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Goodfellas The Movie, Sociolog
Number of Words: 912 / Number of Pages: 4
... of the Mafia's folkways and mores' were identified throughout the movie. Some of the informal rules held by the Mafia were the codes of trust and silence. In other words, never rat on a friend and keep your mouth shut. These rules were highlighted when the narrator, Henry Hill, had his first arrest. He was brought to court; defended by a Mafia paid lawyer and after his release he received praise and money from the family for honoring the code. This was considered his Mafia graduation and as important as losing his virginity.
It was also sanctioned behavior to buy your way in and out of the main ...
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Sociology Essay
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... kill the animal. Their culture traits consist of no forks, spoons, nor knives, but cook everything by fire and eat with their hands. In the Kalahari there is a period of no rainfall for nine months, yet the Bushmen survive on water from roots and plants.
When there is a discovery of a coke bottle, cultural diffusion begins. The Bushmen think the bottle is a gift from the gods. They begin to feel greed and envy. Their values of sharing and kindness start to deteriorate. Feelings never felt before begin to arise. Violence, anger, and hate develop from the coke bottle. Cultural traits and patterns ...
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Quit Smoking!
Number of Words: 926 / Number of Pages: 4
... of cholesterol clogging the arteries to rise dramatically. Smoking also makes the walls of the arteries harden which increases the chance for the artery to rupture. Another drug in cigarettes, nicotine, causes your blood pressure to rise, your heart rate to rise, and your heart increasingly requires more oxygen to keep pumping.
Along with heart disease, smokers are afflicted with life threatening cancers. “Cigarette smoking is the major cause of cancer of the lips, tongue, salivary glands, mouth, larynx, esophagus, and middle and lower pharynx”(Kim and Saltzberg 2). Stomach cancer h ...
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Has General Electric Conquered
Number of Words: 555 / Number of Pages: 3
... why a conglomerate corporation such as General Electric would want to ensure that its figurers are in line with expectations because its financial future relies on it.
A CEO, in the case of GE, John F. Welch Jr. is faced with risk daily. It is his initial decision to change the direction of the Corporation whether for better or worst. The daily stock price and its fluctuations may reflect the amount of risk seen by investors however no matter how poorly a decision may be implemented the Corporation will always stand. A Corporation can never die, it can be merged, bought out or taken in to ba ...
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Gendre Stereotyping
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... despcription of what it is to be masculine is to be strong, to be able to support a family, and to have high stamina. On the other hand, what it is to be feminine is to be a loving mother, and to stay home with their kids. Men and women have very specific and very different dress codes. Men must where suits and women must wear dresses. Men must stay away from feminine colours such as purple and pink. Whoever crosses the gendre based lines may be made fun of or shunned by others.
We are not only trying to fit in the gendre molds ourselves, but also tend to pass them on to our own children. We attempt ...
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The Lottery
Number of Words: 1609 / Number of Pages: 6
... That means you are
eight times more likely to be struck by lighting than to win the
lottery.(Issues of Gambling) The odds always sound better on television.
That’s because state lotteries are exempt from Federal Trade Commission
truth-in-advertising standards.(Reno 1) This means that state lotteries
are allowed to advertise whatever they want without fear of prosecution. So
if any one ever wished to pursue action against the lottery they would
have to take their case through a civil court which would require using
their own money and they themselves would be tied up in courts for years.
Most ...
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Cyberspace Offers A Revolution
Number of Words: 1512 / Number of Pages: 6
... talking to people on the other side of the world just by typing, listening to music, ordering food & products, paying bills, reading newspapers, and so on, the internet offers a world of information available at the users fingertips. It is an elaborate source of education, information, entertainment, and communication. Users are able to access people and information, distribute information, and experiment with new technologies and services. The Internet has become a major global infrastructure used for education, research, professional learning, public service, and business.
But the one characteristi ...
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Globalisation
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... cultures are where the best come from in order to revitalise local cultures.
is historical, and was present in the vast past of the world. It is through the history that we can see did exist and took several forms, history, politics, economics, religion, capitalism, social behaviour, modernisation, and imperialism. These were all present in history from the beginning. There was the developing of ‘The West’ which did create dominance of local cultures from those who claimed to be superior. We know that ‘The West’ was a social level of development, which first occurred in Europe. In Hall’s defini ...
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Stowaways
Number of Words: 2454 / Number of Pages: 9
... economic ladder,
and are desperate for a better life in a different place. This is really the
basic reason why someone would want to spend a week or so crammed into a stuffy
container or other similarly uncomfortable accommodations in order to get from
wherever they are to somewhere else. It isn't because they just didn't have the
money for a plane ticket, but it is the fact that they are being lured by the
prospect of a better life. They are willing to leave their homelands and endure
uncertain conditions in order to get there.
There is, of course, the possibility of applying to another country, ...
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Witness
Number of Words: 1447 / Number of Pages: 6
... Her son Samuel is
quiet and observant, but he plays a key role in going to the rescue after the three corrupt
cops come to the farm to kill Book and the boy and eliminate the only witness to their
crime. But it is really John Book who is the hero of the story. He escapes and then battles
his would-be killers in an unlikely manner, and only leaves Rachel and her family after
they are safe and secure from all harm.
The cultural contrasts portrayed in witness are perhaps the most obvious element
of the story. Book and his world are full of violence, guns corruption, but the Amish
world of ...
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