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- 4501: King Arthur And Camelot
- ... of English history. The legend of King Arthur tells of the adventures of an early king of Britain and the knights and ladies who made up his royal court at Camelot. It tells of a world filled with warriors armed with lance, sword, and armor. It speaks of jousts, tournaments, wizards, falconry, enchantresses, damsels in distress, wars, quests, and the code of chivalry. It is a legend that talks of a ... his passing away at the isle of Avalon, which has been shrouded in secrecy. In Arthurian literature, Mordred turns the Knights against each other, which destroys the Round Table and brings King Arthur's entire world crashing down. One cannot help but wonder about the part that fate played in the society where the legends of King Arthur were created. Case in point, had Lancelot not decided to come to Camelot ... other factors which are accused to be contributors to the downfall of Camelot. Lancelot and Geneviere would have been investigated and disciplined had Arthur retained the control a Manager should. Business experts in today’s world have realized that they have to work together to achieve their goals, and discord in one area can inconvenience many people. The discords caused by letting the affair continue between Lancelot and Geneviere proved ...
- 4502: Birth Parents Should Not Be Able To Reclaim Their Child
- Birth Parents Should Not Be Able To Reclaim Their Child The world is a diverse land with different races, different religions, and different politics. However, what divides the world is the disagreement about which way a child should be raised in society. More importantly, though, the thing maturing children need most is a strong family of their own. Many would believe this would impact ... would not be considering the best interest of the child nor his or her feelings. Laws and regulations are making readopting a child impracticable for birth parents. Advancing with technology and the rest of the world, laws referring to adoption are also continually undergoing changes. Whether these laws have a positive or negative impact on the adoption controversy, they all are causing the children confusion and pain. Older laws were ...
- 4503: Walt Whitmen
- ... America’s influential and innovative poets of his time. Whitman began work as a printer and journalist in the New York City area. He wrote articles on politics, civics, and the arts. During the Civil War, Whitman was a volunteer assistant in the military hospitals in Washington, D.C. After the war, he worked in several government departments until he suffered a stroke in 1873. He spent the rest of his life in Camden, N.J., where he continues to write poems and articles. Leaves of Grass ... his wanting of a companion. Whitman uses people and objects to symbolize his thoughts and feelings. Calamus is a series of letters written during the years 1868 to 1880 by Whitman to a young Civil War companion, Peter Doyle, the unsophisticated Washington horsecar conductor. The letters have been published under the appropriate title Calamus, as they constitute a record of precisely the kind of relationship Whitman meant to describe by ...
- 4504: "Fighting on Two Fronts": Henry Fleming in Red Badge of Courage
- "Fighting on Two Fronts": Henry Fleming in Red Badge of Courage The Civil War forced many young boys out of childhood and into adulthood. Most of these young boys were not prepared for war, and Henry Fleming was one of these boys. Henry Fleming's life in New York was routine. He had his normal share of friends and lived on a farm. When Henry got up in the ... rest. This warm feeling faded when they reached the camp. Here life was boring for Henry. The only thing his company did was drill day in and day out. All of the experienced soldiers told war stories every night by the campfire. Henry could only listen because he was still 'wet behind the ears'. He felt left out and often sat alone wondering about battle. War was like an illusion ...
- 4505: The Success of Walmart
- ... first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas, no one could have ever predicted the enormous success this small-town merchant would have. Sam Walton’s talent for discount retailing not only made Wal-Mart the world’s largest retailer, but also the world’s number one retailer in sales. Indeed, Wal-Mart was named "Retailer of the Decade" by Discount Store News in 1989, and on several occasions has been included in Fortune’s list of the "10 ... and criticize Wal-Mart (Verdisco, 1994). Nevertheless, Wal-Mart did drive local merchants out of business when it opened up stores in the same neighborhood. As a result, more and more rural communities are waging war against Wal-Mart’s entrance into their market. Besides protesting and signing petitions to attempt to stop Wal-Mart’s entry into their community, the opposition’s efforts can even be found on The ...
- 4506: Racial Discrimination and its Effect on Our Society
- ... the ugly side of people we often see. Racism is an important and controversial subject. The government has banned racism, but its use continues in different forms. Racism is a huge social issue in our world. For anyone who isn't familiar with what discrimination really is, here’s a definition. Discrimination is defined as any situation in which a group or individual is treated differently based on something other than ... s history goes way back. The Constitution of the United States recognized the legality of slavery, the ultimate form of discrimination. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and the constitutional amendments that followed the American Civil War (1861-1865) changed the legal status of African Americans, but a series of decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States struck down federal statutes designed to enforce the amendments. The most important of ... are now seen as means of excluding other cultures. School is not to learn about each student's personal culture, but to learn about America's history. I think that a big majority of the world has a problem with other races and cultures. Being racist does not mean that someone dislikes each member of a particular race. It could mean that the attitudes and actions of the majority of ...
- 4507: Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys
- ... far from perfect, but at least it was a place ruled by love rather than by fear, where you did not have to be perpetually taken out of this warm nest and flung into a world of force and fraud and secrecy, like a goldfish into a tank full of pike. (23) Young Orwell, impacted by this, “hard,” disorienting situation, realizes he is alone in a hostile, harsh environment. Orwell uses ... able to avoid it. Sin was not necessarily something you did it might be something that happened to you” and “[t]his was the great, abiding lesson of my boyhood: that I was in a world where it was not possible for me to be good” (5). This is the result of a child's flawed, but logical process of thought. Though he realizes that which is conveyed to him bodes ... essence, that he does not belong amongst the living. This defeatist mentality pervades the daily life of young Orwell. He obediently not only prepares himself for self-destruction, but also assumes the rest of the world is out to destroy him. Relating one of the few joyous moments of his youth, buying candy, Orwell is interrupted by his own fears of wrongdoing and detection. ”I assumed that any adult, inside ...
- 4508: The American and Japanese Social System
- ... The Emperor of Japan descends from an Imperial House that has been more or less in direct succession for 1500 years. When the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Spanish and the British went out around the world creating colonies, Japan was hardly touched. We need to keep in mind also some simple facts. Japan is the most densely populated country in the world. It has the most educated population known to human history. The Japans are extremely orderly. Crime rates, for example, generally run about one tenth or ours and one half those in Europe.(State, 10) At ... cases childlike or unsocialized.(State, 11) Many problems in the Us relationship with Japan have a cross cultural dimension. The cultural influences under which the two societies developed were about as distinct as any the world. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans and Japanese apply rather strikingly different value systems as they attempt to cope with the world. The Japanese have maintained a very homogeneous society, ad for the ...
- 4509: A Perfect Day For Bananafish
- ... probably extremely important to consider why the main character, Seymour Glass, decided to commit suicide. What I believe to be the reason for Seymour s suicide has two basic components: the spiritual depravity of the world around him, and his struggle with his own spiritual shortcomings. The spiritual problem of the outside world is mostly a matter of material greed, especially in the west, and materialism. On the other hand, his own spiritual problem is more a matter of intellectual greed and true spiritualism. In addressing the suicide, the difference should be distinguished between the "See More Glass" that we see through little Sybil s eyes, and the Seymour Glass that we see through the eyes of the adult world. Even though these two characters are in theory the same man, they are slightly different in some ways. You could also say that they are the same character in different stages of development. Whatever ...
- 4510: Book Review: Darkness, Be My Friend
- Book Review: Darkness, Be My Friend Darkness, Be My Friend is the fourth book in John Marsden's series consisting of Tomorrow, When the War Began, In the Dead of the Night and The Third Day, The Frost, in which seven young people are thrown into the middle of a violent war zone. Ellie, Fi, Kevin, Lee, Homer, Robyn and Corrie set out on a camping trip to a remote part of their district. They find their way into a remote basin surrounded by dangerous cliffs and difficult terrain, where they are completely safe and cut off from the rest of the world. When the teenagers return to their homes, they find that all the families in the district were abducted and locked into the show grounds by armed soldiers who are taking over Australia. After finding ...
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