Desperate Measures

though many kids are smarter and more logical than their elders. In Orson Scott Card’s, Ender’s Game, adults attempt to sway the mind of the child genius and protagonist, Ender Wiggin. One important theme in Ender’s Game is that adults will go to any measure to get children to do what they want, even if they ruin their childhoods along the way. One adult who manipulates Ender is Graff. Graff isolated Ender by saying he is more intelligent than other boys and putting him in army's that consist…

Grow Through What You Go Through Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player to ever live. However, his climb to the top was not all rainbows and sunshine. During his sophomore year in high school he was cut from his high school team because he was too short. He cried in his room for the rest of the day. Eventually he picked himself up, worked harder than everyone else, and the rest is history. Every failure teaches a valuable lesson. So, it can be viewed as virtually a necessity for both…

famished people live who would be desperate for the income) 2. Compiling people to donate by undermining autonomy (once again focusing on those who are poor and uneducated) 3. Crowding out intrinsic motivation (Dollars will destroy altruism) and finally 4. It will degrade personal dignity (Shaw. Bell. ND). Exploitation of the ignorant, poor and desperate is the direct cause of procuring organs illegally for the cause of doing like saving procedures. If there are legal measures in place that…

In the article, “Why are Police Disciplining Students?” (The Atlantic, October 29, 2015) written by Seth Stoutan and Josh Gupta-Kagan, argue that police should only handle matters that pose a real threat to the school and the surrounding community. They should leave the responsibility to the parents and teachers to deal with the students in non-threatening situations. The authors support this main idea by using real-life examples to prove this so the audience has evidence to believe that police…

When placed in a desperate situation, the human mind tends to grasp at any sort of escape possible. In James Joyce's "Araby," readers are introduced to the narrator, a young boy, who has to face such a situation. Living in a difficult environment, the unnamed narrator fixates himself on his neighbor's sister, who he finds beautiful. Through descriptions of the wearisome environment and its effect on the young boy, examples of emotion towards Mangan's sister from the narrator and use of symbols,…

With the rise of attention to meeting the recommend nutritional needs and the growth of the poor, in the British society. “Dispatches: Breadline Kids” a documentary, showing the struggles the common poor, was made. Following 3 families from a different part of England, with different struggles and different reasons on why they have become a part of those who live on the breadline. The family who lives in Hull consist of two daughters and a single mother. Becky who is 13 and Rose who is 8 1/2,…

“Hard Measures,” is a book written from the perspective of Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr. and can easily be categorized as the most controversial story told regarding the aggressive CIA actions that followed after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. As I began to read this book I was immediately able to see Jose’s desperate attempt to justify his actions as the former Chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. My first question was why he felt so compelled to write a book…

The irony behind it is that his proposal is anything but modest, and perhaps by referring to his plan as being modest, it only helps intensify his true message. That the impoverished sections of Ireland are desperate for help and a solution. The brutality of Swift’s work undoubtedly caught people’s attention, which was certainly his goal, seeing as how not much at all was being done to help. Or perhaps he was using the intensity of his work to create a dramatization…

was reigning over the Roman Empire. He strongly partook in persecuting the early church, making it difficult for early Christians to spread the Gospel. However, this would not stop the Good News from being proclaimed, so Nero went to more desperate measures. In one instance he even blamed a massive fire in Rome on the Christians, while trying to turn the common people against…

Showcasing that people are never satisfied with what they have, always yearning for what they do not yet possess. Willing to go to extreme measures to get it through ambition. Macbeth carries out a regicide against King Duncan with the support of his wife. Their deteriorating, guilt comes strongly into fruition during the course of the play because they slowly become paranoid about being caught…