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- 561: Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
- Women Overcoming Domestic Violence Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” is a short story about the struggles and hardships in the life of an African American woman living in the south. The short story talked about the treatment of women ... identify with the hardships that Delia encountered in her marriage. The story also deals with adultery in relationships and the dishonesty and heartache it brings to a relationship. The story gives many women of domestic violence the strength and the courage to stand up for themselves and against their husbands. In these times it was hard for African American women to stand up to their abusive husbands. Getting a divorce was ... the family. With women not working this made it hard for them to get enough money to leave their husbands and support themselves and their children without their husbands. The story gives women of domestic violence courage and strength to get out of an abusive relationship. In one part of the story Delia is in kitchen and sykes comes in starts verbally abusing her she finally stands up to him ...
- 562: Mohandas Gandhi
- ... title reserved for the greatest leaders. Gandhi's nonviolence was the expression of a way of life understood in the Hindu religion. By the Indian practice of nonviolence, Gandhi said, Great Britain would eventually consider violence useless and would leave India. The Mahatma's political and spiritual hold on India was so great that the British authorities dared not to interfere with him. In 1921 the Indian National Congress, the group that spearheaded the movement for nationhood, gave Gandhi complete executive authority, with the right of naming his own successor. A series of armed revolts against Great Britain broke out, culminating in such violence that Gandhi confessed failure of the civil-disobedience campaign he had called, and ended it. The British government again seized and imprisoned him in 1922. In 1930 the Mahatma proclaimed a new campaign for civil ... peacefully. Riots engulfed Calcutta, one of the largest cities in India, and the Mahatma fasted until disturbance ceased. On January 13, 1948, he undertook another successful fast in New Delhi to bring about peace. Religious violence soon declined in India and Pakistan, and the teachings of Gandhi came to inspire nonviolent movements elsewhere. Within fifty five years of his self awakening after being evicted from South Africa train compartment, Gandhi ...
- 563: The Things They Carried By Tim
- ... orphaned puppy. . .Azar strapped it to a Claymore antipersonnel mine and squeezed the firing device"(39). Azar has become demented; to kill a puppy that someone else has adopted is horrible. However, the infliction of violence has become the norm of behavior for these men; the fleeting moment of compassion shown by one man is instantly erased by another, setting order back within the group. O'Brien here shows a hint ... is abstract, and the killing of one is frowned upon in modern society, regardless of species. O'Brien creates an attitude of disgust in the reader with the word, further fulfilling his purpose in condemning violence. Even more drastic in connotation to be killed is the "orphaned puppy"(39). Adding to the present idea of killing babies is the idea of killing orphaned babies, which brings out rage within the reader ... the severe negative effects the war had on American soldiers in his excellent, convincing novel The Things They Carried. The skillful choice of details and several types of diction that reveal his theme of induced violence, his anti-war statement, and his view of the reversal of morals among GIs are effective in presenting O'Brien's views in this, "The Last War Novel"(McClung 96).
- 564: 5 Major Psychology Theoretical
- ... in addition to perceptions, external forces must also be taken into consideration. The objective of cognitive psychology is to understand how perceptions and interpretations relate to behavior. Why is that one person will turn to violence when insulted while another person will make excuses for that person rather than acting violently. Through the use of computers, research data can be further analyzed to discover the thought process used in behavior and ... into the unconscious to find the source of the disturbances. Concerned more with therapy than scientific observation and research, psychodynamic psychologists probe the mind to find events, usually from childhood, that manifest feelings of fear, violence, love, etc. Aggressive feelings, or even sexual feelings, are located in this unconsciousness; and regardless of what a person does, they will come out during normal activities. By finding the root of these feelings, it ... society. They mainly study how other people affect a person. Some studies look at how male and female roles relate to their respective emotion or how job status relates to their ambitions. In this perspective violence does not reside in instincts or brain waves, but instead, in cultural rules and political arrangements. These five perspectives are similar in that all try to determine what cause certain behavior traits, though they ...
- 565: The Work of Cormac McCarthy
- ... also state that: Aristotle and E.M. Forster would not have approved with McCarthy's style (Aldridge 96). The classic authors may not have approved with McCarthy's style because of his use of extreme violence. "Sociopaths, serial killers, necrophiliacs, and murders populate pages wherein mayhem, blood, and generally malevolence dominate his works" (Richey 140). The most perfect example of McCarthy's original style is visible through his latest two novels ... only makes him a unique author, but a literary genius. "For McCarthy, blood clearly symbolizes life as a mean end, and for him its connection is constantly threatened by the reality of evil portrayed in violence" (Richey 141). Characters play important roles in expressing theme in McCarthy's novels. In the Border Trilogy, McCarthy uses small characters to express morals and lessons to John Grady and Billy Parham. In All the ... so compelling, that punctuation is not needed to break it apart. The National Book Award winning author, Cormac McCarthy has his own unique style that is clearly evident when reading his work: His use of violence, blood, and human growing are themes and motifs that he uses to produce a message that appeals to all senses; His own style of prose and punctuation; The pictures drawn by his words; These ...
- 566: Mein Ghetto: Black Racism And Louis Farrakhan
- ... is in Allah's hands and Allah is their only God; black people, who are the children of Allah, as being themselves divine. Therefore, the suffering of the black poor, "victims of the white racist violence," black males, and blacks leaders are seen as having been victims of attempts by whites to harm God. (Alexander, P. 137) Farrakhan believes, therefore, that "God will destroy America by the hands of Muslims." He ... of black youth - gang members, drugs dealers, prisoners - the Nation of Islam has extended to them a hand. Farrakhan has crisscrossed the country with a "Stop the Killing Campaign," a grassroots effort to end gang violence and black-on-black crime." This helps us to understand how the grassroots that support Farrakhan's racist platform was gained. (Alexander, P. 188) Oddly, Farrakhan has been supportive of groups such as the black ... his support to the BADC is not a far stretch from taking part in what Farrakhan blames white society for doing; bringing misery and pain to inner city Blacks in the forms of drugs and violence. (Lavigne, Pp.92-94) Could this be an example of Farrakhanian opportunism? Perhaps. Of the academics, writers, and others, referred to by this author, in almost every case, Farrakhan has been described as dangerous. ...
- 567: Bladerunner
- ... believe what we see because we see it. "Blade Runner also predicts the likely of our future" (Timberman 3). Blade Runner offers a futuristic look of how Earth will be infested with drugs, sex, and violence. After every assignment, will Rick Deckard have empathy on androids and lose his touch in "retiring" them. In the novel, Rick Deckard differentiated an android with a human through an empathy test, also known as ... to humans." (Lui 2) "This world of advance technology is coming fast, and the world has taken a turn of the worse." (Saini 2). "Blade runner predicts the likely of our future" (Timberman 3). Drugs, violence and technology already exist in our world today, so it just seems right to think that it would be more common in the year 2019. Blade Runner is a disturbing film, but it is also ... cyberspace, and technology, there is a chance that very soon we will see servant robots. The parallelism that Blade Runner has with our near future is so extremely similar that it is frightening. Drugs and violence already exist today so no wonder it will be common in the year 2019. 'Blade Runner is foreshadowing what the future has for us, for example, the abundance and reliance we will have on ...
- 568: The Discovery of The New World Changed European Conceptions, Views, and Material Conditions
- ... capturing its treasure fleets and by establishing bases of operation to offset Spanish domination of America. The rivalries were chiefly motivated by the noble purpose of bringing Christianity to Native Americans. Spaniards portrayed acts of violence against the Native Americans in attempt to convert them to Christianity. A protestor to the violence, Bartolome De Las Casas condemned the Spanish conquest. He supported the conversion, but believed it should be done out of the love. Laws were passed to prevent the enslavement of Native Americans, but it was not until Las Casas wrote a book bases on the mistreatment did the violence actually subside. “With the intensification of religious divisions in late sixteenth century Europe, Las Casas’s work became a potent propaganda tool” (Schlisinger, p.41) The Spaniards continued to abuse the Native Americans until ...
- 569: The Vietnam Era
- ... forced upon them. The Vietnam War also caused a division within families. Parents and children often disagreed over the war. The Vietnam War caused a rift in public opinion that led to social unrest and violence. Many war protests resulted in violence and death. They began as peaceful demonstrations but police often attacked protestors becase they disagreed with or misunderstood their intentions. The U.S. intrvention in Vietnam had a disastrous effect on Vietnam. We did not ... country. They became more independent and didn't all turn out just like their mothers. It furthered the idea that women don't only belong at home. The Vietnam Era was a time of peace, violence, rebellion, revolution and ideallism. It has forever changed the way we lead our lives.
- 570: To What Extent was Britain on the Verge of a Civil War in 1914?
- ... and treated equally. Lloyd points out that “the women’s struggle for the vote became, in its extreme manifestation, an unpolitical movement”. By 1912, the suffragettes had upped their campaign. They focussed more on organised violence and showed a greater disregard for the law than the trade unions ever had. They began acts of arson, setting fire to post-boxes, churches and railway stations. They physically attacked cabinet ministers and in ... was defeated and the ‘Cat and Mouse’ Act introduced. In this, hunger strikers were released from prison, sent to hospitals where they were force fed until strong again, and then sent back to prison. Suffragette violence spiralled out of control. The government were in a no win situation -they could not afford to put up with continued attacks, but neither did thy want to be seen to give in to violence. The suffragists criticised the suffragettes, saying that they were actually holding back the cause. In the notion of their complete disregard for law and order, it could be considered that the issue of the ...
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