Imagine two people climbing up a steep mountain. They are both halfway to the top, struggling to hold on. One person catches sight of the summit and quickens the pace. The other person feels inspired and also begins to climb faster. Similarly, in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, hope creates a purpose in life and encourages others. To begin with, when individuals are facing tough times, hope produces a positive illusion that the current situation is...
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Simon’s character, was a complete opposite from all the others, because he represented the best of humanity. The Lord of the Flies, was written by WIlliam Golding in 1954, and is about a group of young boys who get stranded on an island, and are forced to create their own society to survive. The main theme of the book is the conflict within all humans between their civilized selves and their natural savagery. Near the beginning of the Lord of...
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Juvenile delinquency is a problem we are beginning to face every day. “In 2014, almost 975,000 youths reached juvenile court for delinquency.” Therefore it is a big problem. But to solve a problem, we have to know the cause of it. A few causes are substance abuse, economic problems, and parental involvement. Although they are all serious contributors; the one I want to focus the most on is parental involvement. Are parents to blame for their child’s actions? Being a...
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Marijuana, a Mexican term, is referred to as cannabis leaves in other countries which people think as something negative or associate it with the term high (Hajizadeh, 2016). As stated by United Nations (2018), in 2016, cannabis was the most commonly used drug with 192 million people around the world, and this press the issue about whether or not to legalize it. The use of marijuana in the Philippines is illegal as disadvantages are always been recognized by society. However,...
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The Story of the Quest for the Golden Fleece focuses on the dangers of selfishness and jealousy one may have. In the Quest for the Golden Fleece, Medea played a huge role and left a huge impact in this popular myth. This tale focuses on Jason who sets out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias. All set in order to place Jason on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. From the help of Medea, they...
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For the characters in Of Mice and Men, dreams are useful because they map out the possibilities of human happiness. Just as a map helps a traveler locate himself on the road, dreams help Lennie, George, and the others understand where they are and where they’re going. Many dreams in the work have a physical dimension: Not just wishes to be achieved, they are places to be reached. The fact that George’s ranch, the central dream of the book, is...
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At what price do other living beings gain the right to their lives? As humans, our species have completely stripped our Earth and the inhabitants of purity and tranquility from the day Eve picked an apple from the tree. As humans, our species have wreaked havoc on every organism and their home for the sake of humanity. As humans now in the 21st century, our species have yet to find the answer to the dichotomy of whether human lives are...
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Sam Walton’s original strategic idea was to sell reduced products and merchandise to southern cities and towns that were not focused on comparable and or rival companies. Wal-Mart was doing great until their competition realized that there are better marketing and selling opportunities in these small cities and towns, which could also help them with their reduced merchandise retail centers. Wal-Mart was able to strengthen its competitive advantage overtime. Wal-Mart invested in information systems, human resource management, and supply chain...
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The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass was written by Frederick Douglass during the peak of slavery in the south. The many views of the slaveholders did not allow slaves to become free and instead were dehumanized and mistreated. Douglass’ use of personal anecdotes helps detail the dehumanization of slaves. The value that slave owners placed on the enslaved population were based purely on an economic standpoint. At the beginning of the novel, Colonel Llyod discovers that Aunt Hester...
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J.D. Salinger’s fictional novel, The Catcher in the Rye, illustrates sixteen year-old Holden Caulfield’s coming-of-age and the difficulties that accompany him through it. Salinger expresses the alienation adolescents face when assuming adult responsibilities, challenging their capacity on recognizing their own role. Throughout the novel, Holden's constant motif is finding opportunities to rescue others, when failing to rescue himself. Common themes relating to Holden’s insufficient upbringing, challenges adapting to emotional woes, and complicated relationship with growing up are made evident through...
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Jane Eyre, a victorian mentor, was a distanced figure for two essential reasons: sexual direction and class. For sexual direction, women, ultimately, had fewer rights than men. For one, no woman was allowed to cast a polling form, however, rich men and even lower office class men could cast a voting form. Also, women had some educational open entryways than those available to men. Additionally, unmarried middle-class women had far less great occupation options than men, with the title of...
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“There has always been an intertwined relationship between security trust and privacy just as the association between ethics and law” (Simshaw, pg.36). These terms are critical in information technology where now security provision and preservation of privacy rely on trust, and a violation of that trust constitutes a risk, a security threat, and a breach of duty, thus unethical conduct. The responsibility towards data and database privacy revolves around all forms of data such as sensitive data such as ethnic...
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INTRODUCTION Obesity has been studied for years and is still being studied today (2). The leading cause of mortality worldwide is cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes, and this is associated with obesity. There are many contributing factors to obesity than one would think. Some of the health issues that could be life threatening are hypertension, diabetes, coronary disease, heart failure, etc. (2). Obesity is the most common health disorder in the United States, and affects the majority of adults in...
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The legalization and regulation of cannabis across the United States market marks a significant time in history. Apart from giving the plant its much-needed recognition, the world is also shedding light to the benefits and advantages marijuana brings to its many users around the globe. From aiding in pain management to being used recreationally, there is no denying the reach marijuana has today. Because of the wonderful feats the plant has done for various sectors in society, it is only...
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W.E.B Dubois said, “Education among all kinds of men always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. Nevertheless, men strive to know.” From this, we see the search for truth calls danger and bewilderment. The status quo dictates we accept the knowledge we are given, and skepticism is essential yet often frowned upon. Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex portrays the struggles from a cynical view of truth. The pursuit of truth, if conducted...
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For some, the legalization of Cannabis has been a long awaited event. When the Federal Cannabis Act came into effect on October 17 2018, Canada became the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to formally legalize the consumption and distribution of Cannabis. Many were overjoyed, while others stood to argue the negative effects that marijuana has on the body and brain. Upon extensive research, I’ve come to realize that I also stand with those individuals. To be fair, yes...
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At the start of the play the audience is introduced to Othello, and he presents himself as a man of honour and dignity he is called ‘valiant Othello’ symbolizing that he is a brave and courageous, but Iago speaks of Othello in a hasty manner, he calls him an ‘old black ram’ he describes him as ‘tupping your white ewe’ when he wakes up Brabantio with reports about Desdemona's marriage with Othello. Othello starts to lose his confident and dishonour...
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A perfect world will consist of a group of people living around each other, an ideal society is wherever there’s not a lot of arguing, it would be world full of different, wonderful people that will always remain true to themselves. An ideal society is where giving support to each other, A perfect society is one in which no one is afraid to be punished, and therefore he is free to act according to his will. A culture that experiences...
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There are various reasons for sending and receiving roses. Certainly, they are not only used to express sympathy and love, but they are even more present in events of tragedy and sorrow. Moreover, A thorny rose needs a special way to deal with it. In William Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily” the word “rose” rarely appears but an attempt to interpret it helps readers have a deep understanding of the story. The rose is a symbol of death, it is...
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Lolly Daskal once said “Often, poor leadership is masked by those with the loudest voices and strangest opinions.” In Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Jack is represented as a treacherous leader, because his decisions are not moral. Ralph is represented as a good leader, because he does what is going to help everyone and make them happy. A good leader always does what is best for the people, not what is best for themselves, in Lord of the...
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With respect to the individual, it has been argued that migration causes many social, psychological and socio-cultural problems on individual migrants. Different studies have showed that migrant returnees report that they seek psychiatric treatments for their mental illness as a result of social isolation and abuses of any kind (Girum 2013). Migrants also return with other health and physiological problems such as kidney infection, HIV/AIDS, physical disability, etc. Furthermore, migration affects individuals socially for example, difficulties of readjustment with family...
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The estimating technique of Starbucks has gotten dynamic in the ongoing years as it endeavoured to modify its valuing to meet changes in the expense of crude materials just as movements in the buying intensity of the market during the beginning and movement of the monetary crisis. The dynamism of the evaluating procedure of Starbucks rose out of the adjustment in context over its pricing. In a meeting with Troy Alstead, the official VP, boss regulatory official and CFO of...
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Firstly, love. To Othello, love needs passion and trust to maintain. As a black man, even if he was the general, falling in love with Desdemona goes against the traditional 16th century Venice notions. They fell in love just because of passion, with Desdemona disobeying her father and not considering the importance of filial obedience. “O heaven! How got she out? O treason of the blood!” shows how angry Brabantio, Desdemona’s father is when he found out Othello and Desdemona’s...
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Did you know that African-American women earn 64 cents and Latina Women earn 56 cents for every dollar earned by a caucasian man? Discrimination is one of the leading problems in our society and has been for the past 50 years. Discrimination is the biggest problem women face at one point in their life, but the majority of women experience it several times or daily in their life. Society should stop gender discrimination because it causes workplace inequality, social gender...
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We seem to be ignoring that Australian’s obesity is rising and that it needs to be halted as soon as possible. Australia has to work together in order to curb this issue we have, one quote from the Australian Medical Association would be, “ Combating obesity demands a whole-of-society approach, requiring the participation of governments, non-government organisations, the health and food industries, the media, employers, schools, and community organisations.” Implementing sugar taxes is beneficial rather than disadvantageous to both citizens...
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In the novel ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry, the main protagonist is faced with an important decision when he learns of the true meaning of ‘Release’. He (Jonas) lives in a ‘Community’ where a decision had previously been made to create a ‘utopian’ (perfect) society by eliminating all things that were considered potentially dangerous. In doing so, the Elders removed the collective memory of the inhabitants of the Community, thus removing freedom of choice. They thought that by making all...
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“To be or not to be, that is the question.” You may have heard this phrase many times in your life But did you know that it came from one of the most well-known writers in the world. Shakespeare wrote this line in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ back in 1595/96. In year 9 you study Shakespeare as it’s in the course outline, but most people still don’t understand why we study it and how it is worth all the effort....
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Throughout history, humankind has strived for perfection in every aspect of humanity, yet it has never been attained. There is a very fine line between perfection and disaster and the result is ultimately based upon the decisions made by people in authority. In dystopian societies where individuality is considered abnormal or wrong, the line between order and repression is easily blurred; as evidenced in the texts divergent and the giver. The two texts Divergent and The giver are both set...
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Introduction Ray Bradbury is one of the greatest writers of science and fantasy fiction in the world today. Since he was 20 years old, he has published 500 short stories, novels, plays and poems. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel first published in 1953 and is regarded as one of Bradbury’s best works. The novel presents a futuristic American society where books are outlawed, and “firemen” burn any that are found. I believe the most central themes to this novel...
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As we know, Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian themed book that makes references to the multiple events that occurred around the time the book was published, which was 1953. Because of this, the core of the book was written under the heavy influence of World War 2, which was still raging on only a decade earlier. Fahrenheit 451 depicts a world in which society is under the complete control of the government and is characterized by the absence of individuality...
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