Hobbes vs the Fool In Hobbes case‚ justice is characterized supporting a covenant‚ and for those who shatter their covenant will be penalized accordingly. The fool first expresses his assertion having “said in his heart: ’there is no such thing as justice’” (L p. I ch: xv [4]). If there are no covenants to be broken‚ this would signify neither just or unjust actions exist. The fool by rejecting the reality of fairness is rejecting the achievement of covenants in general‚ yet as we currently
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"I’m A Fool" by Sherwood Anderson takes the reader into the mind of a lying‚ ambivalent‚ uneducated and somewhat foolish youth. It is a story of a foolish incident in which he lies to a beautiful girl in attempt to win her love. His plan backfires when he realizes that she likes him for who he is‚ not the imaginary character whom he claimed himself to be. The theme in "I’m A Fool"‚ deals with the consequences associated with dishonesty and deceitfulness‚ and he is able to effectively reveal this
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Victor Ferreira The New Jim Crow Chapter 2 Incarceration rates in the United States have exploded due to the convictions for drug offenses. Today there are half a million in prison or jail due to a drug offense‚ while in 1980 there were only 41‚100. They have tripled since 1980. The war on drugs has contributed the most to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color‚ most of them African-Americans. The drug war is aimed to catch the big-time dealers‚ but the majority of the people
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The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Revised Edition M I C H E L L E A L E X A N D E R © 20 I 0‚ 201 2 by Michelle Alexander All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form‚ without written permission from the publisher. Request for permission to reproduce selections from this book should be mailed to: Permissions Department‚ The New Press. 38 Greene Street‚ New York‚ NY 10013. Published in the United States by The New Press‚ New
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the film industry faced the growing feminist movement. Katherine Anne Porter published the novel Ship of Fools in 1962 and the film was released in 1965. Author Porter herself was a Southern woman who rejected the traditional image of the “lady‚” marrying and divorcing multiple times. Director Stanley Kramer produced socially conscious films displaying the ills of society. Through Ship of Fools‚ he critiques the gender roles imposed upon women. This feminist movement became an essential component
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The time of Jim Crow was a horrible time for the African-American population. The court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregation was okay as long as it is equal facilities (Pilgram‚ 2). This caused the laws of Jim Crow to take off and expand rapidly. Ben Tillman‚ the governor of South Carolina in 1892‚ said he would “willingly lead a mob in lynching a negro” (Klarman‚ 11). This demonstrates just how integrated segregation and racism was into southern society. In 1944‚ a Swedish man visiting
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The reading that I decided to summarize is called “The Emergence of the Star System in America” by Richard DeCordova. The topic is very useful because it emphasizes the idea of the star system. The system includes different kinds of information that was created about actors. The evolvement of the system was influenced and developed through three transformations like “the discourse on acting‚ the picture personality and the star” The reading is significant because the write takes the reader thought
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The scene where I would place this play would be at the Paint Creek Gold Mine in Cabin Creek‚ West Virginia. One of the main characters sings a song called “Gold for Fools” in the opening scene‚ so I decided to set the play in a gold mine to make the characters singing and emotion more relatable to the audience. It would take place during the late 1800’s because this was a major gold mining time in US history. The stage would have a large rockwall in the background to simulate the feel of being
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Fools rush in 1. Summary of the Film Returning from one job site with a large spearfish‚ Alex learns from his close friend Jeff that he doesn’t want to go to Japan for his next assignment‚ but to Las Vegas. The timing will allow them both to return to Manhattan and manage another new site there in the Big Apple. So it’s off to Las Vegas for Alex Whitman‚ and during one of his early sojourns into a Mexican restaurant he meets Isabel. They find themselves in a casual night of passion. Three months
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What are you guys doing to kill time? Tweeting‚ BBM-ing‚ tumblr-ing‚ or playing online games might be the choices. Today’s era is filled with those sophisticated softwares and technology. Can you imagine a world without those stuffs? With no internet connection which supports those online things? Some elders may say ‘yes’. They have lived in the world without Wikipedia and Google which can answer almost all of questions. But for us‚ teenagers‚ we will say ‘Oh nooo! What kind of world is that? I can’t
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