“My philosophy‚ in essence‚ is the concept of man as a heroic being‚ with his own happiness as the temporal purpose of his life‚ with productive achievement as his noblest activity‚ and reason as his only absolute.” —Ayn Rand‚ “About the Author” in Atlas Shrugged As a construct of Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism‚ Hank Reardon holds the production of his Metal as his noblest activity: the method by which he chooses to shape reality by the product of his rational mind. Under the directives of the
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Romeo and Juliet Expository Essay Romeo and Juliet‚ by Shakespeare‚ is a play which shows how prejudice leads to escalating violence. Prejudice leads to violence shown in the play when the feuding families‚ the Montagues and Capulets fight. In each case‚ disruption‚ fighting‚ injuries and death occur. Also‚ the prejudice against the two families never got resolved because they were enemies. The prejudice started in Act one Scene one‚ when the Capulets and Montague servants confronted each other
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Morgan Lominario Melita Carrey Expository Writing 2 Per. 4 16 September 2014 Animal Cruelty Did you know that 50% of animal fur comes from China‚ where there are no animal cruelty laws. Animal cruelty is a world-wide problem that existed for thousands of years‚ there are two types of cruelty; unintentional and intentional‚ either way is act of crime and non excusable. Although many people don’t view animal cruelty as a crime‚ imagine yourself in their place and see how much you like it. This
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Expository Speech Good morning ladies and gentlemen‚ the topic that I have chosen to present this morning is one that is very dear to my heart‚ for in my relatively short existence on this earth I have watched my aunt battle a disease which literally changed every aspect of her life and day to day living. Scleroderma is a chronic auto-immune disease of the connective tissue. Coming from two Greek words ‘sclera’ and ‘derma’ which mean ‘hard’ and ‘skin’ respectively‚ scleroderma in actuality is
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War Dance Expository Essay Over 20‚000 kids are orphaned in Northern Uganda. War Dance is a documentary about the Patongo Primary School’s long journey to the Kampala Music Festival and the experiences‚ both good and bad‚ which they go through. In the village of Patongo‚ located deep in Uganda’s war zone‚ a group of students struggles to rise above the violence and desperation that surrounds them with the help of music. Life at camp Patongo for these children were rough and treacherous.
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have a high per capita GDP compared to some of its other neighbors‚ the distribution of wealth in the country is one the “world’s most uneven distributions of wealth”. Namibia also has close economical ties with South Africa‚ because the South African rand and the Namibian dollar are both forms of legal tender in the country‚ due to a Common Monetary Area. Namibia is still a new economically developing country that’s starting to prosper‚ wit the help of its natural resources‚ and financial aid from countries
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if the elites who figuratively support the weight of the world shrug off their responsibilities and allow the world to fall? Who is John Galt? Such are the questions addressed in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged‚ a 1957 philosophical dystopian-fiction novel that the author regards as her masterpiece in the fiction genre. Rand introduces John Galt‚ the novel’s main character‚ not as a character‚ but as a question. The question‚ “Who is John Galt?” is not only the first words of the novel‚ but is also the
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Lea Cherbaka Expository Writing Professor Joanne Sills January 26‚ 2010 Civil Mammals Violence has become a major problem in modern-day society. Gruesome video games and certain entertainment shows such as pro-wrestling has been exposing violence to kids that later on wish to emulate these actions. These actions are then publicized to the world by violent acts toward other species and human beings. In his article‚ “An Elephant Crackup
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How Technology Affects Our Lives Christopher David McCray COM 150 January 20‚ 2012 Karen Shively How Technology Affects Our Lives Have you ever wondered how much different life would be without the continued study and advancement in technology? A lot of conveniences that we now know and cannot imagine living without make our lives easier and more comfortable. Technology is helping the world stay connected and grow at an alarming rate. Today technology is being used in ways that
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Euthanasia is a controversial area of dispute and important in modern societies. The euthanasia debate is a topic with many areas of issues‚ specifically a heavy social‚ moral and ethical issue with an underlying premise of religion and politics. The debate itself is mainly based on a two-sided argument‚ which categorizes euthanasia as either voluntary suicide‚ or as involuntary murder. The nature of the death itself is an area of large‚ controversial debate. Over the recent years euthanasia has
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