Finding All Fifty Shades Talita – Eugenia Sigillo Hellenic American University Abstract Fifty shades of Gray is no literary masterpiece‚ nor does it hide some life changing meaning between its pages‚ although this could be debatable. My interest was aroused when I started reading various comments on the book and how “hideous” it is. I am a person who usually enjoys literature and art‚ that is trashed by others‚ who tries to find a meaning behind a simple dot on a
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basis for what results in unlawful and immoral acts. While some believe that mob mentality occurs because of our intrinsic primal instincts that derive from anger and fear‚ it is actually an external force of passionate persuasion that results in mob mentality. There are many beliefs about the causes of mob mentality; there are some who support the primal instincts hypothesis of mob mentality. Christyl Rivers‚ an Ecopsychologist who earned her Masters in Psychology from Pacific Lutheran University
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Mary Santana Professor Culver English 103 March 13‚ 2015 A Misguided Super Man Even though‚ so called “radical thinkers‚” come in all shapes and sizes and have different ideologies‚ would they perhaps support one another’s philosophies? Friedrich Nietzsche’s out take on Christianity is‚ let’s face it‚ quite ominous‚ compared to certain important historical leaders such as‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ but their ideologies might not be so far off. Both Nietzsche and Dr. King were thought of as “radical
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While humans are the most well developed mammal on planet Earth there is a reason that they are still considered a part of the Animal Kingdom. There is a savage‚ almost evil instinct buried in each human being. The events of the past and circumstances surrounding the human are the deciding factors of whether or not the evil instinct is released. The novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ draws attention to this topic with three main characters. The theme of civilization vs. savagery is a theme carried by the plot
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(The Social Contract Theory) Social contract theory dictates the fact that there must be agreements within a group of people who decide to live together‚ based on moral notions and judgments. In most cases‚ the social contract has a ruler or some form of ruling organization‚ to which people agree to obey in all matters in return for a guarantee of peace and securities. These are lacking in the "state of nature”. The “state of nature”‚ is a state of human interaction which exists before any social
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The Red Badge of Courage is not a war novel. It is a novel about life. This novel illustrates the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Stephen Crane uses the war as a comparison to everyday life. He is semi-saying that life is like a war. It is a struggle of warriors—the every day people—against the odds. In these battles of everyday life‚ people can change. In The Red Badge of Courage‚ the main character‚ Henry Fleming‚ undergoes a character change that shows how people must
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Caliban is a naturally innocent and pure character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Throughout the play Caliban is portrayed as a primitive beast with a vile mind‚ although he wasn’t originally that way. Caliban initially had no evil influence on him other than the way nature made him. Prospero’s later influence on the creature was the cause of his negative actions which isn’t the fault of Caliban himself. Caliban‚ although seen as a monster‚ is truly an innocent creature with good intentions until
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hotel room. This is where the trouble began‚ and all Nick does is watch. “To a certain temperament the situation might have seemed intriguing- my own instinct was to telephone immediately for the phone”‚ Nick says. (Fitzgerald‚ 16). At the hotel room there comes to be a dispute between Tom and Gatsby over Daisy. Nick‚ who never follows his instincts in a tough situation‚ just watched everyone argue and never says anything to help the situation. If Nick had stepped in to help clear the air‚ it could
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Nietzsche: The Conscience In his second essay of the Geneaology of Morals‚ Nietzsche attempts to identify and explain the origin of the conscience. He does not adopt the view of the conscience that is accepted by the “English Psychologists”‚ such as Bentham‚ J. Mill‚ J.S. Mill and Hume‚ as the result of an innate moral feeling. Rather‚ it is his belief that the moral content of our conscience is formed during childhood under the influence of society. Nietzsche defines the conscience as an
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Naturalism‚ according to Nina Baym in the introduction of The Norton Anthology of American Literature‚ “introduces characters from the fringes and depths of society whose fates are determined by degenerate heredity‚ a sordid environment‚ and/or a good deal of bad luck” (7). Hence‚ the authors of naturalism often produce stories with twisted plots in which their protagonists encounter many obstacles and setbacks by nature‚ and these predicaments often injure or even take the characters’ lives. Of
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