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- 4511: African Colonialism
- World Influence on the Modernization of Africa Developing Political Systems The way countries, nations or states act and base their policies on many times reflect what their past was like. This is very true in the ... was based on their interests and consequently this meant that the way of dealing with Africa in every way was based on Western traditionalists. To this we must answer the question how has the Western World affected Africa s present stage and what must be done to undo what is wrong and hopefully correct this situation. Africa first played a role in Europe s and the America s history when the ... the European core countries did. They wanted to enhance their status quo. The peripheral countries were heavily exploited. Their raw materials were taken from them relatively cheaply made into sellable products and sold to the world and back to Africa at high prices. At this rate Africa s economy would never go up and would probably even go down. Since agriculture was its only source of income not much more ...
- 4512: Natural Hierarchies in Society
- ... was the top person in the hierarchy, as constituted by nature and the universe (Aristotle, 560). I agree to some extent to these theories, as I don't believe that equality can exist in this world. Also, my background causes me to acknowledge and agree to these theories, as they are quite similar to the culture I was brought up in. However, despite agreeing to the theories in Politica, I have ... this is greatly frowned upon by the respectable elders in the Indian society as women are meant to do as their husbands say. This has been changing though, with the women coming up in the world. Now, women are allowed to do much more and have been granted liberty from the social norms of before. Living in Zambia, a postcolonial country all my life, I have seen a very real and ... lack of commitment to a job results in the job being done poorly. If one is not allowed to change between the class distinction they are born in, there may be no evolution in the world. Only the same sort of people will be in charge. The world will not be enlightened with new ideas and new perspectives of the world. The state will only be dominated with one class ...
- 4513: Anne Hutchinson
- ... her own property. (J. Demos, p. 85.) However, these issues were mere technicalities that hardly improved the forced submission of women to men that is a common trend evident throughout the written history of the world. This famous quotation from the journal of John Winthrop is often used to encapsulate the male attitude toward women in early America. A young woman had lost "her understanding and reason" because she had given ... of men as well as women, she was a threat to their authority and had to be stopped. Fiske's assertion that the Antinomians who protested killing the Indians would affect the outcome of the war is probably exaggerated since all of her followers numbered less than two hundred out of about three thousand. (E. Battis, Saints and Sectaries, p. 293.) Eventually, Anne was brought to trial for her continued actions ... guilt for her misfortunes. In addition, Captain John Underhill retaliated to the massacre with a massacre of his own on the local Indian population, killing 250 Indian men, women, and children, starting the Three-Year War. (D. Crawford, p. 137.) This incident was a catalyst to the ensuing struggle of New Englanders to break away from the confines of Puritanism. Due to Anne's huge advancement of religious liberty, it ...
- 4514: Internet And Internet Security
- ... right to restrict the things that you can get through it. Even though it looks like it has sprung up overnight, the vision of free-minded hackers, it was born in the Defense Department Cold War projects of the 1950s. The US Government owns the Internet and has the responsibility and right to decide who uses it and how it is used. The government HAS to have control on what information ... industry has wonderfully advanced some good blocking devices, but they are not an alternative for a well-reasoned law. Because the Internet has become one of the biggest sources of information in the whole wide world, legislative security is necessary. The government gives citizens the privilege of using the Internet, but it has never given them the right to use it. The government seems to think that the makers of the ... is paid for by taxpayers. People like this are the ones in the wrong. Taxpayer's dollars are being spent bringing foul text and graphics into the homes of adults and kids all over the world. The government has to take control to stop pornographers from using the Internet. They seem to fit because they are breaking laws that have existed for years. Cyberpunks,those most normally associated with the ...
- 4515: Review Of Snow Falling On Ceda
- Snow Falling On Cedars During the dark days of World War II, our government made a decision, based on prejudice and fear, to intern Japanese Americans. These interment camps were largely based in the Northwest. Hardworking citizens were forcibly taken from their jobs and homes and ... a respected member of the community as well, Kabuo Miiyamoto turns out to have opportunity and motive. Claiming innocence, he is nevertheless indicted. We soon begin to learn the story behind the motive. Before the war years, Kabuo's father made an agreement with the victim's father. Money changed hands, land was promised and terms were set. Unfortunately, the war came and the Japanese Americans were sent away. Nothing ...
- 4516: Dune
- ... the universe without actually having to move. The House of Attreides gets destroyed by the House of Harkonnens in the fight over the spice. But on the planet of Arrakis, the local people of that world known as Fremen had had a prophecy that one day a savior would come and make peace where there was war on the planet of Arrakis. The duke's son of the House of Attreides escaped during the fight for the planet and crashed landed on the dunes where the Fremen lived. The duke's son ... leader because of his great knowledge. He learned to control the giant sand worms and use them to his own advantage. The Fremen were determined to get rid of all the Harkonnens that ruled the world for one reason: the spice. The Fremen made an attack and ended up destroying the Harkonnens using the sand worm's help. And once again, "The Fremen had the world." (pg. 488) In the ...
- 4517: A Medieval Contest Between The
- ... into the Cracks of Doom in Orodruin, the Fire Mountain, in Mordor, home of the Emperor of Darkness known as Sauron. The Ring should Sauron get it would give him the power to control the world. The obvious difference in the make up of the Round Table and the Fellowship is that the Round Table is made up of humans whereas the Fellowship has humans along with fantasy creatures such as ... though I do not know the way. (Tolkien, p.324) When sitting in the chair of the Guardian Kings of Gordor at the top of Amon Hen in the Seat of Seeing, Frodo sees the world covered by Orcs, Lorien in smoke and Borenings s land on fire and finally sees and feels the Eye of Sauron. He cries out, I will do now what I must. . .the evil of the ... Queen and his fellow knights. Sauron, The Dark Lord of Mordor, represents evil in his attempt to get back the One Ring he lost. The Ring holds enough power to make him emperor of the world. He often appears to Frodo as the Eye always looking for a way to get inside of him. As Frodo looks into the Mirror of Galadriel, he sees total blackness then a single Eye ...
- 4518: Review Of 1984
- ... the thought police who owns and operates an antique store and rents a room to Julia and Winston as a trap for O'Brian. Settings Oceania - One of the three totalitarian superpowers that rule the world using censorship and pure terror. Mr. Charrington's rented room - Winston and Julia's secret hideaway where they come to make love and hide from the telescreens and constant watch of the Party. Ministry of ... of the party only to be later killed, sent to forced labor camps, or even released back into society. Plot In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania, and both of the others, is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone's behavior, even their ... a utopian society. It warns that people might believe that everyone must become slaves to the government in order to have an orderly society, but at the expense of the freedom of the people. Quotes "WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH" The two minutes hate ended with this message which is the slogan of the Party. "The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became ...
- 4519: Southern Voting Behavior Since
- ... black electorate had not voted Democrat. The black Southern voters at the time of the 1960's were just again able to participate with their rights to vote. This was because shortly after the Civil War and reconstruction the Southern whites reduced and eventually removed the short lived black political power. They added laws that made it mandatory to take tests for voter eligibility, as well as discouraging black voting at ... and Dealignment"(http://www.concentric.net/~ewla/vdr95/gans.html)(10-31-97) Southern Regional Council "Motor Voter May be the key" (http://www.src.w1.com/vrrsum1996_motor_cht1_nf.htm). (11-3-97) World Media Live "Election Results and History" (http://www.worldmedia.fr/USelections/electionva/history/index.html) (11-2-97) Voter Research and Surveys, New York Times, November 5, 1992, p.b9 Wayne, Stephen. The Road to ... North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for Research in Social Science. 1974 Mulcahy, Kevin and Katz, Richard. America Votes: What You Should Know About Elections Today. New Jersey, Prentice Hall Inc. 1976. U.S. News & World Report Politics Inside and Out Washington D.C., U.S. News and World Report. 1970
- 4520: The Effects of television Violence on Children
- The Effects of television Violence on Children What has the world come to these days?. It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The home is a major source of violence. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Research has shown that The truth about television violence and children has been shown. Some are trying to fight this problem. Others are ignoring it and hoping it ... children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand. The television violence can cause actual violence in a number of ways. After viewing television violence the world becomes flat in comparison. The child needs to create violence to keep himself satisfied. Also the children find the violent characters on television fun to imitate. Children do imitate the behavior of models such ...
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