Because one of the main purposes of transcendentalism is to focus on what you need, instead of what you are told you need, simplicity is key. ... This whole concept means cutting back what is just a meaningless action or luxury. ... When a person conforms to their society, they are disregarding what they believe or what they need to do to survive. ... This is what Thoreau found to be so repulsive about America and the society it was harboring. ... "What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think" (Emerson, Self-Reliance, 247). ...

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The lack of patriotism which protesters inadvertently display is almost repulsive. ... Earlier I mentioned how the protest was a hypocrisy of what they were pleading for. ... What gains come from not attending class? ... She was monotonous, nervous, and seemed unsure with what she was saying. ... Cases such as these persuade the public that what is happening is wrong. ...

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They make up their minds and create their own opinion in accordance with what they watch and see and, to a smaller extent, read. ... The media's role in political affairs is even more important: They obviously have the power to make a candidate likeable or repulsive. News media networks affect the public's interest in politics by showing the people what they want them to see. ... Besides, the ASNE polled 1,037 reporters at as many as 61 different newspapers in 1996, asking what their political leanings were. ... They do choose what is important to cover and what is not, what sourc...

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Many believe that a person's character and integrity lie deep within, dating back to what was seen as a child and how they were brought up. ... What worried me the most was the fact that the Indian man's suicide was a memory that would haunt Nick for the rest of his life---a fact held true by Hemingway, as is seen throughout the entire book. ... At first, Nick is speechless and does not know what to say or even how to react; nevertheless, he does his best not to allow his father to know the hurt he is feeling inside. ... The reason for this is quite lucid; it is to prepare the r...

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What exactly does Aristotle mean by using such words as "garnish,"" "style,"" and so on? ... As Aristotle puts it, "tragedy as a whole must have six elements which make it what it is: they are plot-structure, character, style, thought, spectacle, and lyric poetry."" ... The difference is that history surrounds particulars--what someone did, for example, or what did happen. ... Aristotle recommends recognition that occurs in direct conjunction with reversal since it produces sympathy and terror--since they will determine what good or bad is to come. ... Because the ending should be complex,...

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Ginsberg uses repulsive personification to show his personal disgust at America's dirty habits. ... Ginsberg sees this as a fault of America's forefathers, asking Walt Whitman what it was like 100 years ago, if America had already lost its soul. ... America was built on a religious Puritan psyche, a belief that God had already determined the elect, no matter what is achieved in life. ... Ginsberg believes that interior and exterior beauty should be currency, asking when can "I buy what I need with my good looks". ... He initiated a witch-hunt on communists, and anybody slightly outra...

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Nevertheless, some of his more complex and, in my opinion, moving satire is directed at what he refers to as the "Bright Young Things," that is, the new rich generation that followed the end of the First World War. ... Boredom is their main characteristic: the guests are described as "bored young faces," and the novel's protagonist, Adam, falls asleep during the first party (described as "repulsive" according to a gossip-columnist guest). ... While us readers would expect the Marquess to react with shame and embarrassment at his howler, there is irony and incongruity in his response as i...

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The exterior appearance shows that she is a show off sort of speak, but what there is really inside, is a human being with ideas, and views the same things as the common person. ... In Frankenstein's story, society becomes afraid of the "monster" but what I feel is that they are afraid of it because they are afraid of things about which they know nothing. ... Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and a repulsive countenance- (Chapter 3) Shelly shows the way Victor expressed his thoughts when describing his teacher. ... I do not believe the opposite, it is true, but what if I ...

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There are strong themes of morality and questioning what exactly is good or evil, there are ties to Christian iconography but what I found to be the most important were the strong themes of female sexuality and oppression. ... There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive" (Stoker 61) The fact that Harker is both aroused and revolted by the three sisters shows the confusion that he's experiencing in this scene. ...

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My mouth watered at the thought of what would be arranged on our dinner table that night. ... This recipe that I used to find utterly repulsive, is now something that I devote an entire day to prepare. ...

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It is the sharp contrast between the perfection and innocence of the child, although also artificial, and repulsiveness of fleshy masses surrounding her that causes a shocked or emotional response from the audience Julie Rrap. ... Here Piccinini has presented her view of what these 'Perfect' babies would look like, the exaggeration of the form expressing her views. ...

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Everything we do in life is all a personal choice and something we decide on our own, we are each motivated by an urge to do what is either right, or wrong. ... " states, "Many landmark free-speech cases have involved repulsive messages, but it's hard to imagine a less sympathetic messenger than the Rev. ... " Samuel Williamson spoke these wise words in his article, "What Can Westboro Baptist Teach us About Grace?... Attention is what all flesh desires to have, but if you go about getting attention the wrong way you will put a bad taste in people's mouths about yo...

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Beauty Lies Within What makes a woman beautiful? ... That would be comparable to judging a book by its cover before you even read what it is about. ... If Aylmer were unable to remove this birthmark, she would rather die than live with the knowledge that he found her repulsive. ... His endless desire was to have the ability to change what God had created in His own image and likeness. ... He is trying to play God by attempting to remove what He had placed on Georgiana's cheek. ...

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Well that's what most common people would like to believe. ... We should be able to enjoy these luxuries without the backstab of the repulsive air pollution.... WE do what we do to clean it up. In the future our air depends on what we start to change and will carry on. ... We have to consider the future of our world and what other predicament are likely and possible to avoid. ...

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Now from a feminist point of view you would think that a girl would find this repulsive. ... (Line 455) This was not what she wanted and it proved to her that her mother was not to be trusted. ... She recalls what was taught to her when she was a child. ... She would be the one needing to be rescued and her concern was with how she looked, what was she wearing, how did her hair look. ... Laird is permitted to do what he pleases. ...

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In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley simultaneously spins both a gripping horror story and an intense line of philosophical questioning - specifically, what it means to be human. After the titular character imbues his gargantuan experiment with life, he is overcome with the repulsiveness of his creature and flees, rejecting it as a demon. ... " (Shelley 73) In saying the stranger's flight surprised him, the creature demonstrates he had not yet realized what he was, nor what that made him in relation to other people. ... " (Shelley 104) When confronted with opposition in seeki...

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What impact do non-government organizations (NGOs) have on the health and well being of African children? ... What this means is that when a poor country is impoverished it is assumed to be the other, first-world, countries' responsibility to pay attention to them and therefore help them get out of poverty. ... While this is a repulsive finding, steps have been taken to correct this problem. ... The modernization theory may see what is happening with children's exploitation and find that if a country hadn't needed the help then the exploitation wouldn't occur. ...

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To them, it is sick to think that they ever performed such a grotesque act, but many realize that if they were currently smoking and again caught in a similar predicament, they would be fully capable of repeating the repulsive incident. ... Typically, what they come up with is that they smoke because they are unhappy, unsatisfied, nervous, bored, anxious, lonely, tired or just frustrated without their cigarettes. ... Tobacco companies are not required to disclose what the chemical additives are, but the medical community suspects that many of these additives are carcinogenic (cancer produc...

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Undeniably, both Dr Jekyll and Macbeth are admired and continuously reminded of their nobility and goodness, although actually what they appear to be is just a facade and truly they each have a manifestation of immorality deep within them. ... Hydes physical ugliness and deformity symbolizes his moral repulsiveness and distorted principles. ... Though the angel part of his soul is what the public sees whilst is the devil and fiend part has been restraint and plunged for the most part of his life. ...

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What makes this quote even more powerful, is the fact that neither Huck nor Aunt Sally pay any special attention to the word "nigger," nor do they show any pity or sorrow for the dead of the black person, as they continue their conversation. ... With just one quote, Twain is able to make a point about the repulsiveness of the South and it's people. ...

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Guy Intro Salinger, born in New York City on January 1, 1919, is considered one of the most critically reviewed author in modern literature is what some people have said. ... While he had been maintaining a "nice" conversation with the woman, Holden soon had found him self lying about his self and the woman's son just so he could seem to be gregarious and benevolent, meantime he was snickering at him self that he was being the phony that he had always rejected and found to be repulsive. ...

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"Millet, Daumier and Courbet were politically motivated and set about attacking social order through their art- Discuss this statement in reference to at least one work by each artist mentioned in this statement. Realism is an approach to art in which subjects are portrayed in as straightforwar...

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"What is an Abortion?" ... Some of the protesters that perform these repulsive acts have been affected in some way or another by this issue and feel like they have the right to protest aggressively. ...

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After months and months of suspense, love has finally been discovered. Love was not discovered by anyone in the classroom. Two characters in Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog- fell in love. It is such a romantic way to end the semester. Well, enough about school and on to the facts. In every sh...

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The ideas the director has and the changes he made are ideal, although he should have considered making more changes throughout the film, and abridged the detail from particular shots, like when Kizzy gets raped and gives birth to Chicken George, to shorten time and hold the audience from repulsive scenes. ... Although the book is a more powerful tool in telling the story, because of its detailed scenes, the movie provides the viewer with the real image of the story, which gives an idea of what happened. ...

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