Death and how it makes life worth living

Death and how it makes life worth living Death; it's something that is feared and hardly spoken of by others. It is used to threaten and harm; or even to protect. All of us know that it's coming but no one seems to agree with it. As mysterious as it may be it's quite simple: Death is the meaning of life. If you had asked me 5 years ago what my thoughts on dying were I would probably start shivering and tell you that I really didn't want to talk about it. I used to think that death was this horrible thing that got in the way; that it was this awful journey into eternal darkness that no one could even think about once they were there because there mind would already be long gone. Now when I look back I know I was wrong. If you really think about it Death makes life living. If all of us were here on this earth for eternity what would we be doing; what would our thought be like if we knew that we had infinity amount of time to accomplish our most precious goals. I have a pretty good feeling that no one would be doing anything! The world would be saturated with people that walk aimlessly trying to figure out how what on earth there is to do. The fact that everyone alive today knows that there time is running out that makes them work so damn hard to get what they can while they're still here! The way I think of it a life without death is no life at all and that the man that is

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Racial Issues of 1948 - Devil in a Blue Dress

Racial Issues of 1948 One of the main themes in the novel Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley is racial prejudice. The author presents the reality of 1948, when the United States was legally segregated into black and white communities and when people divided themselves into lower and upper classes. The main character in the book, Easy Rawlins, represents the ordinary lower class African American worker, who is confronted by limited opportunities and little money to live on. Throughout the novel, Easy Rawlins happens to experience firsthand the blatant racism prevailing in 1948. In the very first moment of the novel, Easy starts talking about his experiences with white people. When Mr. Albright walks in to the Joppy's bar, Easy feels "a thrill of fear," but as he says later on "that [goes] away quickly because [he] was used to white people by 1948" (Mosley 45). Easy connects this situation to his experiences during the World War II. He recalls "I killed enough blue-eyed young men to know that they were just as afraid to die as I was" (45). Therefore, Easy connects the problem of race to the "blue-eyed" Nazis and their mission of achieving an Aryan society (45). Easy's regular racial references to the World War II imply that the segregation present in the United States in 1948 is comparable to Hitler's Third Reich. In chapter eight, white teenage boys try to humiliate

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Is language an innate module?

Is language an innate 'module'? Discuss evidence for and against the existence of a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) (as proposed by Chomsky). Child language acquisition is an area within psycholinguistics with many perspectives and theories. All humans have the capacity to acquire language, distinguishing us from other species, but the way in which children develop this complex tool is an ongoing debate that divides linguists. This essay discusses and supports the idea that children are born with the innate ability to learn a language, as proposed by Noam Chomsky in the 1950's. The theory takes a Nativist view, with the central idea that every human is born with a Language Acquisition Device (LAD) that is built into the brain. According to Chomsky, the LAD allows children to extract the rules of Universal Grammar (UG) in that all languages have in common and then apply them to their own specific language that the people around them speak. These are the principles of UG and include word categories such as nouns, adjectives, the formation of words and sentences and syntax, of which he had a particular interest in. Chomsky states that grammar is impossible to learn, however the words included in each language are different and can only be acquired through the environment and the situations that the child is exposed to. He suggests that there are parameters within UG that can

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1984, V for vendetta

Destruction of Individuality George Orwell's 1984 and the movie V for Vendetta both demonstrate a similar theme of the totalitarian government and the perils that follow with such system. In 1984, Orwell portrays the destruction of humanity by using different symbols such as the thought police, Big Brother, and telescreen. Likewise, the movie V for Vendetta depicts representations of the manipulation of the British parliament by employing the Fingermen, Norsefire Party, and BTN. These three symbols in each work render an idea of how the authority can take over the privilege to claim one's desires and individualism physically, intellectually and emotionally. Orwell and James McTeigue portray the physical torture one may be with afflicted from the totalitarian government in their works. In the novel 1984, the thought police report anyone who is caught committing "thoughtcrime." When a person exhibits disapproval or distaste that shows that he or she is going against what the Party claims, they are accused of "facecrime" and eventually vaporized from the Party. "A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering yourself" (62) are key signs that notifies the thought police to detect how an individual emotionally feel inside. By making the people strive to survive and stay away from committing "facecrime," the Party is physically torturing the citizens by

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Rules sometimes need to be broken. Which view are you in closer argument with and why? Make it argumentative and discuss your view point only.

Ahmed Abdullah 26/01/2012 Rules sometimes need to be broken. Which view are you in closer argument with and why? Make it argumentative and discuss your view point only. Rules, rules rules. Every day, we live with rules. We follow rules, we break rules. And there's a saying, "Rules are meant to be broken." Agree? I just wonder what life is without rules. Everyone would be doing crimes all over the place. One day you might just wake up and see all your stuff in your house is gone. Report to the police? There are no rules, so is there going to be police around? I guess the answer would be no. There's an old saying that rules were made to be broken. As a general rule I wouldn't agree but there are exceptions to every rule and when it comes to all the things we should and should not do which litter our lives as to what is good for us and what isn't, there's more than one 'rule' which deserves to be broken. If rules weren't broken advances would not have been made within society. Sure rules such as not killing someone make sense. But if the African Americans had not have broken the rules to achieve equality where would they be today? Rules are placed to tighten people, and yes if they weren't there, the society would be crazy, but there are so many rules today that are not fair, and for society to see it differently, we need someone to break the rules. Whether you are a

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The Crucible: Discuss the changes in the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor in the course of the play?

The Crucible Discuss the changes in the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor in the course of the play? 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller is set in the deeply religious puritanical society of Salem during the late 18th century and is based on the Salem witch hunts which developed through mass hysteria of the community. The religious ideas of good and evil helped fuel this witch hunt sent out from England for their beliefs. In the play Arthur Miller uses the names of real people from the town of Salem at the time as characters in his play, only changing some of their details to suit the ideas in his play. In the play the relationship between John and Elizabeth changes as the play develops as well as changes in character and events which shape this differentiating relationship between them. When we first see John he is at Parris's home with Betty (who has fallen ill) and with Abigail. We see Abigail try to rekindle an affair her and John had whilst Elizabeth was ill 'John-I am waitin' for you every night.' However John, even though he still has feelings for Abigail 'I may think of you softly.' He does not go back to her as he knows that he had betrayed Elizabeth 'angered-at himself' and that angers him as there are still feelings between him and Elizabeth which he wishes to savour. But also there is a part in him that knows God is his judge and also he must follow

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