No Definite Answer

that he can be the key to America’s victory as a whole, he believes it’s also up to America to change and be respectable to each other in this speech. Obama wants to reconstruct justice in everyone’s favor. In the past, fairness was in question, “The answer to slavery question already imbedded within our constitution that had at its very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law…” (Obama p3). Obama believes that the constitution wasn’t enough to effectively allow everyone to be treated…

Water shortage is growing more and more prominent each day. “By 2030 almost half the world will live under conditions of high water stress.” – Powers 2015. In the last 50 years the population has doubled. The growth followed by economic development and industrialization has drastically changed our ecosystems and we have lost biodiversity because of it. The lack of water that we have had affects every single continent and around 2.8 billion people in the world at least once a year.…

Many myths and stories contain similarities in plot, content, and outcome. In the “Great Flood” myth and The Book of Eli their story displayed prior, during and after their heroes’ journey relate and are reflections of the ancient and modern day cultures that created them. God saw the “wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Speiser). In the “Great Flood” myth God is regretful for creating man and has decided…

People have continuously asked the question of whether serial killers are born or made. Researchers have done countless studies to provide the world with an answer. Truth be told, despite all of the research, there is still no definite answer (Allely, Minnis and Thompson). Of course, something is mentally wrong with a person if they desire killing other human beings, but the decision to act on this desire is based solely on other influences that caused the person to make that choice. People are…

What answers would you have given to the questions John faces regarding the fate of souls and the nature of pain in the world? (LitLovers (c) 2016) When people accept Jesus as their savior, they receive salvation and forgiveness. The term salvation comes from the Greek word sozo, “which is usually translated “saved”, can also mean healed, restored…”(273). In Marilynne Robinson novel Gilead we see the theme of salvation and forgiveness through out the book, and the characters. The novel is…

She is a woman, but she is not dainty. She can work as hard as any man and does not receive the treatment that is was thought women were supposed to. If we think of women based on a gendered definition, the answer to Sojourner’s question is no, because she didn’t behave like a woman, work like a woman, or get treated like a woman. The better way to look at this is from a biological perspective because it includes Sojourner and women like her. Women who do not…

In a time when every aspect of life was questioned such as government, religion, and personal liberty, philosophers questioned one aspect that had no definite answer, and this was human nature. Thomas Hobbes theorizes that humans are born evil, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that humans are naturally good. However, John Locke declared that humans are not innately good or evil. William Golding came back to the of innate human behavior during the 20th century when wrote the novel Lord of the…

The Catcher in the Rye and the Pursuit of Pipe Dreams The struggle to find and achieve a definite goal in our finite lives is at the epitome of the human experience. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, sixteen year old Holden Caulfield believes that his life’s work is to take on the impossible task of holding others back from growing up and losing their innocence. Holden’s quest and subsequent struggle to fulfill this goal leads him on a journey both physically and psychologically…

investigation into the Motion Pictures Association of America and its movie rating system. Through Dick’s examination, it becomes clear that the MPAA has several biases concerning sexuality, violence, and film producers. Because of these biases and a lack of definite ratings standards, Dick argues that the MPAA is not the moral backbone of the film industry it claims to be; it is a “subtle form of brainwashing,” censorship, and propaganda that works in favor of media conglomerates. His argument…

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Reverend Hale’s character changes dramatically over the course of the play. Fears of witchcraft had overwhelmed the town of Salem, so they called in a renowned witch hunter, Reverend Hale. When Mr.Hale initially came to Salem, he initially believed that there was definitely witchery present in the town. But the longer Hale stayed in Salem, he realized that his first thought may not have been true. By the time the play ended, the Reverend had altogether changed…