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- 6971: Overpopulation
- ... on Earth’s life-support systems. Throughout time, humankind has been living as though there are no consequences to its actions. But now, as people of the future, we see what is happening to the world that we live in. Despite all we know, these easily seen problems are still being ignored. Our actions in the past determine the present, and our actions now determine the future. In other words, we ... lack of resources due to of the increasing number of people. Tropical forests cover only 7 percent of the earth’s surface, but it holds over half of all plant and animal species in the world. The rate of destruction of these resources is now so far in excess of their renewable rates that they have effectively been turned into useless land. Although 3/4 of the earth is covered by water, less than one percent is readily available for human use. As the world population increases, this incredibly small amount of water will be the only supply for all humans, plants, and other animals on earth. Once this percent of water lessens even more, the agriculture will suffer, ...
- 6972: Movie Review: Into the West
- ... around, see all the wonderful things and people around him – his boys, her father, and those others of his band, all who share in this loss - and remember what good she had brought to the world, he would have realized that was not so. His decision to grieve her loss, feel sorry for himself, and reject the comforting hand of his own people in the face of her death, keeps him ... accept the loss, he cloaks himself in sorrow, which turns to fear, and anger and rejection, that of himself and his own ways. Prejudice and its effects, is an issue among peoples all around the world; it has been since the beginning of time, and will be until the end. In this film, the prejudice is ethically based. John Riley and his boys come from a society of the Travellers. Neither ... most likely occur in a desperate situation, where one is exhaustedly striving just to get by day-to-day, and would use fantasy as an escape from his or her troubles. Living in a fantasy world will cause one to lose his good judgement and common sense, and one would not be able to determine that which is physically reasonable, and that which is logical. There are those fantasies that ...
- 6973: The Philosophy Of Life According To Macbeth
- ... he has come to create in his mind (after enduring the two most major tragedies im his life), the loss of his wife, and when Birnam Wood advances on Dunsinane, which in turn caused his world to fall apart. Although he thinks life is insignificant, he still fights on. Macbeth's philosophy is, as he would say it, "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ... advance on his kingdom. This too, had a great effect on him. When he sees that Birnam Woods is advancing on his castle, he starts to get scared. At this point, he realizes that his world is about to crumble with him in the middle. Macbeth's whole life collapses when Macduff tells him that "I am from my mother's womb untimely ripped" (V.viii.57); which basically meant Macbeth has met his defeat. As Macbeth sees it, his time on stage is up, and he embraces his fate. "I ‘gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish th' estate o' th' world now undone" (V.v.49-50). In other words, Macbeth is sick of things going bad for him and wishes that the world did not have to have good prevail all the time. At ...
- 6974: Henrik Ibsen
- ... Gregers confronts Hialmar and begins to rescue his friend from a life of self-indelusion. Here is where Ibsen introduces the wild duck to the play. In the first place the wild duck represents the world of fantasy through which Hialmar and his father compensate for the drabness and mediocrity of their lives. The wild duck is the final touch, which brings their hunting ground in the garret to a state ... to self-fulfillment. The final act begins with a discussion between Relling and Gregers. Relling’s happens to be the dominant force in this one. He explains his methods, telling the reader that “all the world is sick,” and the usual treatment is “trying to keep up the make-believe of life in him.” This gives the reader an insight to Relling’s realistic character in that he believes that most ... his life as the “thirteenth table.” At the conclusion of this play it is unclear which side Ibsen wishes the reader to take. Gregers possesses righteous ideals of the truth, while Relling encourages a fantasy world. Under Relling’s guidance Hialmar is happy but he quickly falls into a depression when Gregers shows him the truth about his life. Yet after Hedvig’s sacrifice both men offer arguments, which further ...
- 6975: Japanese Media Overview
- ... Mainichi, Nihon Keizai, Sankei and Yomiuri Shimbun (newspaper) all publish both a morning and an evening edition, with total circulation of more than 40 million copies per day (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 53). Of the world s ten highest daily circulation newspapers, the top three are Japanese, with the fourth highest having a circulation of just over one-third of the circulation of the Yomiuri Shimbun (The United States is not represented in this list) (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 54). It is not surprising that Japan has the highest ratio of newspapers to people in the world, with 578 copies per day for every 1000 people (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 52). Local newspapers are smaller than the nationals, and many are published only once or twice a week, even in cities with ... is ironic that Japan, a nation with a high-tech image, until very recently had one of the lowest rates of Internet use. A 1996 study found that Japan had only three percent of the world s Internet-connected computers (Cooper-Chen, 1997, p. 221). The United States had 70 percent. This is a great disparity, but is worded ambiguously. Stated differently (and taking into account the relative proportions of ...
- 6976: Heart Of Darkness
- ... or a symbol, for the journey into the uncharted human soul. On another level, the voyage into the wilderness can be read as a voyage back to Eden, or to the very beginning of the world. On still another level, the actual trip into and then out of the African continent can be seen as metaphor for sin and redemption. (Telegen 98) Here the several different meanings of the novel are ... the tide to turn. As the narration begins the reader is then introduced to the old, naďve Marlow who once walked the earth. It is through the eyes of this Marlow that we see the world change and develop as he transforms from innocence or light, to understand evil or darkness. As an European Marlow had never really encountered anyone of significant difference until along the shore of the African Coast ... the journey towards his darkness while Kurtz is being suffocated by his own. It was the greed for the ivory which drove Kurtz to this stage of insanity. Once Kurtz isolated himself from the civilized world he developed characteristics similar to that of a cult leader. He was able to manipulate minds of certain native tribal members to follow him and his ways. He gave himself god-like qualities such ...
- 6977: The Artist Verses Society
- ... been seen as incompetent than to let people really know what he was thinking. If people had known what he was really writing he would have been branded a heretic and exiled from the painting world. A second example and perhaps one of the best was also a painter, Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh also one of the world's best painters was effected in the deepest ways by things that most people wouldn't give a second thought to. This sensitivity effected every aspect of his life; from the lifestyle he lived to ... his family relationships. These stranded family relationships drove Van Gogh to cut his own ear off . The only joy he ever found was in his paintings. His paintings were his therapy, his window to the world. Through these paintings he was able to express his anger, joy, sorrow, and grief. This artist against his country feud still happens today. It is most apparent in the music world. If a singer ...
- 6978: Black Like Me
- ... He gained success after conquering over all of the difficulties, and his persistence should be taken as an example by the people of today. During adverse circumstances, Mr. Griffin saw the reality of the cruel world. On his way to Mississippi, he rode on a bus, and there was a ten-minute break. He asked the driver whether he could go to the restroom or not. The driver forbade him and ... only his or her skin color. Although they have different colors, it does not represent that they have a bad heart. The author wanted people to understand that there were many unfair cases in the world, but everyone has to be brave to face it. He once read a case from the newspaper. In Mississippi, there was a white man who killed a black man, but he was released. In fact, besides the Deep South, there were many similar cases. Racism is getting more serious in this world. People should care about each other regardless of their nationality, then the universe will become more harmonious. Moreover, people should learn from Griffin s bravery. He was willing to tell everyone what he experienced ...
- 6979: Stonewall Jackson
- ... He was said to have been in the upper third of his class. His military career had just begun. As soon as he received his commission as lieutenant of artillery, Jackson was assigned to the war zone in Mexico. There he first met Robert E. Lee. Jackson served at Veracruz, Contreras, Chapultepec, and Mexico City, and rose to the temporary rank of major within a year. In 1850, after the Mexican war was over he went to Florida to fight the Seminole Indians. Jackson left the army in 1850 and became a math professor at Virginia Military Institute where he taught for ten years. He was not ... have lost my right arm." Eight days after he was shot, May 10, he died of pneumonia. The Confederate army had won the battle in which Jackson had fallen, but the chances of winning the war had grown very small. Jackson was buried at Lexington, Va. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1955. Some say if Stonewall Jackson didn’t die, the South would have won the ...
- 6980: Meaning Of Illusions
- ... the stage of our illusions. This paragraph proves that studies about our mental visions are very common and they’ve been one of the main challenges for the majority of researchers from all over the world. If our illusions express important wishes, fears and concerns of a particular person, the studies and the analysis of these false visions can help reveal previously unknown aspects of a person’s mental functioning. It ... use their illusions to put away their sadness and to feel comfortable in life after an lost. In Emily’s situation, she did this because she figured out that she was now alone in the world and the most reasonable thing to do was to imagine or to make believe her mind that her father was only taking a long nap rather than facing the devastated lost. Faulkner is making us ... on how a human being incorporates their illusions to evade reality. The main female character, whose name is not given and is referred to as Julian’s mother, and she is constantly living in a world of illusions. a good illustration is that Julian’s mother was a rich woman when she was young. Now, all the luxury, the mansion and the evening cocktails are gone but unfortunately she believes ...
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