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    “Dreams really do come true” - Disney Disney Channel is meant to educate and provide entertainment to families and children of all ages. As the years have progressed‚ the content shown on this family network has drastically changed. The movies‚ television shows and the messages portrayed through the programs are targeted towards older audiences rather than younger age groups who are actually watching them. Movies are a great way to escape reality and slip into a “fantasy land” for a couple of

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    In the science fiction/ dystopian novel of “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury‚ the citizens‚ as well as the government‚ shunned books. However‚ in place of the books is the four- walled televisor. The televisor (or television) is where the broad predominance of people watched a program called “the families”. While visiting Montag‚ Captain Beatty informs the reader about the downfall of the book. During “The Hearth and the Salamander"‚ Captain Beatty explained to us how because of the population growth

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    Flora‚ Neil Kenneth R. BSENG4A Romanticism A Movement Across The Arts Romanticism  -(also the Romantic era or the Romantic period) was an artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement that

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    Criticism of Quitak’s Child observation Quitak first explains that she is “working on the assumption that the problematic aspects of our experience contain the maximum potential”. However I think it is important to clarify from the outset‚ how she reached this assumption‚ as the reader does not know whether she went into the observation with this belief or whether these assumptions were developed as a result of her observation. There is another important omission relating to who the author actually

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    when talked about the weaknesses and strengths of Gaunilo’s and Kant’s and their ontological arguments. Anselm’s ontological argument defined God as being “as which no other greater can conceive.” Ontological arguments tend to start with a priori theory about the organization of the universe. If the organization falls under being true there will be evidence of the existence of God‚ in this case. Anselm argues if God is defined as nothing which can be greater‚ than he must exist in the mind‚ even

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    A Feminist Criticism of A Farewell to Arms       After finishing A Farewell to Arms‚ I found it difficult to reconcile Judith Fetterley ’s feminist attack of the novel with my own personal opinions. I agree that Hemingway does kick women to the curb in his portrayal of Catherine‚ but my reasons for pinning this crime on Hemingway are different from hers ’. Although she means well‚ Fetterley makes the ridiculous claim that by portraying Catherine as an angelic‚ selflessly loving "woman to end

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    Criticism for Max Weber’s Bureaucracy Written by Dr. Wasim Al-Habil College of Commerce The Islamic University of Gaza Beginning with Max Weber‚ bureaucracies have been regarded as mechanisms that rationalize authority and decision-making in society. Yet subsequent theorists have questioned the rationality of bureaucracies. Which features of modern-day public bureaucracies are rational? Which are not? Buttress your argument with citations from organization and/or public administration theories

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    Evaluate Functionalists views on the role and functions of religion today. Functionalism is a macro theory‚ which is based on society as a whole‚ rather than just that of the individual. It is argued that functionalism generates many things for society. Religion‚ from a functionalist point of view‚ socialises people‚ teaching them norms and values of society‚ which are the basis for social unity. Religion further is a structure within functionalism which aids in influencing individuals lives. Functionalism

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    Assess the usefulness of functionalist approaches in explaining crime Functionalist approach towards crime & deviance is seen as a top down approach as it looks at society as a whole‚ stating that criminal behaviour is caused by society itself except from being caused through an individual’s biology & psychology. Durkheim sees deviance as inevitable also being necessary for our society‚ however other perspectives such as Marxist & Feminist may state otherwise. Functionalist such as Merton explain crime

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    increase ‘flexible specialisation’. It needs to emphasise ‘life-long learning’ to allow individuals to up-grade skills in response to the changing needs of the economy. E.g Usher (’97) & Thompson (’92) reject Bowles & Gintis’ ‘Correspondence Theory’‚ arguing that the diversity of the post-modern education system‚ responsive to the different needs of individuals and groups‚ actually empowers rather than oppresses. However this approach may be seen to overemphasise diversity – what about the

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