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Maya Angelou on Aloneness"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders." – Maya Angelou. Now imagine a scenario where one man is isolated from the rest of society, having to accomplish all his daily tasks by himself. Slip into this man's shoes and wonder how it would feel to live a life such as his. Such is this emotion a reader goes through from reading Alone by Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is a prominent contemporary poet that was well-known for poems such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and On the Pulse of Morning. As an African American woman born in the early 1900's, Maya Angelou went through many hardships during the course of her life and often shares her experiences of those sorrows in her works. In the poem Alone by Maya Angelou, Maya Angelou does not simply make the point that no one can make it through in life alone, but does so in such an impactful manner that she |
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The Greatest Yankee Captain - Derek JeterIt was July 9th, 2011, and fortunately, I was able to witness a small part of baseball history first hand. Derek Jeter had come up to bat in the 3rd inning while the N.Y. Yankees were facing the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee stadium. He had gotten his 2,999th hit in the first inning. The crowd, of course were mostly on their feet. The count was 3-2, the pitch was a hanging curve ball by pitcher David Price and in return, Jeter crushed a home run into the left-center stands. With that being said, he became the 28th baseball player in history to reach 3,000 hits. A milestone, in which he is the first to achieve at Yankee stadium, old or new, as well as being the fourth youngest player to do so. This, along with a few other great achievements, guarantees his place in the Hall of Fame. His career statistics contend with those of baseball's all-time greatest players, as well as having five championship rings, with three of them being in a row. In "Jeter Reaches 3,000 Hit With Home R |
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Islam and Negative StereotypesPrejudice of the Islamic faith is continuously growing as many Americans refrain from widening their education and understanding of the difference between the terrorists and perfectly humane members of the Muslim culture. Beginning with the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many Americans are quick to accuse all Muslims of terrorism, instead of picking out the people that acted on the reality of the matter. Many Muslims struggle to live in our country without constantly being judged by their visual appearance which is similar to the select men and women belonging to the Islam faith who are categorically labeled as terrorists. Unfair treatment of all Muslims is resulting in many of these men and women turning away from the Islamic faith because they are ashamed of the actions performed by those with similar visual representations, which have gradually been created as a standard for a present day terrorist. Muslims have been a part of the American society since they were first brought over |
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Aesthetic Values - Dave Matthews BandListening to these two songs and answering the given question were somehow very similar to the process that I have been through during this half a semester; All of those led myself to the questions about the ' disinterestedness' in the appreciation of the arts at the end. I tried to organize my critique of Dave Matthews Band by asking 1) if it is really more valuable to contain 'meaningful' (ethical) lyrics, 2) can the lyrics contribute to the aesthetic value of a certain type of music at all 3) if so, what is the conditions to be 'valuable art' with meaningful lyrics, and at last, 4) what does the appreciation of art in a disinterested way mean in listening to music, which cannot be seen in a real 'form'. So, while thinking about the questions given from the aesthetic Puzzles, I happened to extend the original questions about the lyrics and artistic value to a broader sense and concerning not just Dave Matthews Band's song but the music |
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Solving the Nursing ShortageOftentimes, when people hear the term "nursing," they think of the people who are typically in the hospitals or health care facilities taking care of the patients. The term "nursing" is described as the profession or practice of providing care for the sick and infirm. The nursing profession involves a combination of academic knowledge, interpersonal traits, and psychological skills. Also, nurses are expected to provide a high standard practice and care at all times to the patients. Despite being recognized and valued, nurses still have to face several difficulties and challenges in their profession. Some of these challenges are easy to overcome, but others are quite complicated for the nurses to handle. A combination of issues affects the locations that experience shortages in their nursing staff. Many nurses are dissatisfied with their jobs. They are unable to do their job to their best ability because they are overwhelmed with the number of patients assigned to th |
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Leda and the Swan by W.B. YeatsIn the poem, "Leda and the Swan", written by W.B. Yeats, the speaker takes a tale from Greek mythology and puts a unique spin on it. In Greek mythology, Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta, was either raped by Zeus or seduced Zeus to sleep with her. There is no set story on whether Leda was raped or was a temptress. The author plays with these two conflicting perspectives in the poem by using intense imagery to describe the rape, but uses irony and different perspectives to show that Zeus may not have actually raped Leda in order to blur the lines separating love and rape. A glance of the writing reveals that the poem is an Italian sonnet, which means it is a 14-line sonnet that has an octave followed by a sestet with the rhyming scheme abab cdcd efgefg. Italian sonnets traditionally speak of love; however, an analysis of the octave reveals something else. The speaker uses strong adjectives to describe the victim, such as "the staggering girl" (2) with her |
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A Broken BalanceAmong the many factors that shape the age-old culture of Umuofia, some of the most unique are the defined roles of men and women. When the "white men," or missionaries, bring unfamiliar Christian beliefs and customs to the Ibo people, one of the significant differences is their view on gender roles. As they establish themselves and grow in size and popularity, the defined line between the roles of men and women is blurred, leading to the downfall of the Ibo culture. While at first glance Umuofia seems like an oppressive, male dominant society, the traditions and beliefs of the Ibo reveal that women too hold a sacred, valued place in society, respected in different ways. For centuries, Umuofia and its neighboring villages have valued men as the political and judicial leaders, protectors, farmers, and rulers of their households. "Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper." (p.13) |
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Love in the Poetry of Blake and WrothThe nature of love can be explicated in many different ways. In William Blake's poem, "The Clod and the Pebble," love is perceived in a very contrasting way. Love can be selfish, negative, and bitter or selfless, prompting optimism, altruism, and innocence. In the poem "Song," however, Lady Mary Wroth explores how love is demanding, overindulging, and endlessly unsatisfied. In the poem "The Clod and the Pebble", the clod is described as "trodden with cattle‘s feet" reflecting on how the clod is continuously being abused, promoting love as a forceful, agonizing emotion. Considering that the clod is being trampled on illustrates that love can make you feel worthless, resulting in pain and this pain won‘t stop as you are endlessly being crushed by an unstoppable force. Yet, through all of this, "so sung a little Clod of Clay". This exemplifies that even though the clod is being trodden on, it will still sing a simple song and be con |
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Criticisms of Miliband's MarxismIn his 1969 work, "The State in Capitalist Society," Ralph Miliband outlined what he saw as several key aspects of the nature of the neoliberal world. As part of the 'New Left', an emerging stance on the left wing of politics, Miliband disagreed with the notion of pluralism being a means of spreading political power across a wider spectrum than what he called the 'dominant class', which he asserted to maintain not only the majority of the wealth, but also the majority of political power with which it has come to be associated. He also asserts the very real existence of 'poverty and deprivation on a huge scale and often of an extreme kind' and the dominant class's indifference to it as a result of their lust for further profit and negligence towards the welfare of their employees (Miliband p27). This essay shall primarily focus on the claims: 1) that there is a 'dominant class' which remains accessible only to those lucky enough to be bor |
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A Gap of Sky by Anna HopeSeveral adolescents experiment with drugs. Some try it once as an act of rebellion; others use it occasionally without it causing any trouble, where as there are those who continue to use it and in the end develop an addiction. It is not possible to foresee how an individual will react to drugs and one should therefore tread carefully when engaging in experiments of such sort. The short story "A Gap of Sky" by Anna Hope is an example of how drugs can be used to escape reality. The short story "A Gap of Sky" by Anna Hope is told in the 3rd person and has an omniscient narrator. The story takes place in London where the main character, 19 year old Ellie, wakes up after a night of partying. Ellie realizes that it is Monday and that she has an important essay on Virginia Woolf to write for the next day. Till now Ellie has not shown any interest in remembering what happened the day before but now she begins to recall. "Cans, some cans of lager, and then more coke a |
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Characters and Symbolism in Lord of The FliesIn Lord of the Flies, Jack is the main representative of the instinct of savagery and the desire for power, to be precise, Jack is almost the exact opposite of Ralph. Like Ralph, Jack has charisma and possesses leadership qualities, unlike Ralph, Jack is overwhelmed by power and abuses his authority over others. Throughout the novel, Jack portrays evil and violence, the dark side of human nature. He arrived on the island having experienced some success in exercising control over others as he was the "chapter chorister and head boy", which allowed him to dictate the choirboys (Golding 22). As soon as there is no civilization to keep order, Jack quickly falls out of line. Jack is one of the first boys to show a descent into savagery and has the biggest transformation in the duration of the novel, from choir leader to murderous savage. In the center of the circle, I have orange for Jack. The orange represents his energy and enthusiasm, especially for hunting. In the beginning |
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Horror and Violence in the Works of Flannery O'ConnorRemoved from the reality of God's beauty and grace all around us, O'Connor's intentional use of stark violence is to uncover the deeper horror, the spiritual deformity of humanity because of its estrangement from God. Frustrated over reviews that describe her stories as horrific, O'Connor writes in a letter addressed to "A," on 20 July 55, "I am always amused because the reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror" (Collected 942). The wrong horror of the explicit violence is to reveal the internal causes that perpetuate this violence. These internal causes are the true horror of our inner deformity. Goring, thievery, suicide, and massacres are the everyday reality of horror in the world and in the world of O'Connor's fiction. The sight of a little old lady gored by a bull traumatizes us, but the real trauma is our limited view of reality that harms us. Mrs. May in "Greenleaf" is O'Connor's character who takes on t |
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Waves, Power and Death in the Works of TennysonThough from the first mention of Lancelot and Guinevere's affair in Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Idylls of the King King Arthur's court is sown with seeds of budding darkness, the fall of the court begins in earnest through the catalyst of the deceitful and manipulative Vivien who, though she but briefly appears in the chronicle, irrevocably alters it. Tennyson uses imagery of the sea, specifically the image of a crashing wave, to represent an inevitable destructive force that will wash the kingdom from its place on earth, a symbol of power and death. This force and its devastating power is embodied in the character of Vivien via Merlin's prophecy of his own downfall, while its use in "Merlin and Vivien" in connection with death heavily foreshadows Arthur's last battle in "The Passing of Arthur". The deep tragedy of "Merlin and Vivien" is that Merlin foresaw Vivien's betrayal in a vision that connects Vivien to the image of a c |
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Wahhabism and Global TerrorismGlobal terrorism is a subject all of humanity should be concerned about. In the last two decades terrorism caused by Muslim extremist has been on the up rise as well as consistent. The center of Islam is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the nation is in territorial control of the faiths two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Therefore to understand the force influencing global Islamic terrorism, it is imperative to study and analyze Saudi Arabia and its impact on the religion of Islam and its followers. Since its founding in 1932, Saudi Arabia has emerged as an economic power house in today's global stage.1 As well as playing a significant role in global economics, Saudi Arabia plays another significant role in that it is the western world's strategic ally in the region2. Saudi Arabia helps stabilize the region for the interest of the international world and itself. After the September 11 attacks, the initial evidence were Saudi Arabian passports found at the scene. The United S |
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Use of Diction in The AwakeningKate Chopin's book, The Awakening, uses many different literary techniques to entertain readers through her writing. Chopin's use of diction, imagery, and the characterization of Edna Pontellier add to the passage and the book as a whole. The author's purpose of entertaining readers is reached through the use of literary techniques. The strong diction, fascinating imagery, and characterization of Edna Pontellier as she comes to find herself all keep the book entertaining for readers to read. The diction that Kate Chopin uses throughout this passage and the whole book was chosen very carefully. The diction was chosen to make readers feel a certain way by the specific words she uses. Chopin uses the words "beginning to realize" (Chopin 25). The phrase has a positive connotation and readers are led to believe that something has happened to Edna to make her understand her place in the world. Edna is described as a "human being" (Chopin 25). Clearly Edna Pontellier is the literal meaning of a human being, but in this case "human being" has a deeper meaning (Chopin 25). Edna, as a "human being," has a bigger purpose |
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Comparing Emma and CluelessJane Austen's 1815 classic novel 'Emma' appropriated into Amy Heckerling's 1995 film 'Clueless', provides an insight on the drastic changes in societal values shaped by their changing contexts. Austen challenges Regency society's attitude towards the oppressed position of women in marriage and the factors which segregate society into distinct classes forming a stratified hierarchy. The transformation into 20th Century America reveals the empowerment of women in marriage and the fluid social structure associated with overcoming class barriers. Throughout the novel 'Emma', Austen critiques Regency society's expectation for women to be married to a man of equal or higher status and wealth. Prior to the Married Women's Property Act 1870, ownership of wealth belonged entirely to the husband, showing women's dependence on matrimony for monetary benefits. Austen challenges this notion of profitable marriage through Mr Knightley |
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The Chicago Energy Drink BanWhile Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda that put limits on big, sugary drinks has been caught up in controversy in New York City, another ban on drink in Chicago is now controversially underway. Different from NY soda ban that gained public attention due to hardcore actions of Mayor Bloomberg despite strong backlash from diverse business organization and interest groups, Chicago's energy drink ban is rather at stalemate. In this paper, I will build up the story of an energy drink ban in the city of Chicago and analyze how this political issue has aroused and why it is currently being ended up stalemate, primarily focusing on political theories in pluralist model. Since 2004, at least 18 deaths and 150 injuries have been mentioned in connection with several brands of energy drinks, according to Food and Drug Administration records, though those are only voluntary reports submitted by doctors and consumers.1 In 2011, a 14-year-old girl in Maryland, Anais Fournier died after suff |
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Colonialism in Jane EyreExplore the role of colonialism and 'the other' in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the characters of Bertha and St. John By 1847, when Jane Eyre was first published, slavery had been abolished for nearly 14 years, and yet themes of racism, colonialism and slavery are prevalent throughout the novel. They show the fraught life of Bertha Mason, the cold-hearted religion of St. John and the similarities Bronte draws between the protagonist Jane and slavery in Africa. In fact, slavery is often used as a metaphor for marginality and I will explore how this overlap of colonial imagery with apparently 'civil' 19th century Britain helps to characterise Jane and helps to exclude Bertha. The theme of colonialism is present before anyone of the so called 'dark races' appears: right from Jane's childhood at Gateshead. In the opening scene she sits in her window seat 'cross-legged, like a Turk' and, whilst clashing with John Reed, calls hi |
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Good Looks Do Matter by Rita PanahiRita Panahi's opinion article 'Good Looks Do Matter', appearing in the Herald Sun, on Monday, August 19, 2013, draws attention to the issue of people'e appearances, and contends that in today's society, good looking people "do better in life" than their "plain counterparts". Panahi argues to her numerous audiences, including parents, women and employers, that not only do attractive people do better in the workplace, but they are also more intelligent, better looked after as children, and lead an altogether happier life. She also employs various persuasive techniques, such as statistics, expert opinion and cliches, as well as factual, informative and humorous tones to reinforce her arguments. Panahi uses a variety of persuasive techniques to argue that more attractive children are better looked after. Her use of expert opinion and statistics, as well as appealing to family values in order to better connect with the parental audience, helps |
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Policy Essay on the Insanity DefenseOn the day of October 19, 2005, 23-year-old Lashuan Harris took a train from Oakland into San Francisco with her three sons; 6-year-old Trayshawn Harris, 2-yar-old Taronta Greely Jr., and 6-month-old Joshua Greely. Once there, Harris treated her sons to hot dogs and walked along the Fisherman's Wharf, where she eventually stopped, undressed each of her three sons, and lowered them one-by-one into the cold San Francisco Bay. The mother of three was arrested just moments later as she pushed a stroller filled with babies' items, yet no babies, away from Pier 7 ("Insanity Defense Emerges" 1). She claimed that God had told her to sacrifice her children, and she believed that she had done a good act by killing them. Harris was charged on three counts of second-degree murder and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity ("Insanity Defense Emerges" 1). After a lengthy trial, San Francisco Superior Judge Kay Tsenin announced Ms. Harris not guilty by reason of insani |
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The Grapes of Wrath and MarxismKarl Marx introduced Marxism into the world because he believed that social standing was determined by money. Through creating such divisions as the upper, middle, and lower class, the theory of Marxism analyzes what ways capitalism can be used against the people. In the book The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck, the main character, Tom Joad, struggles with being in the lower class because of the limitations set by the rich. As Karl Marx said in The Communist Manifesto, "The modern bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms. It has but established new classes, new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old ones" (18). There are several key factors that play an important role in the argument such as Marxism, the class system, and the effects of these on Tom Joad. Karl Marx was a German philosopher whose firm beliefs were his theories about society, economics, and politics. He was the br |
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The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner by Randall JarrellThe Death of a Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell is a super short poem but packs a powerful meaning. Randall was clearly saying that war is like a paradox or in other words like an abortion. He explains the ball turret area as womb like enclosure in the plane's belly when he states, " From my mothers sleep" and " I hunched in its belly." Told from the gunner's point of view of his last moments of life. "I fell into the state" the gunner never got to live to his full potential.The different state provides a death womb for the gunner. Going "into state" the gunner "loosed from its dream of life" knew his death was upon him not even having a fighting chance. Waking up only to die among the "black flak and the nightmare fighters." His body only to be washed "out of the turret with a hose." The poem leaves a scar on peoples mind that war is a result of wasted life Randall Jarrell wrote this poem while he wa |
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Biography of Tupac Amaru ShakurTupac happens to be one of the many rappers to become the greatest rappers of all time due to his success in music many people may think. Tupac is dead while some may think he is alive, there is more things showing Tupac is alive then their is showing that he is dead but no one will never know unless the appearance of Tupac himself. Until exact proof is found, fans can not say he is alive; however, there is more evidence showing that he alive is more than there is evidence showing that he is dead. Tupac's birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, at a point after his birth his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru ("Shakur"). The meaning of Tupac's name "Tupac Amaru" meant "Shining Serpent" ("Tupac"). Tupac Amaru was the name of Inca Indian emperor and later rebel leader in Peru ("Shakur"). Soon he later changed his name to Tupac Shakur, his mother's name was Afeni Shakur. Tupac's mother was arrested and went to jail w |
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A Justification for TortureA 2014 Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 59% of Americans said that they support the CIA's interrogation methods for uncovering valuable intelligence information (Goldman). This, of course, is after it was made widely public that the CIA had employed "torture" methodologies – such as forced sleep deprivation and waterboarding – in order to derive information that may safeguard the United States from further terrorist attacks. The CIA's publicized detention and interrogation program has since been ended in 2009 by President Obama, and a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the program's interrogation techniques had, surprisingly, concluded by stating that torture methods such as waterboarding, stress-position placing, and extreme human confinement were ineffective means of acquiring information. The same report found that nearly a dozen individuals detained and tortured as terrorists were in fact wrongly held (Priest & Smith). Such |
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Women in Modern SocietyI was recently watching a movie titled Somethings Gotta Give staring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson plays a rich man in his sixties, Harry Sanborn, who only dates women under thirty. He starts dating Diane Keaton's character Erica Barry's daughter, Marian. When Marian brings Harry on a vacation to the Hampton's they have a family dinner with Marian's mom, and her Aunt Zoe. They start talking with Harry and talking about how they knew him from an article. He was famous for dating women only under thirty. Aunt Zoe teaches women studies in Columbia and realizes something interesting. She uses Erica and Harry as an example. Harry is sixty-three never married but "if he were a woman it would be considered a curse." He would be considered an "old maid, a spinster." But "instead of pitying him they write articles celebrating that he's never been married. He's elusive, un-gettable, a real catch. Then Erica on the other hand, an |
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