked to do. He carried his Bible with him all the time, read when he could, and ... a kid obsessed with boxing. Clay got bigger and stronger as his talents grew. Sometimes, to keep in shape, Clay would race the city buses to school. Bettie Johnson, a school counselor said “Clay wasn’t a good student, and if he had not been a boxer, he would not have stood out in any way but he went to school like he was supposed to.” Clay never had any ...
- 7456: A Review of "To Build A Fire"
- ... is truly accustomed to, is his own. Never being exposed to such a harsh climate, draws us to the conclusion that the environment is the determining factor of his survival, as well as his dog's too. Anything that the man and his dog comes into contact with, creates an anticipation for disaster in the story. London places a strong emphasis on the setting in the introduction to the story. “Day ... monster of his. What he would do if the inevitable happened to him, is his personal monster. This situation causes the man to become selfish, only focusing on his present actions and thoughts. The man's ignorance to his surroundings foreshadows a possible downfall. London provides us with subconscious hints in his writing, that lead his readers to believe that the man will suffer a tragedy in the end of the story. “Its instinct told a truer tale than was told to the man by the man's judgment.” Having only the knowledge of his previous experiences, the man is at a disadvantage to the dog. The dog by nature, is an animal that has an innate gift of instinct. The setting ...
- 7457: A Rose For Emily
- Miss Emily's male interaction in A Rose for Emily The way that a person is raised has a lot to do with their personality and actions as an adult. The protagonist in "A Rose for Emily" is ... male figures throughout her life. Even though there were few, Miss Emily was dependent and unable to let go of her men that she encountered during her lifetime. The first male figure in Miss Emily’s life, and the one that caused Emily’s dependency, is her father. All through Emily’s life, her father kept her close at home and didn’t allow her to see other men. This of course caused Emily to realize that she ...
- 7458: Review of Citizen Kane
- Review of Citizen Kane Citizen Kane was written and directed by Orson Welles. This classic masterpiece was completed in the 1940’s. It uses film as an art form to energetically communicate and display a non-static view of life - its components include unconventional lighting, inventive use of shadows, deep-focus shots from extreme foreground to extreme background, low-angle shots revealing ceilings, sparse use of close-ups, and the frequent use of transitionary dissolves and long, uninterrupted sequence shots. The movie’s theme is told from several perspectives by several different characters, is the thought-provoking, tragic story of how a millionaire newspaperman, who idealistically made his reputation as the champion of the underprivileged, becomes corrupted by a lust for wealth, power and immortality. As we take a closer look at the theme that is expressed by Kane’s ex-wife Susan we learn that things weren’t always what they had seemed. Thompson meets with Susan at a nightclub and questions her about Kane. She remembers that Kane "was really interested in ...
- 7459: The Awakening 4
- The Process of Edna Pontellier's Awakening The society of Grand Isle places many expectations on its women to belong to men and be subordinate to their children. Edna Pontellier's society, therefore, abounds with "mother-women," who "idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it to a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals" (689). The characters of Adele Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz represent ... feels about herself, which greatly differs from the mother-woman image. She says, "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money; I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me" (720). Similarly to Edna's relationship with her children is ...
- 7460: Exiles 2
- Exiles Response In the essay "Exiles," Carolyn Steedman uses different voices throughout the story. Steedman uses her mom, dad, and grandma's voice to speak her essay to the reader. She does this by either using someone else's memories of the instant by referring to what their mom did, told by the father or grandmother. She also uses memories or voices that her mom or dad said. An example of this would be the telling of Steedman mom's story, which was told by her father at the time "in bits and pieces throughout the fifties"(647). Her father says about Steedman's mother, "Your mother drank gin once," contradicting what Steedman heard ...
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