Contradiction

Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” begins as a benign and familiar tale of a misunderstood teenager: the protagonist, fifteen year old Connie, rebelliously expresses her sexuality, as she painstakingly feints the hindrance devised by mother. Connie as perceived by mother suffers from an overindulgence of one’s appearance – “excessive gawking at one’s self, excessive hair spray, excessive day dreaming”. Though, in all honesty, Connie exhibits the traits of most, if…

1. Why does Mario Vargas Llosa say that “only in the cultural arena is Latin America’s integration a reality”? Llosa says, “only in the cultural arena is Latin America’s integration a reality”; he is trying to portray that cultural aspects, like writing and art, have found what “unites” Latin America, where as in other areas, such as politics, have failed to define what brings Latin America together, but more of a separation. What Llosa is portraying here is that the creators of Latin America…

the ERA is the solution to preventing workplace discrimination. These people claim to reject the concept of female privilege in the workplace. However, the admission of an amendment specifically catered to accommodate working women seems to be a contradiction to what people in support of the ERA claim to stand…

Andrew Carnegie in “Gospel of Wealth” talks about the problem people were facing in 1889 was the administration of wealth, which was the era of industrial revolution. He was a person who didn’t want equality between wealthy and rich people, he always said rich people are the fittest and they should be. He gave reasons for what he said, people are poor because of themselves, they don’t work and don’t have education to progress. Carnegie was anti charity and didn’t support people who needed help.…

In spite of their differences, I will argue that they are both distinctly. The core of Hannah Arendt’s theory of organized remembrance requires an element of interpretation on behalf of the individual through reflection. For remembrance at once, requires the exercise of thinking – ‘thinking which, withdrawal from the world of appearances is the only essential precondition’ (Arendt, 1978: 78). Furthermore, thinking, as reflection ‘always implies remembrance; every thought is strictly speaking an…

professionals in a wealthy economy, but who have artistic hobbies and desires which New Belgium Brewery refers to as “follies.” Furthermore, this concept was constructed around cultural branding: Branding that addresses major contradictions in national culture. Likewise, the contradictions created great anxieties and desires, and the brands have achieved success with consumers by communicating a myth-a simple story that acts as a salve, reducing consumers’ anxieties or satisfying a desire.…

that one must act according to the maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law of nature. From this he states that a right action is one that can be universalized without contradiction and a wrong action is one that cannot be universalized without contradiction. This theory affected my position on the Moral Point of View because it believes in moral absolutes. This means that every action is either right or wrong. I do not believe that with the Moral Point…

PHIL-1600, Exam 2, Instructor: Chapman 2 1. Lay out and explain the distinction between an a priori argument for the existence of God and an a posteriori argument for the existence of God and identify which type of argument the Ontological Argument is and which type of argument the Cosmological Argument is. • A Posterior Argument: Relies substantively on empirical promises, sensory experience, and observations. o The cosmological argument is an a posterior argument • A Priori Argument: Doesn’t…

America has always symbolized the land of freedom and opportunity to many of the immigrants. Many came to America seeking for better jobs, better homes, and better lives. However, each group of immigrants struggled with racial formation as they faced all sorts of structural barriers and derogatory representations. Among the immigrants, Irish and Jews were two of the groups who successfully assimilated into the society relatively quickly. These two groups were able to improve their status from…

theories about life that aren’t always true. Such as, Santa Clause, as a kid you loved Santa and believed with all your heart until you were told or found out otherwise. This illustrates that we have not experienced life first hand. These little contradictions that we experience keep us imaginative and filled with creativity. I was young when I believed that all fish could kill me. This belief made me petrified to swim in lakes and oceans. This was rough for me because my parents had a boat and…