...English 11: Philosophy It’s All About You The Self-Portrait The Assignment: To create a mixed media self-portrait through which you reveal a “secret of your soul” -- an element of your identity such as a passion, a belief, a characteristic, or a value that you hold close to your “core” [or, in other words, that you believe plays a significant role in defining your true self]. Why a Self Portrait? A self-portrait allows you to see your beauty, understand your shadows, and express your feelings and reflections. It is a powerful tool that can help you to understand yourself on a deeper level, ultimately promoting inner peace, change, and personal growth. Where do I Start – and End? Obviously, attempting to understand yourself is a process that necessitates an introspective journey. • Begin by experimenting with some of the warm up techniques that are listed on the back of this page. These techniques should get you thinking in a reflective direction. • Once you have completed some of the warm up activities, log on to Moodle, and review the “It’s All About You” PowerPoint posted there. It contains examples of self–portraits from various professional artists (along with, in many cases, their statements of intent); some instructional tips on art techniques, terms, and materials you might use to create your own work; and sample projects from previous years’ philosophy students . • Draft your ideas, considering both the...
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...Silesian University in Opava Faculty of Philosophy and Science Pointless sacrifice in The Nightingale and the Rose English Literature 2 Name: Kocurová Michaela Field of study: English + Czech language and literature Class: second Semester: summer Year: 2012/2013 The Nightingale and the Rose is a short story written by Oscar Wilde. The story begins with a young Student crying because the daughter of the Professor told him that if he brought her red roses, she would dance with him at the ball, but there are no red roses in his garden. When a nightingale overhears what is the Student saying, she comes to a conclusion that he´s a true lover and that he knows the true meaning of Love. „‘Here, indeed, is the true lover,‘ said the Nightingale. ‚What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely love is a wonderful thing.‘“ So she makes a decision to find a red rose for him. Even before her search we get to know another characters from nature - a Green Lizard, a Butterfly and a Daisy. They think that the Student´s weeping for a red rose is ridiculous, only the Nightingale understands him and thinks about the mystery of Love. So she finds a white rose tree, a yellow rose tree and finally a red rose tree but it´s damaged after the winter and it shall have no roses at all. There is just one terrible way how to build the rose: „'If you want a red rose,' said the Tree, 'you must build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with your own heart's-blood...
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...Emma Harrell Apps of Composition 4 September 23, 2015 Rhetorical Analysis essay In the article by The Editorial Board from The New York Times, “The Pointless Banishment of Sex Offenders”, the author goes into detail showing that it really is not necessary to banish all sex offenders. The Board goes further to talk about how residency Laws “drive tens of thousands of people to the fringes of society, forcing them to live in motels, out of cars or under bridges” (par 3). There is a huge variety of offenses that could classify someone as a sex offender, so the court system, and society should not group them into one large statistic. The author is very effective using multiple techniques including ethos, logos, and pathos to prove that not every one of these offenders should be banished from society. Ethos is the appeal to ethics, and it uses credible recourses to get to the point. In this editorial in particular, it is used to show that people we look up to are cracking down on sex offenders, and the idea is not, in fact, just an idea. “Lately, judges have been pushing back. So far in 2015, state supreme courts in California, Massachusetts and New York have struck down on residency laws” (par 4). The author uses judges as a reliable source to make the reader understand just how seriously these things are taken, so that they can see that it is unnecessary. Another technique the author uses that is very beneficial to the readers understanding of the concept is logos. This is...
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...Against A Pointless War After a series of conflicts between European powers, WWI became the war to determine the superior, European nations between one set of powers composed of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy (Central Powers) and the other set of Russia, England, and France (Allies). The United States debated whether they should remain neutral or join forces with the Allies in one of the most violent and gruesome wars in history with casualties of over 35 million. George William Norris, a Senator from Nebraska and known as “the father of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)”, was against WWI since the war would only benefit the wealthy. Norris employs Pathos, repetition, anaphora, and amplification to persuade the entire United States...
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...Almost every college students has gone through the process of taking classes their first semester that will have nothing to do with what they want to do with their life. There are two types of incoming freshmen at college; the first is the freshman that has an exact plan in terms of a major and career they want to pursue. The second is the college student that has no idea or plan when they come to college. All freshmen have to take “gen eds” and you can tell which students might find these pointless. I, however, did not find these pointless, and I am here to tell you why these “gen eds” and a liberal education are important whether you have a plan or not. When I first came to UWO I pretty much had my future mapped out. I was set out to be an elementary school teacher. At first I thought the paired classes idea was ridiculous and pointless. Why do I need learn...
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...As a matter of fact, Less than 2% of human illnesses (1.16%) are ever seen in animals. Over 98% never affect animals in the first place. Also, 92% of drugs passed by animal tests fail when tried on humans because they’re useless or dangerous. Finally, 70% of drugs which cause human birth defects are safe in pregnant monkeys. These are all very conclusive pieces of evidence, and all reveal how animal tests are so woefully useless. ( 33 Reasons Why Animal Testing Is Pointless) My last reason is that They kill 1,000s of people and animals alike every year. In the United Kingdom, an estimated 70,000 people are killed or severely disabled by unexpected “side-effects” of approved animal tested drugs. Additionally, In America, 106,000 deaths a year attributed to reactions to animal-approved medical drugs. Lastly, Each year 2.1 million Americans are hospitalised by [guess what?] medical treatments. It’s shocking how many people are affected by these horrible tests and their Results. (33 Reasons Why Animal Testing Is...
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...War is an endless topic, and an ongoing conversation. In the movie , Howls Castle, war is condemned by both main characters, shown as both pointless and malevolent. Itt starts off in a modern town. Throughout the beginning, a girl named Sophie is turned into an older woman but a richer upper-class woman. Sophie ends up in Howls Castle, and after meeting with Calcifer (a fire demon) stays for a bit. During her time there, a war is engaged. Howl, a wizard with an obvious secret, fights and meets with some of the top leaders. Howl can be seen fighting with other creatures and talking with Sophie about how wasteful and harmful the war is. With this, I've concluded that the theme of Howl's Moving Castle is that war is bad. In the story,...
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...relevant -all people's personal data must be kept as securely as possible These rules are all good and well in writing, but when it comes to enforcing them, who is to say what 'securely as possible' is, and who is to say if data is 'relevant' or not. This is where complications come into the data protection act, the definitions of various guidelines/rules given are not entirely clear to all users. The data protection act could be pointless because of the fact that there is a possibility that criminals could have their identities protected due to the act, e.g. if someone is requesting their data, it may not be released because of the data protection act. As well as protecting our personal details, the data protection act assures that information about us that is held about us is kept up to date, processed fairly and lawfully, adequate, relevant and not excessive vand not kept for any longer than necessary. On the other hand the data protection act is not pointless at all because it keeps peoples personal information...
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...approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This meant that the test didn’t need to be repeated. Second, the same test could have been done on human subjects who were already missing teeth.” The test being described in this quote is referring to a test where scientists were cruelly pulling out the teeth of dogs without anesthesia and replacing them with fake ones. For one thing the quote said that the test was unneeded, so why did they do it? If it’s unneeded then it’s pointless, and if it’s pointless it’s unneeded. Another thing is that it could have been done and quite possibly helpful to humans. If it can help someone, then help them; don’t hurt the dogs for some unbenounced reason. The animals that survived these kinds of tests are now traumatized and have mental stability problems. There are a lot more tests being used on animals that like the one mentioned that are unneeded and pointless, that should not be happening. Animal testing is again not needed. Not only because it’s pointless, but the testing can be replaced with more accurate tests. The article “Animal Welfare” also states, “In vitro (in glass) testing…can produce more relevant results because human cells can be used. Microdosing...can be used in human volunteers. Artificial human skin…is made from sheets of human skin cells grown in test tubes or plastic wells and can produce more useful results than testing chemicals on animal skin. Microfluidic chips (organs on a chip), which are lined with human...
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...Nihilism is the belief that life is meaningless as well as the rejection of all religious beliefs and moral principles. As Grendel says this, he shows his belief that there is no linear existence to the world. He claims “The world resists me and I resist the world,” (28) as well as “That's all there is. The mountains are what I define them as.” (28). He says this to show that there really is no significance to objects, only the significance HE gives them. “The world is all a pointless accident”, means that in reality, there is no meaning to anything. He believes only his mind exists. For example he finishes by saying “I exist, nothing else.” (28). Grendel clearly believes that existence is everything he perceives it to be. Just as he defines what the mountains are (28) he could define what the bull, human, his mom, and the world around him...
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...Everyone is familiar with the state of armed conflict that is war, and for as long as there has been civilization there has been war. Upon first glance, Henry David Thoreau’s “The Battle of the Ants” seems like a simple descriptive story of a battle between two different species of ants, one red and one black, but if one were to further inspect the text, they could see that Thoreau uses the ants and their battle as a satirical allegory for human conflict. Thoreau chooses to use ants as a metaphor to make it clear to the reader that war is futile, pointless, and a waste of life. “The Battle of the Ants” begins with Thoreau casually walking out to his wood-pile as he stumbles upon the battle between the red ants and the black ants. After this, he compares these ants to humans, making the allegory apparent from the start. “It was the only battle which I have ever witnessed… On every side they were engaged in deadly combat, yet without any noise that I could hear, and human soldiers never fought so resolutely” (575). Thoreau uses hyperbole early in his essay to reinforce its anti-war theme as he describes the fighting ants to be in the middle of war. However, he implies that this war is miniscule by reminding the reader of its setting: a wood-yard. Thoreau goes on to describe an even smaller battle he witnesses between two ants, again, amid the chips, giving more scope to the idea that war is irrelevant compared to the broader schemes of the world. “I watched a couple that were...
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...Pointless Art or Meaningful Symbols? Hipsters, rockers, goths, hippies and other similar modern trends all have one thing in common: tattoos. This obviously doesn’t mean that everyone who are dressed in the code of these trends have tattoos on them but most adults do. Now, many individuals, when they hear “tattooed people” might imagine a person with tattoo’s instead of sleeves but that’s going from one level of extreme to another. Tats can vary in different sizes; from small to big and from single tats to connecting them all together into an enormous one. Tattoos represent so many different things that it’s impossible to mention every single meaning. Some of the things that tattoos stand for are family, friends, unforgettable memories, meaningful quotes or pictures… So all permanent body art always has a meaning behind it otherwise it’s just a plain meaningless sketch with empty symbols. So if it represents someone’s character, why do they get judged or laughed at? Often people get discriminated for having ink on their bodies by many believers who either think that your body is a gift and you should keep it safe or they may believe that tattoos represent something evil or even satanic. Obviously, we shouldn’t really care what others say but at some point it may touch us in the sense of differing from others and making ourselves feel bad about our body. Yes, our body and our life is a wonderful gift that we should treasure but why should others care about what we...
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...IS MONEY SPENT ON SPACE EXPLORATION A WASTE? Running head: IS MONEY SPENT ON SPACE EXPLORATION A WASTE? Is Money Spent on Space Exploration a Waste? Name Institution Human beings have always been fascinated with the idea of visiting space. Scientists all over the world have scrambled on the opportunity to go and explore space. Rockets that were made back in the 20th century have made it possible for people to tour the area. Following the First World War, the Soviet Union and the United States made their missile programs, all aimed at space exploration. Knowing that space exploration is one costly affair, there have been raging debates whether it is necessary to spend tons of money on it. This essay begs to answer the question, "Is money spent on space exploration a waste?" It is better for countries to spend money improving the financial status of their country and its people. Countries should not channel their funds on sponsoring scientists to go to space yet their people are suffering back at home (Kranz, 2011). The money otherwise spent on space exploration could be used to take care of the destitute children, improve health care and the education quality. Some countries do not have enough employment for their youths. It could be logical to create resources that generate jobs then visit space. Jerry asserts that the earth is not entirely explored meaning that there is no need to go...
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...The American Revolution was a time period of battle and rage for the colonies, trying to win independence as a country instead of property of Britain. In My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Collier and Christopher Collier, it takes place in a Tory town called Redding in Connecticut. The characters are very determined to get liberty and will fight for it. The war causes many unfortunate things such as innocent people being killed, a clash between generations,and divided families. The story goes through many changes that can lead to tragicness, but does lead to liberty. The authors argue that the war was pointless and they show it in various ways. One way the authors argue against the Revolutionary War is how innocent people die. “In June of that year, 1777, we found out that father was dead” (Collier and Collier 164). Mr. Meeker was against the war and was a Tory, however he died on a Tory prisonship. This is an ironic event because an innocent man who had nothing to do with war, was killed. “He went on jerking with flames on his chest until another soldier shot him again. Then he stopped jerking” (Collier and Collier 208). It shows how Sam died, but why he died is completely unfair. Sam was framed and was innocent, but was killed by his own team. The authors proved how people died during the...
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