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of ‘cultural apoptosis’: the ‘cells’, or individuals, subject to the culture of the body, self-destruct when stimuli or a suppressing agent is introduced in the systemic removal of damaged, disrupted, or unwanted cells. The synthesis of humanity predicates a break in the ‘chain of signifiers’; whereby, individuation therefore has a ‘half-life’: “Just as [the tightrope walker] reached the middle of his course [a] buffoon sprang out[:] ‘Forward, lame-foot!’ cried his fearsome voice, ‘forward…

The text under analysis entitled “Karen” belongs to emotive prose style and to the genre of short story. It is an excerpt from the novel by Edwina Currie “A Parliamentary Affair”. The episode takes place in the house of the main character Karen, a teenage girl. The child is alone at home at Christmas (“School was finished”, “loads of people were flying away for the holiday” and “the heating had switched on automatically”). The story tells the reader about the loneliness of the girl growing up…

These can be single syllable words like, car or prefixes and suffixes. The next element of language is syntax. Syntax are the rules that are followed in grammar applied to phrases and sentences. For example each sentence most have a subject and predicate. Finally there is semantics which decides the definition of words. (pg.…

What are the financial risks of pediatricians who own their practice of offering assistance to less fortunate people in the United States? Pediatricians are doctors for children. Doctors treat all type of general diseases that cause illness to children. They give hope to the parents that will be a way for their children to be treated. It is a hard job for doctors to know what causes the pain to the kids, but doctors do the best in their ability to communicate with them and figure out what is…

Throughout time the definition of a “hero” has been shown to be interchangeable with everybody's views being comparative as well as contrasting that’s why we as people view the idea of heroism as dynamic for example, Thor Heyerdahl once said, “I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.” He describes how heroism becomes achieved with…

epistemology is the feminist critique of the field. Propositional epistemology is the idea that a subject knows a proposition, simplified in atomic language as “S knows P”, where S, stands in for any possible knower and P stands in for any possible predicate. Many epistemologist never truly thought of the importance of who the…

The Oxford Dictionary defines a musical as “A play or film in which singing and dancing play an essential part” (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.). In contemporary society, musicals can be seen to fit into two distinct categories: theatrical and motion picture. The notion of a theatrical musical has descended from the use of music and dance on stage in ancient Greece, 5th century BCE. However, it was during the depression that musicals hit the mainstream and the climax of their popularity as people would…

In this world of 140 characters, instant messages, and emails possessing good business writing skills are still important. When email or other written communication is sent, it is out there for people to judge. Your correspondences not only reflect on you, but on your organization as well, so it’s essential to get it right. For my development goal, I decided to improve my written communication skills by completing several courses through our Judicial Online University (JOU). The eleven…

St. Augustine argued in the fifth century that religious persecution was not only moral, but also a Christian duty. Over time, people somewhat learned to articulate misgivings about St. Augustine’s claim. Michel de Montaigne responded by noting no absolute evidence for one religion or another exists and that people cannot torture others without presenting evidence of a misdeed. If one could not prove his or her own religion, one could not hold following another religion as criminal. In a…

To further dissect the syllogism we must note that each argument has a subject, in this case “Robee” is the subject. The syllogistic argument also has a predicate term and a copula. Logic deals only with declarative sentences that are used for the purpose of making assertions. To declare that all dogs have four legs and that since Robee is a dog, it is only valid to assume that Robee has four legs as well…