" The imagery details how once the light of the day is gone, the town becomes comfortable to express their thoughts. ... They passed nations through their mouths. ... They feel high and mighty by exercising their opinions and judgements, as if they are a judge issuing a verdict in court. ... This ties back to the introduction for the reader of the relationship between a woman and the world around her, setting in place the disapproving voice that follow Janie everywhere she goes. ... But women act in the present, their dreams have to fit within reality, and that is how they must live thei...

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" I was always watched by two eyes gazing into my plate to see how much food I took. ... Every time I turned my head they were after me, holding me, refusing to let me go. ... Every time I moved my head away they followed me, held o fast refusing to let me go. ... I now had two black eyes that looked people straight in their face and were ready to counter the shifty, leering glances thrown at me as I made my way trhough life... " The narrator finally discovers her inner power and thus, reflects such spiritual strength through the gazing eyes which are no longer oppressed, but capable of an...

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Furthermore, parents should monitor the amount of time spent watching television and not rely on the media to teach their children about life lessons and educational purposes. ... Attending class is a legal requirement whereas watching a television show can be considered an act of choice and allows the student to not put forth the same amount of effort as if they were in an actual classroom. ... Furthermore, parents need to be more aware and cautious of what their children are watching and encourage their child with something a little more educational like playing outside or reading a book. .....

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Imagine if you were never again allowed to watch what you wanted on television. ... Censorship is unconstitutional; it goes against everything the first amendment stands for. Individual people should choose for themselves whether or not a certain show is unsuitable for their children. ... People would be having their privacy rights infringed upon, no one wants someone telling them what to watch, they should have the choice to watch what they or their children watch in their own time. ... Parents know their children a lot better than the government, and what kind of programming they can handle....

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By July 1, 1999 fifty percent of new television were equipped and by the year 2000 all televisions must have been equipped with this device, therefore preventing the viewing of certain shows. ... Therefore they would be less aware of their surroundings. ... So commercials watched during these programs are probably not going to be remembered. ... They say as people get involved in the program they are watching their recall of the commercial increases, but the more they become involved the recall of the commercial decreases. ... If this were so then why would advertisers spend millions of...

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As they continue their journey back from the Congo, we watch the fall of Marlow where we see that Kurtz's was a character which was not able to escape the emptiness of the Congo and which Marlow has just made it out in time, but still falling sick to the effects due to the exposure to the darkness. ... The Russian describes that Kurtz opened his eyes and "enlarged his mind " which in Marlow's case, it opened his eyes to the true evil and "darkness " of humanity. Kurtz is the image, the warning of what will be coming to Marlow if he continues to stay in the Congo when Kurtz tells Marl...

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Furthermore, because images are everywhere, as represented by Sadako's ubiquity, people feel threatened wherever they go. ... When she lived in Oshima, her family and neighbors were disturbed and threatened by ominous impacts that Sadako caused. ... Sadako, at the last moment of Ryuji, reveals her face as itself abominable, but what really takes Ryuji's life is her eyes: her eyes are blank, still hiding who she is – unanswerable question till the end. ... "Big Brother is watching you," George Orwell says. ... Man has become so used to using and being used by media t...

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As he and his agents risked their lives gathering intelligence; he watched as the CIA reduced drastically its operations overseas, failed to put in place people who knew local languages and customs, and rewarded workers who knew how to play the political games of the agency's suburban Washington headquarters but not how to recruit agents on the ground. ... They should go back to the glory days when operatives risk their lives to gather intelligence and be involved more in covert operations. ... Prior to 9-11, Americans were making too much money to bother with what is happening elsewh...

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Social settings, for one, affect almost every aspect of a person, from their mood and tone to their posture and bodily movements. ... Obviously weather was no deterrent in stopping energetic college students from going out and having fun on weekends. ... As the bus slowly disembarked from the terminal, a noticeable change, in the eyes of an observer, permeated its way throughout the bus. ... Now, here we are, watching people chat, laugh or silently putting their earphone on and gazing out on the street just as you or I did few days ago. ... We even saw some people still with their ill faces i...

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Secondly olfaction plays a big role in taste sensations as they both generate from the limbic system and goes through a process of chemosensation. ... Procedure The subjects were asked to dry their tongue and put on the nose clip. With their eyes closed a piece of cut food was placed on the tongue. ... The subjects were asked to notify when they could not feel the coin on their skin, then another coin was placed on top of the previous one. ... They were asked to notify when the paper has entered their field of vision. ...

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Invigorated audiences defined their ideas of combat by watching films that glorified heroic soldiers. ... Watching the noble-grunt films, the audience relates with misunderstood, confused, idealistic, and betrayed characters. ... Over the last the forty years, far more Americans have reached their comprehension of the Vietnam War from watching noble-grunt films, such as The Green Berets, The Deer Hunter, First Blood, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and Born on the Fourth of July, rather than reading historical books. ... First, the hunting scenes were shot, not in the smaller and older Alleghenies o...

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For everyday citizens who watch, comment on and reproduce copyrighted content, the umbrella of fair use can often not apply in the eyes on the law. ... Under these laws, it would be up to the moderators of the site to monitor whether or not users were sharing copyrighted content. If too many people were sharing such content, the site could potentially be shut down by the government. ... On this day, Tumblr tweeted that users were averaging on 3.6 calls per second (Kinkaid). ... For those who do not want him to support him financially, but still wish to see the video, they can watch a re-upload...

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Paglia says that boys in college are at their hormonal peak because they just separated from their mothers and it's time for them to become men in the world that they live in. ... The same goes for Anita because she was in a position under Thomas and the rape could not have been a product of forcible intercourse but rather a misunderstanding between the two partners. ... "Every woman must take personal responsibility for her sexuality (52-53),"" maybe another possibility was that Anita Hill was trying to raise her position of where she was to go even higher by using sex with Thomas. ... C...

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Thinkers Emerson and Thoreau were two critical thinkers who valued nature as a big part of their life. In their works, they have shared their experience from their life in society. ... You gain the trait of grammar from the people whom you were educated by. ... To clarify in modern terms, when listening and watching others speak, you retain what they are saying and how they are saying when that particular situation occurs. ... Once your solitude moment reaches a conclusion you can share your story to others that can potentially open their eyes and view life in a new way. ...

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Digital television is changing the way we think about our viewing in ways that were never practical and in many cases not possible with analog TV. ... Most people today would rather interact on a higher resolution computer monitor that's easier on the eyes, than on a low resolution NTSC television. ... For example, if you subscribe to a program in the DTV world, you can watch programming live or anytime after it airs. ... Digital TV will make watching the news, as well as other broadcast information, much more personalized. ... In effect, this will take away some of the appeal of goin...

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead, where there is no path and leave a trail". ... It discusses the post holocaust emotions felt by the refugees who fled from suffering, war and dislocation as they watched the familiar shorelines disappearing. ... The red imagery represents pain, hardship and blood in the old communist country where they had to "mock salute" to red banners, being bound to the "shackles" and was tired with "sunken eyes". ... When they arrive to their temporary homes, they must begin another journey to adapt to their new lifestyles. ... In Skrzynecki's Crossi...

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It was both straight and private, talking directly to people in their homes across the country. ... Amateur radio operators were particularly hit hard by the restrictions. ... Today, the majority of parent's work and watching television is considered by most good quality family time. It's a time where families catch up on each other's lives, and are entertained without gaining the expense of going out to a movie. ... Children keep their eyes glued for hours on end to the magical box. ...

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Besides violating well-established rights of privacy the law also threatens freedom of speech because people may choose not to read about certain topics on the internet or look at certain books in the fear of being watched by the government. ... In the eyes of its supporters the act achieves the goal of reforming and updating the way intelligence is gathered, which has been long overdue. ... They explain that the government is not going to abuse their powers and surveillance any American that they want. ... Nearly a year later more people were protesting that the law invaded their privacy and...

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The simile of contrasting the young strong, heroic, healthy men to old beggars alters the readers stereotypical idea of these soldiers who are fighting for their country and their survival. ... Owen aims the poem at an older audience and the government that were punishing these men to go to war when they didn't know the circumstances; physical and emotional effects that war had on these soldiers. ... The metaphor of men marching asleep shows their vulnerability and foreshadows them dying. This metaphor suggests that 'drunk with fatigue' and 'marching asleep' these sold...

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The simplest tools were first used and soon became important for communication, transportation and even weapons. ... These types of people go on without any regards to the consequences of the overuse of these products and what it can do to society as a whole. ... Although this aspect can go against the norms of society, we cannot simply let technology completely change our way of living and thinking. ... We have become accustomed to the feeling of always being watched and having our lives be completely open to the public eye and talk. ... Sherry Turkle did a great job of explaining all of t...

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This just emphasized the fact that African-Americans were lesser people in America because they were never portrayed in ads like white men and women did. ... African-Americans were also portrayed as being exotic and unknown. ... "The African American toddler is able to go into the bathroom but then is not smart enough to know the difference between the bathtub and the toilet"(Watson). ... The stereotypes are placed into the viewer's eyes and shape their ideas of what African-American women and children are like. ... Young Latinos do not usually watch Spanish television, but McD...

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For example, the court can just collect data from black box such as the speed of a car, or whether all safety measures were taken. ... This is due to the fact that the information such as speed, airbag deployment times, whether the brakes were applied, if seat-belts were worn are not exclusive to its owners, it is also accessible to law enforcement officials. ... Many people feel that these cameras violate their rights. ... My other concern is with our own private life; FOR example, our privacy is violated in our car by black box, when we go home we are heavily bombarded drones, when we go for...

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Oedipus is blinded throughout the play by his egoistical ways and his pride, Sophocles plays on this when we approach this violent scene by actually having Oedipus gouge out his own eyes. ... (Oedipus the King 1297-305) Alongside the chorus's description, the audience are left to their own imaginative devices. ... Killing your father unknowingly would be unthinkable today and for that same person to marry their mother unknowingly; this would be the ultimate tragedy. ... To watch these events would not be exciting for them, however a modern day audience would be horrified and shocked at...

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"Even as they put off other activities to spend hour after hour watching television, they feel they could easily resume living in a different, less passive style. But somehow or other while the television set is present in their homes, the click doesn't sound." The addicted viewer has become lazy and sedentary, believing that any other activity, such as something as simple as going for a walk, is an unattainable activity, it's impossible, it seems "less attractive, more difficult somehow ". ... He is living in a holding pattern, as it were, passing up the activities that lead to gro...

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Their development can be understood only in light of the cultural practices and circumstances of their communities - which also changes."... By deeply understanding the reasons behind their activities is more important than lightly watching their surface of activities. ... An example in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a 11 months old baby can skilfully cut a fruit with a machete under the watchful eyes of a relative (Rogoff, 2003). ... My parents would sometimes leave me and my younger brothers and sisters at home and goes for shopping in Fiji but in New Zealand, it is an offense to leave a ...

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