Madagascar hissing cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa), ectotherms that were easily observable and subjectable to habituation, were used to compare differences in standard metabolic rates between organisms. The hypothesis is that the habituated G. portentosa will have a lower weight specific metabolic rate than the non-habituated G. portentosa. To measure metabolic rates of habituated and non-habituated cockroaches that were either male or female, the cockroaches were put into a flow meter
victimization of the hypocrisy of religion as well. She is frequently condemned to hell by her mother and brother for her choice of lifestyle, but on the contrary she was never taught that there was another means to her lifestyle. The Johnson’s public damnation of Maggie’s behavior provides some evidence that “they are keen on respectability as the primary moral goal,” stated Nazmi Al-Shalabi author of “Authenticity and Role-Playing in S. Crane’s Maggie: A girl of the streets” (200). Everyone who had
Redemption and Damnation in Measure for Measure and Othello Measure for Measure and Othello are closely related. There is a thesis-antithesis bond between these two plays. Much more than just sharing a trait or a source, the two constitute a paired study of the processes of redemption and damnation. Measure for Measure counterbalances Othello. Looking at the text of each play, one finds parallel and contrasting circumstances and characteristics that would incline one to interpret each
The Brute- Smirnov vs. Mrs. Popov In the drama The Brute, Anton Checkov displays how men feel that women treat men, and in the same respect how women feel that men treat women. The portrayal of characters in this drama is somewhat humorous because regardless of the outward expression of the main characters, love is in the air and the expectations of men and women concerning each other are forced aside in the end. To begin, Smirnov enters the play as being someone with complete disrespect for
Alternate Ending-‘Of Mice and Men’ As the sun set behind the rugged hills of the Gabilan Mountains, the Salinas River rolled along the hilltops, and meandered quietly down towards the valley. It was late afternoon and already the sun had left the summit. The top of the hills now looked aphotic in the shadows. Under the trees skitters of lizards on leaves could be heard. The leaves lay charred in the sun like burnt toast. The rabbits rushed out of the brush away from foxes, as lizards skittered
Petrichor;Smell of dust after rain. It was just like any other day, or should I say any other rainy day. The sky stained with somber grays and explosive porphyrous hues and the howling wind running about. The scene, to be completed, had big fat droplets of rain pouring down, soaking all of Manhattan. Lots of things have happened here in Manhattan. Great big complicated things, things where even I, myself, couldn't make heads or tails of. Things that I haven't quiet come to grips with, things where
Society is corrupt in many diverse customs. Corruptions of religion, morals, government and cruelty of society are issues that are faced on a daily basis. Voltaire, the author of Candide, and Robert Zemeckis, the director of "Forrest Gump", both use overly naïve protagonists to demonstrate their views of the world. Corruptions within religion are a prevalent theme in both Candide and “Forrest Gump”. Voltaire throughout his novel has several exposés which reveal the corruption and hypocrisy of the
Looking for Alaska starts off with Miles Halter leaving his home town in Florida in search for the Great Perhaps (the last words of Francois Rabelais) at Culver Creek Preparatory High School in Alabama; the same boarding school his father had attended when he was younger. At the beginning of the book Miles is seen as a bit of an outcast with little friends and a weird habit of memorizing people’s last words. Miles arrives at Culver Creek and soon meets his new roommate, Chip Martin “the Colonel”
From emotionally captivating sermons to the harrows of a Christian school, Richard Wright’s childhood consisted greatly of the Christian church; despite this, Richard never became an authentically pious individual. In Wright’s Black Boy, an autobiographical bildungsroman which follows the renowned author from childhood to adolescence, religion isn’t as central to the story as the motifs of Southern racial relations or poverty per sé. Richard’s main reactions with religion occur in his late childhood
Saladin In his De Laude Novae Militiae (1128 - 1131), Bernard of Clairvaux exhorted young Christian knights to take up the calling of spiritual chivalry and fight pagans without fear of eternal damnation since when he kills an evildoer, he is not a homicide, but ...a malicide, and it is plainly Christ's vengeance on those who work evil. Though Bernard's words served as a precursor to the Second Crusade they are important when examining the life of Saladin, for in his life and actions this man
Death, and Damnation Religion in the Sixteenth Century was a major point of contention, especially for Elizabethans. In the midst of the Reformation, England was home to supporters of two major religious doctrines, including the Catholics and the Puritans. Three dominant themes that came out of this debate were sin, death and damnation. Important elements of Christian religions, these themes were often explored in the form of the seven deadly sins and the consequential damnation. The elements
spiritual dimension to the drama: According to popular Elizabethan belief, both Catholic and Protestant, spirits from the dead could indeed “assume a pleasing shape,” in order to abuse a person in Hamlet’s vulnerable frame of mind and so lead him to damnation.[. . .] Hamlet must face the ghost once again to explain why he “lets go by Th’ important acting of your dread command”; yet his purpose in confronting Gertrude with her weakness is the laudable one of returning her to at least an outward custom
Len Keller Mr. Shultz English 1H 5/8/14 OMAM Journals Text including page citation Analysis of theme/author’s writing style “That mouse ain’t fresh, Lennie; and besides you’ve broke it pettin’ it.” (9) By showing that Lennie has killed a dead mouse with his bare hands just by petting it, Steinbeck foreshadows events to occur later. This may seem like a minor event to the reader at first, but looking back it is easy to see how this shows early that Lennie likes fragile things, but
Did you ever think that books that have sex, obscene language, and immoral subjects can make a good book? The Catcher in the Rye has been on the banned reading list for exactly those reasons. The book was mainly put on disapproval from between 1966 and 1975 in almost every school district in the United States. The book was said to be so bad that in 1960 a teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was fired for assigning the book to an eleventh-grade English class. Despite some opposition to the novel, however
The sound of ice swerving in the crystal clear glass echoed through my ear. I was at the Old Susy’s place regretting the decision I took for Lennie. I drank until noon and went back to the ranch. As I entered, I noticed everyone was looking at me with deep concern in their eyes. I wasn't in the mood to talk so I went straight to my bed. I heard Candy’s footsteps inch closer to me. “George aren’t ya gonna eat something?” I didn’t answer. I could hear his deep concern in his voice. I felt bad however
to see them. “Stars, hide your fires, // Let not light see my black and deep desires.” In the third soliloquy Macbeth is still contemplating how he obtains the throne, but now he knows that murder is the only way, yet he fears ‘judgement’ and damnation. We see here that Macbeth has a conscience, and his mind cannot take the simple fact. He begins bringing up lots of excuses as to why he should not do it, but inevitably his ambition gets the better of him. “He’s here in double trust: // …… his
Hellfire and Damnation Looking back on my childhood, I have many memories shrouded in fear and self-loathing. I was raised in the Baptist church. My mother and grandmother made sure that I attended church every Sunday morning. My grandmother was from the mid-west. She carried her strict Bible belt background with her as she traveled west with my grandfather. The many lessons I learned from my grandmother and the minister at our church played a big part in how I began to see the world and my place
would never earn his eternal salvation. He didn't feel that all of the prayer, studying and sacraments were enough. Therefore, Luther felt that he would never be able to satisfy such a judging God. Not being able to satisfy this God meant eternal damnation. After entering the religious life he later became an Augustinian monk and entered the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt in July of 1505. While in this monastery Luther became a well known theologian and Biblical scholar. In 1512 Luther earned his
an individual to have a chance to become a "true self". Self is what is done throughout life which God judges for infinity. Consequently, humans have a huge responsibility because those decided choices in life constitute the eternal salvation or damnation. With the religious faith, the ethical and aesthetic are needed to form it, that is why they can not be the same. "Faith itself cannot be mediated into the universal, for it would thereby be destroyed." (p.69) To arrive in the position of religious
"No man is an island." This famous quotation explains the nature of man as a social being. It is truly a fact that human beings cannot exist in isolation. They need to be interdependent with each other in order to survive. This interdependence is needed because a human being alone will not be able to fill his own social needs, and his material necessities came from other people as well. All acts of society such as sex, love, and dependence are essential for the survival of any species. Interaction