It has been said that morals are one of the most precious possessions that a person can have. ... Peter Keating is Rand's description of a conniving parasite that leeches off of the work of others, in orders to rise quickly to the top of the architectural field. ... Wynand manipulates everyone around him until he is in the top chair, where he sells his soul and writes what society wants to read. His newspapers write about vulgar subjects because Wynand knows this is what the people crave. ... He ends up selling both his morals and his soul in the same way he sold his newspaper. ...

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Along with industrialization, the invention of the automobile quickened American life and loosened its morals. ... Because of the great age of radio, the new ideas were spread quickly and larger numbers were exposed to them. ... Another example of the dominance of new, looser morals came from marriage/divorce statistics. ... Other manifestations of conflict are seen in Langston Hughes "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," when he writes of the "revolt against weariness in a white world." He writes of the stress between the new artists and those who stick to the old traditions. ...

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World out of fear of society's apparent lack of morals and corrupt behavior during the roaring twenties. ... Huxley's future dystopia is created largely by perverted sexual freedoms, which in turn cause corrupt individuals, entirely lacking ethics and morals. ... Aldous Huxley's fears of the future caused him to write about sexual freedom and the resulting over-population in Brave New World. ... This type of distortion of the human mind lends itself perfectly to the corruption and backward morals of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. ......

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Basically throughout this whole paper, Machiavelli writes about any ruler wishing to stay in power must "learn how not to be good". ... When people think of the fairy tale prince, they usually think of someone who has strong morals and is courageous and trustworthy; yet Machiavelli writes that a prince "should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands". ... Apparently because he had figured this out, he is able to write about how a prince should act. ... The first example jumped out at me when he wrote, "For men forget more quickly the death of their father than the loss of their...

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The morals that humans live by have developed because an undeniable need for humans to live by a code of laws. ... Each person varies in the morals that they believe in. ... Instead, their decision, which must be made quickly, comes from something that has been instilled in them. ... De Waal writes of function altruism in mammals and how it is a survival mechanism for the species. ... Those who do not believe that evolution shapes our morals feel that they must look inside of themselves to understand their morals. ...

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As the play "Hamlet" progress Hamlet is constantly struggling to keep his good morals. As he learns more and more about his father's death and mother's marriage his morals quickly change. ... He is obviously very depressed about his father's death but he still exhibits good morals. ... Knowing now that Claudius did commit murder he loses all his morals and decides to take revenge on him. ... Hamlet writes a letter summoning Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their death. ...

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I quickly learned how amazing this epic-tale really was, and that it would inevitably teach me a lot about life. ... These two men were driven solely by their dreams and morals. ... Aliena was also a major inspirational character throughout the novel, going from rich to poor over and over again, never losing her true personality and morals in the process. ... Ken Follett was inspired to write this book through his love for Gothic Cathedrals. ... Ken was given advice by friends to stick to thrillers when contemplating whether to write the book or not but he clearly made the right choice. ...

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Yet people are still given the ability to weed through all of these lessons and experiences to compile one "master set" of morals and values for themselves. ... The pivotal point in Huck and Jim's relationship unfolds as Huck struggles over whether or not to write a letter to Ms. ... He decides to write Ms. ... Twain writes Huck's thoughts as if they came straight from Ms. ... At this point, Huck reaches his ultimate conclusion on morals and his beliefs. ...

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On the other hand, Charley Reese writes about why the government should not legislate morality. ... In the first paragraph of his article he writes: Imagine it is 35 years ago. ... A defender of the status quo has a quick, sharp response: "No way! ... Another point Pendleton made that raised my interest was in the fifth paragraph on the page 191 where he writes "some people may believe it is morally appropriate to kill those who belong to a rival crime families. ... I think religion has a strong influence on a persons morals. ...

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Many authors showed their philosophies and concerns of life, nature's relationship with the human behavior and spirit, along with its potential destructiveness, morals, or deliver to readers their dark vision of the world through their literature. ... Unlike Emerson's work, Hawthorne describes his characters to have an appearance that would most likely isolate them from other people in a story and writes about gloomy deaths. ... In Lowell's poem, "The First Snowfall", on may be able to quickly recognize that Lowell's main interest when writing this poem was his remembranc...

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The sub issues that Jamal had to deal with include breaking into Forrester's home and disrespecting his property as well as stealing from him or to be chicken and not follow through with his friend's dare; believing the story that William is a killer and to not become close to him; to do well in school or be accepted as a winning basketball player; do well on the test to show what he can do or keep it hidden and do bad; to go to the private school and leave his friends behind so that he can better his education and to hand in the paper even though whatever they write in Forrester...

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Since Grisham is religious his morals were tested a lot as a lawyer. ... Even before Grisham's books went on sale his agent quickly made him start writing another book (Pate 2). ... Once on bookshelves the re-released book quickly sold over three million copies in less than three weeks (Pringle 3). ... He then went on to write The Client this was his fourth book. ... He only has two rules when he writes you can not hurry the writing process and you must write everyday (Pringle 6). ...

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Dear sister, It is late at night and I am ready for bed, but I thought I would write you a short letter to let you know how the pilgrimage is going. ... It is also making the traveling go by much quicker. ... At least the nun pretends to be a moralistic person, unlike the miller, who has no morals and is not afraid to admit it. ... Take care and I"ll write you another letter on my journey home. ...

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These books will quickly become a staple in the literary diet. ... While Salinger writes with sloppy syntax and crude diction, his descriptions of emotions leave a great impact on the reader. ... Without sugar coating his words to ruin their true meaning, Salinger stays grounded as he blatantly writes about the delicate subject. ... Using Holden as his example, Salinger shows that without integrity the true meaning of your morals will never be seen. ...

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But disaster quickly followed. ... Sickened by the greed which was becoming a predominant feature of the economic system, Johnson is no longer simply drawing an amusing picture of Elizabethan times, he is flatly assailing the morals of the age. ... He continued to write, piling comedy on comedy, and although he fell prey to illness and obesity in later life--weighing at one time nearly "twenty stone"--he remained the unquestioned literary dictator of England until his death in 1637. ...

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With only references made to the teachings of Plato and "Ariadne's thread" (9), it quickly becomes clear that this chapter is intended for those with some background knowledge in the study of international relations. ... After demonstrating how the Stoic ideals diminished along with Western society's morals, Parkinson concludes his chapter with an incongruent commentary on the continued hypocrisy that permeates society today. ... Although it is unlikely that the beginner will understand what the author writes with the same clarity as would a more advanced reader; there remains a w...

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His early life as a slave, as well as his ability to read and write, helped him become the greatest African American of his century. ... If Douglass had not learned to read and write, or had not run away from his owner, we might have never known who he was. ... Society did not realize the harshness of slavery; slaves had no morals, no beliefs, and no personalities. They did not even know how to read or write. ... Frederick Douglass's words and oratory quickly grew to a greatness that almost matched Patrick Henry (Russell 253). ...

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In the first chapter, Ellis writes of Hamilton and Burr's duel as a result of their rival political past. ... For example, Ellis writes of Hamilton's conflicting ideologies with Madison that ended in fixing America's financial dispute. ... Ellis not only writes of Madison and Hamilton's dispute, but also uses Madison and Benjamin Franklin's disagreement to further reinforce his goal. ... Ellis successfully shows how the concept of checks and balances that enabled the new nation to last, was not entirely political, but linked to dynamic relationships between leader...

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Violence is all around today, to prevent it from spreading to children it must be faded out of children's literature the potential breeding ground for violence, and only use it for beneficial purposes, and teaching a child good morals. ... When it comes to physical violence, in stories this seems to be the best way to solve problems quickly. ... When an author writes a novel today they have to be very careful in the way violence is being expressed and that it is coherent to a child. ... This will provide a strong foundation of manners, morals, and kindness throughout their lifetime. ...

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Machiavelli wrote of it to be good to be generous but said that a reputation of it will harm you, stating that nothing will use itself up quicker than generosity (41). ... Presently you can't be elected unless you have morals, the President of the United States of America and his family our examples for the whole nation to look at, if they appeared to have no morals what could someone expect from our nation as a whole? ... Machiavelli writes that a leader must never be idle in peaceful times, meaning the leader should make their power known to all, also stating "in peacetime he must ...

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Machiavelli wrote of it to be good to be generous but said that a reputation of it will harm you, stating that nothing will use itself up quicker than generosity (41). ... Presently you can't be elected unless you have morals, the President of the United States of America and his family our examples for the whole nation to look at, if they appeared to have no morals what could someone expect from our nation as a whole? ... Machiavelli writes that a leader must never be idle in peaceful times, meaning the leader should make their power known to all, also stating "in peacetime he must ...

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He wrote about a lady by the name of Irene and in this monologue Irene is a lady of letters meaning she loves to write letters. ... Irene sees herself as a very respectable middle- aged woman with standards and morals which she needs to keep. ... I don't write letters." ... (p45) Purposefully, Bennett has highlighted how we the audience see Irene and how she sees herself, to illustrate how we as readers are quick to assume, certain view points. ... It is recognised, where Irene describes the pen that she uses to write her letters "It's been a real friend," yet the same pen whic...

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While many revere (including ourselves) the United States as a "world superpower" and a role model to other countries is it so quickly forgotten of our own Holocaust? ... Indian attempts at conforming were futile and quickly crushed. When the Cherokees Americanized their tribe and converted to "the American Way" the state of Georgia quickly went in with militias and forced them along their way. ... These schools were given the mission to, "instruct its students in "letters, labor and mechanical arts, and morals and Christianity;" training many Indian leaders. ... It is who holds the pen that w...

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