Abstract This study will seek to uderstand how Beauvoir portrays existentialism thruogh her book A Woman Destroyed. By these means, we can see how the idea feminine self and other can be revealed in the text.
Abstract This paper explains that Graham Greene's short story "The Destructors" demonstrates a deeper and more disturbing level of greed, which does not always mean wanting things that someone else has; it can sometimes mean destroying those things as an attempt to erase what they mean. The author points out that the protagonist T's character first form of greed is removing the house and his second form of greed is maintaining his image in the image; destroying the house achieves both objectives but it will not ultimately solve T's problem. The paper states that Greene masterfully combines humor and horror to relate that people are the result of what they know and they deal with life based on that knowledge.
From the Paper "I was surprised that T only wanted to destroy the house and not take anything from it. I thought this was fascinating on Greene's part because it is so unpredictable. While the others think of ripping off the old man T tells the others, "I have a better plan" (Greene). In addition, when he begins tossing out orders, we are told, "it was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons, now in his fifteenth year crystallized with the pain of puberty" (Greene). Here we see another aspect of T's personality. He wants to be recognized for something and for a gang member, there are only so many ways that this can occur."
Abstract This creative writing essay presents an accounting of a scenario in which a meteor hits the planet Earth, destroying all living things. Hundreds of years after the collision, someone stumbles across what used to be a home, and tries to figure out what the artifacts left in the house were used for before the meteor crash.
From the Paper "We arrived on planet Earth this morning and began our expedition with little hope of finding anything useful for our research. Earth has been a dead planet for hundreds of years and we know that there is no life form existing on it. As we begin to disembark however our scout conveyed that he found what appears to be a dwelling form the structure people. The structure people are those who lived here on Earth hundreds of years ago. We so named them the structure people because of the structures that they used to live in. The structures are long gone because the elements on Earth have destroyed them but the scout found a location of a former structure in which some things have been preserved."
Abstract This paper examines Shakespeare's use of the theme of time-as-destroyer, in three of the sonnets: No's 64, 65, and 73. Shakespeare's poetic techniques are analyzed in detail. Some of these include meter, alliteration, antithesis, syllogism, personification, ploce, and chiasmus. In order to demonstrate these different techniques, the author makes extensive comparisons between the three sonnets.
From the Paper "The poem is an apostrophe, addressed to the absent (or at least voiceless) lover. It says these things you may see in me: that I am aging, that I am like a setting sun, that I must soon die. But because you see this impermanence, this fading or deterioration, you only love me more. Now, impermanence has become a positive thing, fuelling the love his beloved has for him.
"The imagery in this sonnet is gentler than that of the two others. There, we had raging, engulfing oceans, and battering days, and rocks and brass and hard, indomitable things. Now, the imagery is of yellowing leaves, and boughs that once had sweet singing birds on them. The giving over to inevitable death is not one raged against, but is a sweet thing like the setting of a sun. His late stage of life is being compared with fading light, and with night which is "death's second self that seals up all in rest." We are being eased into death here, being made to think of it as slumber."
Abstract This paper uses the character of Lestat, in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire," to illustrate some of the common stereotypes associated with the mythical vampire. The author talks about vampires and how these stereotypes came into being. Using Lestat's character and several examples from the story, the author illustrates these stereotypes of a traditional vampire which include immortality, egotism, seduction and the destroyer of society.
From the Paper "Egotism, an exaggerated love for one's self, makes a person seek things that are in his or her best interest. Egotists, therefore, will go to all measures in an attempt to achieve their desires, including controlling and manipulating others; this is yet another common trait of the traditional vampire. Lestat's actions and treatment of other vampires demonstrate his egotistical manner. He turns Louis into a vampire so that he can gain control of Point du Lac, Louis? plantation, and have Louis ultimately serve as his slave. When Louis tells Lestat that he is not his slave, Lestat states, "that's how vampires increase...through slavery. How else"? (Rice 84). Lestat spends Louis? money on material possessions in order to lead a more luxurious life; using Louis to satisfy his own interests clearly shows Lestat's egotistical demeanor. Once Louis begins to show signs of rebellion, however, Lestat goes to even greater extremes to prevent Louis? departure."
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Inferno," by Alighieri Dante. Specifically, it describes two characters, Beatrice and Lucifer. Beatrice and Lucifer could not be farther apart in this poem. They represent good and evil, savior versus destroyer, and they are both present in the poem in order to illustrate the ultimate theme of good versus evil, and Dante's ultimate salvation.
From the Paper "The "Inferno" is the first of three books that make up Dante's classical work "The Divine Comedy." The "Inferno" follows Dante's journey through Hell on his route to finding God. He begins at the bottom in sin, and must fight his way to the top, where lovely Beatrice awaits him in Paradise."
Abstract This paper states that the long-term effects of sustained unemployment can destroy a nation's economic and social fabric by having a negative psychological impact, reducing aggregate demand and decreasing business activity. The paper discusses that, in addition to high immigration, Germany and Austria have internal flawed economic and monetary policies and lack proper vocational education. The author believes that both countries are taking steps to improve their employment situation.
From the Paper "Unemployment is a major issue in all European countries with Germany topping other nations with an unemployment rate reaching 12.2 percent in 1997. Though the country has now taken some effective measures to curb the rising trend in unemployment, it has suffered enormously on account of its joblessness in the past few years. During the 1960s and 1970s, it was found that Federal Republic of Germany could boast of success during good conditions but would collapse under unfavorable economic pressures. This proved to be true when in 1995, country's unemployed population began to rise unexpectedly and sharply."
Abstract Discusses how the inalienable human rights were destroyed. Hannah Arendt's views on the topic. Her concept of "rightlessness" that occurred in the mid-20th Century when Jews, marginal and stateless people were lumped in one group and deprived of their right to belong to a community. The loss of a polity and human dignity.
From the Paper "THE END OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
Hannah Arendt is most famous for a comment she made when covering the trial of Adolf Eichman, a Nazi war criminal. She said he represented "the banality of evil". Evil, in her lifetime was hardly quite that easy to explain. Maybe that is one reason she is so pessimistic about Man in general and the rights he either deserves or earns. After all, there surely was not a more hideous example of Man's inhumanity to Man than what happened to million of Jews in Europe- who were deported and most killed for no reason other than that they were Jews. The Nazis gave it a fancy name: "Racial cleansing". Of course, there are still those who believe it never happened, or never happened to that great extent, or was no worse than what the Boers did in South Africa, the Japanese did in China, or what the conquistadors did ..."
Abstract On September 8, 1900, powerful winds running over 140 mph devastated the whole city of Galveston, Texas, killing 6000 people and destroying most of the city. The paper examines the role several people and public institutions played in the Galveston Storm, including the Weather Bureau which ignored warnings of the hurricane from 'unofficial' sources. The paper also looks at the personal stories of residents such as Isaac Cline who worked for the Weather Bureau, as well as the nuns and children from the Sisters of Charity Orphanage, who lost their lives in the storm.
From the Paper "The storm took the lives of a lot of people. Amongst them were the Sisters of Charity Orphanage. 10 Sisters and 90 children lost their lives. The Sisters ran an infirmary and an orphanage. The orphanage was located on the beach. On the day of the storm Sister Elizabeth Ryan had commuted to town to get food for the children. She rushed back to the orphanage to be with the children. The storm water had reached the dormitories and was slowing causing the buildings to collapse. The sisters gathered all the children into the girl's dorm. They sang "Queen of the Waves" to calm the children down. In order to save their lives the sisters tied six to seven children around their waist. It was a very brave gesture on their part to protect the children. Sadly the storm waters claimed their lives and only 3 children managed to survive. The survivors lived to tell the eye witness encounter of the sisters? bravery. Thus every year on September the 8th the Sisters of the Charity Orphanage sing "Queen of the Waves" around the same time they perished."
Abstract Cutting the rain forest threatens biodiversity. Cutting the rain forest destroys a valuable carbon sink to protect against greenhouse gases. Cutting down the rain forest threatens the indigenous people in the rain forest. Finally, attempts to repair the damage have failed.
Abstract Daniel Quinn's take on nature and how it fits into common beliefs and misconceptions. The essay is also about how mankind is destroying the world and what we need to do to adjust our thinking.
From the Paper "A story where a man comes into contact with a psychic gorilla who tries to convince a man that societies ways are hurting the earth might seem superfluous to some. Once one realizes that the psychic gorilla is a literary device and not arbitrarily thrown in for no reason, it becomes clear that this is not a call for saving the trees or the dolphins, nor any other environmental group. Daniel Quinn, the author of Ishmael, wants the reader to completely change his way of thinking. Quinn seems to want his readers to realize what their actions and thoughtlessness are doing to the earth."
Abstract The paper explains that lack of awareness of threats to the environment and man's greed for wealth and short-term gains have caused the four billion year old bio-geophysical system to be destroyed. The author points out that experts are of the view that the economic value of the rainforest will increase by leaving the rainforests as they are and reaping its nuts, fruits, oil producing plants and medicinal plants rather than simply cutting them down to generate grazing land for cattle or for timber. The paper relates that, if the exploitation at the present rate goes on unhindered, the coastal regions will be annihilated and the ecosystems and the communities of plants and animals they house will be extensive depleted.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pollution of our Waterways
Loss of Rainforests
Decimation of Forests
Wetlands disappearing
Ignoring Global Warming
Acid Rain
Fish Die
Animal Species are Threatened
Mercury Levels in Water
Unhealthy to Drink or Swim in Large Portions of our Coastline
Call to Action on Matters of the Environment
Conclusion
From the Paper "Presently, the effluents find their ways to the Great Lakes in several ways. However, the main three vents of effluents are seen at the point source, non-point source and atmospheric pollution. The point source pollution occurs when the effluents come to the waterway by means of a particular entry point like a drainpipe draining directly into a river; it is known as point source pollution. The Industrial water wastes and sewage treatment mechanisms are considered to be the significant offenders of such type of contamination. Contrary to the point source pollution, non-point source or NPS pollution stems from many different dispersed sources and is quite difficult to standardize and manage; hence many experts consider that NPS pollution is the most hazardous confronting the Great Lakes today."
This paper examines the personal literature about the process of dealing with AIDS as told by not only the patients but also their parents, lovers, caregivers and friends.
Abstract This paper explains that the many books which personalize the AIDS tragedy are almost like a literary quilt of names that fought but eventually lost the struggle, creating the true tragedy of AIDS not only as a disease but also as a destroyer of families, love-lives and careers. The author points out that AIDS still creates rumors and stories, wildly inaccurate but believable, to that portion of the population who still thinks the virus was sent from God to punish sinners, creating the most heartbreaking situation in which friends now see their dying AIDS patient as a pariah. The paper reflects that, as AIDS patients tell their own stories and as their friends and lovers and family record some of their last vital moments, it is obvious that dying of AIDS is not like having cancer, a stroke or a heart attack because it begins with a mischievous virus, dancing unsuspectingly, a Trojan horse that turns deadly.
From the Paper "Men and women do not go quietly, many of them. They fight. They fight for some decent treatment, instead of being written off in some dreary hospice. They fight to remain with friends and family, especially children, until it is time to let go. "I'll go down the road to AIDS- but I'll not go quietly. And I do not want to go alone....I want, desperately, for you to come with me...to tell (those healthy people) that the ones who are sick need healing, not discrimination, compassion, not rejection, comfort, not condemnation.""
Abstract This paper explains that the character Joey "The Lips" Fagan from Roddy Doyle's short novel "The Commitments" is not the main character but he is one of the most compelling because, without him, the novel and the band would be quite different and not as interesting. The author points out that his role seems like a mentor, but in the end, he acts more like a destroyer because he allows the women to come between the band and the music and he cannot take the pressure or responsibility of a real life with real commitment. The paper relates that his most important contribution, which he brings to the band, is their success; his leadership teaches them that they can be a success and that they can make more out of their lives.
From the Paper "Joey plays several different roles in the novel. He is a musician first of all, and a good one, so he acts as a teacher to the other band members, many of whom are just learning how to play or sing. He is a professional, and so the others want to be like him, so he is a type of mentor too. He has done what the teenagers want to do, and so he can show them the ropes and maybe make their lives a little easier. He is somewhat like a savior, creating something from nothing and watching it grow and mature, but he is also human, and he runs away when the going gets too tough. He is not honest, and he is odd, but he is also the reason the band was successful."
Abstract This paper explains that, in Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo", the three
characters--Nostromo, Gould and Decoud--are attracted to the silver but have very different reactions to this pull. The author points out that Nostromo allows it to consume his entire life, Gould lets it ruin his marriage and Decoud lets it destroy his life. The paper relates that they demonstrate that greed controls people regardless of what people may think and that rarely anything good can come from greed.
From the Paper "Another character that is influenced by the lure of silver is Charles Gould. At the beginning of the novel, Gould and his wife share an interest in the mine because of the good that it can bring to the people. However, as Gould becomes more involved with the activities of the mine, he becomes less involved with his wife and the life they share. We are told, "His part, his inclination, and his policy were united in one endeavor to keep unchecked the flow of treasure he had started single-handed from the re-opened scar in the flank of the mountain.""
