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Daisy And Gatsby Tom Buchanan
1,432 wordsIn F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Tom Buchanan's attitude toward the other characters demonstrates his true personality. There are many things that make up his character which cause him to carry on in this manner. His attitude stems from the way he was brought up by his parents, and the values they instilled in him. Throughout his life everything was handed to him on a silver platter. So Tom feels that world is at feet and that he can do whatever he wants to whoever he wants without ha...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hiv Infected
1,743 wordsThe following are facts cited in Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9, 000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15 - 24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of HIV-infections worldwide has tripled since 1990! It is estimated that there will be a 20 % decline in population in East Africa by the year 2001 due to AIDS (Stine, 360). AIDS is the leading cause of deaths among adult...
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Order To Make Vietnam War
1,336 wordsThe terms fear and courage played a major role in the life experience of Tim O'Brien. Like most other young males who just graduated college, in 1968 after graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he sought different opportunities in hopes of becoming independent and gaining a career. Before these hopes of opportunity are realized, however, he receives notice that he has been drafted to the Vietnam War. He acknowledges the tragedies that may occur in war, and fears for his life...
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Treated Differently Act Differently
678 wordsThe World Wide Web is notorious for being able to disguise people, places, and things. I logged on to America Online at home through my sisters account. The results and differences I received as a male and a female were exactly what I expected. America Online was one of my favorite pastimes a few summers ago, so I was quite familiar with its setup and the way things happen online. Many aspects of online are nice, but so many of them are unappealing and not worth my time. Online experiences are s...
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Societal Lessons In Julius Caesar
550 wordsMany authors try to convey different lessons that we, as individuals or a society can learn from their writings. William Shakespeare, in his play Julius Caesar, has definitely accomplished this goal. With the many lessons included in this story, society can learn from the mistakes of others made previously. It could be said that the actions of society are learned by the actions of our predecessors. In this incredible play, the major messages or societal lessons include mob mentality, respect, an...
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Lord Of The Flies Boys On The Island
1,886 wordsIt can be said that Golding describes the moral of the book in relation to the scientific mechanics of society. This is found as a major theme in the book, which is actually fear. The boys on the island view this ideal in the form of the "beastie." The "beastie" is an unseen figure on the island, which is symbolized of the dead parachutist. This fear, however, represents the potential evil found in humans. Yet, this evil is only brought about amongst specific environmental conditions, which Gold...
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Twenty Years Ago Columbine High School
1,480 wordsDont kid yourself. Theres trouble in paradise that escapes the vision of folks wearing rose-colored glasses. Im not a contemporary Chicken Little running around screaming The sky is falling! And Im not a little boy crying out Wolf! I am a former English teacher with thirty-four years classroom experience. Ive taught through wars, recessions, political assassinations and public anti-war protests. Ive seen and broken-up hundreds of bloody student fights. Ive been threatened by enraged students and...
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Means To An End Quality Of Life
1,414 wordsThroughout the semester we have studied some common themes that seem to unite all workers under different systems of economic organization; the main theme being the quality of life and the workplace for the members of society. Some of the more specific problems we have covered from the political economy side deal with the extraction of surplus value, environmental issues, the trend of excessive consumption and, perhaps most importantly, the undemocratic workplace created by capitalism. In Europe...
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Corporal Punishment School Violence
634 wordsPeace and Conflict Resolution: Journal of School violence in Japan Japan is a relatively peaceful country in terms of juvenile delinquency. The level of violence in society in general and at schools in particular is one of the lowest in the world. The Japanese national culture and mentality with its respect to elderly people and politeness in general do not benefit the juvenile violence. Yodji Morita, a sociologist from Osaka City University marks the outbreak of "unpredictable violence" by high...
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Xvii Century Normal Person
1,762 wordsNowadays in our country we pay much attention to the mental health of the people. Psychologists and psychiatrists are considered to be the most important doctors. Today you can hardly find a person who doesnt need help in this area. It is understandable because our life is too difficult and the small nervous disorder that seems to be not essential can rise into the serious problem. Many people in our modern world are suffering from depressions, neurosis, manias and not all of them can receive th...
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Evaluation Argument Mandatory School Uniform
642 wordsEvaluation Argument: Mandatory School Uniform School uniform is good when measured by criteria of opportunity for self-expression, expressing modesty, diminishing class discrimination, improving self-esteem, increasing sense of community and helping school authorities to recognize intruders. Nevertheless some of the mentioned criteria have negative moments. The first criterion is the opportunity for self-expression. It is positive moment, because mandatory school uniform aims as removing the sta...
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Stay Awake Main Characters
1,107 wordsMIMI MENLO is one of two main characters in this short story. She is not just one character among several, it is her thoughts and actions that we focus on since she is one of the two main characters. We take on Mimi's viewpoint and judge her by her actions and see what kind of moral fibre she is made up of. She has many faults but not many that cannot be forgiven, we see this at the beginning of the story. She secretly tries to stay awake and keep an eye on her husband. She prescribed herself a ...
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Didn Acute T Black And White
1,579 wordsI agree that Arthur Miller engaged the audience to a large extent, and he also manages to get across a historical story at the same time and prove a point. I believe that through extensive character detail he has made it possible for us to understand exactly how the different characters are feeling, and why they behave the way they do. Miller also plays on our emotions by amplifying our own faults through the characters, as in the case of Abigail using the whole situation to her advantage, and b...
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Adolf Hitler Napoleon Bonaparte
1,056 wordsHistory has taught us that from the advent of time, man has proven himself to be his own worst enemy. Throughout history, various controversies and disputes have progressed into major wars with devastating effects. Some people believe that these are the subsequent results of increasing power in man. To many it may seem that the acquisition of varying degrees of power and influence cause marked changes in otherwise placid personalities. The more power one has, the more he wants and, what is worst...
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Marshall B Clinard One Up Mashup
1,709 wordsGangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The psychological answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the immediate reasons and benefits are much easier to find. On the surface, they are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence, we must find t...
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Ways Of Life Global Village
1,481 wordsYou say potato, I say potato Hi, how may I help you? asked the cashier. I ll take a slice of plain and a water, please. Replied Jen (My new date). Will that be it? asked the cashier. Can I get a glass of water with a lemon on the side? I answered. Sure, it will be a minute. Sit down and relax, we will bring it out to you. Thanks Jen and I sat down in the far corner of the dinner and began talking. Everything was going fine until our order arrived. To my disgust the New Jersey native, Jen, starte...
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Health Care Reform Ronald Reagan
863 wordsFrom FDR s New Deal to Lyndon Johnson s Great Society, the United States government has attempted to centralize extensive social policies. In the early eighties, when recession and inflation were at a high, Ronald Reagan took office and pronounced that the federal government needed to take a lesser role in the lives of the American people. As Theda Skocpol comments in her book Boomerang: Clinton s Health Security Effort and the Turn Against Government in U. S. Politics, the Reagan administration...
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World War Ii German Government
656 wordsProblems with German Reunification Following the Second World War, Germany was rebuilt out of practically nothing into one of the richest countries of the world. This well-known transformation is known as the Wirtschaftswunder (wonder of economics). Yet in the recent reunification of West and East Germany, German leadership has ignored crucial lessons from this successful period of transformation. Three problems highlight this claim: 1. Reunification promised to quickly alleviate forty years of ...
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York Simon 038 Schuster Man And The Sea
1,113 wordsThere is an old saying in the english language, Every piece of writing is at least a little bit autobiographical. This may be true in all cases, but it is clearly predominant in Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. It is evident that Hemingway modeled the main character, Santiago after his own person, and that the desires, the mentality, and the lifestyle of the old man are identical to Hemingway's. Santiago is an old fisherman who lives in a small coast town in Cuba. At the time that Hemingw...
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Style Stylish Eye
265 wordsI am choosing to write about paragraph two, page 95 of the Hebidge article. I agree that taste does distinguish those who make the distinctions. However, I feel that the whole concept of analyzing what makes a person stylish or not is foolish. I feel that attempting to put a definitive issue on what is stylish is defeating the purpose of having style. Style does not define you, attitude does. Style is a reflection of an individual and if people are judging you and your personality solely on mate...
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