...man named Jay Gatsby. Who is in love with Daisy Buchanan. The book has serval themes. First, the hollowness of the upper class. Second, marriage values. Back then New York City was much different. First off, the Hollowness of the upper class. One major topic in the book is human society of wealth. In chapter one West Egg and East Egg are introduced. The West Egg represents new money. While the East Egg represents old money. Were Nick is new money while Daisy and Tom represent old money. But Nick’s house was very small and sort of beaten up. “He found the house, a weather beaten cardboard bungalow at eighty a month.” His house was at the tip of the egg. On the other hand Daisy and Toms house was very big and nicely decorated. “Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay.” You can tell how rich Tom and Daisy were compared to Nick even though he lived on the new money side. At the end of the day...
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...other parts of Asia, marriage at or shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles. There are also specific parts of West and East Africa and of South Asia where marriages much earlier than puberty are not unusual, while marriages of girls between the ages of 16 and 18 are common in parts of Latin America and in pockets of Eastern Europe. One problem in assessing the prevalence of early marriages is that so many are unregistered and unofficial and are not therefore counted as part of any standard data collection system. Very little country data exist about marriages under the age of 14, even less about those below age 10. An exception is Bangladesh, where the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 1996-97 reported that 5 per cent of 10- 14 year-olds were married. 18 Small-scale studies and anecdotal information fill in the picture. They imply that marriage at a very young age is more widespread than country data suggest. National statistics often disguise significant rates of very early marriage in some regions and among some sub-populations. In the Indian state of Rajasthan, for example, a 1993 survey of 5,000 women revealed that 56 per cent had married before age 15, and of these, 17 per cent were married before they were 10. 19 A 1998 survey in Madhya Pradesh found that nearly 14 per cent of girls were married between the ages of 10 and14. 20 In Ethiopia and in parts of West Africa, marriage at seven or eight is...
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...year old woman who currently resides at 246 # 9 Village West Coast Berbice. Vivian Nedd was born to Clotilda and Nurbert Nedd on 15th November, 1920. She has one sister and one brother (Enid Vossey and Roydon Nedd). Vivian attended both Nursery and Primary Schools in Expectation Village West Coast Berbice and up to the third year in Secondary School because the school was a far distance from her home and her parents didn’t had enough finance to send her so went and work in the rice field and help look the cows that they had in order to assist her parents in insuring that her younger siblings have a complete education, since she was the eldest. Vivian got married at age 23 and gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby girl two years after her marriage. After fifteen years in Vivian’s marriage her husband passed away. But that didn’t stop her from moving on with life, she worked with people and was a sweeper cleaner at # 8 primary schools as to be able to insure that her daughter Cindy Nedd can have a sound education. At age 92 Vivian says that she is satisfied and comfortable with her age. She also stated that she was greatful for the way her parents brought her up. Vivian says that she is currently the oldest woman and mother in her local church and would usually encourage and help to guide the young women to be good mothers and wives. Biography of Godfrey Andrew Johnson Godfrey Andrew Johnson is a 72 year old man who currently resides at 217 Bagotville West Coast...
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...Monogamy and Polygamy / Advantages - Disadvantages Monogamy and polygamy are typical marriage arrangements we are familiar with today . I think almost everyone needs that special connection, bonding or joining union with another person. I think it is human nature to want companionship, but is it human nature to have more than one companion? Monogamy is having only one spouse and is the most common form of relationship. According to the web site, Benefitof.net , Monogamy is believed to promote happiness and contentment. Sex is about body and mind, between two people in an intimate trusting relationship that grows stronger over time. Marriage provides you with a best friend and mate, someone that you can grow old with, raise children together and share stories of the old days. Marriage or monogamy will teach you to be tolerant, unselfish, and caring. Polygamy is the practice of multiple marriages . Polygamy is illegal in the United States ,but did not become a federal crime until the passing of the Morrill Act in 1862. According to an article, The Ethics of Polygamy , by Melody Marchant, parts of west Africa more than 20 % of marriages are polygamous , and Muslim men are allowed to have four wives. Since polygamy is illegal many polygamist families choose to have unofficial commitment ceremonies, that bind and tie them to one another. To maintain harmony in some families, one wife will have seniority over the household, and...
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...For some, it is tempting to view Tanizaki’s move to Kansai following the Great Kanto earthquake as a strategic retreat away from the modern reality of Japan. However, to Tanizaki the terms East and West and the values they implied were never polarised. The works that came to fruition in this period suggest instead that he had found a precarious balance between the two, never quite daring to envisage the existence of one without the presence of another. Following on this strand, his 1928 serialised novel Tade kū mushi (‘Some Prefer Nettles’) tells the tale of the ennui in a marriage caught between the final throes of a dying Edo culture and an increasingly ever-present modernity. In the novel, protagonist Kaname is faced with the decision as...
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...Understanding “Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane Garrett-Petts uses the term common places to describe the Greek methodology in studying literature stemming from the Greek work topoi which means places. Aristotle identified 28 topoi but Garrett-Petts groups these 28 topoi into 6 groups which they call “common places.” Studying literature for its message, meaning, use of message, and relationship to one’s experience is difficult to convey as trying to analyze a blood sample for disease without any laboratory equipment. One is usually unable to construct arguments about literary interpretations and literary interpretations beyond basic plot without having knowledge of specific mode of thinking. These common places are vehicles where one can channel their thoughts to fully analyze a work of literature. The Common places which I chose to focus on was the Contemptus Mundi and Complexity. Contemptus mundi translated from latin literally means contempt of the world. This is a very interesting common place to have in the first place because it stresses the idea that “the modern world is a place of decay, alienation, and anxiety.” (Garrett-Petts, 70) It seems that many believe that the day they live in is worse off then the day they lived in yesterday. Writers produce literature to make a statement, most often it is about how something in our day is so wrong. In a sense this writers who write with the idea of Contemptus mundi they set themselves up for the paradox of hedonism...
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...11 July 2014 To Be out or To Be In “The church in the United States has strongly resisted the movement to legalize same-sex marriage, arguing that it would legitimize intrinsically evil homosexual acts (Pope Francis). The religious leaders are opposes same-sex marriage because the Bible states evidence to support their belief. Same-sex marriage on the religious perspective. There are several scripture that supports why same-sex marriage is against God. However, the first scripture: “God created man in His image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them; and God said to them,' Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth”(Genesis 1:27-28). God did not create man and man, woman and woman He created male and female to recreate the earth. How can a male and male recreate, and the Bible does not say anything about adoption. It clearly states, “be fruitful and multiply.” The very first mention of sexual immorality was when two messengers from God had come to visit Lot. All the young and old men came to Lot house and asked for the two strangers to come out, so they could do to them whatever they wanted to do, but Lot beg the crowd to take his daughters. And the angels blinded all the men young and old. This was the reason God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, because the wick that took place in these cities. Still addressing...
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...Identify the social policy that this bill addresses The Missouri House Bill 1630, also known as the Marriage Age Law Act, is striving to raise the minimum age for marriage to prevent child marriages. The current law regarding the age limit for marriage in Missouri states that anyone fifteen or older is eligible to apply for a marriage license with parental consent from at least one parent. For those fifteen and under, an order must be granted by a circuit court judge. The proposed policy would change the requirements for those under the age of eighteen to attend a court hearing where evidence shall be given to substantiate the marriage. A marriage license will not be issued to any person twenty-one years of age or older if the other party...
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...Company Description Emelle’s Catering (EC) has been operating for over fifteen years and it has become one of the largest catering companies in Vancouver. The company consists of 35 full-time employees and 14 part-time employees. In 2013, EC catered to over 85,000 people at 710 different events. EC’s menu consists of a wide variety of West Coast cuisine. The company serves their cuisine through three main distribution channels: 1. Social events 2. The company’s restaurant 3. The company’s food truck Catering to individual social events is EC’s largest distribution channel. The majority of the events are weddings, business conferences and social gatherings. In the past, the company has served between 20 and 2000 people at these events. This distribution method made 82% of the company’s revenues in 2013. EC also sells directly to their customers through their company’s restaurant, Westside Kitchen. Figure 1 is a picture of the restaurant. The restaurant is located in downtown Vancouver and it is attached to the company’s main kitchen. The main kitchen is where all the food is prepped and cooked for all three of the company’s distribution channels. The restaurant serves breakfast and lunch and it is open Monday through Friday, from 7am to 3pm. This distribution method made 14% of the company’s revenues in 2013. EC has won multiple awards including: B.C. Wedding Award’s Best Catered Wedding in 2012 and Vancouver’s Readers Choice Award for the best catering company...
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...Gender Stratification In this paper, I am going to address gender stratification in relation to Marriage, Sexuality, and Reproductive health issues. I am going to use Monique and the Mango Rains written by Kri Holloway as ethnographic data, which she collected in Mali. My interpretations of gender stratification in Mali are women did not have the rights to choose their husband; women did not have ways to control the sex life and do not have ways to do birth control; women had to face extremely hard reproductive health issues. To start with, I would like to give some background analysis about gender norms and stratification in Mali. Mali is landlocked in the West Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world. According to the book, there was even no toilet paper in the Malian villages. I couldn’t imagine how poor this country is, but I think the fact of “The right hand is considered clean, the left dirty” is quiet shocking (page. 7). In Mali, the social systems are Patrilocal and Patrilinieal. When people get married in Mali, the wife joins the husband in his father’s home or compound, where they form a family and raise their children. Normally, the household has a senior member to lead the family in terms of allocate resources and direct labors. Also, the descent follows the father’s line in Mali. According to the book, “The Minianka were patrilineal, where the woman becomes part of the husband’s family, and children carry on their father’s name and...
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...The system of castas was a socio-racial classification that impacted every aspect of Spanish colonial life, including honor, taxation and marriage. This division was shown clearly and visually in all artwork and readings throughout colonial time. The Castas system revolved around four major categories of race: Peninsular, a Spain-born Spaniard; Criollo, a person of Spanish descent born in the colonies; Indio, a person who is descendent of the Native Americas and Negro, a person of African descent, usually a slave. Variations and combinations of these four categories had specific rank attached to them with the highest being a Spaniard born in Spain and the lowest being those of African descent that were brought to the colonies as slaves. Each socio-racial “rank” came with their own set of privileges and restrictions, both legal and customary. During Spanish colonialism, a long list of different terms were used to identify types of people with specific racial or ethnic heritages. By the end, over a hundred possible variations of intermixed race...
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...Emperor Otto sent Liutprand, bishop of the holy church of Cremona, to Constantinople in 968 C.E., to the court of Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, as part of a peace attempt between the two kingdoms. Liutprand’s mission was to successfully arrange the marriage between Otto’s son, Otto II and Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenity. This entire mission is chronicled in one of the most important primary documents written in the 10th century titled, Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana. This entire account is extremely detailed. Within the text, a strong theme of distain towards the Byzantine Empire emerges. Even more importantly, scholars are now able to get a strong contextual understanding of the major conflicting ideals, cultural differences, and ecclesiastic power struggles between the budding Eastern Empire and the rooted Western Empire. The document, Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana, was written as an explanation to Otto of Liutprand’s overall failure of his mission. Scholars are able to infer this because of Liutprand’s tone in regards to Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, as well as, the bishops of the emperor’s kingdom. What was set to be a peaceful meeting in order to fasten ties between two opposing Christianized empires, turned out to be, as Liutprand described it, an “imprisonment”. The reader is able to feel the tension in the very first description of Emperor Phocas, as Liutprand describes him as a “monstrosity of a man, a pygmy, fat-headed and like a mole as to the...
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...Polygamy in the South West Hawaii Pacific University PSCI 1400 June 13, 2008 MCP Term 4-08 Article #4 Polygamy in the South West Polygamy has been a problem in our country for over one hundred and fifty years. In 1862 the first Anti-Bigamy law in the United States, The Morrill Bill, was signed by Abraham Lincoln. Our government has since passed several laws to discourage polygamy, and yet they still battle polygamist sects to this day. I believe that our government’s main concern is not the multiple marriages, but the children affected by them. Young girls are being forced in to marriages with much older men, to have sex and bare children. Young boys are excommunicated, and thrown out of their communities to make more young girls available to older men. Women and girls are being forced to marry first cousins, half-brothers, and uncles. There have been several cases of incest and in-breeding, which has led to children being born with severe abnormalities, from physical deformities to mental retardation, and genetic diseases. They continue to bare these children regardless of warnings from physicians. Despite all the laws against polygamy and to protect children, our efforts to enforce these laws have made very little impact. These polygamist sects continue these practices in spite of arrests and heavy fines by the government. Former Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs sect is recently the most notorious group in the news today. For the past several years...
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...King's college Mid Baneshwor Kathmandu, Nepal U.S History: A synopsis Beginnings, 1607-1700: When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World (1492) and became the first European to set foot on San Salvador; he opened a new chapter in the history of the Old World as well as the New. The development of America took place when a static and status-bound European was responding to new intellectual stirrings, growing trade, and competition among emerging nation- states in overseas exploration and commerce. In 1585 Raleigh established the firs British Colony in North America on Roanoke Island. English colonization in America differed in character and consequences from that of other European nations. The English Monarchs had destroyed the power of the feudal nobility and had established a strong centralized state and in so doing, the monarchs had encouraged the growth of the business middle classes, the merchants and entrepreneurs who were to be major agents of the modernizing process. By seventeenth centaury, England's imperial reach was global; it stretched west from Ireland to Newfound land to Bermuda, and eastward to the subcontinent of India. It was to the west in the New World in 1606 that King James issued charter to two joint stock companies to colonize the land that Sir Walter Raleigh had named Virginia in honor of the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. The company promptly sent out an expedition of 144 people and after four months arduous voyage...
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...Ethnographic Comparison Keelymarie Rothgaber February 17, 2015 Module 5 Assignment 1 The societies that I have chosen was Italian and German and the human culture aspect I have decided to use was domestic life and kinship. The reason why I chose domestic life and kinship was because Cultural anthropology plays a big part in how we choose to interact and live our lives differently in different cultures. Anthropology can be an interesting way to evaluate groups or individuals progress or expectations. Kinship is relationships with your family and anthropology plays a part by observing how it has changed and what makes it different from culture to culture and why. Domestic life is essentially how an individual relates to their family, home, and other household affairs. Italy was known as the birthplace of western civilization and started an impact internationally with the Roman Empire. Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church and the Risorgimento. Italy is located in southern Europe bordering Austria, France, and Switzerland along with others. The Italian family is very important to the social structure of Italy, it provides a stabilizing influence for all the family members. Different parts of Italy have different size families, the south is known for having a large extended family living together while the north is mostly a nuclear family. All family members provide financial and emotional support for each other. In Italy it matters to others on how you present yourself...
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