Nazi Prisoner Doctors In my opinion‚ if asked‚ Aristotle would have worked in the prison camp hospital. Aristotle’s position on ethic is to find a balance of good and what may not be good. “Virtuous activities are those that avoid the two extremes of excess and deficiency. For example if you fear too much‚ you become cowardly; if you fear too little‚ you become rash. The mean is courage (Aristotle‚ p. 410). In the hospital the mean between not helping anyone and helping no one would be to help
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For my quarterly book assignment‚ I have chosen the selection‚ The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Reason I have chosen this wonderful selection is because I had read it once before as a child and really enjoyed it. I enjoyed this book because of its uniqueness. The Giver has such a different plot than any other book I have read before. I would definitely read it again and recommend it. The Giver is a book about a young boy named Jonas‚ who lives in a futuristic community. In his community they have eliminated
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In Lois Lowry’s book‚ The Giver‚ a picture is painted of a perfect utopia. In this place we soon figure out that there is no such thing as differences. In this Utopia‚ there is no emotion‚ no color‚ no war‚ no poverty and no hunger. But‚ not everything is as perfect as it seems. One of the events that affected me most deeply was finding out that this Utopia was really a Dystopia. In the beginning of the book‚ we meet a young boy named Jonas who is about to undergo the ceremony of twelves. During
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The Giver by Lois Lowry is a science-fiction book. Th story is set in a community where there aren’t any hunger‚ war and pain. Everything seems all right to him‚ until the day he turns twelve. Jonas is selected to be a receiver of memory‚ which is a job that there is only one person and the selection Helds once in ten years. After being the receiver of memory‚ Jonas’ life changed‚ and his happy and vital times is taken away from him‚ he became lonely. Later on‚ he discovered different dark sides
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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a book about a dystopian community that on the surface appears to hold the secret to happiness. However‚ the main character Jonas soon discovers this secret‚ and it is terrifying. All the members of the community are kept in complete ignorance about the real meaning of true life‚ beauty‚ humanity‚ and free will. Through isolation from pain and suffering‚ the members are turned into a type of robot‚ who fail to think for themselves or see beyond their limited roles within
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Mary Angelique A. Auman English 10 Mr. Swenson August 11‚ 2014 The Giver by Lois Lowry Set in a community which was controlled by the Elders sometime in the future. Jonas was an eleven year old protagonist who was mature and really responsible. He became the Receiver of Memory for their community when he turned twelve. The Giver was an old man who transferred his old job of receiving the community’s memories to Jonas. He trained Jonas how to be a receiver and told him everything about the
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“The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ was published in 1993‚ and won a Newberry medal in 1994. The book takes place in a narrative third person‚ using a limited omniscient person. The overall plot is that in a communist community‚ Jonas is a kid like the citizens that do not know what else is out there instead of themselves. Jonas learns memories that bring him to the point where he wants to share the memories of the world. The family units have rules such as dream telling and feeling telling. In chapter one
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The Giver‚ written by Lois Lowry is an American young-adult novel written in 1993. It is about a young boy named Jonas and his community. Jonas gets the difficult job of Receiver of Memories and goes into the process of receiving memories from his mentor‚ who he calls the Giver. This book was exactly the type of books I love to read; the type of book that have a different reality from us and different traditions. In the beginning Jonas had been just a normal boy in his colorless and organized community
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Physical education is a course that is taken in school to educate about physical activities and exercises. Students participate in physical activites and learn how they are beneficial to their bodies. Dodgeball is a game in which players on two teams try to throw large balls at each other while avoiding being hit themselves. In the United States‚ the game is typically played among children 6-12 in elementary school. However‚ internationally‚ the sport has also emerged as a popular middle school
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Prisoners with Special Needs Melanie Di Frisco CJA/234 Sherri Webster February 16‚ 2015 Prisoners with Special Needs There are always going to be prisoners that will have various special needs that cause for the acknowledgement of some particular occupants. The correctional establishments are completely conscious of these needs. The facility as a whole need to be more aware of how to handle appropriately these specific inmates and still handle the necessary normal functions and proper correctional
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