Janice Gross Stein’s “The Cult of Efficiency‚” read at a CBC Massey Lecture in 2001‚ attempts to define the concept of efficiency and how it has impacted our society in the past and present. Stein effectively applies this concept to many different sectors of our culture through examples and analysis of how it is delivered. Her thesis summarizes the overall ideas of her article‚ however it was not easily found in her introduction as it was not stated until the end of the fifth paragraph. The full
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hr. 5 25/1/12 The Cult of Domesticity was a guideline that required women to be inferior and submissive compared to men. Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems were written in secret because of the treatment of women in her time period. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin were written from their position of male dominance and domesticated women. Many of the ideals specifically submissiveness‚ domesticity and piety present in the Cult of Domesticity‚ are
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late 19th and early 20th century‚ strict and confining gender roles existed for women throughout the United States. While men were able to pursue out-of-house careers‚ women were trapped in a Cult of Domesticity‚ disabling them from acting in a “manly” manner in fear of losing their reputation. In this Cult of Domesticity‚ women were born and bred simply to marry a man with a higher social status and monetary value‚ and procreate with them to form a family. However‚ because the women of this era
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Tracking the Main Idea: A Revision Text‚ author‚ context‚ elements of literature Evidence- quotation/ the leaden (first stage of the analysis) Plot summary Discovery Meaning Directions: You will work in groups to track the main idea of the paragraph below. Keep in mind that the paragraph your group is reviewing is at best a rough draft from an in class essay written with time constraints. AND this paragraph is written from one of my students who I adore‚ so any detrimental criticism of
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The “cult of the machine‚” infatuated The Soviet Union during the 1920s. Super-urbanism and the corresponding belief that proletariat society could only exist within a culture of the machine and the factory effected policy greatly starting in the late 1920s.35 The Soviet Union believed that machines and modernization led the way to new civilization. “City planning and the design of future living space requires a mentality and an imagination of closely resembling the concoction of science fiction
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order for the project to be completed or otherwise we would never succeed. Many people can see myself as an individual they can trust with getting something done for them or helping them in whatever way possible. Govinda from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse also possessed this trait of reliability when he followed Siddhartha on his adventures and saved him from the river. Reliability is a trait that is crucial to the integrity of mankind. It first occurred
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In Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha‚ Unity is a reflecting theme of this novel and in life. Unity is "the state of being one or a unit; harmony‚ agreement in feelings or ideas or aims‚ etc." Unity is first introduced by means of the river and by the mystical word "Om." Direct commentary from Siddhartha and the narrator also introduces the theme. Frequent allusions to the river correspond w/ Siddhartha’s infinite thoughts of Unity and his initial plans to strive for it. Siddhartha has a number of specific
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one of the most widespread of Tibetan cults‚ undifferentiated by sect‚ education‚ class‚ or position; from the highest to the lowest‚ the Tibetans find with his goddess a personal and enduring relationship unmatched by any other single deity‚ even among those of their gods more potent in appearance or more profound in symbolic association.”1 Tara is thought to protect her people from “the cradle to beyond the grave; and‚ as Stephanie Beyer‚ author of The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet‚ profoundly
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Demian The novel Demian by Hermann Hesse explores the idea of duality and its development in the protagonist from childhood to adulthood. Sinclair experiences many events that cause him to reflect on his conscience and his view of the world. Sinclair seeks guidance from Demian throughout the story and begins to see the world as two places‚ one dark and one light. The novel climaxes with Sinclair learning about Abraxas and starts to see that the world is both dark and light. Sinclair’s encounter
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In the book Siddhartha‚ by Hermann Hesse‚ the Siddhartha sets out on a journey of self-discovery where he encounters a westernized society where properties‚ riches‚ and wealth are abundant in the homes of the prosperous. Similar to in Siddhartha‚ capitalism is seen as one of the major driving forces of society in the movie Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone‚ where the main character is an example of the extremes of capitalism and how it can corrupt the soul of a man and endanger the lives of thousands
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