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- 6801: An Attempt At A Rhetorical Ana
- The renowned Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye held a series of radio broadcasts, in which he presents his beliefs of literatures place in the world. In the sixth of his lectures, Frye culminates his study of the relevance of literature in the world. He restates his theme, and expands from “strict critical theory into the wider and more practical aspects of a literal training” (133). He builds on his earlier talks and tries to not only conclude his ... entirely new topic in the last sentence. I could be wrong, and have missed something entirely, but the end seems to contradict his earlier ideas of using the imagination to break free from the literal world. He could have been trying to say that while the imagination must be kept free, it needs to be grounded in reality, but if he wanted to make an issue of it, it would ...
- 6802: Computers: Productive Tools In Our Lives
- ... but to get through, you will have to wait, at least, until the next Halley's comet passes by. The only thing now required, for you to become the master of this part of the world, is to have a very BOLD determination to become a computer geek. Since you have learnt everything about the basics, I would like to transfer command to the owner's manual, that came with your computer, to help you master the specific applications. While learning the basic fifth generation of PCs, let's not forget the choice of the new generation, network computing on the Internet and the world wide web. Internet is probably the most important development in the history of human beings, since the evolution of the Macintosh. The Internet can do all the projects and presentations, your teachers demand of you ... to a search engine, and then another search engine, and then yet another search engine, and then you finally find out that what you want is just what you don't get in this terrible world of advertisement. So you quit and go join a chat group, talking with the weirdest of people you can think of, thinking of the fun you are having in this beautiful world, without knowing ...
- 6803: Ethics In Business
- ... deceive, will be increasingly cherished in the future (Trudel 69). Right now we live in a time when the ends justify the means. There is hope however. For all of the crooked businessmen in the world, there are still some noble and ethical businessmen holding on. Although some businessmen may not believe it, according to Rodger Spiller, director of the New Zealand Centre for Business Ethics (NZCBE), there is a strong ... as much money can be made through honest business methods. There are methods of protecting yourself from becoming involved in something you know is wrong. Business ethics are of growing importance in today s economic world. In the long run, ethics will make or break a company. It takes us back to an old saying: cheaters never win. Running a clean, honest business not only puts you ahead in life, it ... deceive, will be increasingly cherished in the future (Trudel 69). Right now we live in a time when the ends justify the means. There is hope however. For all of the crooked businessmen in the world, there are still some noble and ethical businessmen holding on. Although some businessmen may not believe it, according to Rodger Spiller, director of the New Zealand Centre for Business Ethics (NZCBE), there is a ...
- 6804: Hamlet 6
- ... development of the story line. In the play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are inserted for nothing more than comic relief. But on the contrary, in the movie they are hopeless wanderers looking for meaning in the world. The pair is so lost in their mental endeavors that they do not even notice the crumbling of a royal family and ultimately their own deaths. Through Rosencrantz and Guildenstern we learn many lessons of ... the objects the iron ball plummets to the floor while the feather floats to the ground proving a common fact. There are significant differences between the movie and the book. In the book the real world is that of Elsinore to which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are brought into. The movie puts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a make-believe world on a journey through the play of hamlet. In the movie the real world is represented by featureless rock and desolate forests, through which the pair journeys to find meaning. The only thing they ...
- 6805: A Rose For Emily New South Vs. Old
- ... is violated by her father's strict mentality. After being the only man in her life Emily's father died and she found it difficult to let go. Emily was raised during the pre-civil war era. Like her father, Emily possessed a stubborn outlook towards life, and refused to change. Emily could have been seen as a representative of the old south. She represented the ideas and mores of a society that was crushed by both the war and its eventual defeat. This story, on the exterior appears to be little more than a horror story. However, it is clear that Faulkner intends to show much more than that. He wants us to ... longer went out at all. The tax notice was also enclosed, without comment," (Faulkner, ). She thought she had no taxes because she never had paid them before. However, after the souths defeat in the Civil War all southerners had to pay taxes. She is unable and unwilling to allow change such as taxes to affect her. This stubborn attitude came from her father's strict teachings. Miss Emily had been ...
- 6806: Gold
- ... earth today. Gold has been used by humans for almost six thousand years and has been valued since the earliest of times for its beauty and resistance to corrosion. Without gold the economy of the world be drastically changed. I have chosen gold as my element because of its extensive value. It has always been valued and is worth a great amount of money. I've often wondered why gold was ... lot of impurities. In the seventh century B.C. kings of Lydia, in Western Asia, started to use gold coins that were guaranteed as to weight and purity. By using gold as coins the ancient world gave gold another value. Gold became commonly known as purity and richness. Impurities are added to gold jewelry to harden it. Gold tin purple is used to make red and purple glass. Gold is also ... The average abundance of gold is not known, but it's estimated for the earth’s crust there is 0.001 parts per million. Gold is a major part of society today. It makes the world go round. The most important gold deposits of today are found in South Africa, U.S.S.R. Canada, and the United States. Gold’s major use is as a unit of monetary exchange ...
- 6807: Lifes Many Obstacles - Catcher
- ... of Faith Cavendish. She “wasn’t exactly a whore or anything but she didn’t mind doing it once in a while...” Holden feels this experience will thrust him into what he considers the adult world. The conversation with Faith was a long one but inevitably led to nothing. An incursion into the adult world, or what Holden considers it to be, had been thwarted. In part, the failure happens because he doesn’t really know the rules, and also because loneliness is not a substitute for experience. Habitual lying ... admissions are untrue, but if he is not really a liar, then the statement that he is a liar cannot be true. This Catch-22 reveals a glimpse of the confusion Holden feels about the world, and is significant because it is confusion that finally puts him in the hospital. The monotony of Holden’s routines, the perceived boredom of his life, and the triviality of general conversation and actions ...
- 6808: 1984 Ignorance Is Strength
- ... in order to soak up some more truths presented by their honorable leaders. These are today s proles. Hitler and Stalin burned libraries. Mas Tse Tsung wrote his Red Book. Ociania, Big Brother, and the world of 1984 have newspeak. All represent the limiting of minds though dictatorship, but need to be official dictators in order to repress their followers. This is evident in today s world. Ignorance is strength; our ignorance to repression increases the strength of our leaders, allowing them to make proles of us all. Repression is achieved through various techniques of dictatorship, one being controlled participation. This provides ... love, to breed, and to live. Proles are happy with this lifestyle and do not question it. Human characteristics are what separate the proles from the Party members, in 1984 as well as in the world today. But what is a human without a mind of their own? A beast, as Shakespeare suggested? The future of our world lies in the hands of beasts or proles, but deep within them ...
- 6809: Early African Societies - Hist
- ... of time has always played a major role in history. The beginning of time explains the reasons for each and every creature, plant, and unexplainable phenomena that have occurred on this earth. Chapter one of World History: A Topical Approach primarily explains to the reader the different arguments that people believe are true. There are many claims that scientist have found to be very true, but then there are others who believe in a phenomenon quite different. Some scientists date the beginning of existence as far as twenty billion years ago, but there are others who believe that the world is really not that old. Human existence has taken its toll upon many great researchers who have searched to understand human ancestry. It is only right to include the Book of Genesis when one speaks ... studies makes you stop and think. Maybe our race was here first, and as time went on different shades of colors were introduced. The many different shades of color moved to different regions of the world to start their own culture and develop a civilization. There are many different aspects of taking the development of the human existence. Some people believe it originated in Europe and others believe something different. ...
- 6810: The "Invisible" Problems of Racism
- The "Invisible" Problems of Racism The problem with racism is that many people don't think it is. Many live their lives not even realizing what is happening the world around them. "Racism, here, nah." Others know all about it, but they don't realize that they themselves, yes, themselves, are racists. "Huh, I'm not racist. What do you mean? I'm more open ... they could have been a criminal. A robber from "the hood." After all, isn't that what most of "them" are. No one deserves to be prejudged like that. The prejudice of people in the world is disgusting. The worst part of it all is that they don't even know that they are doing it. They think it's j! ust no rmal behavior. It doesn't even phase them when they do it. Then there are those who are completely unaware of racism in the world. They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. They're so blind! Why can't they see what is happening around them? Have they really lived such ...
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