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- 5331: Travelers Guide to Colorado
- ... it comforting to retreat to nature for a quiet and peaceful vacation. The information is unlimited. It just depends on what you want to find. "In Colorado, it's biggest city is it's capitol." -World Book Atlas 1993. The capitol of Colorado is Denver. Some of the attractions Colorado offers is: skiing, hiking, and exploring. These play a major role in Colorado's economic progression. The land in Colorado is ... the next place to visit on the places to vacation list. So happy traveling and remember, use America Airlines, for the fastest and easiest way to get where you want to go."-Commercial Bibliography "Colorado." World Book Atlas. 1994 ed. "Colorado." Word Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 2 1988 ed. World Book CD-ROM. Computer software. World Book CD-ROM, CD-ROM "Lets go 1993 USA." World Book Atlas 1993, Colorado Comptons Encyclopedia CD-ROM. Computer Software. Interactive CD-ROM, CD-ROM. 1996 ed. Colorado ...
- 5332: Egyptian, Babylonian, and Hebrew Religions
- ... cultures from each other and their views on life. I would like to point out each civilization's creation and flood story. By analyzing these stories we can come to a better understanding of their world views. The Hebrew creation story from the book of Genesis is one that most people know well. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was without form and void. God ... together. The gods decided that mankind must be destroyed. Tens of thousands of men were killed until only a few were left. Then Ra relented and man was spared. Nevertheless Ra was sick of the world and retreated into the heavens, leaving Shu to reign in his place. At that time the present world was established. The Babylonians have their own interpretation of the beginning. All things came from the water. From the mixture of sweet water, Aspu, with salt water, Tiamat, the gods arose. Aspu and Tiamat ...
- 5333: Israel
- ... a refuge for the poor unfortunate Jewish people who survived the Holocaust. They would, once and for all, have a Jewish homeland, where the key to citizenship was simply being Jewish. The majority of the world had sympathy for the Jewish people, at that time. Along with this sympathy the world had expectations that the Jewish people would be better, morally, than the other nations of the world. As a result, Israel is often put under a figurative microscope and each and every thing she does is analyzed. For many years people only said the nicest things about Israel, but that has ...
- 5334: Impermanence, Selflessness, and Dissatisfaction
- ... soul or external Self that exists in each individual; (Fadiman & Frager,1994:p 545) selflessness is closely connected with impermanence. Dissatisfaction is a larger concept entir ely- it involves the acknowledgment that suffering exists. The world is founded on suffering, (DeSilva, 1991:p 21) and once anything becomes a problem there is bound to be suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or conflict- conflict between our desires and the state of reality. Dissatisfaction is the ... characteristic of existence to apply to one's life, as it involves not only the acceptance of this state, but also outlines one on how to treat and cure this state. The notion that the world is an ever-changing environment on all levels of existence is not a radical idea. In fact, those that have not yet accepted change as a natural state of nature is denying the reality of life. A being and the empirical world are both constantly changing. They come into being and pass away. All is in a whirl, nothing escapes this inexorable unceasing change, and because of this transient nature nothing is really pleasant. There is ...
- 5335: Poetry And Langston Hughes
- Poetry and the World of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes enchanted the world as he threw the truth of the pain that the Negro society had endured into most of his works. He attempted to make it clear that society in America was still undeniably racist. For example ... Hughes artistry in poetic expression that can be dissimilar while still expressing the same views on the tribulations of African-Americans. Harlem (A Dream Deferred) is short, to the point and opens up Langston Hughes world of symbolism. In writing this, Mr. Hughes used symbolism so extensively that when most individuals read it, they do not grasp the true intent of each word. The images that Hughes conveys in Harlem ...
- 5336: Religion In Our Lives
- ... and state," in order to separate this profound force of religion from the public lives of its citizens. Thus, the freedom to worship any religion remains a private and personal issue. However, in this imperfect world, it becomes virtually impossible to achieve this kind of separation. Some subtle examples of this can be seen right here on campus. The intriguing yet simple New England architecture that we see all around us, is the result of the Old World Puritan religion. Also on campus, Rollins Chapel, supposedly a "universal place of worship", is structurally shaped like a cross, the symbol of the crucifixion of Jesus. Delving deep into these religious symbols, there exists a common thread uniting all religions. The aspect of community becomes the "heart and soul" of almost all religious groups around the world. It is this upon which George Weckman focuses his article. The author defines the characteristics of a community in a number of ways. For one, he claims that some sort of initiation or "entrance ...
- 5337: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- Huck is very responsive to the beauty of the natural world about him. He uses vivid imagery to describe nature in a peculiar way, which one can even consider out of character for him. His word choice, general attitude, use of literary devices, and the use ... dark as sin again in a second, and now you'd hear the thunder let go with an awful crash, and then go rumbling, grumbling, tumbling, down the sky towards the under side of the world, like rolling empty barrels down-stairs where it's long stairs and they bounce a good deal, you know" (44). That one sentence encompasses all of the techniques and provides an excellent description. It uses ... other three are: rumbling, grumbling, and tumbling. "...and now you'd hear the thunder let go with an awful crash, and then go rumbling, grumbling, tumbling, down the sky towards the under side of the world..." (44). Huck then uses one simile in paricular to further exemplify the sound of the thunder and to create a better scene for the reader. "...tumbling, down the sky towards the under side of ...
- 5338: Things Fall Apart
- ... done in the hope that other villagers would unite with him and fight the white man. The tribe 3 refuses to fight and as a result, they become under the white's control. Okonkwo s, world has been destroyed and his reason for living has gone. Due to the racism, and the intrusion of the white man, Okonkwo's village's culture was eventually destroyed. Like Chinua Achebe, racism, as well ... uproar. Ugly (Conrad 35). Furthermore, The prehistoric man was cursing us, praying to us, welcoming us who could tell (Conrad 37)? Conrad s ignorance of the African people resulted in his division of the social world. The categories in this social world were, us, the Europeans and them, the Africans. Achebe concludes Conrad s ignorance towards the natives by exclaiming, Heart of Darkness projects the image of Africa as the other world, a place where man ...
- 5339: Church and State
- ... termed absurd. Today, however, those who reject the idea of random evolutionary processes being responsible for designing life and shaping the geological features of the earth are termed religious, unscientific fanatics. Today, throughout the industrialized world, the moment children are able to respond to their environment, they are constantly bombarded with the doctrine of evolution. Faith in the biblical concept of creation by the hand of God is ridiculed and rejected ... development of life became well known, others used the concept of evolution for developing theories about society. A number of new philosophies began to emerge based on the Darwinian theory. These ideas came onto the world scene and made serious implications which made a view of agnosticism and atheism respectable. "As far as Darwin was concerned, a man's religion was his own affair, and he tried to keep his loss ... Kapital, a book against capitalism , to Charles Darwin. Marx and other humanists of his day believed the individual, not God, is the highest being. The acceptance of the evolutionary doctrine soon spread throughout the academic world in spite of the opposition put forward by scientists and religious leaders. Most scholars who had swallowed the humanistic philosophy were proud of the fact that they could explain the physical world around them ...
- 5340: Amish Culture
- The past five weeks in my life have really had an impact on me. In such a short period of time, I have become more aware of the different cultures that exist around the world today. We tend to think that our way of life is the only way there is, or at least the only right way. It is really very ignorant to think that everyone believes and behaves ... the most important values the Amish stress. They don't like to let anything break their family ties. The fact that they have lived this way for hundreds of years and not allowed the "modern" world to deter them from their pursuit of their service to God, is truly unbelievable. As mentioned earlier, the Amish do not like anything technologized in fear that it will break the family up. In actuality ... refrigerators. Gas-pressured lanterns and lamps are used to light homes, barns, and shops," (The Amish People 14). The Amish place very large emphasis on humanity, family, community, and separation with the rest of the world. They place value on simplicity and self-denial, whereas, typical Americans cherish comfort, convenience and leisure. Most Americans speak one to two languages fluently. Among the most popular are English and Spanish. On the ...
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