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- 7231: Watching The Box Watch Peter H
- ... and banal" (604). Once she became married, television no longer was her main companion in life. Television took the back seat, as a personal place which she could escape to when the pressures of the world, of her family, becomes too much to bear (604). In sharp contrast to these positive views of television is the observations of Theresa Lenexa. She looks at the rather important role that television had played ... that television is addictive, like some legal and illegal drugs. And like said drugs, television is harmful to its adherents in many ways (600). Television makes people asocial, and takes people out of the "real" world and into an "unreal" plane of existence (601). Television, Hamill claims, allows one to have emotional shifts without any kind of effort. It is passive escapism. He believes that television allows people to escape from the world and its demands, and makes them feel as if they have no control over their surroundings (601). His second claim is that television is in many ways responsible for the change of the drug ...
- 7232: Dinosaur History
- ... as tall as man, three hundred million years ago giant dragon flies buzzed around in the large forests, six million years ago small animals, called trilobites, lived in the sea and were rulers of the world. Evolutionists think that the world started off with just plants on it, then came legged animals from the sea that took over. They feel that a certain kind of fish evolved into the first four-footed animals. After millions of ... animals eventually turned into dinosaurs. That is how dinosaurs came to be. Then finally the dinosaurs died off and little, furry, four-legged creatures appeared. These animals were called mammals, which then took over the world. Then those mammals evolved into man. The Evolutionists believe that dinosaurs were extinct millions of years before there were even any people to walk the Earth. The Evolutionists had a hard time trying to ...
- 7233: The American 2
- ... a compromise between his freewill and destiny in order to accept his future. The novel shows this through Christopher Newman throughout the entire story. In the beginning of the novel, Christopher Newman thinks that the world is in his hands and that with his money he is there to enjoy it. He goes to Europe thinking that Europe will welcome and admire his wealth, and he is not set astray by ... represents the typical American, and turns his back on all material things so that he is enriched in what he is experiencing at the moment. He sees himself as a free person standing in a world which seems to be working with him. (Banta 154) Newman s life had always been based on the material things, and now he was ready for something new. As Newman is reflecting with Mr. Tristam ... Newman believes that he desires a part of the European culture, and obtains this through buying poor remakes of pieces in the Louvre and free voice lessons. He wants to feel free from the capitalist world but still uses his financial strength to his advantage. Christopher Newman is reviewing his decision to buy the painting that he bought from Mademoiselle Noemie when James writes, It was only 20 minutes before ...
- 7234: Seeing Futher Through Tears Th
- ... Through Telescopes Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale of lovers who's misfortune and immaturity was a cause of their own fall. The characters individually show immaturity and together demonstrate how ignorance of the world effects more than just their own lives. Romeo and Juliet, as expressed in the succeeding examples, fall in love quickly as a result of their naivety. Juliet is shown to be immature in a opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. "My child is yet a stranger in the world, she hath not seen the charge of fourteen years. . ." (Lines 8-9, Scene 2, Act 1). It is also shown during the balcony scene when she agrees to marry Romeo after knowing him only a ... to marry her. "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. . . And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay, and follow thee my lord throughout the world" (Lines 142-143, 146-147, Scene 2, Act 2). After he marriage she is told by her nurse she is to marry Paris. In a blind fury she runs to Friar Lawrence with a ...
- 7235: Descartes Existence Of God
- ... quest for truth and certainty. Descartes second meditation gives a definite certainty for which to use as his foundation to build his beliefs. Then his third meditation proves the existence of God and the external world, while disproving the evil genius theory. That definite certainty that cannot be doubted, is the fact that I exist. Whenever I utter or think I am I know this to be absolutely true, without doubt ... could not have been created by us because God is more perfect than us thus undoubtable and certain. The idea that God exists disproves the Evil Genius theory therefore proves the existence of an external world. Anslem and Descartes theories both prove that there is a God and they both use some similar ideas in their premises. For instance, they both rely on the faith that there is an idea of ... can not create something more perfect or better than itself, and that we are less perfect than God therefore we could not have created God. So, this proves the existence of God and an external world. On the other hand, Anslem says Existence is greater than conception and nothing greater can be conceived then God. Therefore God must exist. In my opinion descatres has successfully proven the existence of God ...
- 7236: Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
- ... two opposing viewpoints in regards to the meaning of this quote, and each viewpoint comes about by a different analysis of what life and chocolates represent as well as what they mean in today's world. The conclusion to the question can only come about through a thorough examination of the quote itself along with its possible entailments to see what both groups of people deem important and what they choose to ignore. Both arguments seem to work well to counter the other and show the flaws in the other explanation's theory. According to the World Book Encyclopedia, life is "a state, existence, or principle of existence conceived as belonging to the soul." Most people, when questioned about life would not have a very clear or concise answer because life is ... something that is wholly tangible. In general life is considered to be everything that happens to a person from the moment they are born to the moment they die. All of their interactions with the world and all of their thoughts and actions. There does not seem to be any plan or order to these events, just everything that happens. Everything. Life is a long process with good, bad and ...
- 7237: Chinese Foot Binding
- ... areas in China it was not as common because of the need for girls to work the fields. The anti-footbinding reformers, mostly missionaries,: 1) educated the Chinese by explaining that the rest of the world did not bind women's feet, and that if they continued it would lead to China losing face, 2) education explained the advantages of natural feet and disadvantages of bound feet, 3) they formed natural ... beliefs. WORKS CITED h Aero, Rita. Things Chinese. China Cultural Printing Company: San Francisco: 1980: 112-113. h Ferguson, Nancy M. Chinese Footbinding: Golden Lilies, Lotus Petal and Lily Petals. Retrieved, August 1998 from the World Wide Web: http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/anth239/fall97/nan-foot.htm: 1, 2. h Gottschalk, Mary. "Exploring the mystique of Chinese footbinding." The Honolulu Advertiser 31, March 1998: C-3. h Jackson, Beverley ... D-6. h Levy, Howard S. Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. Bell Publishing Company: New York: 1992: 34, 47-49 h Loiselle, Dawnelle. Footbinding: Lotus Petals. Retrieved, August 1998 from the World Wide Web: http://www.towson.edu/~loiselle/foot.html#dwork: 2. h McDowell, Colin. Shoes. Rizzoli International Publications Incorporated: New York: 1989: 63-64. h Seagrave, Sterling. Dragon Lady. Scribbler's Ltd., New York: ...
- 7238: Filipino Food For Thought
- ... cities. It is true that modernization is God's gift to mankind. Everything has become so simple and effortless. Food cooked in minutes rather than hours, people can communicate to each other all over the world with just a press of a button and so many more. The advantages of improvement are undeniable. Yet, when it comes down to the basics, we must think; is it really worth it? Does this ... price of modernization worth it? Personally, I find that some things are meant to be forever. There may be changes and yet the basic essence can remain the same. People who dwell in the modern world, living a modern life have forgotten what really matters. Custom and traditions make a country what who they are. The personality of each and everyone is molded by the way they are brought up or ... we are. It sounds kind of funny to think of eating this way. If France can eat steak that makes them feel their power, or drink wine, Filipinos must also have something that shows the world what they are. The bagoong, mashed shrimp that doesn't really look appealing, tells the world of its history. The many culinary dishes made up of so many different things show that even if ...
- 7239: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- ... place. It was a place where the pain of life was so great that it overcame any moments, however minuscule, of the joy and happiness that made life worth living to the rest of the world. As a deeply religious man, the collective attitude that the life endowed by God upon the Irish peasantry was not worth living profoundly disturbed the conscience of one man in particular, that of Jonathan Swift. How could a person, much less a group of people, be so consumed by the pain of the sin-filled world that they could not feel any of the magnificence with which God had created the world? In answering this question, Swift discovered a series of social vices and injustices that perpetuated the painful poverty of the Irish peasantry, and due to his resulting anger felt that it was his God- ...
- 7240: Pride And Prejudice
- ... and Prejudice. Put quite simply, without a character of Mr. Bennet the irresponsible father, Austen would have no plot. Vital to the plot, Mr. Bennet is also crucial to the reader's perception of the world that Austen is describing. Most members of this society are greedy and mercenary, and those who are not are so entangled in their own passions that they almost never see the absurdity of the world around them. Mr. Bennet is different however. While being realistic, he also takes great pleasure of observing the sad silliness of the world around him, and poking fun at it on many occasions. "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn." (Austen, 75) is an expression ...
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