In The Republic by Plato written 360 BC‚ Socrates touches on the “flaws of democracy by comparing a society to a ship.” If you were going on a sea voyage‚ “who would you ideally want deciding who was in charge of the vessel‚ just anyone‚ or people educated in the rules and demands of seafaring?” If we want to be an antagonist‚ we must passionately find the answer‚ as was done by Socrates’ conversationalist mindset. Should any of us ‚ without regard to level of education‚ experience‚ or skill‚ be
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to the environment and its customers. But according to law and American economics‚ they are doing nothing wrong. They are an ever-expanding industry generating record profits. In America and the rest of the world‚ economic growth is the epitome of great modernized success. Yes‚ the companies are over using a lot of fossil fuels such as crude oil and natural gas. Yes‚ they are ruining ecosystems by draining water tables until they are arid‚ dry and unable to support growth. Yes‚ the bottled water is
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Conservatism is a philosophy of imperfection in that it highlights a variety of flaws and failings in human nature‚ thus emphasising the limited prospect for social and political advancement. Human nature is flawed in at least three ways. First‚ human beings are limited and dependant creatures‚ who are drawn to the familiar‚ the tried and tested. People‚ therefore‚ recoil from change and seek reassurance in tradition. Second‚ human nature is morally imperfect in that people are driven by non-rational
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this genre of text. In particular‚ the hero’s “fatal flaw” gives readers poor examples of identifying and coping with imperfections in their character. These fatal flaws‚ which are not common in the real world‚ nevertheless engage with readers‚ and give them morals that many would consider important in their lives. To illustrate this point‚ examples will be given from Shakespeare’s famous tragedy‚ Macbeth‚ in which the fatal flaw plays a great part in teaching morale to the readers or listeners who
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Money and corruption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" During the time in our country’s history called the roaring twenties‚ society had a new obsession‚ money. Just shortly after the great depression‚ people’s focus now fell on wealth and success in the economic realm. Many Americans would stop at nothing to become rich and money was the new factor in separation of classes within society. Wealth was a direct reflection of how successful a person really was and now became what many people
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At the beginning of the novel I had certain beliefs about certain characters. Jay was someone I sympathized highly with at the start‚ as he was attempting his uttermost finest to get Daisy back. I likewise‚ sympathized with Daisy as I felt she had been forced to abandon Jay and that she was not happy with Tom. Then slowly‚ but surely my views began to change. I began to dislike Daisy and began to loathe Jay. Daisy I felt was helpless in the start‚ but after she allows Jay to take the culpability
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officers would couch the victim to choice the suspect that they focused on. The existing practice for a line-up has been replaced with the witness viewing one suspect at a time. This reduces the chances of misidentification. (Mitchell‚ 2013). The next flaw in the justice system is the over site of evidence. When DNA was collected and evidence for a particular case the evidence that was presented during a trail once completed most of the evidence was lost or
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citizens will get thrown out of work by climate change policies (American Bridge 2015). Ultimately‚ Kasich’s views on human-induced climate change are consistent with scientific findings‚ but his theory regarding the consequential lack of jobs is a flaw in his theory. Kasich makes a legitimate claim when he declared that climate change is real. The science associating human pursuits to climate change is comparable to the science associating smoking cigarettes
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Many of the characters display their need to find happiness and craving to be accepted by the upper social class‚ including Gatsby himself. Jay Gatsby’s extravagant life as a wealthy‚ charismatic man living in the West Egg Village of New York City. Gatsby‚ the main character‚ based his love for Daisy on a young girl he met before going to war. The green light at the end of Daisy’s dock is symbolic‚ where America was perceived as a land of opportunity with limitless possibilities which could be obtained
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The book “The Outlaws of Mesquite” by Louis Lamour is very intriguing. It starts out at the beginning of the story talking about the old west and his views of it. The main characters are a man named Milt Cogar and a woman who’s name they don’t know. Another is an outlaw named Sam and his rowdy crew who rides with him. They cause a lot of trouble for the town folks. The first story is all about a man named Milt Cogar. He is sitting on his horse and a man starts coming his way and the woman tells him
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