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    I agree with Tolstoy’s philosophy that history shapes and confines leaders. The picture painted in the excerpt from War and Peace places a significant amount of accountability on the follower. "It was necessary that millions of men whose hands lay the real power... carry out the will of these weak individuals (Wren‚ 1995. p. 57)" Blindly following self-absorbed leaders creates tyranny and dictators who do not have their followers best interests at heart. I don’t believe that the "hive life" is using

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    Axia College Material Appendix G The DSM-IV The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however‚ the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be observed

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    painfully recalls a moment in which a British poacher states he would kill the last fox on earth if he could (26). British people’s actions and arrogant statements such as this one teach young British boys to have a cognitive model of arrogance and narcissism. The separation of the plane crash along with the boys’ cognitive model of the world leads them to believe that they can create an orderly society‚ that would be similar to Treasure Island and other books they have read; however‚ as the boys later

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    try-out homosexual behavior‚ which also makes the struggle more difficult for gays who want to leave that lifestyle; because by definition‚ according to Robert A.F. Gagnon‚ Ph.D. author of Why “Gay Marriage” is Wrong‚ homosexual desire is sexual narcissism or sexual deception. There is either One‚ a conscious recognition that one desires in another what one already is and has as a sexual being (anatomy‚ physiology‚ sex-based traits) or Two‚ a self-delusion of sorts in which the sexual same is perceived

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    Another crucial aspect concerning the cinematic depiction of the male American antihero and his surroundings represents the effective use of colour. Although the colour red is most notably prominent in American Beauty‚ shades of blue in Shame‚ and nuances of white and beige in Revolutionary Road‚ there are similarities in meaning of the use of these colours to be noted in all the films. In general‚ one can conclude the following: white‚ beige and greyish colours stand either for purity and innocence

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    are driven by their own motivations and reasons. They kill to fulfill strong emotional needs such as anger‚ thrill‚ financial gain‚ and attention (U.S. Department of Justice‚ 2005). Richard Kuklinski’s anger‚ need for control‚ financial gain‚ and narcissism clearly prove he has the motivation of a serial killer. Most serial killers are psychopaths. Kuklinski’s antisocial and paranoid personality made him void of a conscience‚ void of a sense of remorse or guilt‚ impulsive and violent. He trusted

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    1.) It is very important to take these quotes into consideration. Conventionality is deemed by social norms‚ what the masses partake in. Self righteousness is egocentric self-fulfillment. One must do what one feels is truly right‚ regardless of what the masses believe‚ but never act in the name of self righteousness. 2.) The description of “History of British Birds” serves as a metaphor for her wish to flee her cold home‚ the way the migratory birds do in the winter. 3.) Jane Eyre is a unique

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    The second release of Remote: Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity includes a foreword by Philip Lopate‚ an American film critic‚ essayist‚ fiction writer‚ poet and teacher. As the reprint is from 2003‚ the views that Lopate has on David Shileds’s collection of essays is radically differet than the aforementioned revievers from 1996. Lopate says that Shields refuses to delve into a “convenient narrative arc of victimization‚ addiction‚ denial‚ revelation and faith‚ he insists on trying

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    Discuss two or more media texts you would describe as post modern and discuss why you would give them this label Moonrise Kingdom‚ Anderson (2012) is a film which explores a narrative through a combination of high art and kitsch. Anderson tells the story of a scout who flees his camp in order to pursue a love interest with a consistent use of many aesthetic post-modern features‚ such as nostalgia‚ parody‚ eclecticism‚ pastiche and hyperconsciousness in order to give further depth to the initial

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    and cruel natures. The world is the appropriate representation of anti-utopia‚ one seemingly blocks out the bad with good. There are multiple explanations that explain the reasoning for this classification whether it is the lack of realization‚ narcissism‚ or the use of drugs. Each of the points are valid for proving this misconception between an anti-utopia and utopia. Though‚ through further evidence one will be able to realize the worlds anti-utopian characteristics through the use of literary

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