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- 831: Barn Burning
- ... so common in the '30s, and an appreciation of the underclass of white workers who functioned then in a version of indentured servitude. These social and economic insights may help students comprehend the rage and violence of this underclass, typified by the barn-burning Abner. The contrast between the de Spain mansion and the Snopes tenant farmer shack highlights the terrible divide between owner and tenant in the '30s. Here in ... the 1930s, a state with an unmatched record of racial atrocities, a state where poor whites and blacks scraped at the bottom of the economic barrel, and where the racial tensions exploded in rage and violence. These historic facts can lead to a clearer understanding of why Abner Snopes acts as he does here. Significantly in his complex characterization of Abner Snopes, Faulkner captures the conflict and split within the Snopeses ...
- 832: The Impact Of Television
- ... millions of people. The education content in children television is beneficial to preschoolers and students alike. However, television has been the blame for many of societies faults because it is easy to contribute it to violence and a social lack of initiative. Television is such a small part of a much larger picture and its benefits far outweigh its faults. The idea of television as an informative and education media must ... a society without television is incomprehensible to many. Bibliography "Background Information: The Impact of Television on Children's Education." Http://haas.berkely.edu/~atham/background.html (October 21, 1996) Murray, John P. "Children and Television Violence." Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 4, No. 3 (1995), 7-14 "Top 50 Movies, 1993." The World Almanac and Book of Facts. 1995
- 833: Abortion
- ... a women with a choice, how can you trust her with a child? The issue of abortion has stirred up a lot of controversy and debate. Unfortunately, the issue has, in some cases, resulted in violence. The violence has come from the protests of the pro-life supporters. "They protest that abortions are murder, but still feel it is okay to murder those who choose to be pro-choice" (Cain). A total of ...
- 834: Freedom
- ... egoism, that was the root of all social conflict. Although Hobbes stated that all people are roughly equal, still, if someone has more, others have less. The insecurity regarding what you can keep leads to violence. "where there are no restraints on people's actions, it leads to the war of 'all against all'" says Hobbes. So, Hobbes is basically saying, any state is better than the state of nature, be ... perfected' because they become cooperative and non-aggressive. But if there were "bad apples" in a state of anarchism, wouldn't they become a threat to the society if their anti-social behavior lead to violence? (which comes back to Hobbes' theory of the State of Nature that would lead to the war of "all against all") And it leads to even more questions of insecurity like: without coercion or authority ...
- 835: Macbeth-Gloomy Indeed
- ... sc3) in which he tells of how the witches predictions came true. But forget about powers and superficial gloominess, what about what those gloomy looking people do to each other. There is a lot of violence in this play. And in Macbeth when there is violence, there is lots of it, including blood. With even a simple knowledge of the battle fields of the 1500s to 1600s you should be able to realize the amount of death and disease ...
- 836: 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 ...
- 837: Sacred Cow, Holy Bull
- ... pain or harm to someone or something, the agony that you put them through will return and place you under the same conditions that you put them through. With Karma, the Hindu believes that any violence he commits will come back and face him. He believes that what he has done to others will be done to him, if not in this life, then in another. In Karma, the Hindus believe ... the Hindus and abstain from killing (Pratap 1). It is true that Hinduism has slowed the modernization of India. But Hinduism also deserves the respect for its search for spiritual truth and its lack of violence. In this world Hindus seem to be a great example of materialism (Ency. of Religion 1). The Hindus have rules to protect their cows. Someone who harms or kills them can be sentenced to life ...
- 838: Chimpanzee
- ... the scientific community that chimpanzees are the closest human relatives we have. If we are indeed superior to these primates, does it not stand to reason that humans should be able to learn from this violence and avoid it? Jane Goodall, in her article labeled, "Life and Death at Gombe" draws a similar conclusion: It is sobering that our new awareness of chimpanzee violence compels us to acknowledge that these ape cousins of ours are even more similar to humans than we thought before.
- 839: The Life of John F. Kennedy
- ... new gun laws. The laws stated that people could no longer purchase guns through mail order and that no one could have a gun under age. This was an attempt to lessen senseless acts of violence. As you can see, the tragic death of Robert Kennedy was an act of violence that was spurred through hatred and jealousy. When you separate fact from fiction, you realize that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was simply a person who could not handle his feelings and chose a wrong course in ...
- 840: Black And Yellow Perils In Col
- ... of sexual abuse of white women by black men proved to be useful to those enforcing the Imperial regimes. Reports of sexually degrading crimes (whether truthful or otherwise) provided justification for acts of repressive extreme violence against colonised peoples, which ensured the retaining of the balance of power. The majority of cases of 'black peril' took place within the household, purely due to the fact it was the only place where ... s evolutionary theories. The scares of the 'black peril' were not entirely falsified to suit the motives of the European colonisers, as it was a representation of the two main colonial European fears: Anti-colonial violence and racial degeneration. Fully aware of the vulnerable (in 1900 only 4.4% of the population of Rhodesia, Europe's largest African settler colony, was white) and the tenuous nature of their position, even a ...
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