Destruction

thriving in the 1920’s. People could afford to look the American dream as the “American goal.” In The Great Gatsby,Fitzgerald gives multiple characters individual moments of insight, in which they discover that the American dream causes more destruction than good. For Daisy, Myrtle, and Gatsby, this goal eventually destroyed them. Daisy was already…

The Latest Weapon of Mass Destruction: Technology As a result of humans being intelligent and resourceful, the technology age began with the invention of simple stone tools to survive in nature. Over time the discovery of fire progressed to candles and ultimately to electricity. Communication evolved from pictographic writing to the telegraph and now to smart phones and computers. Medical advances such as x-rays and MRIs are essential in health care, and the internet offers digital information…

Simulations of the Destruction of Humanity Many would confirm human behavior is based on what is taught and what is common etiquette in certain cultures. Typically, at a young age is when learning takes place the most from parents and family. Childhood is a very important time due to the desire to know everything and parents must make sure they take the right steps in teaching good habits. The knowledge of the parent certainly aids the brain growth of a child and how stable to the household is…

Pride Leads to Destruction Mary Shelley, the author of the well known Frankenstein, centered her novel around two dynamic characters. In this Gothic novel, protagonist Victor Frankenstein bestows life upon lifeless matter, which becomes the antagonist. Victor grew up in affluence and under the aegis of loving parents. Also, he grew up during the transition from natural philosophy to a modern system of science. At age seventeen, Victor’s pursuit of knowledge became arduous. He abandoned his…

Agent Orange: A Weapon of Destruction The infamous Brutus from the play, Julius Caesar, used the idea of the end justifies the means to rationalize his decision to kill Caesar for the greater good of the Roman Republic. This idea had been used by many throughout history to justify their morally wrong actions for the greater good. The United States federal government might have argued that the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War and dumping more than 11 million gallons of Agent Orange…

Introduction Deforestation is essentially the destruction of the forest by human beings. It not just influences the plants and animals living in the forest, as well as the earth and us humans living on it. On top of that, People can 't get by without the forests; the forest purify our air and water, in addition to the Forest ' trees prevent erosion, fires, droughts, and flooding. Forests are home to plants and animals that supply different levels of the world’s food chain and the help of which…

Revenge is not always the answer and can turn into a bunch of people getting hurt or killed if handled the wrong way. Destruction is the result of revenge in the wrong hands. In the play, Hamlet, we see one of the motifs, revenge, result in tragedy and death. In the beginning of the play Hamlet sees a ghost of his father who has passed away. The ghost tells him to avenge his death by stating, “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (1.4.29). This demonstrates that the ghost wants Hamlet to…

Osteoporosis is becoming more and more common in the present environment of fast food, drugs, and sedentary lifestyles. For example, empty-calorie foods with little nutrients are depleting body systems, such as the skeletal system, of what they really need. The National Osteoporosis Foundation suggests that approximately fifty-four million Americans suffer from this condition, and the numbers are expected to escalate. What can be done to help these individuals get what their body really needs?…

The Destruction of Dreams We’ve all been there, wanting something we know is impossible, dreaming of becoming something we just can’t become. That’s The American Dream, the wanting of something so out of reach, something that seems so good but in reality it’s just a false fixation. The American Dream is not necessary to society because it gives people unrealistic ideals, because society tells us what to want. The American Dream just ends up disappointing people. An example of this is from The…

In “The Creative Destruction of Medicine” dated July 12, 2013, by Eric Topal said that technology advancements have made it possible for people to use portable devices to access medical information; therefore, we have easy access to information. Due to the advancements, our lives have been radically changed. For this reason, tech for the ill who are stuck in their homes just got a lot better. They are now able to use a system called InRead invented by Teads. This device allows these ill people…