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- 3671: Censorship In Mass Media
- ... unjust to prohibit someone from reading or seeing "inappropriate" material based on the opinion of someone else. Governments are developing a big brotherly attitude towards people, and it is becoming more prominent all around the world. In a world where most countries are free to do as they please, conesorship in the media is like the modern day "double speak" of the book 1984, limiting the thoughts of the people who are forced to ... to escape the persecution by the government against the rights that the forefathers knew they had. 3Censorship is based on the concept of minority rule. If violence, language, or sex , which is enjoyed around the world, is unappropriate for even a miniscule percentage of people viewing it, then it is deemed inappropriate for every one. What kind of government is holding the reins to what people can and cannot see? ...
- 3672: Goodbye Columbus
- ... for the American dream is present and in both novels the authors show that just because it may seem like someone may have everything, that is not always the case. The idea of the new world verses the old world is a major premise in the novel Goodbye Columbus. In this novel there are two families who live very different lives. The Patimkin family, and the Klugman family. They represent the struggle between the new and old world. The Patimkin family is the wealthy middle-class family and they live in the hills, they also belong to the country club, which is a representation of having money and living the American dream. ...
- 3673: Gone With The Wind
- ... in 1937. Gone with the Wind was the only book Ms. Mitchell wrote and is an American Classic. Gone with the Wind was a story of men and women living in the south during the war between the states and of the south’s transformation after the was. The novel began in about 1861 at Tara and Twelve Oaks, two southern plantations in Georgia. We were given a glance of the hospitality and generosity of plantation life. When the men went off to war, the women moved to Atlanta. While in Atlanta, they worked as nurses as they awaited the return of their men. Sherman’s troops marched in and burned Atlanta, so the women were forced to leave. They returned to Tara, where we observed the destruction and desolation of the land. After the war, the story shifted back and forth between Atlanta and Tara. We experienced the struggles to save Tara, rebuild Atlanta, and the effects of the carpetbaggers. The story continued until about 1871 as the main ...
- 3674: Gcse Arab Israeli Conflict Que
- ... I know the author could be extremely biased. Then, the date should give a further clue before any of the material in question has even been read. Although written nine years after the Six Day War of June 1967, this extract can hardly be deemed to have been written in ‘hind sight’, as the hostility between the Arabs and Israelis was still present at the time of its publication. If the ... might begin to affect the impartiality of your writing, whether deliberate or subconsciously. Upon reading the article, you notice that it is very fairly set out into two sections, the Israelis reasons for going to war, and the Arabs. You are told in the first paragraph that “the Arab powers were threatening her (Israel) with destruction and were ready to attack her” as well as “Egypt had already closed the Gulf of Akaba which she knew Israel would regard as an act of war”. Also, the writer states “Israel could not afford to let the Arabs strike first for she was too weak and too vulnerable”. In the second paragraph, that for the reasons of the Arabs, you ...
- 3675: The Clinton Sex Scandal
- Rare is a person that crosses the path of the White House without some emotion of envy or awe. This building epitomizes world leadership and unprecedented power. This renowned leadership may be the only association made by certain countries, while in the United States many see an other significance: Watergate, Whitewater, Kennedy's brutal and mysterious assassination, and ... they will not be satisfied with any other result. The lawsuits are not about money or apologies, but about extinction for alternative voices. If Drudge is silenced by the White House goon squad, the media world will definitely become a little less interesting and a little less free in the news realm. Steve Silberman, a writer for Wired magazine, had a grudging praise for Matt Drudge with his role in the Clinton/Lewinsky story in one of his columns: "It's a Drudge World After All": "In Drudge's world, which is our world now, the act of uncovering what was formerly hidden - of getting the skinny, routing around bureaucratic firewalls, defying the spin-doctors to tap the ...
- 3676: Essay on Christopher Columbus
- Essay on Christopher Columbus Columbus as a man had many positive contributions as well as negative. People all over the world celebrate Columbus Day, because of his achievements, and success in finding the "New World". Although, many people revel in his glory, their are facts that infer that Columbus wasn't as admirable as people think of him. In 1892, Columbus was a hero, virtually everyone praised him. On the contrary in 1992, revisionists who are delving into archives, are uncovering the negative aspects of his infamous voyage. Columbus' journey was the first step in a process that produced an experiment, where the "New World" became a symbol and a home for democracy. In 1892, people perceived that Columbus and the Europeans who followed him brought civilization to two immense sparsely populated continents, in the process of enhancing and ...
- 3677: Advancement of Technology and Science and Its Influence On Science Fiction Novels
- ... events occur. Without the advanced spaceship how could the Segnauts have gotten to the planet Zorgon and defeated the evil empire? In 2064, or Thereabouts by David R. Bunch, the robotic men and the mechanical world play a secondary role to the importance of the human traits these half man half machines possess. Despite the fact that these people have become converted into a part robot for increased strength and, apparently ... The initial recognition by the reader that technology in our time and place is continuously expanding allows for plausibility such a strange and bizarre plot to occur. In Pohl's Day Million the seemingly strange world set one thousand years in the future is so completely different from earth today because of technological changes in virtually everything -- even the act of love, which is at the center of the story, has ... science labs and hospitals. In the case of Day Million such technology shapes how these people live and interact with one another. Science fiction in many cases attempts to better our understanding of our own world and our surroundings by using technology not as a form of advancement, as it is commonly seen in many stories, but as a form of destruction and danger. James states, "You might note that ...
- 3678: Dulce Et Decorum Est
- The irony in the poem Dulce it Decorum Est is that it is not sweet and fitting to die for one’s country when you have actually experienced war. Owen is describing how psychologically and physically exhausting W.W.I was for the soldiers that had to endure such a cruel ordeal and not how patriotic and honorable it was . In the first stanza ... that dropped behind. The way Owen describes the trudge back to camp allows the reader to open their minds to the events that are occurring. This allows them to see the cruel reality that the war was for the soldiers. I believe Owen’s use of these images are aimed at discouraging the mere thought of war. In the second stanza Owen is describing a gas attack on the soldiers as they are trudging back to camp. Owen describes the soldiers fumbling to get their mask fastened, all but one, a ...
- 3679: Poverty
- By: cobby E-mail: cobby@aol.com The Poverty Poverty is a global problem, and it has existed from the beginning of civilization. Hunger, homelessness, and lack of health care are major aspects of this world-wide dilemma. Many countries are in complete poverty and the majority are third-world countries. Within the United States of America, a land of valuable, there are also pockets of extreme poverty. Trying to solve this huge problem of poverty. the United States of America, have developed for various reasons, and these situations have led to a great deal of problems. Throughout the world, poverty has plagued all countries. In smaller, under-developed countries many people die from starvation. These countries can not afford to support their citizens. Due to their financial problems, the people lack proper shelter ...
- 3680: A Martyr's Victory in a Spiritual Sense
- ... China, the country was already feeling the effects of the massive Japanese advance across Asia. In a short time millions lost there lives and were driven from there homes. Bishop ford refused to leave the war-torn country, even after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war. During this time he distinguished himself by the way he cared for war refugees. Chinese paid a terrible price during this war with Japan, but even more costly was a civil war that followed. Bishop Ford exemplified the virtue of fortitude, by not leaving the war-torn ...
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