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Dan Dougherty Hist 489 Leonard 12/12/14 Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life is the product of a meticulously researched effort by Nicholas Phillipson to chronicle the entirety of Adam Smith’s life outside of just what information scholars have been able to glean from Smith’s few academic writings. Phillipson reconstructs Smith’s intellectual ancestry and explains what influenced Smith, and what Smith in turn gave to the rapidly changing philosophical culture of…

This novel tells the story of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith as they ruthlessly murder an innocent family, The Clutters, in search of wealth. Capote, compared to Shakespeare, does a much better job of portraying the burden of death. From the first hand experience report from Perry, Capote gives the reader a…

Jill Ker Conway grew up in an oscillating household, experiencing economic failure, personal tragedy, social isolation, and eventual financial success. A gifted student, Conway eventually fled Australia, citing psychological distress and professional stagnation. Conway’s upbringing was largely similar to a rural American girl in the middle twentieth century. Facing social limitations, economic hardship, and controlling parents, Conway received similar autonomy to female Americans. However, her…

Although he is most frequently regarded as the last great classical economist, Mill lived through an active period of nineteenth-century intellectual and socialist criticism of classical economics. Being the sensitive, humane individual and fiercely independent thinker that he was, Mill could not help but be affected by this criticism. (Ekelund & Hebert, 2007, p. 177). Mill Principles of Political Economy reflects the delicate balance between inductive and deductive reasoning. In matter of…

Through the use of rhetorical strategies, Truman Capote manipulates the reader’s emotions by portraying Perry Smith in In Cold Blood as a sympathetic character. Perry Smith, along with his partner Dick Hickock, murder the Clutters, a well loved family in the town of Holcomb, Kansas. This small town consists of people, who immediately outkast the murders because they only understand their own lives, and nothing outside of Holcomb. Although there are two murderers, this rhetorical analysis will…

Diversity is an important trait in a business or your life in general. There are very many reasons as to why this is a true statement. Diversity is a range ofor different things or a variety. It could be a very beneficial trait to have but could also be very hard to find that trait, especially when you live in the same environment for a long period of time. There are a few ways to explore and find this part of you, but many cannot. Diversity is the key to creativity. What does diversity mean to…

Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Karl Marx were three opposing philosophers during the Enlightenment with their own interpretations on government and people. Hobbes believed society needed an absolute monarchy, “to confer all their power and strength upon one man.” Locke said that human nature had natural rights, and were therefore “not to be under the will or legislative authority of man.” Finally, Marx believed in communism, in which belongings are public. All of the philosophies had their own…

In order to become talented in a specific sport it takes practice, patience, and athleticism but over time it is very possible for an ordinary person to achieve this status. However, in order to become the best in the world, that presents a completely different story. Through the eyes of both Tom “Digger” Stapleton and Sadie Jorgensen in Angie Abdou’s novel The Bone Cage, the reader quickly learns the difference between becoming an athlete and becoming an Olympian. Both of these Olympic hopefuls…

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath relies heavily on shift in tone and topic to portray the ongoing descent into depression that is the basic story arch for the main character Esther Greenwood. Plath employs a large arsenal of techniques to convey the necessary shifts in the novel. One of the most obvious methods is a direct statement of shift by a character. The direct shift is combined with hints through typical behavior, such as crying. Plath also uses contrasting statements both through Esther…

Electroshock Therapy is a treatment option for patients with depression that induces surges of electricity that cause small seizures in the brain. Despite an 80% success rate, this method, when used incorrectly, has the potential to incapacitate patients, worsening their condition. One of the few unlucky people whose life was drastically changed bythe inadequate application of this treatment was Sylvia Plath. Shaping American feminism and contemporary poetry, Sylvia Plath is one of the most…