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- 4601: David Levinson: Seasons' of A Man's Life
- ... The interviews focused on topics such as the men's background (education, religion, political beliefs) and major events or turning points in their lives. Levinson's concept of life structure (the men's socio-cultural world, their participation in their world and various aspects of themselves) is the major component in Levinson's theory. The life structure for each person evolves through the developmental stages as people's age. Two key concepts in Levinson's model ... part of their life structure. The fourth phase of Levinson's model is called Becoming One's Own Man or BOOM phase. In this stage, the man feels constrained by the authority figures in their world. The individual wants more independence, authority and to be true to their own voice. With this larger amount of authority, there comes a greater amount of responsibility and burden. This is also a time ...
- 4602: Life Of Baruch Spinoza
- ... a metaphysical entity, the comprehensive and self-sufficient basis for all reality. Spinoza conceded the possible existence of infinite attributes of substance, but held that only two free accessible to human mind, mainly, extension, the world of material things, and conscious thought. He thought that extension is considered to depend on and exist in ultimate reality, which is God. Causation, in Spinoza’s system, may exist between individual objects, extension, or ... act as transitory, and their existence assumes temporal form. Spinoza always liked to say that, “God is the eternal, and the only.” Spinoza’s system also consist of that he did think that an indestructible world does exist. He believed that this work is not to be found in the realm of existent things but in that of essence. Since Spinoza thought greatly about god, he believed that god is the ... revived in the 20th century by the United States of America’s philosopher John Rawls. In my opinion, Baruch Spinoza, was one of the great philosophers of all time. He brought many changes into the world. He exhilarated the world with his phenomenon concepts and theories. I believe that he made many people think about the issue of whether god does exist or doesn’t. I think that Baruch Spinoza ...
- 4603: Image of Child Heros
- ... that a child will make everything right again. Whether the story comes from before Christ or after, the one uniform aspect about these stories is that they are present in every culture, all around the world. The image of the “trickster” is also very prevalent in the different cultures. It is seen in many different fables and moral-based stories. “You cannot go against the Philistine, you are but a youth, and he has long been a man of war”(Metzger 145). This is what King Saul of Israel said to David when he proposed that he fight the Philistine warrior Goliath. The story of David and Goliath is quite possibly one of the oldest ... still shows us that the ancient Hebrews believed in the fact that a child, or in this case teen, has the will and motivation to do the impossible. Staying on the eastern side of the world, we will next see examples of Russian stories. In the former Soviet Union, a lot of the time stories, books and other types of art were hard to come by. “In a broader sense, ...
- 4604: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... his Theodore Rooseveltemendous ego, politicians often disliked Roosevelt. However, the public adored him. Theodore Roosevelt was elected in his own right in 1904, with the (then) greatest popular majority ever. Roosevelt’s presidency included no war to push him into the limelight, yet Theodore Roosevelt made his imprint on history many times over. Roosevelt was the first “Theodore Rooseveltust-busting” President; he established many national parks; he sTheodore Rooseveltengthened the position ... be in effect until 1800, the next presidential election year. Under the Act Respecting Alien Enemies, the President could order the deportation of “citizens of any counTheodore Roosevelty with which the United States was at war” (Brown 122). These fed on early nationalistic sentiments and fear of “Jacobins” from the bloody French Revolution at a time when war with France looked probable. The Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes, which went down in history as the Sedition Act, was the most criticized of the bunch. It provided prison sentences for speaking ...
- 4605: Fahrenheit51
- ... roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about."(37). Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic city while a war is taking place. Oddly enough the city has its own problems. The protagonist , Guy Montag, goes against society and steals books to read at home, meets a friend to help him in his brave stand ... the history of the profession."(53). Montag disagrees with him and meets an old retired English Professor named Faber who helps him understand the books. "The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way an average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book."(80). In doing this he gets wiser and learns more about famous poets and writers ... reason, reading books. This group hopes to preserve knowledge for future generations by memorizing passages from books. They do this so they cannot be caught and it also improves their thinking. All the while a war is going on and all of a sudden planes came swooping down and bombed the city. "The city rolled over and fell down dead. The sound of death came after" (160). Montag and his ...
- 4606: Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
- ... Lenin, the initial leader. He was under estimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he was one of the scariest rulers in history. It was not until many years later that the world found out about how many deaths Stalin caused in Russia during the Revolution. For almost fifty years, the world thought that the German Nazis did the entire killing in Russia when, in fact, it was Stalin. Snowball, another pig, represents the Russian leader Lev Trotsky. Snowball was very enthusiastic and was the leader who ... was sending Jews and other non-German’s to concentration camps but leaders of other countries did not believe them. The truth about Hitler’s mass killings was not known until after his defeat in World War II. Both Fredrick and Hitler took advantage of many situations. Fredrick appeared to be friendly to purchase the timber from Manor Farm but then used fake bank notes to buy the timber. In ...
- 4607: Lewis Latimer
- ... family. With his father gone and his mother struggling to keep the family together, Lewis falsified his age and joined the U.S. Navy in 1864 when he was sixteen years old. When the Civil War ended he was honorably discharged and returned to Boston to seek employment. In 1868 he secured a job as an office boy in the Crosby and Gould patent law firm, a company that specialized in ... Upon discovering that Latimer was indeed a skilled draftsman, he was promoted from office boy, earning a salary of $3.00 per week, to draftsman at $20.00. In the period immediately following the Civil War, important scientific advances occurred in America. There was an explosion of inventions and new uses of technology, and inventors were securing thousands of patents in growing industries. While working at the Boston firm, Latimer met ... the process of filing patent forms properly at the U.S. Patent Office, protecting the company from infringements of his inventions; Latimer was also in charge of the company library, collecting information from around the world, translating data in French and German to protect the company from European challenges. He became Edison's patent investigator and expert witness in cases against persons trying to benefit from Edison's inventions without ...
- 4608: What's it Like…On the Other Side
- ... Da-Duh, in Barbados. Throughout this trip, Marshall, as a young girl, is constantly confronted with several contrasts. There are two particularly obvious contrasts in the context of the story. These two contrasts are old world/old age versus new world/youth and big city versus little island. As both grandmother and granddaughter explore these contrasts throughout the story, they both learn to appreciate what each has in her own world and also the things she does not have which are apparent in the world of the other. We see first see the contrast of old world/old age versus new world/age when Marshall ...
- 4609: Medicine In America
- ... the medical community to look into research more. Members of the medical community began to research more into specific fields of medicine. For example, anatomy became much more detailed from 1776 to 1865. The Civil War produced enormous amounts of experience in dealing with wounds afflicted in battle. While disease spread rapidly through overcrowded urban communities, farmers faced vulnerable months during early settlement. Medical institutions were based mainly around the larger ... general establishment consisted mostly of people tending to their not so serious ailments by themselves. Quack medicine still remained prosperous well into the twentieth century. Due to the quick spread of disease after the Civil War, the government became more involved in helping citizens. They began to require physicians to report cases of infectious disease, as well as fund institutions of health education. Bureaus such as the Children’s Bureau were ... founded for special reasons. The Children’s Bureau worked to improve birth and death rates. Scientific research on disease, such as Walter Reed’s work with typhoid fever, led to better understanding of such diseases. World War II gave America a social and economical boost, and the hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded gave way to the construction of wartime hospitals. Due to the practice of vaccination, many diseases ...
- 4610: The Great Gatsby
- ... tremendously wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as a Romantic, larger-than-life, figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that, based on illusion, is of his own making. Gatsby’s possessions start to this illusion. He lives in an extremely lavish mansion. “It is a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy ... at Oxford. Supposedly after his family had all died he “lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe collecting jewels, hunting big game, painting and doing things for himself.” (66) During the war he was apparently a promoted major that every Allied government gave a decoration to.” (66) However, the medal he received seemed to be either fake or borrowed. The fantasy world that Fitzgerald gives Jay Gatsby also concludes with parties that are practically like movie-like productions. These parties are so fantastic that they last from Friday nights to Monday mornings. His house and garden ...
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