I am the problem in the black community: I am unplanned pregnancy‚ educational malpractice‚ welfare - shared and borrowed EBT‚ stolen uniforms in exchange for street opium‚ the overdose and the uncomfortable pain of going cold turkey. I am ghetto life‚ extreme poverty‚ gun violence and genocide in the streets. A piece of me lie motionless in a yellow square reading crime scene on a square block that inherits the plight of failed urban development and public policy. A St.Michael’s prayer card is
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perpetrators of the so called “Pudding Assassination” of U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey‚ an act of protest against continued American presence in Vietnam. Similarly provocative was CAN‚ which was reported to be an acronym for “Communism‚ Anarchy‚ Nihilism” by drummer Jaki Liebezeit (Kostopoulos). Meanwhile‚ Kraftwerk’s album Radio-Activity speaks to the impending doom associated with nuclear technology‚ the opening track being the foreboding sound of a Geiger counter picking up speed‚ commentary well
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With the touch of a single click a picture is taken and forever revitalized. Photography takes the essence of memory and seals it into the history of those involved in the process. Susan Sontag’s didactic text “On Photography” digs deep into the meaning of photography and claims that it has unlimited power within modern society. Her exclamation that “cameras are fantasy-machines” exerts the idea that photography brings the world closer together‚ yet seems so distant as if it were all but an illusion
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today‚ is the controversies that it features‚ particularly in regards to the final Act (and scene). It is furthermore my understanding that The Tragedy of King Lear should essentially be viewed in a Christian Humanist light however the viewpoint of Nihilism will be juxtaposed with this during this introduction to your students’ edition of the text. Finally it is arguable that the Nature of Man and the World (the presence of evil and good and the corresponding ramifications of decisions made by both
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reality is defined by the unshakeable moral system instilled in us by God. The guilt Judah felt regarding his affair is evidence of this moral system’s effect on the sinner. Without the feeling of guilt and fear‚ the world in "all darkness" claims Ben. Nihilism‚ the belief that nothing can really be known‚ applies as the converse here. If Judah felt nothing‚ credence could be given to the nihilistic notion that there is no moral system to guide our actions‚ but rather we are free to do as we please without
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Moral Relativism vs. Moral Absolutes Paul Sartre’s atheistic existentialism divides the world into 2 groups‚ authentic and inauthentic. Authentic people are distinguished by their deliberate choices to use their freedom to find purpose and meaning in their existence‚ while inauthentic people are characterized by passivity. John Gardner disagrees with moral relativism evidenced in Sartre’s existentialism and chooses to believe in moral absolutes. He portrays Grendel in his book Grendel as a
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Famous Creative Thinkers Presentation Lorri Broughton-Kelley PHL/458 October 6‚ 2014 Latrice Phares Famous Creative Thinkers Presentation I choose Carl Sagan as one of the people that I felt has given a great contribution to the world. Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn‚ New York the son of an immigrant worker from the Russian Empire. Name after his mother’s mother. Carl had a sister and his mother was very protective of him. Carl’s mother was
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INVISIBLE MONSTERS (Chuck Palahniuk) 1. INTRODUCTION When someone told you there’s an earthquake going on somewhere in the country‚ you smile but you don’t quite know why. You giggled to yourself when a famous celebrity died with unknown reasons and you laugh hysterically when one of your close friend mysteriously commited suicide. It’s that kind sick fascination that had me read this book cover to cover in all its twisted glory. This is a story about a disfigured beauty and her cross
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think that these eight parts must be followed in a specific order‚ however‚ all eight parts work mutually dependent of each other. Right View is a part of Wisdom and‚ according to our class lectures‚ is the “Middle Way between eternalism and nihilism; the emptiness of all things.” Right View distinguishes wholesome (beneficial) things from unwholesome (harmful) things. A few examples of unwholesome things from our class notes are: onslaught of living beings‚ taking what is not given‚ sensual
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Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy (1867) Neutral Tones BY THOMAS HARDY We stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod; – They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles of years ago; And some words played between us to and fro On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have
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