Jordan Roberson Ms. Pichon ENGL 2110.03N 14 October 2013 Innocence or Ignorance Tim Gautreaux introduces Jesse McNeil‚ the main character‚ as a drunk running a locomotive. Although Jesse is intoxicated‚ he was “charging up the main line at fifty with the chemical train‚ rattling through the hot Louisiana night like a thunderstorm” (Gautreaux 327). Gautreaux tells us that “he had roared through it a thousand times with a hundred cars of propane and vinyl chloride”‚ “it” being the same old route
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Ethics Summary- Book 1 In Aristotle’s Nicomachean ethics book one‚ he starts of describing “good”. He believes that every activity humans do is to achieve a good. The satisfactory goals we have are to achieve a greater good. And our highest good is classified as the supreme good. Politics is a form of this good. But it cannot be classified as the supreme good because what is good for one may not be good for another. The supreme good to humans would be happiness. But what constitutes happiness
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a deft stroke‚ and then another‚ on the page another artist left her. My bus moved on. This can be carried out as a metaphor for society and how we view moreover treat homelessness people. Nevertheless we don’t acknowledge it‚ as a result of ignorance. We are use to pressing on as well as assume we never saw them or they didn’t exist. Hence moving on with our uncivil behavior. Kathleen Rockwell sees a person that has something with I them. A talented women however she is homeless so society will
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Empathy‚ what is it? How is it related to you and me? Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feeling of another person because you have been in the same or similar situation. Part of being a good reader is going into depth in your story‚ and using empathy is one of those ways. I used empathy while reading the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In To Kill a Mockingbird in the late story we are introduced to a character named Dolphus Raymond. He is a white man that hangs out with
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or uncomfortable situations. This particular strip is titled “How to Pretend You’re Not Poor” and it provides a variety of excuses Junior uses when questioned by his white peers. The final excuse called “A good all-purpose excuse” shows Junior blaming his inability to participate on a made up Indian ceremony. This clearly portrays Junior taking advantage of the ignorance of his white classmates; however‚ it also shows Junior taking advantage of the heritage that he seems to shy away from unless
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understood that people’s capacity of making mistakes does not have to be either something to be ashamed or embarrassed of. Instead‚ it is what makes people human. It has become common today to think that to be wrong and to make mistakes is equal to ignorance‚ idiocy or evil assumptions (Schultz). Although Schultz blames society’s parent/teacher educational system‚ I believe that when a student enters in his/hers teens‚ it is the individual’s responsibility to take control of their action and honesty
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Suppose that every event or action has a sufficient cause‚ which brings that event about. Today‚ in our scientific age‚ this sounds like a reasonable supposition. After all‚ can you imagine someone seriously claiming that when it rains‚ or when a plane crashes‚ or when a business succeeds‚ there might be no cause for it? Surely‚ human behavior is caused. It doesn’t just happen for any reason at all. The types of human behavior for which people are held morally accountable are usually said to be caused
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Pacifism is a term regarding the moral permissibility to engage in war. Just war theorists and pacifists debate that the participation in war can be justifiable. The most extreme embargo against participation in war comes from “absolute pacifism” theory which states that war is unable to be morally justified under any conditions. This absolutist form of pacifism centres on the viewpoint that each individual has some absolute right not to be killed‚ and that war inevitably kills those who have failed
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his benefit and the death of Caesar. In the book‚ Julius Caesar was an influential and respected man. The community loved him for his acts of bravery and intelligence. The reason for Caesar’s defeat was his ignorance of signs that could have saved his life. An instance of his ignorance was when his wife had a dream about him getting killed by the conspirators‚ but he still decided to go to the Senate where he was assassinated. Another moment is right before he receives a warning from the soothsayer
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convey the theme of God’s faithfulness and love‚ despite the ignorance and rejection of his abundant general revelation to mankind. Vivid and descriptive language permeates the entirety of the poem “God’s Grandeur.” Hopkins employs imagery to magnify the splendor of God’s earthly creations. Hopkins’ use of clever diction informs the reader that God has made His power and majesty obvious to humans through creation. Therefore‚ man has no excuse to ignore what is obvious to his or her eyes. The first
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