interpretation of some common logical fallacies. Mere Assertion & Circular Reasoning Mere Assertion is an argument that lacks factual support. It’s merely an opinion that is formed more so by belief then logical evidence. For example, “Robert is a vampire; I can feel his cold blood when I touch him.” This argument has no real logic behind it, only reasoning that makes sense to the person stating it. Circular Reasoning is an argument that aids support to a statement by repeating itself in a bolder
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Through the Smoke Screen of Halloween On October 31 every year, the majority of the country and several other countries celebrate the diabolized holiday of Samhain, otherwise more widely known as Halloween. Despite all the negative stigmas attached to this holiday, it is actually a very sacred and the holiest day to those that follow the Old Ways. Having known many pagans and being married to one, I have had the unique opportunity to gain a new insight into this holiday. It was and still is
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THE WEREWOLF / CARTER Summary The narrator of "The Werewolf" sets the story's ominous tone with the opening sentence: "It is a northern country; they have cold weather; they have cold hearts." The people in this country are poor and live short, hard lives. They are superstitious to the point of conducting witch-hunts and stoning any witches found (identified by a telltale third nipple) to death. We focus in on a young girl. Her mother sends her into the forest to bring food to her ill grandmother
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A tall, slightly tanned man sat behind the counter. His short black hair barely reached his ears and he swiped his bangs out of his face. There was a piercing on his right ear. A piece of clear string was attached to a Blue jay’s feather at the end, which reached down to his shoulder. Aiden’s moss green eyes switch from the television in front of him to the client's drinking their fill. It was another slow day at the Grab n’ Drink Bar. The after work crowd has simmered down except for a few loyal
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In Anne McWhir’s essay titled “Pollution and Redemption in Dracula” she examines the theme of the stark contrasts between pure and unclean. Pollution in the sense the writer was going for does not mean landfills and gas guzzlers, but when the unclean taints the pure. Going beyond the surface definition, the book Dracula has many instances of contrasting values surrounding the thoughts of purity. The ideas of good and evil, life and death, new and old, and civilization and savagery are examined
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That all being said, these men faced the new world that was emerging in film. It was the early 1960’s and the Hollywood Studio System collapsed which led to an intense weakening on censorship rules. From fluffy tales of love, suggestive and symbolic vampires, and only whispers and innuendos to appease the audience need for guttural expose, rose the dawn of sex and violence. This concept of weakened censorship paved the way for two very disturbed, very brilliant people to move to the forefront of mainstream
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Dragon | Type | Incubation | Alien Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Angry Dragon | | 20:00:00 | Atlas Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Aurora Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Aztec Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Bat Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Big Hat Dragon | | 16:00:00 | Block Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Brontosaurus Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Butterfly Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Carnival Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Centipede Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Chinese Dragon | | 12:00:00 | Deep Forest Dragon | | 12:00:00
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| Humanities Today | | | | 6/25/2012 | HUM102 | | Humanities could be described as the blend of history, culture, mythology, literature and art in some cases. It establishes the past, the present, and the future, life, and destiny of society. With humanities, we are able to discover how life and all humanity became of existence and evolve over time. Humanities can assist people in different cultures and ethnic backgrounds to recognize, understand, and establish the meaningful
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Frankenstein, but Victor does not know this. This shows an act of revenge because the monster knew who he was killing, which was someone connected to his creator, Frankenstein “… Such as the deed which he had now done, nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me (Shelly
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Walter Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination addresses the dull, exhausted, uncritical, oppressed and theologically stagnant mind of the dominant culture. Brueggemann says that in order to transform the culture through imaginative engagement we first need to rediscover the prophetic tradition and allow it to define us. The ideas expressed in this book have been formative to my own sense of call. Characterizing dominant culture as corresponding to the paradigm of Dynastic Egypt from which Moses
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