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- 7341: Analysis Of Platos Simile Of T
- ... the past. Plato describes men as being chained in a dark subterranean chamber with their eyes permanently turned to a screen before them, upon which pass the shadows of men living and working in the world of light. Since the prisoners in the underground cave have never known reality other than those shadows, they take them for all that actually is the whole truth , and if voices from the world above do reach them, they believe it is the shadows speaking. In comparison of this to our government today, many similarities can be seen. Citizens of our nation today are often blinded from the truths ... themselves, this is the way that they will always live their life. Plato symbolizes this by suggesting that one of these men is freed and ventures out of the cave into the light, or the world above, and sees the sun, symbolizing the form of the good . Plato s object in this work was not of personal enlightenment; he had the sense to understand that where communication was lacking, such ...
- 7342: Early 1900s In N. America
- ... canadians because of its easy maintence compared to a horse. The bike allowed an option of transportation. The bicycle also gave a sense of freedom to virtually anybody willing to learn. Henry Ford revolutionized the world we live in by inventing the "horseless carriage", if it had not been for him, instead of taking the GO bus in the morning we'd be riding a horse named Wanda. Not only did ... Orville and Wilbur Wright made a successful flight in the first airplane at the beach of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Although the flight only lasted 12 seconds it would change the way we see the world. The telephone allowed the houseneeds to be satisfied without leaving they're homes. Women received an oppurtunity to work as a a switch board operator. I don't know if I can stress the importance ... advertising agencies would also face the same consequences. T.V. provides millions of people with employment in commercials, T.V. shows, and movies. Baseball was the most popular sport in the United States where the World Series began in 1903. Tom Longboat was born in Brantford, Ontario and was known for outrunning a horse over a 19 km coarse. He set a record of 2 hours, 24 min and 24 ...
- 7343: Ways of Handling A Situation
- ... with a certain group. No matter what group an individual chooses, that individual almost always is forced sacrifice a part of them self in order to seem more a part of things. People in this world seem to need companionship and are often too weak to stand alone. As a result, they stand together in what ever group they are best suited to. It is a point of interest to many ... necessity is accurate, and humans are as a whole are week and scared when they are faced with solitude. The old adage "there is safety in numbers" is appropriate in this topic. Often in this world terrible things happen because people group up and commit unspeakable acts, then take shelter in the numbers of those involved. The Annual Freaknik "celebration" is the perfect example. Thousands of individuals crowd the streets of ... cliff jumping, and countless other unwise activities. The reason behind this is clear, the human necessity to fit in and to seem cool is often to strong to compete with. A person could have the world and all of its riches, but with out someone to share it with, that person would be totally alone. People need each other. This is a fact of the world, and it will never ...
- 7344: Eve and the Apple
- ... only increased their desires. However, this may have been a necessary development in the creation of mankind. After consuming the apple, Adam and Eve were banished from the sacred garden, and sent to the outside world. They had committed a sin against God, by not only disobeying his commandment, but by wanting to be gods themselves. They were banished from the garden not only as punishment, but also because God did not want them to eat of the tree of life, of immortality. They were not killed as God had originally threatened, but told to be fruitful and multiply. According to Milton, in the outside world Adam and Eve repented their sins to Jesus Christ who in turn asked God for forgiveness. God once again accepted them but stated that they would never again set foot in Paradise. But by this grace, his creation was complete. God's warning was definitely effective because he accomplished exactly his purpose : The creation of this magnificent world that we live in today, which was all started by God, Adam, and Eve. God didn't give Adam and Eve a complete warning about the tree because he did not tell them that ...
- 7345: The Torpedoes
- The Torpedoes The pre-war issue torpedo had the disadvantage of leaving a visible trail of bubbles on the surface on its way to the target. The standard torpedo of the war suffered from early problems with its internal depth-keeping equipment, and its firing pistol, but these were solved after the Norwegian Campaign. In mid 1942 an improved version was introduced with an increased battery capacity ... to be an escort-killer, it achieved some early minor success only to be countered by the allied Foxer noise-making decoy. It was scoring hits against escort and merchants to the end of the war though. The weapon was designed to lock onto the loudest noise after a run of 400m from its launch. This often proved to be the U-boat itself and standard issue-orders were to ...
- 7346: Sonnet 138
- ... the same time as he is deceiving himself by believing her lies, he is in effect mirroring her actions. He presents himself as "made of truth" by establishing himself as an innocent, "Unlearnèd in the world’s false subtleties." Shakespeare begins the second stanza with a wonderful pun. "Vainly thinking" refers not only to the narrator’s own vanity (which is driving him to such a deception), but also to the ... is so clearly not unacquainted with), now the tone is quite clearly regretful: the "simple truth" is repressed, held back. The phrase is also a paradox, for the poem has committed the reader to a world of intellectual complexity and sophistication, in which "truth" has become elusive and problematical: not simple at all. In this respect, the reader is able to feel the speaker’s nostalgic yearning for an innocent world of simple verities. The third stanza begins with questions from the speaker: "But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old?" These questions are not asked ...
- 7347: Lack of Love and Frankenstein
- Lack of Love and Frankenstein Love is an emotion that is essential when bringing a life into this world. It instills morality into the newborn and develops traits that come only from the goodness of the parents. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portraits a life lacking other’s concerns and filled with the utter loneliness, perhaps similar to her own experiences. There are significant changes in a child’s mind when he builds his world around the lack of love that everyone deserves. Mary Shelley has been compared to Frankenstein from the beginning of its existence. Her remarkable life is somewhat imprinted in the book. Throughout her time , Mary Shelley ... the perfect parent. Mary Shelley was none other but the mother of death itself, which influenced her novel. “Frankenstein is indeed a birth myth , but one in which the parent who brought death into the world, and all our woe, is not a woman but a man who pushed the masculine prerogative past the limits of nature , creating life not through the female body, but in a laboratory” (220, Kate ...
- 7348: Ts Eliot Mood And Theme
- ... Eliot -mood and theme WITH REFERENCE TO THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK AND PREDULES. DISCUSS HOW T.S. ELIOT CONVEYS MOOD AND THEMES. Both Prufrock and Preludes are based in the same rootless world of sordid tedium. In Prufrock Eliot is conveying a theme a strong theme and is based heavily in the Persona of Prufrock himself. Preludes is a poem of changing moods, some subtle, some profound but ... the superficial judgments his society passes on him, Prufrock is still hesitant in speaking out against their empty lives. Prufrock is an extraordinary character and one who, despite his struggles, could easily erode into a world content with the futile pleasures of the society he scorns. Preludes is a series of four lyrics describing a modern city. The poem moves through four different time periods, beginning with one evening and continuing ... conveyed throughout the careful use of diction, imagery and repetition. Prelude I begins with an attractive, familiar setting, a winter evening. This however is short lived as we are immediately confronted with a decaying, suffocating world, 2 With smells of steaks in passageways... 4 The burnt-out ends of smoky days. Eliot creates a mood of desolation and loneliness through diction and imagery. The precise use of descriptive words compose ...
- 7349: The Plague
- ... Plague is an allegorical novel. 1 The true meaning of the story, however, is not an allegory. Albert Camus felt that life was a series of contradictions. He felt that humans sought to explain the world in human terms, however, Camus says, the world is thus not explicable. 2 Because of this condition, he referred to human life as absurd. This absurdity amounts to an emptiness in our lives and makes our very existence meaningless. However, Camus also believed ... not only works to end the suffering that exists, he also strives not to cause any; Tarrou simply hates to see human suffering. He tells Rieux that we can t stir a finger in this world without the risk of bringing death to somebody. Camus through Tarrou conveys his belief that man must do good to bring out that "innate goodness" within him. Tarrou explains, "All I maintain is that ...
- 7350: Beowulf: The Three Monsters of the Middle Ages
- ... the men he thought he would eat. Grendel wore “God’s anger,” and he was simply deprived of any joy whatsoever. He was motivated by some kind of “evil desire,” and was angry with the world. Grendel could not be harmed by a weapon of any kind; Beowulf kills him by ripping off his arm. The narrator says that Grendel “brought trouble of heart to mankind.” Grendel is significant of evil in our world today. There are murderers and rapists who are incapable of feeling remorse for the pain that they cause their victims. These criminals also bring “trouble to the heart of mankind.” Grendel brought sorrow to the people close to his victims, just as murderers do. Grendel represents the evil that will always be present in our world. He signifies the hate and anger that will always be alive. Grendel’s mother is also representative of a type of evil that will hold some people back in their search for salvation in ...
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