This gave him the liberty to compare the United States and Europe from the outside looking in‚ in terms of values and morals. In one of his more famous novels‚ Daisy Miller‚ James analyzes the social themes of the two and concludes that Europeans tend to be more stiff‚ knowledgable‚ and therefore evil. Americans‚ on the other hand‚ are more innocent and free. James describes the character of Daisy as "an extraordinary
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Not everyone can live a perfect life. In the story of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville‚ everything is complex. He gets hired to be a Scrivener and is found to be the most hardworking person no matter the time of day. However‚ his complexity is baffling because one day‚ he refuses to examine and write a simple document. In some terms‚ Bartleby might deal with depression; one moment‚ he is completely okay and then all of a sudden‚ he finds himself in a state of mind where he is unmotivated
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Attaining and living the “Good Life” does not always come easily. There are costs to living a fulfilling life and often times sacrifices must be made in order to do so. This is most notable in a few of the readings from the course. Siddhartha‚ from Hesse’s novel‚ exemplifies someone who so passionately wanted to find enlightenment that he was willing to give up his family‚ prior beliefs‚ and all of his belongings. Rama’s situation in the Ramayana also demonstrates the idea that the good life does
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Bill Miller and Value Trust Background Information Bill Miller is one of the most renowned professional fund managers. This can be proven by the outperformance of the Value Trust‚ which is managed by him‚ compared to its benchmark index‚ the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500)‚ for an astonishing 14 years in a row; and this marked the longest streak of success for any manager in the mutual-fund industry. By the middle of 2005‚ Value Trust is worth $11.2-billion. Bill Miller’s approach to
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Leibowitz: Walter Miller Walter Miller‚ in the novel A Canticle For Leibowitz‚ mocks the way we are as humans‚ particularly in those ways that lead to regressive thinking. The novel pokes fun at the attention to impractical details‚ such as to the spent copying the Leibowitz blueprints. Miller also mocks humans by describing the inordinate amount of attention and energy given to a spiritual being such as Leibowitz‚ as today’s society worships God. Finally‚ the most absurd way Miller mocks today’s
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Or is killing worse than torture? Miller gives many examples of how torture and killing are the same morally. Miller expresses “both interrupt and render impossible the normal conduct of human life.” However Miller doesn’t believe that this is enough to say that one is worse than the other. But Miller also points out how tortured viction are ‘physically powerless’‚ and those who are dead have no power or autonomy. Concluding his statements‚ Miller comes to the reason that torture is not morally
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Problem oriented policing or (POP) was developed by Herman Goldstein what makes his research unique is that he also added into the analysis what he had experienced(Fritsch‚ Liederbach‚ Taylor‚ & Caeti‚ 2009‚ p 100). The goal of his research was to develop a form of policing that is effective but also committed to maintaining and extending democratic values. The concept of (POP) was to move away from the traditional law enforcement approach and with the community leaders and citizens identify the
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Case Report Bill Miller and Value Trust February 9th‚ 2015 Bill Miller and Value Trust is a well-known mutual fund company that has outperformed the S&P 500 from 1991 until 2005 and this is the longest streak of mutual fund success in history. The mutual fund was the managed by William H. “Bill” Miller III who by concept was a contrarian‚ which means that his investments were focused on low price‚ high value funds. The “measure “of the industry are based on indexes and every fund is compared to
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The Comfort of Things‚ Daniel Miller (2005) compiled thirty case studies derived from ethnographic observation of a pseudo-random street in South London. Each chapter takes the form of a vignette‚ called a ‘portrait’ (Miller‚ 2005‚ p.5)‚ that tells the story of a different person living on the street. Despite each portrait telling a discrete narrative‚ the text as a whole emphasizes the significance of material culture in conducting ethnography. During the study‚ Miller (2005) and his research partner
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my community. I mentioned in an earlier discussion post that stories can transcend us into the world the writer has created. Sometimes‚ the world the writer has created is inspiring and has the ability to impact how be evolve as an individual. Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha strove for spiritual enlightenment. He left his home at a young age to become a part of wandering ascetics‚
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