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Ceasar
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... with Caesar's death. This shows that Brutus knows how to lure the crowd, appealing to their better judgement as Romans. He declares that he is an honorable man, and tells them that he will let them judge the validity of his claims. That is, he will allow the truth to speak for itself. This encourages the crowd to believe him, as an honorable man. He says that he wants them to know the facts; "Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge." Sharing information with the people is flattering and it almost guarantees acceptance. He gets their sympathy by saying that he loved Caesar, daring the people to find anyon ...



Allen Ginsberg : Howl
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... in Newark, New Jersey in 1926 to an upstanding middle class Jewish family. In a lifetime of literary accomplishment, he has moved from the position of a curiosity on the borders of society to become the hero of a broad-based subculture. In 1943, Ginsberg entered Columbia University where he met Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, two names that would later join him as fathers of a literary/social movement known as the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's subject matter focused on the activities of his social circle and included such things as drug use and homosexual sex. These topics hadn't been written about so openly, without some sort of literary masking before. G ...



Foundation Analysis
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... surreal level. The only difference between science fiction and the truth is technology. The most amazing part of Foundation is that technology changed but the personality, character, and disposition of the human race did not. The main characters, which range from scientists, warlords, politicians, scholars, to businessmen reflect their stereotypical title precisely. The powerful are the corrupt, and the corrupt are the powerful. In today’s society that is not far fetched. You can see the evils of this world with great power and authority. The warlords and politicians of powerful planets are greedy and the people of Foundation are simple and helpless. We can com ...



Analysis Of The Free-Throw Shot
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... you should also be aware of the other factors that could influence your accuracy in performing the free-throw. The rim is fifteen feet from the free-throw line on center. Also you should be aware of the fact you can fit three basketballs through the rim at the same time if placed together. Also the rim is ten feet high from the floor, meaning you have to make sure win shooting the ball, that the angle is higher than ten feet at its peak so then on its decent to the basket it will have a chance to go in. If you don't get it higher than ten feet it has no chance to go in. When you start talking all these angle's and trajectories, you can begin to underst ...



Is It Possible To Lose Your Sa
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... and white answer. This verse can also be interpreted that would lean toward the side that says you can’t lose your salvation. Many say that a denial of Christ cannot be made from one who is truly saved. One may temporally have a lapse of faith or step away from God (i.e. Peter’s denial three times of Christ at his trial), but the actual message of these words is directed to the unsaved. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life". There is no question that belief in Christ gives eternal life. The question that arises is: Can someone who truly believe ...



Sex In Advertising
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... not admit that it affects us, but it does. The truth is that sex sells by capturing the consumer’s attention. The problems associated with are overlooked. One ad designer said, “it’s supposed to be funny. People shouldn’t take it so literally and seriously. It’s just advertising” (p 596). But advertising is serious because it affects everyone’s lives. It impacts everyone since we learn about society through it. In sex ads, we learn that women are just objects and we can do whatever we want to them. It is offensive to women and causes insensitivity to them. It basically says “hey, look at me, I’m sexier ...



Solvent Abuse
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... aim of teaching, then, is that in a variety of ways, when it happens, it helps other's learn' (Joyce & Weil 1986) to Curzon(1985) who suggests, 'that teaching should be considered as the deliberate and systematic creation and control of the conditions in which learning does occur'. More difficult, perhaps, was deciding what approach or principle of teaching would be most appropriate to adopt. The principle of pedagogy, described by Knowles(1973) as, 'the Art of Science of Teaching Children' suggests the traditional 'teacher-centred' approach which implies the student is a passive recipient of teaching. The student is dependent on the teacher who controls and ma ...



College Stress 2
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... we are. The most frequent cause of stress in college is the concern about academic performance and everything that goes with it, for example such as grades and exams. Some students strive for perfection in their academic performance.boy working very hard late at night and skipping meals to study. The yield of this consists of constant headaches and backaches, and getting really depressed because the student could never reach their goals of perfection. Dr. Hans Selye describes stress as a side effect produced by any situation to which you respond in any way. It is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it. The demand may be pleasant or unple ...



Making The Corps
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... the Corps and “comes before self” (p. 55). In American society we work to better ourselves first rather than as a whole. Drill Instructors strip all your old values and Marine Corps values are formed. “There is no ‘I’, ‘I’ is gone” (p.60). To be a marine you must shed all thinking as “I” and “me”, and think as “we” and “recruit”. In American society, striving for independence is a goal for most people, and instead of working as a group we tend to compete with each other to get what we want. As a Marine you must think as a group, learn how to move as a group and you are drilled until not a single action is left to individual improvisation (p.64). On Drill Serge ...



Violence In Hockey
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... 2000 the Vancouver Canucks were playing host to a struggling Boston Bruins team who was out of a playoff spot and were only going downwards. There was twenty seconds left in the game with the pitiful Bruins down 5-2 when the assistant coach of the Bruins Jacques Laperriere sent the “tough guy” on the ice to send a message to the Canucks that the Bruins will never quite no matter what the score or time. McSorley was all ready aggravated form a fight that took place earlier on in the game with McSorley on the losing end of the battle with Donald Brashear. Marty McSorley knew that the Bruins were not going to win, so there was nothing else to lose. With three sec ...




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