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An Economic Intrepration Of Th
Number of Words: 2767 / Number of Pages: 11
... participant has been chosen their cries of compromise are let out and this has no effect on the crowd at hand. Being one of the stoners, you are unwilling to recognize the screams of pain and the sights of blood. This sacrifice ensures the town’s economic success and their ability to feed the families. Crops are the lives of these families and if they fail there may not be enough food to feed this small town.
Killing one person a year to theoretically save the lives of three hundred people does not seem that bad. Sure the town’s people may follow this cruel tradition blindly, but ho ...
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The Stone Angel By Margaret Laurence
Number of Words: 1570 / Number of Pages: 6
... strong and can be found numerous times
throughout the novel. The name of the main character, Hagar, is also the
name of a hand maid in a biblical story. Many parallels are made between
Margaret Laurence's Hagar and the biblical Hagar. The Hagar in the bible
was to conceive a son with the husband of her owner, Sarah, who, herself,
was unable to conceive. Hagar did bear a son but Sarah became very jealous
of Hagar and had her thrown out into the wilderness. Hagar's son was born
and they both returned to the place where Sarah and her husband, Abraham
(Laurence's husband to Hagar was named Brampton ...
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The Scarlet Letter: The Morality Issue
Number of Words: 767 / Number of Pages: 3
... she committed. She became more accepted in her community as she accepted herself and the “A” on her chest. We all have sins, but if we don not admit to our sins we won’t be forgiven. The reverend Dimmesdale said “But still, me thinks, it must needs be better for the sufferer to be free to show his pain, as this poor woman Hester is, than to cover it all up in his heart.” This statement is true because she because she began to reconstruct her life. The community began calling her sister of Mercy, and the “A” was said to stand for “Able.” Though Hester was morally wrong in her act, she was morally ...
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Kurt Vonnegut
Number of Words: 2012 / Number of Pages: 8
... impact on Vonnegut. From it, he developed his existential personal philosophy and his ideas about the evils of technology. He states, "I am the enemy of all technological progress that threatens mankind" (Nuwer, 39). The influence of Dresden shows up in each of the novels. In Cat's Cradle, one element of his experience at Dresden that Vonnegut portrays is his fear of technology. Initially, the intention of the story is for the narrator to write about what the scientists who invented the atomic bomb were doing the day it was dropped on Hiroshima. To this effect, one of the scientists in the story said ...
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The Great Gatsby: Adults In The Great Gatsby And Adults In The 80s And 90s
Number of Words: 488 / Number of Pages: 2
... In society today many races are discriminated against because
they are thought to be inferior. In school, at work, and in anyone's
neighborhood there is discrimination because of the skin color and they are
harassed. There was violence in the 20's with gangs and mob leaders such as
Al Capone. He was a notorious racketeer who fought with other gangs. Today
there are also gang crimes like in the music business there were killings
of two rap artists. The killings took place because of animosity among the
East Coast and the West Coast rappers.
Even though there is discrimination and irresponsibility many ...
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Thunder Rides A Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches And The Mythic Present
Number of Words: 1597 / Number of Pages: 6
... as many generations before the present.
The three major examples of life in the "mythic present" that I
will primarily be discussing are the astronomical concept of the Mescalero
Apache, the kin-system that the Apache implore, and lastly the Apache
girl's puberty ceremony. Although I have only selected three examples,
there are obviously many more such as the cultural heroine, White Painted
Woman, the creation process in which Apache people are seen as the weakest
link in the being-chain, and reciprocity, among others.
The first example of the "mythic present" I will discuss is the
astronomic ...
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Huck Finn's Conflict With Society
Number of Words: 851 / Number of Pages: 4
... of honor.
All of this hypocrisy makes Huck want to rebel against this society.
Hypocrisy is still present in society today. There are many
reported cases of clergy having affairs or molesting children. For
instance, Reverend Baker has had relationships with prostitutes. He always
apologizes, but then he does it again. One of the precepts of the Catholic
religion is to follow the instructions of the Pope. Many Catholics however,
do not follow the Pope's instructions on birth control or abortion.
Government officials are also hypocritical. They preach family values, yet
often they do not follo ...
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The Dark Tower, The Gunslinger
Number of Words: 419 / Number of Pages: 2
... man. Though it agonizes him, he watches Jake fall, Jake's last words echoing in his ears: "Go, then. There are other worlds than these."
Roland eventually catches the “man in black”. The “man in black” gives the gunslinger a vision, which nearly explains the cosmos to Roland. Then Roland has his future read with tarot cards. (You know those ones the physics use, hahahaha) The “man in black says,"Three is the number of your fate," he intones, and these three he draws: a card showing a man with a baboon whipping his back: The Prisoner. A card showing a woman with two faces: The Lady of Shadows. And one ...
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The Prince: Politics And Science
Number of Words: 1161 / Number of Pages: 5
... Fortune controls half of human's actions, and man's will control the other half. Virtue is the best defense for fortune, and virtue must be used in order to keep fortune in check. The prince must take advantage of situations based solely on if it is best for the state. He should choose his decisions based on contemporary and historical examples. A prince cannot consider whether his acts are moral or immoral, and he instead must act in an unbiased manner for the state. Also, it does not matter how the state achieves its goals, as long as these goals are achieved. Finally, regardless of the personal mora ...
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