The Capability of Sympathy Imagine a woman desperately scrounging for crumbs in the cupboards of her kitchen. Her face sunken with grief as she looks for anything that might quell the pleas of her starving son. Her search turns up empty-handed‚ and she is then forced to either let her child go hungry or find another means of obtaining food. Many scenarios like this can be found in Gerry Smith’s “How a Government Computer Glitch Forced Thousands of Families to go Hungry. It is an article about a
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the creature and many other people’s subsequent rejection of the creature‚ based on appearance‚ reminds the reader of how society (both in Shelley’s era and in the modern day)‚ can and do reject those who are different and Shelley cultivates more sympathy from the reader this way. Frankenstein has had love and support from family all his life‚ by showing us Frankenstein’s childhood and then showing us his acts toward the creature readers are positioned to think of how callous‚ selfish and awful Frankenstein
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Paul Crabbe is the protagonist and first person narrator in the story. He lives in contemporary Australia‚ a place of energetic pleasure‚ freedom‚ space‚ however‚ it is also at the end of the world which is one of the first symbolic references to the fact that Paul Crabbe is never quite part of the action‚ he is always one step away from reality. As both the central character and narrator of the story‚ Paul brings us into the story with him and looking back at it‚ he recalls it for us. Paul is an
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Ireland has a long custom of valuing education going back as far as the monastic and bardic traditions and it fundamentally survived the spread of the English language and Protectionism as well as the outcomes of the Act of Union that regularised education in Ireland. With the arrival of the Education Act of 1831 Irish was removed as the medium of teaching causing the decline in the language. The rise of nationalism that followed which still continues‚ created a sense of patriotism within the community
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Rudolf Otto and Paul Tillich both construct distinct understandings of religion and its properties. Tillich focuses on ideals such as ultimate concern and ultimate reality. However‚ Otto focuses on the holy and experiences in relation to the individual. For Otto‚ the numinous is the pinnacle along with the holy. Furthermore‚ Otto draws from the rational versus non-rational point of view and is a Christian theologian. Tillich on the other hand pinpoints on personal drive and seriousness. Tillich
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Heather Eggert 1.) Lawrence never received formal military training‚ but he achieved the rank of Colonel in the British Army. Discuss how he achieved the rank and compare his training to yours. Thomas Edward Lawrence is a scholar graduate of Oxford University. There‚ he obtained his degree in archaeologist. About 4 years before the war started‚ T.E. Lawrence was on an archaeological dig in Northern Syria. This gave him a huge background and understanding in Arab culture and tribal structure
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Imagine a scenario in which: a) you trust the leader of a contigency‚ like a president or a king‚ b) this person offers you misguided advice‚ c) you suffer greatly as a result of said advice‚ and d) this man or woman you trust continues to hurt you with more egregious errors. Perhaps you are thinking of George W. Bush‚ when he sent a country in recession to war on credit two times in a row. Maybe my hypothetical situation is reminiscent of poor parenting; e.g.‚ a father works late in the office
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For the Final Project (due at the end of Unit 9)‚ you will be writing an academic essay of around 750-850 words in which you serve as a mentor and share your knowledge with someone who needs your help. You can either write to a group of people who have a particular problem that someone in your field of study might be facing‚ for the purpose of motivating this group of people to overcome this particular problem; or you can write to people who are themselves just entering the field you are studying
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Retroactive: A Single Work of Art‚ With Many Faces By: Logan Dodge Few works of art are able to perfectly capture a period of time as thoroughly as Paul Rauschenberg does with his masterpiece titled‚ Retroactive. He was one of the first artist who wanted to take mass media into the art studio‚ and break down the barriers between art and things like advertising‚ newspapers‚ and television. Retroactive is a brilliant collage of iconic images from the early 60’s and it captured all of its
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2013 Life is beautiful and yet life is not a bed full of roses. Empathy is the understanding what others are feeling because you have experienced it yourself or can put yourself in their shoes. Sympathy is acknowledging another person’s emotional hardships and providing comfort and assurance. Sympathy and empathy are both similar in a way because they both have to deal with feelings. The movie Precious is about an innocent girl who is physically‚ emotionally‚ and verbally abused. She learns that
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