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    more than a feeling

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    Jenna Gritser Intro to Philosophy 5/10/13 More Than a Feeling This paper will dispute that love is more of a choice than a feeling according to Fromm’s thesis regarding love. Fromm thoroughly discusses love in a capitalist society and with that being said I will concur that love is full of virtue requiring time and personal growth. In the bible‚ it is said that choice is a command that you cannot control therefore if love is a command it has to be act of the individuals will. In order to

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    Ross‚ D. (2004). Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination. Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination‚ 18(1)‚ 53-66. Print. Deborah Ross examines The Little Mermaid along with other Disney films and how it supports nostalgic imaginative thinking to its female viewers because it encourages their older self to grow into a submissive and obeying wives and daughters‚ without respecting their need for self-identity. She questions the messages of the films and how it forms

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    create Antanaclasis. Shakespeare reverses the 21st Century meaning of noble‚ whilst allows the audience to view a 16th century view of nobility as a cause of tyranny and oppression. From one reading of the text‚ Shakespeare creates an ironic context that views Brutus a tyrannous noble in which he is a descendent from a line that destroyed the oppressive nature of the monarch. In

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    and dangerous felons with no one able to escape. In 1962‚ the great escape from Alcatraz was attempted and stay unsolved. Two prevailing theories surrounded the escape from Alcatraz: The escapees drowned or they successfully escaped from America’s most hardened and inescapable prison. The escape from Alcatraz traps many sophists in a corners wondering if the trio escaped or drowned on their path to liberation.

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    Escape From Sobibor (EFS)

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    Escape from Sobibor (EFS) (VHS/DVD‚ 1987) is a retelling of actual events that occurred in the Sobibor concentration camp in Poland‚ detailing the largest escape from a Nazi camp in WW2. Sobibor was the most secret Nazi death camp‚ made more secret by the fact that it was shut down after the uprising and made to look like a farm. Sobibor therefore was unable to become a human slaughterhouse on the scale of Birkenau (though the 250‚000 deaths that occurred there are deplorable enough.) The film begins

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    More Than a Cover

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    just see a portrait of the rapper and find themselves completely blind of the cultural ideologies and messages being conveyed through the art. Upon taking a first look of the album‚ the collage of papers depicting the artist seems simplistic‚ but in reality‚ a deeper look at the art reveals the portrayal of cultural ideologies‚ the impact of society on hip hop artists‚ and defiant identities. All of these themes presented on the album cover have an equal influence on the artist’s appeal to his audience

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    More Than a Carpenter

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    More Than a Carpenter The author of the book‚ “More Than a Carpenter”‚ Josh McDowell was once a very lost man. He ridiculed Christians. He had no knowledge of what he was attacking until one day his own search for happiness led him down a road he was not prepared for. When he took on this project more than 30 years ago‚ he did so with the idea of refuting Christianity. He was of the mindset that all Christians must be out of their minds. He found himself accepting a challenge to research the

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    Anglin‚ and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz (http://www.alcatrazhistory.com). They quickly escaped through the ventilation shafts out to the shore. From there‚ they inflated their homemade raft. Once they disembarked for freedom they were never seen again. Many say they died in the freezing waters of the San Francisco Bay. Others say they were swept out to sea‚ but the evidence found proves that Frank Morris‚ John Anglin‚ and Clarence Anglin escaped from “The Rock”. Alcatraz was a high security

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    The movie “Escape from Alcatraz” is based upon true events and tells the story of one of the most famous prison escapes in history. It features the 1962 escape of Alcatraz lead by Frank Morris and his accomplishes. The movie portrays the process of the escape from start to end‚ based upon the book “Escape from Alcatraz”‚ a 1963 nonfiction book written by J. Campbell Bruce. The movie follows closely to the story‚ however it also differs in many ways. Some of these include physical descriptions‚ character

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    In Michael Pollan’s essay “Escape from the Western Diet‚” he informs Americans about the western diet and believes they need to escape from it. The reason Americans should escape the western diet is to avoid the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan‚ 434). To support his view on the issue‚ Pollan describes factors of the western diet that dictate what Americans believe they should eat. These factors include scientists with their theories of nutritionism‚ the food industry

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