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Mark Schaller's Study About Fame
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1452.... the Pulitzer Prize in 1978.
The reason Schaller chose these three people is that they all had self- destructive tendencies in the forms of drugs and alcohol and also had psychological problems sometime during their period of fame. Each of the three were also writers which was a vital part of Schaller's study. Schaller wanted to show that fame increased the self-consciousness in each of these people. To do this he analyzed the songs and stories written by these authors and found an increase in the amount of first-person singular pronouns from before to after their achievement of .....
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The Chinese New Year
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1475.... of Heaven and Earth, the gods of
the household and the ancestors, usually our great grand parents . It's
utmost significance to go through the customary Chinese New Years
traditions: house cleaning, decorations, lots of food, and more for their
celebration.
Chinese New Year is a time of special celebration and joy;
therefore many old customs and performances are incorporated into the
festival celebrations and competitions held on Chinese New Years. The most
common of these are perhaps the dragon dance and lion dance.
The dragon dance was already a popular activity .....
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The Sociolect Of Teenage Jocks
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 565.... rest of the quarry.
Diction of a jock is overridden with abbreviations, such as DL which means
Down Low, slang words consisting of the common Asshole, Bitch or “F*ck You”
and newer slang including words such as phat which means cool or good. A
jock’s body language consists of numerous slang gestures, for instance the
ever popular middle finger would be a good example, along with the flex of
muscles which would show the tough guy’s dominance and power. Structuring
their sentences by using phrases such as, “You gotta’ problem with me?” or “
Come here," illustrates their incr .....
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Native American Virtues
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 302.... the harsh climate of what's presently Massachusetts. The very act of the Natives caretaking for the settlers created the possibility of the Indian Nations' downfall. If the the settlers weren't given food and friendship, they surely would've died off and Indians would have been free to continue their successful way of life.
Many Indians lived by a strict code of conduct. Though the specifics varied because of the vastness of the country, the general concepts were
· Social: live and let live
· Environmental: use the land and its bounty; don't abuse it
· Crime: .....
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Views Of Gangs
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 417.... of
test like to kill some rival gang member or rob a bank. Many of the guns
gang buy come from the streets you can usually buy a gun from the back of a
truck for bout 50$.Even old gangs are starting to be reorganized. Also with
each type of gang comes with slang from the gang members countries such as
"ehh vato u messin wid me esse dont u know im loco" .Alot of gang members
are rich from selling drugs and things like that so u always see a big
gangster driven a real nice car. They also have female gangs and they are
just as viscious as the guy gangs they do the exact same t .....
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Relations Between Women In The 18th And 19yh Centuries
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 767.... between normal and abnormal
C. Viewing within a cultural and social setting
D. Based on the diaries of women from 35 families
from 1760s to 1880s
1.Represents brood range of women
2.Middle class
III. Sensual and platonic
A. Sarah Butler Wister and Jeannie Field Musgrove
1. Met while families vacationed; spent 2 years
together at boarding school
2. throughout life wrote to eachother talking of
their deep affection and their anguish when apart
3. Marriage brought physical separation but nor
emotional.
4. Made references that .....
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Child Abuse
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 496.... occurs, children are also victims of physical violence.
American studies indicate that about one third of adults who abuse their
spouse also abuse their children. Australian research suggests that this
figure may be higher. F thermore, children are likely to be at greater risk
of physical abuse by mothers who are being physically abused by a spouse
than children living in families where violence is absent. Here are some of
the factors that tell why parents hit their children : 1) Substance abuse
(Alcohol and other drugs) 2) Poor self image 3) Distrust in others 4) Low
impu .....
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Marriage In Japan
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 490.... He says it is an active attempt to make oneself into a passive love object. One reason why a man continues depending on someone else is that he has been witnessed what his parents have been done and now he considers himself as a head of his own family. In case of woman, it is difficult to keep her job after the marriage, because she needs to take care of her child, which is considered to be a wife¡¯s job. She has to do everything else except making money for the family, which makes her dependent on her husband who has the economic power. However in western culture, it is .....
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