Essays Tagged: "dilemmas"

The Pressures of todays youth

ny young people in this day and age are tying to look act, and overall seem older. Youths face many dilemmas in their trek to adulthood yet, they still try to obtain adulthood earlier by going through ... try to obtain adulthood earlier by going through the "proper" rites of passage. These rites create dilemmas which can help or hinder lifetime goals. Two of the dilemmas that young people face today a ...

(2 pages) 169 1 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"London" by Blake

o emphasize that poverty and neglect result in confusion, chaos, and turmoil.Weakness is one of the dilemmas, in which the poor find difficult to overcome. In the first stanza Blake says:' I wander th ...

(2 pages) 83 0 3.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Seeing is believing, UFO's

d freely in the sky in any way, shape or form they pleased. Having no further explanation for these dilemmas of space, they were dubbed 'UFO's'.The acronym UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. M ...

(3 pages) 77 0 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Metaphysics. Consciousness, the Self, and Personality Theory A critical survey of theories of philosophical arguments and modern psychological personality theories.

This paper will concern itself with some main philosophical arguments and dilemmas and how they correlate with modern psychological personality theories. This survey will inc ...

(2 pages) 408 0 4.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

How peer pressure affects my social behavior.

o look act, and overall seem older. I deal with these struggles everyday in my life. Kids face many dilemmas in their trek to adulthood yet, they still try to obtain adulthood earlier by going through ... try to obtain adulthood earlier by going through the "proper" rites of passage. These things create dilemmas, which can help or hinder lifetime goals. Two of the dilemmas that young people face today ...

(4 pages) 241 1 3.8 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

My Vision of Tommorrow

urces, overpopulation, and thethreat of nuclear and biological warfare. The solutions to these dilemmaswill not be immediately apparent; but, we will have to overcome them. Thefuture cou ...

(2 pages) 49 0 3.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Perception

d freely in the sky in any way, shape or form they pleased. Having no further explanation for these dilemmas of space, they were dubbed 'UFO's'.The acronym UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. M ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

Bio-Ethics

the next Monday [Teacher was a pushover]Bio-EthicsThe issue of bio-ethics presents a myriad of new dilemmas; all of which have arisen in the recent past, and must be addressed in the near future. The ...

(2 pages) 66 0 2.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Postal Service As a Monopoly

and since the Postal Service is a monopoly, it is its ownmarket. This paper will discuss the budget dilemmas that the postalservice has faced for the past twenty years and if it is in the bestinterest ...

(5 pages) 193 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

"High Speed Rail to the Future?"

quires transfer to a bus link in Bakersfield, your trip would take about nine hours (Mahtesian, 27).Dilemmas such as this could soon be abated if the California Intercity High Speed Rail Commission is ...

(6 pages) 93 0 4.2 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

My Ideal Mate is a creative piece that explains some of the wants and wishes as well as the trials and tribulations of a young woman seeking out companionship.

ame! I was supposed to go see a movie with my boyfriend of eight months. I was faced with several dilemmas; --what to wear, --how to do my hair, -- what movie to see, -- what time, --how will we get ...

(2 pages) 53 0 4.1 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Freedom of Will": comparing Chinua Achebe's "Civil Peace" and Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Meeting in the Dark".

ts involving natural forces and individual's fate. Religions developed as the common result of such dilemmas. In particular, Christianity provided people with the concept of a "Master Plan" (or fate) ...

(7 pages) 109 1 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The benifits of cloning.

to this technology, the prospect of cloning humans has raised many practical, ethical and religious dilemmas that are currently being debated by society. As of now, the actual cloning of humans does n ... ear transfer and cloning for gene therapy and reproductive medicine. However, ethical and religious dilemmas as well as practical difficulties will not allow the cloning of a human to proceed for the ...

(13 pages) 241 0 4.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling This is a book report describing the charcters, setting, plot, and other things.

relatives do not tolerate any mention of magic in the house. Harry has close friendships, enemies, dilemmas, and triumphs just like any other thirteen-year-old boy. But Harry is distinct because of h ...

(4 pages) 114 1 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Shirley jackson's "the lottery" aspects of human nature and the desire for one to suffer as long as everyday life contiues.

uffer while others continue their everyday life.In the story "the Lottery" there are many different dilemmas that are occurring. The town itself is described as an old fashion town in which everyone s ...

(2 pages) 100 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Brave New World" Aldous Huxley.

is distributed by the government as a tool for control. Drug abuse causes social and psychological dilemmas for the user and those in contact with the user. Huxley's world abuses these problems to ke ...

(3 pages) 38 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Doris Lessing, Art Mimicking Life.

agonists experience very different existences, they all share a common thread: their inner turmoil, dilemmas, and resolutions are those of the author's own existence.Born in Persia on October 22, 1919 ...

(7 pages) 46 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Genetic engeneering.

the science fiction than what we actually believe is possible, the amount of ethical and debatable dilemmas are increasing proportionally. In February of 1997, the news and media covered one of the l ...

(5 pages) 237 3 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

"Echoes of the Great Song" by David Gemmell.

the same time philosophical acumen. It achieves this through wars that are not without meaning and dilemmas met with reasoning. It contains the story of a grand empire and its ruler's noble sacrifice ...

(5 pages) 24 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Louisiana Purchase.

th a cosmopolitan flair. So it is to this President that we look to as he faced one of his greatest dilemmas. Jefferson, the third President of the United States, remembered primarily for two great ac ...

(20 pages) 143 3 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History