Dangerous goods

members drank to the memory of a man that they said was a fine hunter and honest man. - A picture of Ian posing with ivory tusks and a rifle. According to Paul Smith, several people are killed during big game hunts each year. It is notoriously dangerous, but people know that they are taking a risk when they go on the hunt. More importantly, Zimbabwe desperately needs the money from hunting to finance the national park system and prevent poaching. The Dallas hunting club that Gibson took…

“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don 't do anything about it”. (Albert Einstein, Brainy quote, 2015). The reason that I begin with this quote is because of its correlation between people and places. Both a person and a place can have good and evil inside of them. However, the subject matter is not a person, but of a place. A place that doesn’t require a specific name, but a simple one at that. This place is known as a…

pressure of the period’s values, and this was reflected on the concern of what was ‘good’ and ‘bad’ (or in other words, ‘evil’) that was represented in the literature produced at that time. Good could be defined as ‘having in a large or adequate degree the qualities or properties desirable in something of the specified kind; of high or acceptable quality, standard, or level’, whereas evil would be ‘the antithesis of good in all its principal senses’. As the definitions show, they are opposites…

our society because our human nature causes us to want to see the good in people rather than the bad. Everyone has a good side but it’s up to you to look past the bad in order to see the good. Everyone in life has to get through certain milestones and there are stereotypes against everyone in society. Whether it be your skin, religion, house, or money it doesn’t matter because no one is free from stereotypes. We all want to see the good in everyone and not focus on the bad, but often times it’s…

‘influences’ that young girls have are setting unrealistic and unhealthy standards. For most girls they are striving for a thigh gap and small waist which they’re trying to achieve by starving themselves or taking medications that could be potentially dangerous. The thing with dieting is that you aren’t getting all the nutrients you need, and for a growing child getting those nutrients is very important. (Robinson) As Wilde once said, “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Twenty year…

Have you ever been in a situation that you feel like doing the right thing, even when others might do something different? Everyone has courage, but what is rare is when people actually show it. In The Diary of Anne Frank Play (written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Mr. Dussel are all Jewish people who need to go into hiding to stay safe during World War 2. Miep Gies is one of the people that helps hide them. Miep shows courage by helping the…

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck is a novel that heavily relies on the concept of good versus evil. Without this concept, many storylines would chang and the setting of the story would also be different. East of Eden has many prominent topics and arguable points, however a major part of the story is that good versus evil has a major impact on the novel and is a central idea in the dichotomy in the book. Also, many characteristics of characters can relate to events that happen in the book of…

difficult or impossible to create a free union. There are many violations of health and safety conditions. The workers are sometimes exposed to dangerous exhalations, especially when the sanding technique of jeans is used, a technique which consists of throwing sand at very high pressure to obtain a worn appearance and which is especially very dangerous for the health of the workers. Following pressure from NGOs revealing the widespread use of this technique, brands like H&M or Levi Strauss were…

The brands of the group, all with their personal identity are linked to the same philosophy: mix of tradition & modernity, high quality, creativity and functionality. The company produces shoes and leather goods in its…

nefarious, loathsome, and wicked people cause havoc to the innocent for their own purpose not thinking of consequences. When these two forces collided it truly is hell on earth. It’s a battle that goes all out trying to stop each other in which sometimes good won’t always win. In today’s society when…