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Four Noble Truths Siddhartha Gautama
1,079 wordsBuddhism is one of the more mainstream religions in the world and it is continually expanding throughout the world. Buddhism comes from bush, which means to awaken, the goal of Buddhism. Like all religions, there are many sects of Buddhism. There are over 80, 000 different types of Buddhism, the two main ones being Mahayana and Theravada. There are about 3 - 4 million Buddhists in America now (web). Many people have found Buddhism to help them deal with their daily day life. And many others have...
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Gender Roles African Americans
1,580 wordsI am a man, or maybe Im a male, no wait I am a guy, although my parents still call me a boy, unless you ask an old person then I am a young man. Frankly, I dont know, understand, or care what I am because most importantly Im me. My generation has numerous problems and some of the most pressing issues involve sex and gender. It appears we have some confusion on whos what and why, and I can see why this confusion exists we have some males wearing womens apparel and some females who are only female...
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Dare To Fail Open Minded Lighting
515 wordsI want to learn to take risks. I want to change my attitude about taking chances. Assessing my academic and extracurricular achievements, I am proud of my accomplishments. I see myself as an open-minded, goal-oriented person who achieves and succeeds through hard work and determination. How much of that success is a result of staying on comfortable ground? I began wondering about the range of my abilities when I attended Northwestern University's Theater Arts Program last summer. The theme of th...
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Social Interaction Human Experience
814 wordsConformity is a dirty word to Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the death of the individual, he says, the enemy of originality. Indeed, the development of the individual self is one side of the human experience. But to reject conformity offhand is to forfeit the other side of that experience the individuals participation in the community. Self-awareness may be a uniquely human faculty among all of Earths animals, but so, too, is the formation of complex society. Total sacrifice of the self in the name ...
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Reverend Parris Reverend Dimmesdale
895 wordsEach society in the world is unique, and each has its own values and beliefs. Throughout time, societies have shaped the way that man lives. This includes not only his actions, but it also includes his thoughts and feelings. In many instances, such as in Puritan societies, religion plays the most important role. The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are stories which vividly demonstrate the effect society has on people. The Puritan society that is created in...
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Huckleberry Finn Black Child
536 wordsMy novel 'The Day They Came To Arrest The Book' was based upon racism in the late 70 's. An era which occurred before I existed. There are many movies and books depicting events from this time, some of which I have seen or read. I had always thought that my views on racism were somewhat close to the truth, after reading the novel I realized that I had been wrong. Therefore, this novel has altered my feelings and opinions which I had towards the treatment of the Negro race. Before I read this nov...
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Sense Of Place Margaret Laurence
871 wordsABram Shipely Bram Shipely A character who stood for the average middle class man of the time. Bram was rejected by the citizens of Manawak. For if Hagar could have her way, Bram would have been a different man. In the novel Margaret Laurence describes the character with a rough exterior with a soft heart. Laurence was successful in representing the living individual in this case. Bram was a hard worker when he wanted to be, but his theory in life, take what you need, not what you want really he...
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Works Of Literature Library Journal
1,086 wordsCENSORSHIP IN SCHOOL IS NOT RIGHT I believe that Imposing censorship within Americas schools is not only against the First Amendment of the United State Constitution, but it is also against the very moral fiber upon which this country was founded. In an attempt to limit access to so-called sensitive issues and concepts, radical right wing supporters have pushed their weight around to remove any and all questionable works of literature from school libraries. The right to interpret the written wor...
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Told The Truth Rebecca Nurse
743 wordsThere is many meaningful personal connection that was made to a key aspects of the play. For example the people that were accused and / or convicted of something based on little or no evidence. This incident happened very often in this play. The characters that were involved were John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail, Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Salem girls (including Rebecca, Ruth, and others), and the Putnam family are only a few who were charged or charging others for ridiculous things. Thr...
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Significant Source Of Influence Source Of Influence Eclectic
273 wordsIt would be conventional to choose a parent, family member, friend, or teacher as a significant source of influence in ones life. However I am not conventional or at least I try not to be. I am very open-minded and observant. My personality and work exhibit eclectic-laden themes drawn from a chaotic world of sources in which I perceive. I constantly labor to locate an un-conformist individuality. Although paradoxically I am always centered in my stoic core of self-generated beliefs. So though my...
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Isaac Asimov Problem Solving
303 wordsThe first and fundamental step in the creative process is to have a clear notion of what the problem is and to be able to state it clearly. The effective thinker begins by first focusing on the structure of the problem, rather than its technical detail. Also brought into working memory from creative operations are the potential solutions. These come from each persons permanent memory store, his or her lifetime database of knowledge and experience. Other potential alternatives are brought in from...
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Isaac Asimov Problem Solving
303 wordsThe first and fundamental step in the creative process is to have a clear notion of what the problem is and to be able to state it clearly. The effective thinker begins by first focusing on the structure of the problem, rather than its technical detail. Also brought into working memory from creative operations are the potential solutions. These come from each persons permanent memory store, his or her lifetime database of knowledge and experience. Other potential alternatives are brought in from...
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Religious Fanatics Christian Faith
945 wordsCrosses vs Pentagrams The battle of religions Or as if spiritual insight were the product of some organic arrangement, mechanical in its operation, and quite likely to go right with a vicious character as with a righteous one; just as a watch may keep equally good time whether worn by a sinner or a saint. This is Frederic Henry Hedges famous line in his book Reason in Religion, published by Boston, Walker, Fuller, and Company in 1865. This excerpt explains the views presented on a touchy subject...
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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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Eyes Were Watching God Melting Pot
1,399 wordsDr. Jordan Humanities Diversity Casey Knapp Dr. Jordan Humanities 002 4 / 27 / 98 Diversity in the American Society For years America has been considered a melting pot containing people of all backgrounds who have come to this land to make a new start as one. The promise of America was the promise of equal opportunity regardless of class, religion or ethnic origin. However, Native Americans had been forced off to reservations, African Americans left the segregated South to find themselves living...
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Simple Minded Peasant Don Quixote And Sancho Idealism
920 wordsIn the Medieval Period, noblemen known as knight-errant's roamed the countryside of Europe, searching for adventure. They rescued damsels in distress and vanquished enchanters, witches, and evil lords. The novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra takes place in this magical time. Don Quixote, formerly Quixana, loved to read books of chivalry. In fact, he was not a don at all. He was a wealthy, intelligent farmer who read too many books about knight-errantry and went crazy. Don Quixote f...
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Piggy And Ralph Final Scene
582 wordsEven children need a form of civilization and order to survive. William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, reveals the truth of this statement. Fleeing from the drop of an atomic bomb, a plane crash leaves a group of English schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island. The first two characters the reader is introduced to are Piggy and Ralph. Piggy finds a shell, known as a conch, and they decide that this conch shall be their form of order. Throughout the novel, the importance of the conch to ...
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Consequences Of His Actions Cordelia Is The Only Daughter
1,416 wordsIn Shakespeare's classic tragedy, King Lear, the issue of sight and its relevance to clear vision is a recurring theme. Shakespeare's principal means of portraying this theme is through the characters of Lear and Gloucester. Although Lear can physically see, he is blind in the sense that he lacks insight, understanding, and direction. In contrast, Gloucester becomes physically blind but gains the type of vision that Lear lacks. It is evident from these two characters that clear vision is not der...
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Avenge His Fathers Death Lady Macbeth
1,494 wordsConsider the role of female characters in Shakespearean tragedy. With particular reference to Hamlet. Are the actions of women central to the downfall of the central protagonist? In Elizabethan England women played a subordinate role in society, economically and politically. As a result, many literary works were reflective of this diminutive role women encapsulated, in many cases gaining little reference at all. In contrast to this trend, Shakespeare's tragedies portrayed the female characters a...
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Heterosexual Parents Sexual Orientation
1,903 wordsDespite Ignorant Beliefs, it is Alright for a Gay Couple to Raise a Child In the small town that I grew up in just outside of Boston Massachusetts everything thing seemed normal, mothers were at home raising their children, taking them to soccer games and little league, while fathers went off to work every morning only to return home to have dinner with the family. It seemed almost all families were like the Cleaver family. In August of 1986, a new family, the Buchanan's, moved into the Morrills...
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