Akiba-zemi (GSP490 F12-S13) Book Review 1 Yukimi Ouchi January 7‚ 2013 Book Review on “Where We Stand: Class Matters” In her book "Where We Stand: Class Matters"‚ Bell Hooks address the issues of classism interlocking with racism‚ white supremacist ideology and sexism in contemporary American culture. Her arguments in this book are greatly tied to her personal experience that she moved up from working class to the upper class as she succeeds in
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Hope versus reality-where do you stand? Hope is the quintessential human delusion‚ simultaneously is the source of the person greatest strength‚ and the greatest weakness. It is true to say that somewhere between optimism and pessimism is where we usually find realism. Logically‚ it is impossible to stop yourself from hoping certain things‚ but it becomes a problem when hope for something good becomes a delusion. It is good to hope for better conditions‚ but it is bad to call hope a virtue
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HOW DOES SHAKESPEARE INFUSE ACT ONE OF ‘MEASURE FOR MEASURE’ WITH CONTEXTUAL REFERENCES? ‘Measure for Measure’ is set in Vienna‚ in 1603. It was written just after James the first‚ a protestant ruler came to the throne in England after the death of Queen Elizabeth‚ who was catholic. Religion is a big part of the play‚ especially in Act one‚ when the new proclamation is first introduced. Both Catholics and Puritans believe that sex before marriage is wrong‚ and during James the 1sts reign‚ the
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Compare and contrast the ways in which power and corruption is presented in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and other texts. In the play Measure for Measure‚ considered to be a dark comedy‚ Shakespeare shows the power and corruption of the higher characters within the society of Vienna‚ almost representative of the period it was written in‚ 1904‚ during the reign of King James I. The corruption of power can be shown through various manipulative techniques such as the female form‚ through
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most attended days of church is ash Wednesday‚ where you receive ashes on your forehead‚ and Palm Sunday‚ where you receive palms‚ both showing Catholicism physically instead of showing your Catholicism emotionally and just be your actions. We don’t take time any longer to think‚ so because of whom we have come we don’t take time and ask ourselves‚ what are the important questions. So with all of this doubt and changes in the world there are 5 ultimate questions you should be asking yourself: What
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“The Ultimate Meaning of Freedom” "Ultimately‚ man should not ask what the meaning of his life is‚ but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word‚ each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible." – Viktor Frankl In this quote‚ Frankl explains that the answer to man’s search for meaning cannot be found in others‚ but he must find it himself without asking anyone for the
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any actual mental properties. Therefore‚ he constantly referred to Data as “it” instead of “him” and he was not troubled at the possibility that he may be unable to re-assemble Data‚ since Data was merely a material object or self-operating computer designed for this purpose. This view appears to match Hasker’s (1983) Materialism view‚ that man is a material being‚ with the brain as the self-operating computer‚ but the question remains as to whether or not man-made computers can actually think as oppose
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Freedom in the United States has become increasingly constricted since 2001. Not only did the terrorist attacks of September 11 have a drastic effect on the U.S. economy‚ but our nation ’s response has tested the limits of America ’s core freedoms. Congress passed the USA Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) in 2001 just weeks after the attacks‚ with the intention of helping law enforcement act more effectively
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to view war as a positive deed have never experienced a second of combat. The poems “The Man He Killed”‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ “Dover Beach”‚ and “Patterns” each tell a story of helplessness‚ bitterness‚ and suffering towards war with few exceptions. Helplessness resonates from each poem. During “The Man He Killed”‚ the speaker
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