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- 8371: Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex, when broken down into its core ingredients, is a story of a man's dealing with his guilt at inadvertent murder of his father and incest with his mother. Many people over the decades have thought that King Oedipus didn't deserve the troubles and misfortunes he encountered. It was believed that the god's predetermined people's lives, and it was unavoidable. Others thought that everyone had their specific place in life. They must die on their "appointed day," but whatever happened in between those two "fateful days" ...
- 8372: Internet Censorship and the Communications Decency Act
- ... minors". Although I feel that this law will probably be overturned like CDA, it shows how determined some politicians are to ignore our constitutional rights to free speech and impose their own views of what's "indecent" and "harmful to minors" on others. I believe that the government should have no business imposing these unconstitutional laws. The laws themselves are way to vague, many avocates of Internet censorship laws are ignorant of what the Internet really is or how it works, laws like these wouldn't work, and there are many alternatives to government enforced laws to protect children that would be much less invasive. The bills for laws aimed at regulating the Internet for the sake of child safety are ... on the Internet, and in being so vague, there is plenty of room for abuse of laws like these. Politicians could misuse these laws to ban things that they personally consider immoral or simply don't like even if they aren't considered "offensive to minors" by most people, abridging our rights to free speech even further. Aside from the vagueness of these proposed laws, they could prove impossible to ...
- 8373: Costly Mistake 2
- ... one hundred percent because of all the booze. After many hours, we finally came up with the idea of going to the glow and bowl at the bowling ally right up the road from Matt"s house. We proceeded to round up as many people as we could to join in our evenings plan and continued to drink very heavily. Once more people arrived we started to play cards and talk ... to push the limits to prove something meaningless and dumb. We had many hours before the nights events started. I remember thinking to myself that I was going to be in trouble If I didn't slow down on the liquid courage, a feeling that I was very accustomed to, but something wasn't right to night I felt a foreign feeling that I quickly dismissed and chased with another drink. Finally 10:30p.m. rolled around, A little over seven hours since we had started drinking. Like ...
- 8374: Huck Finn
- ... sister, Miss Watson. Huck grew up living wild out in the open, just going as he pleased. Now he living in a house, with two ladies that are very strict with manners. Although, he doesn’t runaway back to the woods, he still wishes he could go back to the easy living in the uncivilized outdoors. When Huck’s father learns of his wealth, he kidnaps Huck, and takes him back to a cabin on the other side of the river. After repeated beatings Huck escapes and makes the scene look as if he had been murdered. He then hides on Jackson Island, and returns to his life of freedom. Also on the Island is Jim, Miss Watson’s runaway slave. After finding out that the men of the town are searching for Jim, the two load up on a raft and sail down the river. Huck’s life has changed very drastically ...
- 8375: 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 ...
- 8376: After Apple Picking
- Set in the evening of a late autumn day at the end of harvest time, Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking” can be interpreted in two ways. The first is that the poem is an insight into Frost’s thoughts on the triviality of life, especially his own. The second is that it is a metaphor for the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Whatever the interpretation, there is a tension between feelings of ... the entire poem by the use of many contributing factors. “After Apple-Picking” paints the picture of a chilly evening near the beginning of winter. The speaker has just finished picking apples for that year’s harvest, his ladder still leaning against the tree. There are very few apples left on the tree and one of his baskets isn’t quite full. His feet hurt from standing on the ladder ...
- 8377: Gabon: An Example For All of Africa
- ... and has multiple political parties. The capitol, Libreville ( aprox. 275,000 people), is where all of governmental issues are taken care of. (1996 World Almanac pages 764-65) This is where the National assembly, Gabon's legislative branch, meets. Also this is where the president lives. President Omar Bongo has been president for 29 years. He has been getting reelected every 7 years since 1967. ( Clement's Encyclopedia of World Government 1996, page 146) As president, Mr. Bongo has many different jobs. He serves not only as chief administrator but also as Head of the State. In order to help him to ... up to 18 months in order to rule alone. ( World Book Encyclopedia 1992 page 2) Gabon has a peaceful history. They were first discovered by the Portuguese in the mid 15th century. The Portuguese didn't settle though. But during the 19th century France started gaining interest in Gabon. The first French settlement was in 1839. In 1848, Gabon became part of the French Congo. It wasn't until 1957 ...
- 8378: Gangs
- Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with n today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only ... peers into becoming part of a gang by making it all sound glamorous. Money is also an crucial factor. A kid (a 6-10 year old, who is not yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of ... hours of television watched by children are educational, so other ideas are being absorbed during this period of time. Many shows on television today are extremely violent and are often shown this from a gang's perspective. A normal adult can see that this is showing how foully that gangs are living. However, to a child this portrays a violent gang existance as acceptable. 'The Ends Justifies the Means' mentality ...
- 8379: William James
- ... his medical studies, he went on an exploring expedition in Brazil with the Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz and also studied psychology in Germany. During this time, William retired due to illness but that didn t stop his from excelling in the field. Three years later, in 1872, at the age of thirty, William become an instructor in physiology at Harvard University. In 1875, William started teaching Psychology at Harvard and ... The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897), Human Immortality (1898), and The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902); and wrote a sympathetic psychological account of religious and mystical experiences, which was William s last-named work. William James book was entitled: Principles of Psychology which was published in 1890 and also established him as one of the greatest thinkers of his time. In the book, he explained the ... and moral experience. William finally left Harvard University in 1907 and later that year, his later lectures were published in Pragmatism: A New Name for Old Ways of Thinking. This Publication basically summed up William s contributions to the theory of pragmatism. Pragmatism was first used by an American logician named C. S. Peirce which William expanded upon it, generalizing the pragmatic method, and developing it from the logical basis ...
- 8380: TV Trash?
- ... part I would have to agree with Bennett in that the talk shows are mostly trash, but that is why I think we watch them. Bennett believes in old time values that if you can’t see it, it won’t happen. He comes form the past on his point of view with a “shhh” don’t tell attitude. This is why Bennett wants to abolish daytime television altogether. Bennett claims that daytime TV is the problem in our society today. Children are watching and learning the immoral truths of today’ ...
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