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- 8401: Sammy Sosa The Super Hero
- Sammy The Super Hero This past summer a major record was broken in the Major League. Roger Maris's home run record of 61 was shattered, not only by one person but by two people. It was broken by Mark Mcguire of the Cardinals with 71 home runs and by Sammy Sosa of the ... he was a much more dominating player leading the NL in RBIs, hits, and total bases. He also led his Chicago Cubs team to the playoffs for the first in eight years. So, why isn't Sammy getting the same recognition as Mark McGuire. Finally, now that his memorial season is over he is getting the long overdue credit for all his accomplishments. Not only on the field but off the ... runs, RBIs, runs scored, hits and walks. He also led the majors in RBIs, runs scored, and total basses. He hit sixty-six home runs the second most in a single season (second behind McGuire's seventy-one). He was named NL MVP by a large margin of votes over Mark McGuire. The Cubs also made it to the playoffs with Sosa's help for the first time since 1989 ...
- 8402: Peer Pressure
- Peer Pressure A healthy part of children’s development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense of independence from their parents. Members of a peer group often dress alike, talk about similar things, like ... classmate asking to copy the homework and as difficult as a friend wanting us to try drugs for the first time. Friends can make us feel so pressured into doing something else that we don’t feel it’s right, yet they have such an impact that we have no choice but to go with the flow, surely nobody wanted to be called “chicken” and they might tell that “its not a big ...
- 8403: Oedipus Rex: Oedipus Deserves His Fate
- Oedipus Rex: Oedipus Deserves His Fate 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" ...
- 8404: The Violent Reality of Gangs
- The Violent Reality of Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in 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 ...
- 8405: Fahrenheit 451: A Depleting Society
- Fahrenheit 451: A Depleting Society The society in Fahrenheit 451 was very different than society today and may be looked at as completely imaginary. Actually, when today's society is compared with the societies both in Fahrenheit 451 and in the past, we are indeed headed that way. The society in Fahrenheit 451 seemed overall boring. No reading, no thinking, and no discussions ... in the areas of entertainment, religion, and education. The great “parlor walls” in Fahrenheit 451 are probably the next step up from big screen TV. Before the television was invented, and shortly after, it wasn't used very often. People sat around and talked. They rarely watch TV and most people owned only one. Today, TV is a big part of people's lives. In a lot of homes there are two or more TV's. Another thing that has become more and more popular are Walkmen and Discmen. In Fahrenheit 451 these are called “seashells.” They ...
- 8406: Overpopulation?
- Overpopulation? Is the World Overpopulated? Is it not? It's a controversial question the world is dealing with today. "The only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole subject, is by hearing what can be said about it ... next few decades. While protein demands are projected to also double in the century ahead, no respected marine biologist expects the oceanic fish catch, which has plateaued over the last decade, to double. The world's oceans are being pushed beyond the breaking point, due to a lethal combination of pollution and over-exploitation. Eleven of the 15 most important oceanic fisheries and 70 percent of the major fish species are now fully or over exploited, according to experts (Stefoff, 85). And more than half the world's coral reefs are now sick or dying. Growing stress can also be seen in the world's woodlands, where the clearing of tropical forests has contributed recently to unpredicted fires across large areas of ...
- 8407: Gangs
- Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in 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 ...
- 8408: Understanding Behavior
- Understanding Behavior The behavior of a person can usually be explained by that person's state of mind. The external conduct is almost always directly linked to internal emotions. Knowing this fact is very beneficial to someone like a guidance counsellor because it lets him or her almost "read" the physchlogical state of a student based entirely on their behavior. In Darlene's case her behavior has been very well documented making the task of phsycological assesment a much easier job. There are many facets to Dralene's behavior, each revealing a different part of her state of mind. Judging from the way she dresses and is groomed it appears as if she comes from a family less wealthy than most of ...
- 8409: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
- ... moreover, mentally. Where she was once a brilliant outgoing child, she became a quiet, somber adult. As a result of this, Mrs. Flowers stepped in and told Maya to, bear in mind, language is man s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals. The intellect and beauty of Mrs. Flowers was shown through this quote which she educated Maya ... to speech, Maya would never have realized the power of the voice and would have been dormant from society the rest of her life. In addition to the importance of voice, Mrs. Flowers opened Maya s to literature, and the knowledge it brings. Earlier in Angelou s life, she was interested in comics and some poetry, but now a new outlook was imposed upon her, the power literature. This discovery changed her life drastically. From a child who once wished for ...
- 8410: Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism
- ... rest of the houses around here which are always dark." Clarisse went on to explain to Montag that her mother, father, and uncle were just sitting around and talking. This was also something that wasn't very commonplace in the city. Fire is an important element of symbolism in Fahrenheit 451. Fire consumes minds, spirits, men, ideas, and books. Fire plays two very different roles in this book. The role of a destructive, devouring, and life ending force, and the role of a nourishing flame. The first role that fire plays in Fahrenheit 451 is apparent from the very beginning of Bradbury's novel. "IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN. It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed" (3). In these first two sentences, Bradbury creates a sense of curiosity and irony because in the story, change is something controlled and unwanted by the government and society, so it is very unlikely that anything in Guy Montag's society could be changed. The burning described at this point represents the constructive energy that later leads to catastrophe. A clear picture of firemen is first seen when the narrator says, "With his symbolic ...
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