Essays Tagged: "discard"

A review of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"

e beginning of the novel the boys are partially civil and call a meeting, but have already begun to discard civilization. Ralph and Piggy call a meeting with a conch that they found in the lagoon and ... re is decided to be built so that they may be saved. Civilization is maintained but has begun to be discarded in the form of clothes, 'He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and p ...

(3 pages) 37 1 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

ies. London's theme is that no matter how intelligent society becomes, we as a species should never discard our basic instincts.In the beginning of the tale we see that the man realizes it is cold, bu ...

(2 pages) 96 1 2.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The True Greatness of Abraham Lincoln

was a moral wrong and stated this when he spoke in front of abolitionists in Chicago saying 'Let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man, this race and that race and the other r ... nd the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position. Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more sta ...

(4 pages) 107 1 4.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Reconciles Lincoln's emancipation proclamation and the quote " In I am not nor never have been in favor of bringing about in any way, the social and political equality of the white and black races..."

ech given to an audience of Republicans in Chicago, he spoke on the issue of race proposing to, "...discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man--this race and that race, and the other ... out this man and the other man--this race and that race, and the other race being inferior...Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more sta ...

(3 pages) 81 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

David Leavitt, Changing Faces-Madonna Question: how has the image of Madonna changed to keep up with that of the country?

at school, and most notably our parents), is the want to keep "up" with what's considered "in" and discard what is "out". One such example would be how everyone wants new cars, because "newer is bett ...

(1 pages) 30 0 2.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

The Impossibility of International Government

rom mindless acts rendering from any societal advancements, criminals not only disobey the law, but discard it from validity. The idea that any governing body can operate without adequate hard power i ...

(6 pages) 120 1 3.9 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government > United Nations

Descartes claims that his existence of a thinking thing is the one certain truth, which can serve as the foundation for all other knowledge.

w he came to this conclusion. He is firm in his resolve to continue his search for certainty and to discard as false anything that is open to the slightest doubt. Remembering Archimedes' famous saying ...

(4 pages) 100 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The Future of Management.

ed to the field at critical times in recent history. The introduction and in some cases, subsequent discard of their individual and collective theories points to the idea that the future in this subje ...

(3 pages) 376 0 4.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Miracles - Identify a philosopher and examine their understanding of the term miracle. Examine arguments that can be used to discredit belief in miracles. How is belief in miracles still strong?

s that where one group claim that God is responsible for the occurrence of a miracle, another group discard this explanation. Similarly, there is a combination of beliefs on how to define a miracle, a ...

(10 pages) 86 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

To kill a mockingbird

get your goat. Try fighting with you head for a change..." PG 84. Even though Scout doesn't want to discard her father's advice she finds it harder to walk away from a fight than to just ignore the th ...

(5 pages) 26 0 2.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

How to make Slime.

f waterSlowly pour in 2 tablespoons of borax, allow to settle for a minutePour off excess water and discard the waterStep "3"Scrape the wet borax "B" into the jar with mix "A", close lidShake like cra ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Happy Hu King

require clarification from or conduct interviews with Bidders.The contractor reserves the right to discard any proposal without provide feedback with specific rejection details. Proposals will be eva ... :a) Accomplishing of all mandatory requirement. Bids not meeting the mandatory requirements will be discarded.b) Pointing rated criteria (maximum 1000 points, minimum 800 points)·Understanding ...

(4 pages) 44 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Barren

five.She's still undeserving of it.Maybe she'd even lose it.And I use the word lose in a gentle way.Discard, throw away, Trash.Yes, trash...The material wifeinto matrimony lifeShe'll forget the baby,n ...

(1 pages) 75 4 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

VIKTOR FRANKL

-- during his transfer to Auschwitz. He had sewn it into the lining of his coat, but was forced to discard it at the last minute. He spent many later nights trying to reconstruct it, first in his min ...

(3 pages) 60 0 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Why Do We Study Shakespeare? In a speech, tell your class the value of studying Shakespearean comedy.

er, he believes it is meant for him, and indulges in a dangerous fantasy where he imagines he will "discard" his lowly status and rise to that of a lord. This leads to nothing but contempt and ridicul ...

(2 pages) 31 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Musui's story

to make a conscious effort to think of death and resolve to pursue it, and if [they were] ready to discard life at a moment=s notice, [they] and the bushido (the way of the samurai) [would] become on ...

(6 pages) 107 1 4.5 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Respect Topic: Discussion

ke a candle in a breeze.I feel that the only way we can arrest this devastating trend is for Man to discard his image of superiority and treat all other creatures, be they winged, finned or otherwise, ...

(3 pages) 31 0 2.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

The Problem of Evil in Hume's Dialouges on Natural Religion and "Candide"

ure of this theology, along with its abstruse logic, compelled the thinkers of the Enlightenment to discard such a belief. Because they rejected Augustine's view, they needed a new system to help them ...

(6 pages) 53 1 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

A Analysis of the story "The Red Convertable". Was done for Colleg English 102

ceased loved ones to hold on to the bond that once existed, and sometimes we let go of those items, discard them, as a symbol to demonstrate the disconnection of the bond we once shared. In the story ...

(3 pages) 118 0 3.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Learning Second Language with Less Negative Feedback

edback from other people about these inappropriate language forms (negative evidence) to be able to discard them" (Chomsky, 1959, pg.5). This enables them to learn the language without any hesitation. ...

(2 pages) 74 0 0.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers