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- 8291: Shooting An Elephant
- In Orwell s essay Shooting An Elephant he describes the way he felt about the decisions he had to make and the pressure he was put under by all of the people around him. He emphasizes the fact ... do and that required him to do things that he might not have normally done. Orwell discusses the time he had in the town when a wild elephant got loose and was terrorizing the town s bizarre. He was sent to the location of the elephant and was forced to make a decision that would determine possibly how he was looked upon by all people from that day forth. Orwell was ... that the people would think of him as a coward. Orwell made it obvious that he did not feel that it was the right thing to do. However he also brought it to the reader s attention that the reason he did kill the elephant was because he felt he couldn't face the people if he didn't. He says, To come all that way rifle in hand, with ...
- 8292: How TV Impacts Teens
- ... This is a phrase that teenagers hear everyday. Where do they hear this? They hear it on TV. It is a phrase used in a commercial for beer. This phrase is used to attract people’s attention including teenagers. This is one of many problems with TV these days. TV teaches teens the wrong material. Some of the other problems with TV include violence and dialogue. When it comes to commercials ... there are also commercials for beer and cigarettes. These are items that could be fatal in some cases. Yet, these items are advertised on TV for teenagers to see. Commercials for beer or cigarettes aren’t to pursue just adults, but to pursue adolescents as well. The tobacco companies and alcohol companies know that teens are the age group who are most vulnerable, therefore these large industries target their ads towards teens. For example, there is a commercial for Molson Ice –a brand of beer– that use teens in their ad. The ad’s scenario is a high school party where teens are having fun while drinking beer. So what are teenagers going to think? They will think that if they drink beer they will have as much ...
- 8293: Portrait of a Dancer
- ... of a Dancer It was a sweet-as-molasses, sleepy Sunday afternoon in the middle of July. The heat was especially torrid as I walked in direct sunlight along the road leading to the water's edge. I was cooled by a gentle breeze as I drew closer to the small lapping waves and left the towering house farther behind me. When my grandfather had first moved into his new house ... shrieks of laughter announced the presence of the entire John horde. The fragrance of well-roasted meat reminded me that I was hungry. At the table, I nabbed the coveted seat of honor on Grandpa's left, resolved to fight to hold my place there so that I would have the opportunity to tell him of my plans. As soon as I had told him that I intended to be a ... clarinet (with talent and inspiration); my Uncle Josh played the piano; my father had mastered numerous instruments. They played chess, sailed, water skied, fished--all of this with energy and skill. But in my Grandfather's mind, there was a strong division between art and work, between work and play. Dance to him was play. Perhaps he might admit it was difficult and lofty play at times, but still not ...
- 8294: Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel Frescos
- ... I had bad feelings about thewhole thing from the day Julius commissioned me to paint instead of sculpt. I am anarchitect and sculptor not a fresco painter. It is not that I doubt my ability’s to completesuch a task, but I believe that there are other artists that would be much better suited for the job than I. It is of course an honor to be chosen to paint such ... along obliquely running columns thatwere separated my wedges of wood. Maybe Julius has chosen the right man for the job I sent to Florence for a number of assistance to help me with the fresco’s and thetechnique since I am somewhat hazy with the technique involved. I started my work onthe cartoons for the frescos. These 12 Apostles that I am commissioned to paint are soboring I must find a way around painting them in such a dull fashion. As we started to paint the fresco’s I became very uninspired by the idea of the 12 apostles I was upset andconfused. I knew that this was not the right idea for the ceiling.(Redig De Campos, 170). I talked with ...
- 8295: Bitter Sweet Aspartame A Diet
- ... and water, and the problematic symptoms disappeared almost overnight. I also began loosing extra pounds without changing my quantity of food consumption immediately. Bittersweet aspartame is a diet delusion. Controversy has surrounded aspartame since it’s creation in 1879. On a large scale, the public remains uninformed of the hazards of this popular chemical. Why aren’t people asking “What is this stuff made of, and why is the FDA forced to put a warning label on every product containing aspartame?” The average diet pop drinker doesn’t realize how much of this chemical he or she is consuming on a daily basis, or the possible effects aspartame toxicity could have on the body. What is it? In 1879, while developing new ...
- 8296: Vivisection
- ... protect life" (1:131) The issue of killing animals for the use of biomedical research, education, and cosmetics can be referred as "vivisection". Twenty-five to thirty-five million animals are spared in the U.S.A. each year for the purpose of research, testing, and education. Although vivisection serves as an important tool for scientists and doctors to work in research and may benefit humans, the harms indeed outweigh the ... have no sensations. Singer argues and thinks that animals have feelings, desires, and preferences. He observed that stimuli that cause pain to humans, such as hitting and burning, cause pain to animals (1:25). Singer ‘s position is that equal harms should be counted equally and not downgraded for animals. However, he does not say that humans and animals have an equal moral status, for he believes that "humans are superior to their fellow animals by virtue of God-given soul" (12:37). Regan, another opposer to Descarte's view, feels that animals do feel pain and have desires as well. He believes that animals are "Subjects of a life just as human beings are and a subject of a life have inherent ...
- 8297: In Cold Blood: Summary
- ... whole region and eventually the country was shocked by the randomness and brutality of the act, in much the same way it was by the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The two men in which didn't even know the Clutter family went into their house and shot all four of them. There were two main characters. Dick is the first one that I will talk about. Dick was 33 years old and he did not have the best character. Dick was one who helped participate in the killing of the Clutter family. I didn't like him from the very beginning. He struck me as the type that is your friend one minute and enemy the next. Perry is the other charecter that I will talk about. Perry wasn't as bad as Dick but yet he still struck me as having a bad character for what he did to the family. It took me awhile to get a good impression of Perry. Perry ...
- 8298: Beowulf - A Noble
- ... being attacked by the evil monster Grendel. Without even asking king hrothgar what was in it for him Beowolf got up and took 14 of his men and sailed on a ship to king hrothgar's palace to face the evil monster Grendel in hand to hand combat. Beowolf told the king that he will leave his fate to god and if god wants him killed Grendel will kill him.If god doesn't want him to die beowolf will come out victorios in killing Grendel. The king liked Beowolf's noble words and wished him luck.Beowolf without hesitation laid down in the line of knights to wait for Grendel to strike. This part of the story shows that Beowolf is not completly moral ...
- 8299: Call Of The Wild By Jack Londo
- ... For example, Buck pulls a sled 100 yards that has a thousand pounds of flour on it because John bet that he could (Page 50). Buck could not have moved the sled if he didn't love John. Manuel shows his love for money by selling Buck, the family dog. "He loved to play Chinese lottery" (Page 2). If he didn't love to play lottery Buck might still live in California. Manuel is the gardener for the family and the first person who sold Buck. Buck shows his love for leadership by fighting with Spitz. "The dominant primortal beast was stong in Buck" (Page 15). If Buck didn't want to be leader Spitz might still be alive because Buck never fought with anyone unless he had to. Spitz was the leader of the pack until Buck killed him. The many different settings ...
- 8300: Chinese New Year
- ... Chinese celebrate their own New Year? Chinese celebrate their own New Year in a unique way. First of all, Chinese people have celebrated their New Year as a spring festival for thousands of years. It’s a time for families and friends to visit. Since Chinese culture has a very long history, there is a very traditional way of celebrating the New Year. They also developed their own calendar system called ... day every year, because it is based on this calendar. A long time ago, most of the people in China were farmers. Every day life followed the cycles of planting and harvest. The New Year’s festival was held after the fall harvest and before the start of the spring planting season. The Lunar Calendar, based on the moon, begins in a month with a new moon. The Chinese New Year ... animals begins again. The animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. This year is the Year of the Rabbit, and according to the Chinese calendar, it’s the 4697th Year. Why would they choose Rat as the beginning of the cycle? How did the Chinese Animal Antics develop? There is a very old story, which tells us about this. The animals ...
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