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- 781: Homeless 2
- ... policy will help out many of the homeless people, government policy facing the homeless should be sought to improve their health and appearance. "Many homeless people, unable to get into shelters, frightened of disease or violence, or else intimidated by the regulations, look for refuge in such public places as train stations and church doorways" (Kozol 23). A policy the government could pass to prevent this is a Bill, which makes ... who watched him burning from a third-floor room above the bench refused to notify police. The purpose was to get him out, according to a local record-store employee"(Kozol 25). Unfortunately acts of violence are being done on homeless people and there is no real punishment for it. Even though it is technically a crime to attack homeless people, in a survey done on crimes solved in New York ...
- 782: Katha Pollitt's Argument About Media Being Biased Against Liberals and Allan Levite's Argument That Media Is Biased Against Conservatives
- ... And how can we raise children to respect another's limits at 13-- and-- 30 if we think it's cute when we do not." She compares what the kids did to "sexual aggression and violence." This is a little bit strong comparison for a bunch of kids who probably have wet their bed's recently. They do not exactly have secretaries to bribe with raises yet, or wives to beat. When I think of violence the first thing that comes to my mind is tearing one button from a skirt. (Really) I do not think these kids are anyway dealing with anything but their own ignorance. Charge them with stupidity ...
- 783: William Penn
- ... t be a book, it should be your inner light, the force that drives you through you life. They believed you shouldn't be servants of God, but to be friends of God. They believed violence was an unnecessary part of life, and things could be worked out in other ways.5 The Quakers thought the authority of God was absolute, but didn't need to be preached at a formal ... the Indians stayed on the Englishss side, the others went to the French side. After the war, the Native Americans didn't agree with the Quakers, causing tension. They no longer got along. This caused violence on the part of the Indians. One tribe, on a visit to Philadelphia, killed cattle and robbed orchards as they passed. Another tribe on their way back from Philadelphia destroyed the property of the interpreter ...
- 784: Antigone Vs. Socrates
- ... or leave his rank, but whether in battle or in a court of law, or in any other place, he must do what his city and his country order him if he may do no violence to his father or mother, much less may he do violence to his country. (Pg. 64) By this quote, he means that a man must do what the State tells him to do and should back the State in all of the State s endeavors. Personally ...
- 785: Lord of the Flies: Characteristics of Children
- ... Jack for his daunting leadership which intimidates them. Jack is very forceful and his ways most likely remind the boys of authoritative figures in their pastwho may have strapped, beaten or used other forms of violence when disciplining the children. Therefore, the children when left without adult authority figures turn to others who can replace that adult authority figure. In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their innocence and stray towards savagery when not around adult authority. When the boys have been on the island for a short time, they start to show more violence, but when they realiz e what they have done they become contrite, embarrassed by their actions. After Maurice destroys Percival's sandcastle and some sand gets in Percival's eye, the narrator writes: Percival began ...
- 786: Lord of the Flies: Success of Golding's Portrayal of the Children
- ... Jack for his daunting leadership which intimidates them. Jack is very forceful and his ways most likely remind the boys of authoritative figures in their pastwho may have strapped, beaten or used other forms of violence when disciplining the children. Therefore, the children when left without adult authority figures turn to others who can replace that adult authority figure. In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their innocence and stray towards savagery when not around adult authority. When the boys have been on the island for a short time, they start to show more violence, but when they realiz e what they have done they become contrite, embarrassed by their actions. After Maurice destroys Percival's sandcastle and some sand gets in Percival's eye, the narrator writes: Percival began ...
- 787: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- ... is the story of split personality and not letting go. Suspense (and in some cases fear) is built up throughout the entire movie, making the viewer forget that there are only two actual scenes of violence. Psycho is a film that takes place more in the mind of the viewer than on the screen. The movie is based on a novel with the same name by Robert Bloch, which was a ... describes the mastery of Alfred Hitchcock. Philip T. Hartung who reviewed Psycho for Commonweal magazine in September of 1960, had a different opinion of it; "Hitchcock pushes everything as far as he can go: the violence, the sex, the thrills and the gore." All of the literature used in this report all agree on one fact: Psycho is a movie beyond its years and is one of the best in movie ...
- 788: The Transition of Power From President to President
- ... 100-hour land battle dubbed Desert Storm routed Iraq's million-man army. Despite unprecedented popularity from this military and diplomatic triumph, Bush was unable to withstand discontent at home from a faltering economy, rising violence in inner cities, and continued high deficit spending. In 1992 he lost his bid for reelection to Democrat William Clinton. William Clinton President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in ... who must care for sick children; reform of public education with the adoption of his Goals 2000 bill; a new national health care plan and welfare reform; and a get-tough program against crime and violence. The recovering U. S. economy and a tour of Europe ending in a Moscow summit buoyed Clinton's leadership at the end of his first year. In his 1994 State of the Union Address he ...
- 789: Homophobia Fear Or Hate
- ... lack of education in society about gays there are many homophobes that discriminate against them. Discrimination against anyone is not right. Words "faggot" and "dyke" are often used to put gays and lesbians down. The violence against homosexuals increased by 31% in major cities over the last year. Anti-gay violence continues to grow more every year. These crimes known as hate-crimes mainly involve sexual orientation and religion. The Community Relations Service is talking about hate-crimes, but gays and lesbians to report these crimes ...
- 790: An Essay On Equus
- ... contrasting beliefs of his parents leads Alan into a world of personal problems which encompasses an understanding of the world formed largely by watching television, an inability to read, a distorted view of sex and violence, and no sense of his place in society. The plots painful journey into the tortured mind of Alan Strang and the equally conflicted mind of child Psychiatrist Martin Dysart created an inharmonious encounter at first ... developing political views? At the same time society says we should follow a religion, so this may well mean that Alans ritual was part of his religion. Overall Equus is not about religion, normality violence or even love and sex, it is a play about passion. Dysart took on the characteristics of his of his dreams, he had stolen Alans passion whilst giving him his pain or true normality ...
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