Although the book contains chapters such as "The Evolution of Animal Mating Systems" and "The Biological Basis of Human Patterns of Mating and Marriage" I chose primarily to devote much of the focus of this essay to the latter chapters of the book ("The Social Anthropology of Marriage and Mating" and "Mating, the Family, and Marriage: A Sociological View"). ... The chapters presented some interesting variations of mating and marriage patterns and meanings in different cultures. ... Here is one example of a culture and how it deals with mating and marriage One part of the book focused on ma...

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The opening chapter reveals the most important aspects in Raskolnikoff's character as proud person who is emotionally detached from the rest of humanity. ... He believes himself to be part of an elite "superman" who can transgress moral standards for higher purposes. ...

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Wilcove uses each chapter to expand on a different ecosystem and the fauna that lives there. ... He does a nice job explaining how the alteration of one part of a biological system, seemingly unrelated to another, can have dire consequences for the entire ecosystem. For example, in the first chapter, Wilcove discusses how large predators and hoofed mammals that once roamed North America have been driven to extinction due to deforestation and overhunting. ... Wilcove talks about many different ecosystems, but the fact that humans are the main source of all the problems facing them is apparen...

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It was a bold question, and one which has ever been considered as a mystery; yet with how many things are we upon the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries(Chapter 4).... In some degree, he evaluates science technology as one "part" of the human, a thing that couldn't separate from humans spirits and productivity. ... "But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul, and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit, what I shall soon cease to be--a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others, and into...

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And then, probably more importantly, "Where are you going to be, what part are you going to be playing?" ... The Dalai Lama's reminds humanity that everyone is an individual, naturally a part of humanity. ... The first two chapter's of Genesis differ in that in the second, man's creation from clay is emphasized, but not his resemblance to God. ...

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The most "primitive" law takes more of an evolutionary standpoint and focuses on obstacles that our ancestors had to face for mating strategies, which are still part of the social norm. ... Buss emphasizes the role of males and females in mate selection and asserts in later chapters that much has gone unchanged, "it is clear that many ancestral women required reliable signs of male commitment before consenting to sex, men who failed to commit would have suffered selectively on the mating market. ...

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This receptivity to the surprises of reality is captured in Nick Herbert's quotation of DeWitt and Graham at the beginning of a chapter entitled "Physicists Losing Their Grip": No development of modern science has had a more profound impact on human thinking than the advent of quantum theory. ...

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Coming of Age in Mississippi, by Anne Moody was an autobiography that gave a jolting account of what life was like for each of them growing up. Through the eyes of the child in the midst of growing up, Moody told stories about what it meant to be growing up as Black girl in a world dominated by whit...

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Particularly the final chapter , deep space and beyond, involves a sequence where the protagonist David Bowman is travelling through, depending on the viewer's interpretation, dimensions of space, time or a communication with extra-terrestrial beings. ... Each part progresses the exploration of mankind, implying that these monoliths impact the human race. ...

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Throughout the novel "Lord Of the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. Golding uses allegory as a literary device to advance the story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in its most natural and un-conditioned shape and proves to be one big allegory. The story is composed of several different allegories including elements linked ...

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