They challenge our values and affect the attitudes people choose to deal with the changes. ... All the wave members are asked to do certain things such as giving the Wave salute. ... Students are always asked to give succinct answers which do not encourage deep thinking. ... It is also ironic as people carrying the statue of liberty are forced to do it which contradicts with the principle of liberty. ... His tone is that he believes his world will not change no matter what. ...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Many people do not discover their true selves before encountering something that opens a way for them to grow and develop on a personal level, and it is highly individual how a person reacts on different experiences. ... Little does he know that Kurtz have become immorality itself. ... It was unearthly and the men were - No, they were not inhuman. ... The people he meets and the way they behave forces him to realise that everything is not what he thought it was. ... This confirms to the reader that there is a slightly negative change in Marlow. ...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6

Like an actor in role, they read a script to embody a character, an emotion, a concept if you will of how they need to carry out that scene. ... I started thinking of other things in my life I wanted to do and become. ... Looking at new and inventive ways to improve documents and ideas for carrying out simple things like customer service. ... A force was alive inside me and all of the things I loved about management at my prior job was starting to come back to me, I was no longer blending in and my path to success was beginning to change. ... After approaching my new boss about my ideas and...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6

In this speech, Socrates would have obviously discussed his thoughts to show that his philosophies were not doing any harm. ... As he says (through Plato's work), "It appears that I am wise in just this one small respect: if I do not know something, I do not think that I do." (21d, page 32, Defence of Socrates, Oxford World Classics, Plato) Socrates also says that he lives in complete poverty because he believes in devoting all his time to philosophy and the well fare of his spirit and mind rather than his physical self. ... He insists that he is only doing things for the benefit of ot...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7

One comparison of ideas can be drawn from Aristotle and Plato's belief about things not of this dimension, demonstrated through Socrates and Aristotle's text. The philosophies of the two minds constantly concern themselves with the ethereal, the things not of the Earth. ... Once they are brought to the inquizzitive musings of Socrates, the myth of their knowledge in what they do as well as the confidence in themselves as the people they are seems to crumble, and the way we see each character is ultimately changed. ... As an unwilling sort of guide (not a teacher as he does not...

• Word Count: 1699
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He first looks at the things around him. ... Descartes challenges all that has to do with the mind; thoughts, dreams, experiences, everything, but he is not quite sure what to think about the body. ... If the mind or the body does not exist then shouldn't it be true that "I", as a whole, does not exist? ... He then puts it close to the fire and changes it. ... For instance the main character Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1539
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The more power one gains, the more corrupt they become. ... Reluctantly, Macbeth wants to leave the whole situation with the witches" prophecies to chance, and he does not want to intervene to change the course of fate. ... Macbeth does not like being ridiculed by his wife. ... She lists gruesome things she would rather do than break a promise, as a means of luring him into committing to anything necessary to gain more power for herself. ... (II.ii.69-73) This clearly illustrates how Lady Macbeth is trying to deal with this life-burdening guilt that she has to carry on with. ...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School