Albert Speer

2) a,b : This passage is taken from "What is Enlightenment", by Immanuel Kant, from the first page of the essay. Kant is criticizing the over dependence of a grown up individual for nurturing and caretaking and possibly resisting the responsibilities brought to him. He says these deficiencies are caused by laziness and cowardice. Kant states that enlightenment is a man freeing himself from self-imposed nonage. He moves on explaining the reasons why this nonage takes place, and then moves on…

He who is guilty and driven by ambition will be blindly pulled around until justice stares him in the face. The Lion King by Roger Allers and Macbeth by Shakespeare are two very different pieces of work but have similar themes throughout. The Lion King and Macbeth have two character in which guilt haunts them in different ways. Blood is significant in both pieces of literature because the main characters feel that they cannot get the blood of others off their hands. Both characters go on a…

The philosopher Albert Camus paints and bleak picture of the human existence, saying that our lives have no meaning and are, as a consequence absurd, because all our efforts are futile and hopeless. However, if we can accept that choice is intrinsic to a thinking being, then we can admit to ourselves that everything we do, no matter how insignificant, possesses some meaning and it gives our existence purpose. There are two certainties in life deduced by the thinking of Rene Descartes; one is…

1. What did Robert Sapolski initially note in his studies of baboons in terms of social rank? How did social rank specifically impact his baboons stress? Firstly, he decided to do testing on baboons because he noticed that baboons usually spend around 3 hours finding food for the day than the rest of the time they did whatever, that’s we he noticed more about the baboons. He found out that they all seemed to fight or stress one another out the rest of the day. By doing more studying, he found…

The movie “one flew over cuckoo’s nest” brilliantly directed by Molis Forman represents a miniature version of society. The movie addresses the society as a ruthless and efficient machine that confines each and every one in its narrow rules. The movie is set up in a mental institution which is representing the society. There is always an authority figure in society that binds everyone together. It can be anything like rule or a person. Every time whenever there is any kind of suppression there…

An immediate intervention that could be used to mitigate Joey’s disruptive behavior is to establish a reward system. Joey’s disruptive behavior is motivated by a need for adult attention that manifests in the form of talking out of turn, loudly and off topic. The antecedents include: interrupting when the teacher gives attention to his classmates, talking louder if he feels he is being ignored, and off topic outbursts when he is disengaged or bored. Since this behavior persists all throughout…

The definition of honorable is highest respect; esteem. I think honorable Font means that it is someone being praised or does something good. They deserve to be honored. Some accomplishments of Alfred Wegener is he proposed the theory of continental drift – the idea that Earth’s continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and 1929, it was rejected by most other scientists. It was only in the 1960s that continental drift…

The setting of The Giver is extremely dull. In the story there is no true happiness or pain. Everything is controlled and rules are demanded to be followed. The people see their world in black and white. There is no vibrancy in the objects, which is symbolic to the way the characters felt. The townspeople were neutral inside, never possessing feelings of extreme happiness or sadness. The literary techniques and devices are descriptive in how they help the reader understand how Jonas feels about…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a man who stood up for his beliefs even until death. He left us an example of what a true Christian person is like. He lived in the time of World War II and the Holocaust. And because of his involvement as a spy during the World War II, opposing the Nazi government, and maintaining a leadership role in the Confessing Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is remembered as a very important individual in the fight against human injustice. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on…

In the scene which has been attached above, one of the characters, Lon, states his opinion on what makes someone an adult. He believes that age has nothing to do with the matter of being an “adult”. Although Lon is clearly a legal adult, as he has gotten married and subsequently is in the process of divorce, he does not appear to consider himself as an adult. After the Luci says “We’re both adults here”, Lon responds with “Believe what you want.” This response indicates that Lon does not…