Chronicle Review October 3‚ 2010 What Are You Going to Do With That? Katherine Streeter for The Chronicle Review By William Deresiewicz The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May. The question my title poses‚ of course‚ is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here‚ at Stanford
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What is Shark Finning? Why is it such a vicious practice and why do people do it? Shark Finning is an atrocious practice of cutting off the shark’s fins and tossing the shark‚ still alive‚ back to the water; this practice is illegal but it is practiced anyways and it’s quite serious as some shark are in the edge of extinction. Once the fins have been cut off‚ the shark is thrown back to the water and it slowly dies. The shark may either drown‚ bleed to death or be eaten by other creatures
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was written by John Steinbeck in 1936. It is set in the society of the 1920’s. The author sets up our perception of the character ’Curley’s wife’ in a way that allows us to develop our understanding of her‚ and enables us to later decide how far we agree that she is an innocent and vulnerable victim‚ or a manipulator who deserves her fate. We are first introduced to the character ’Curley’s wife’ in chapter two by Candy. We immediately see her being blamed for causing her husband’s arrogance “Curley
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Why are most countries mixed economies? Nowadays‚ most countries prefer to have joint economic systems‚ of both planned and market systems which is known as mixed economy. “ In a mixed economy‚ the government and private sector interact in solving economic problems” (David B‚ 2009:327). In other words‚ mixed economy is a combination of market economy and centrally planned economy. “A market economy is an economy in which decisions about production and consumption are made by individual producers
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‘Scrooges decision to change his way of life is purely selfish’ Do you agree? Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a moral tale that depicts the protagonist’s Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral journey from selfishness to redemption. It can be seen that his new found way of life is derived from the desire to be a good man of the community and to assist others such as Tiny Tim. The idea of Scrooge’s transformation not being selfish can also be seen in his aspiration to contribute to the wider community
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Why Do You Think People Attend College Or University? Not Everything That Is Learned Is Contained In Books Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Parents are the best teachers. If You Could Change One Important Thing About Your Hometown Why Do You Think People Attend College Or University? Most of us has its own reason why do we go in a prestigious University or College. Have you ever questioned yourself why do you go in a certain university. What makes a
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Legalizing Marijuana “In any civilized society‚ it is every citizen’s responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time‚ it is every citizens responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Martin Luther King Jr. The topic of legalizing marijuana is a very conversational issue in American politics today. Although many malicious claims have been made about marijuana‚ the truths are slowly beginning to resurface. Unfortunately‚ these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical
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“Which Path Should You Take?” Paul Arden once said‚ “If you always make the right decision‚ the safe decision‚ the one most people make‚ you will be the same as everyone else.” The truth of this quote not only applies to everyday life‚ but also compliments the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In this particular poem‚ the speaker of the poem must make a decision when he/she is faced with one road that diverges into two separate paths. They can either choose the path that has been heavily
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“Who Do You Think is Most Responsible for the Death of Eva Smith?” In the play “An Inspector Calls” in Act Three‚ the Inspector tells the Birling family‚ “The girl killed herself and died a horrible death. But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.” The idea of the play‚ and particularly the role of the inspector are to try to bring the Birling family to understand that they have a moral responsibility for the death of Eva Smith‚ not a legal one. The story begins
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meaning behind these four simple words‚ the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she wants us to take back control over what we say. We are as infants and Deborah is as our mother‚ giving us our first words. Not to mention it seems as if she wants to open up the doors for men and women not only in the work place but in their homes; to become more aware and willing to really communicate with one another. 2. What
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