What We Don’t Acknowledge about “The Thin Red Line” Jennifer Egan’s‚ “The Thin Red Line” argues between self-injures and body modifiers having an unknown difference. Getting a tattoo or a cut design is not the same as slashing one’s flesh. “One is a shared act of pride; the other a secretive act steeped in shame (162).” Mutilation is the act of self-injury that degrades the appearance of the body‚ and modification is the act of changing something‚ in this context‚ the body. With Egan’s segregation
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particular circumstances in which he or she acts. Some acts may seem to contain both voluntary and involuntary actions. One example is a tyrant forcing a man to commit a shameful act by threatening the man’s family. If the man refuses to commit this shameful act his family is to be killed. If the man agrees to commit the shameful act‚ though the man acted under pressure‚ his actions are still voluntary because the man freely chose between two alternatives. The situation may not have been voluntary
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because they are ashamed to admit they need help. An investigation by National Public Radio found that the Army had punished and Dishonorably Discharged soldiers with ptsd. Two veterans groups are currently suing the Department of Veterans Affairs for its "shameful failures" in providing mental health treatment. Mac McClelland‚ a reporter from
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viewing The Iliad‚ Plato would criticize it for several reasons. For one‚ throughout the epic the Gods use humans as pawns to do their own bidding-the argument can even be made that the entire Trojan war was started and developed as a result of Godly affairs. The reason the Trojans and Greeks fought was because of Helen‚ who was taken from the Achaeans and given to the Trojans by Aphrodite. Then when Thetis beseeches Zeus to make the Greeks to lose‚ they do. So the entire epic is largely a game between
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belief that that women are sinful from birth. Due to these beliefs‚ according to Dogan‚ men confine women to Chardiwari‚ which translates to “the four walls of the house”. Basically by confining women to the house‚ women won’t have an urge to sin. Shameful acts are mostly associated with a woman’s behavior and appearance. For example‚ if a woman does not wear clothes‚ which the community defines as appropriate‚ that woman can be punished in any way that community sees fit. Ultimately‚ based on the
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The educated is truly free. Do you agree? ‘Knowledge is power’‚ this frequently cited quote is no more a stranger to anyone. Education‚ which role is essentially to transmit knowledge‚ has empowered an individual with the accumulated knowledge‚ values and skills that an individual would require. Indeed‚ with knowledge‚ the educated has yielded the power to control the situation around him‚ to break free from oppression and authority‚ and to breakthrough the vicious poverty cycle. Yet‚ as the
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changing her wardrobe to revealing lingerie-style outfits and acting in a seductive manner. She also perpetuates the lie‚ showing us that she craved the attention after having experienced it. | |Agrees to lie for the counsellor Mrs. Griffith to hide her affair with student Mica. In her office‚ Mrs. Griffith begging Olive |Soundtrack - soft guitar music that is also used to accompany the scene in which Brandon begs Olive to pretend to sleep with him. This links these two scenes where Olive has sacrificed
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Othello; the tragic tale of a man falling to the biggest killer of them all‚ jealousy. But why does Othello get defeated by such an easy thing to avoid? Perhaps Iago is such a good villain. More likely‚ it’s because‚ for some people‚ especially back in William Shakespeare’s time‚ honour comes first. Honour that comes with men can be a normal thing for people if it doesn’t go too overboard; however‚ if it does‚ like in William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ it can lead to nasty‚ if not deadly results.
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And so‚ it seems as if uncertainty rings through the golden‚ sweetened atmosphere of the United States of America. For you‚ my fellow Americans‚ I have but one question: Is this what American revolutionists sought for when they died to gain Independence? Is this what the Union fought to keep together? Is this what Franklin D. Roosevelt sacrificed his wellbeing for? Is this what ladies and gentlemen of the Union suffer to preserve day after day? My brothers and sisters united‚ I beg of you! Harken
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quarrel to come to a conclusion of the meaning of a good life. What is a good life in Socrates’ perspective? In order to get his point across‚ Socrates first phrases the question of what is more shameful - doing what is unjust or suffering what is unjust. For him‚ doing what is unjust is more shameful than suffering it. Even Polus‚ another philosophical figure that often clashed views with Socrates‚ ended up agreeing with him. However‚ Callicles did not. Callicles counter-argues that what Socrates
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