...In the biography, "Sam Houston and the American Southwest" Randolph B. Campbell presents Houston as a man who valued peace and as someone who had a strong commitment to his state and country. Although some historians perceived Sam Houston as a man who suffered from alcoholism, unstable marriages and continually failed politically Campbell argues that he was a courageous, realistic and sensible leader under the circumstances he faced. Throughout the book Campbell analyzes In the biography, "Sam Houston and the American Southwest" Randolph B. Campbell presents Houston as a man who valued peace and as someone who had a strong commitment to his state and country. Although some historians perceived Sam Houston as a man who suffered from alcoholism,...
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...“What do Women Want?” In the women of the bath tale it shows what women want or desire from a man. They want to be loved by the man they adore. I agree with what Dennis Prenger said in his article. I do agree women like strong men. They want a man who has strength, integrity, and ambition. All three are needed. Women want to be loved by the man she admires. Women are drawn to strong men. Women find physically strong men are attractive. It’s no secret that women like strong, muscular guys. Women like men who are physically fit. Women like upper body strength in a man, like wide shoulders, and being fit. They are attracted to strong men. Women like a man with integrity. This is what women find to be really attractive....
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...(Szymborska 30-33) The word “finally” shows that something should have already happened before. This quote clearly shows that a man that is good and strong should already exist but a good man is not strong, but weak and a strong man is not good, but bad in the twentieth century. Although the poems, “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” by Wislawa Szymborska seem different, they actually present similar ideas and points. They are very similar in terms of tone and theme. The tone in the poems “Hatred” and “The Century’s Decline” is negative and pessimistic. In the first stanza, Szymborska writes, “our century’s hatred. / How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles. / How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down” (“Hatred” 3-5). Also, in the fourth stanza, Szmborska writes, “Only hatred has just what it takes” (“Hatred” 28). The word “only” in this quote shows how different hatred is compared to any other behavior and feeling. In...
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...Room argument was developed by John Searle in the early 1980’s. The argument was designed to prove that strong artificial intelligence was not possible. While the argument itself is flawless, John Searle’s opinion that strong artificial intelligence is impossible is not. The Chinese room argument is really more of a thought provoking experiment. You are asked to imagine an English speaking man in a room, within this room there is nothing but tools to which he can translate Chinese symbols. The man in the room is passed these symbols through a slit on one side of the room, and using his tools he must translate them. Then, he passes the translations through the slit in the other side of the room, and to the people outside the room it looks like he understands Chinese. Searle’s argument is that just because it looks like the man understands the Chinese symbols, and has the tools to translate the Chinese Symbols, doesn’t mean he actually understands the symbols. Within this argument the man represents a computer. The symbols are given to the computer, the computers programming allows the computer to translate the symbols, and the computer gives an answer. At no point does this imply the computer understands the original information it was given. The computer was simply programmed to be able to function as such(Gams 231). Using words and substituting the word Computer for Strong Artificial Intelligence the argument would sound something similar to this. Computers can provide Answers...
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...30 November 2010 The Importance of a Father – Son Relationship The relationship between a father and a son can be expressed as perhaps the most important relationship that a man endures in his lifetime. This is the relationship that influences a man and all other relationships that a man has throughout his life. A strong father figure is important for a man to be able to mature into a man of strong character and a respectable citizen. In Arthur Millers, “Death of a Salesman”, the relationship between Willy and Biff is the example of a father and son relationship that is presented. Not having a strong father figure himself, Willy struggles with his character and that ultimately leads to a rift in his relationship with Biff and his neglect of Happy. Strong fathers play important roles in the lives of their sons and this is seen not only in literature, but also throughout history and in the world today. In “Death of a Salesman”, Willy’s non-existent relationship with his father and ideas of an American dream and what Willy wishes out of life, cause mass amounts of friction between him and his sons. It is evident in not only, “Death of a Salesman”, but in real life examples how having a strong father figure is important in fully developing into a man. Willy’s father left when he was young, and Willy describes this moment as, “…well, Dad left when I was such a baby and I never had a chance to talk to him and I still feel—kind of temporary about myself.” (Pg. 51) With that...
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...George Templeton Strong: Civil War Supporter George Templeton Strong was a remarkable man for his time. He was a supporter of the Civil War in various ways. Strong was very fascinated with war and took part in several organizations and committees that supported it. His actions toward the Civil War have forever changed history. Strong was born on January 26, 1820, in New York City. Growing up he lived in a musical household. This inspired him to compose music. Both of his parents were amateur musicians and encouraged Strong to learn instruments. His fathers was the President of the New York Philharmonic Society. He studied multiple instruments and sometimes joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Strong could play numerous instruments, such as the piano, oboe, and viola. Part of his musical education was from attending concerts and rehearsals. Strong had no brothers or sisters and was an only child. Strong...
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...water, water with clouds, and clouds with Ossian. Due to these connections Allah invite us for knowledge, research and thinking. We should observe and learn from nature, because we have an active connection with nature and all living beings. So it is human nature to feel a need for a strong relation, to feel kinship, unconditional acceptance, love, connection and belongingness from someone and somewhere. It means we have a strong relation with nature and humanity. Our Life is relational, it is impossible to exist outside of or apart from relationships and close ones involve people we see, talk to and hear daily. The relationship we have with them can be very good, very bad or somewhere in between. These close connections change us and enable us to influence change in others. Every person will move through many different relationships during the course of their life. Relations are not a collection of peoples it is collection of care, respect and help. Mr. Leo F. Buscaglia writes a very beautiful quote. "Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness." A strong relation is like a connection between mother and child. This happens even in the womb of his or her mother. The child shares the moods of the mother. They experience the movements of the mother. They obviously share the same space. They sense when mother is conversing with others and...
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...Decline of Patriarchy In the traditional patriarchal system, males are the primary authoritative figure in society. Fathers control the home, and men control the institutions. Gender hierarchy inhibits female dominance over male because it makes women subordinate to men. This power is exerted in forms of masculinity. Masculine men are emotionless, strong, aggressive, competitive, and independent. They are able to show dominance over women because subordinate women contrast from these characteristics. In modern day however, male dominance is becoming less and less prevalent in society. Media including television shows, movies, and magazines, has begun to create a more womanlike, emotional masculinity. It is less emasculating than it used to be to act in stereotypically feminine ways. Women are objectifying men almost as much as men are objectify women. Having traits that are not stereotypically masculine has become an acceptable life for a man, creating uniformity between the two genders. The feminization of men in media is creating equality amongst men and women because it is empowering women to eradicate the traditional patriarchal structure. Putting men on display is opening the opportunity for women to judge and objectify men. As Bordo says in her article “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body,” “It is feminine to be on display” (135). Being put on display takes away a person’s freedom. It takes away the ability to be oneself, and welcomes self-consciousness, inferiority, and...
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...they thought about man and women. In the society’s common sense, male should be strong with muscle, know a lot of knowledge and have a mature mental. Women should don’t have too much power and always be protected by others. However, that’s all the general idea about male and female. Masculine and feminine shouldn’t all to be like that. Traditionally, people consider man to be brave and able to handle everything. In one of the scene from Roman Legend, a father is giving his sons weapon to let them fight in the war. At the same time, the sons were giving their hand to their father for the sword to show that they were brave enough to went on the battle. On the contrast, women in this scene were just sitting and sadly crying because they were weak and timid. In some other ideas, Men also have more responsibility to devote themselves to build a better society, just like the sons in that scene. However, besides strong in physical, the devotion also require man to be strong in mental, which means that all man should learn enough knowledge and be philosophical and full of wisdom. Kipling Rudyard provide another version of manhood in his poem “if”. According to his letter which was wrote to his son, man should have magnificent mind. If someone can trust themselves when others...
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...Manchester United lost the Premier League title on the last day of the season, but they still lay claim to another title, though: The world’s most valuable sports team. Forbes estimates Manchester United (Man Utd) is now worth $2.23 billion, 19% more than No. 2 Real Madrid, which is worth $1.88 billion. *What are the main sources of equity for the Man Utd? Brand equity is the most important asset of organization. Why a number of world-wide fans are fanatical about Man Uted? It is hard to choose the one thing, but I’d like to tell that Man Utd’s main source of brand equity is ‘Good Perceived Quality.’ Perceived quality drives financial performance, often a major strategic thrust of products, and linked to and often drives other aspects of how a brand is perceived. Man Utd had a lot of hardships and was in adversity in their history. Overcoming many troubles, they played interestingly and have a lot of talented players, so this gives the people catharsis when they watch aggressive and dynamic matches of Man Utd. Thereby getting across this perceived quality to people, they love Man Uted as a brand. **What does Man Utd’s CBBE pyramid look like? 1. Brand Identity: Salience- England premier league football team 2. Brand Meaning Performance- with talented players, excellent performing foot ball team, landed many kinds of championships during long time. Imagery for the public- self-esteem when customer using, wearing their items historical, experienced Imagery...
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...percentage. What is distinctive about MMBC’s product/ customers? As a product mountain beer has the following distinctive characteristics; smoothness and drinkability, distinctive bitter flavor, slight higher than average alcohol content, also enhance overall image of product, original 1925 design with coal miners’ authenticity and history, and brown bottle accentuating the beer’s dark color taste, ‘strong’. – Whereas, costumer distinctive characteristics would include the following; in stark contrast to other domestic beers, drinkers of Mountain Man Lager skews heavily towards male, 81% compared to 58% for domestic light beers and 68% for domestic premium beers. Mountain Man Lager drinkers are also on the lower income range compared to other domestic beers. In addition, drinkers of Mountain Man Lager also skew older, 64% over the age of 45 compared to 48% for domestic light beers and 49% for domestic premium beers. This customer segment seems to be very brand loyal and influenced by their reference groups. On the other hand, some study participant when asked said: “My dad drank Mountain Man just like my granddad did. How is MMBC’s promotion different and effective? Traditional advertising was not used to promote its products instead the company focused on grass roots marketing as a means of advertising the brand. By using this method the brand focused on local marketing activities thus making the brand...
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...manhood is that men are to be strong and powerful. Normally males demonstrate a being strong and have a powerful exterior, while females usually show that they are full of inertial emotions. Common Manhood motifs shown in in Macbeth are tied together with strength, power, physical courage, and force. The characters in the Macbeth use the idea of manhood to instigate one another into fighting, just to serve their own benefits the characters have manipulated their ideas of manliness. Masculinity becomes a trait that is manipulated by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. Lady Macbeth manipulates Macbeth by making him questioning his manhood and convincing him to murder the King of Scotland, Duncan. The same way Lady Macbeth manipulates her husband. Another example would be how Macbeth convinces the three murderers he hired to kill Banquo and Fleance by questioning them, and making them question their own power and masculinity. One point of view of masculinity could be its dominance over femininity. The first women that appear in the play are the witches. When they meet Macbeth for the first time, he “start and seem to fear” (1.3.54) their prophecies. While it is not shown in the play, there is also a wish that...
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...Many people can’t look past one’s flaws no matter what the person has done for them. Man can be a hero in spite of having some flaws. In Arthur Miller’s story The Crucible, the town of Salem is faced with a “witch problem”. Twelve girls claim they can see witches and accuse innocent women of witchcraft. This leads to many innocent people being put in jail, some of them put to death. The only way you could get out of being accused of witchcraft is if you confess. The confessing is what kept the trials going because then the people of Salem continue to think witchcraft exists. John Proctor, one of the main characters, had the flaw of adultery with Abigail Williams, one of the twelve girls accusing of witchcraft, but John still fought for justice in Salem. Throughout the story John was truthful, selfless, and strong. Some say that the truth can set you free. In John Proctors case, it cages him up. John tells the judges about his affair with Abigail to stop her and the girls from the witchcraft accusations and to free his wife. When he tells the truth, he realizes he is not a perfect man, but he is fighting for the right thing. I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a...
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...General; this is the main conflict. General Zaroff is an aggressive, uncivilized and confident man, Richard Connell proves he is the antagonist of this short narrative. “The Most Dangerous Game” proves General Zaroff is an aggressive individual an example of this proves in the short story: “ When I shot some of his prized turkeys with it, he did not punish me; he complimented me on my marksmanship. I killed my first bear in the...
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...different types of masculinity, but one type of those types of masculinity alone does not make a man truly masculine. What makes a man truly masculine, is being able to find a balance in between physical and mental strength. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Banquo, and Macduff all exemplify different types of masculinity, but only Macduff is truly masculine, because he exemplifies both physical and mental strength, and is able to find a balance between the two of them. Macbeth and Banquo both exemplify masculine traits, but they never find a balance in between physical and mental strength, like Macduff does. Macbeth is physically strong, but he is unable to find mental strength,...
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