Prudence

In the mid-eighties, the Toro Company launched a promotion in which snow blower purchasers could refund a portion of their purchase if the next winter brought modest snowfalls. The amount of their refund was tied to snowfall amounts and so, the program was prey to certain risks and uncertainties. The risks of the program will be analyzed from the point of view of the Toro Company, the insurance company, and the consumers. This author will explain why the insurance company decided to raise…

The First Lady of the United States is not elected, her position is not defined, and her role is informal. She is not paid for her work, and there is no official documentation of responsibilities for her to follow, yet her position is both accepted and expected throughout the United States. Her actions represent and reflect the current president’s administration, and she serves a political and social platform in the country. Each woman creates her own version of what the position of First Lady…

Paine believes that government should be elected. “Prudence will point out the propriety of having elections often: because as the elected might by that means return and mix again with the general body of the electors in a few months, their fidelity to the public will be secured by the prudent reflection…

Ancient Greeks lives center on their gods, and their daily lives consist of trying to live as piously as possible. Piety is the core moral laws during this time. To live piously is to live in harmony with the gods. It is extremely important that they must please the gods, that to act any other ways, acting impiously, is illegal and will result in punishment. Socrates is one philosopher that lives during this time. Socrates would go about the city, questioning people about their beliefs and…

distance rather than become one of them is what makes his character so fascinating. Although Nick attends the parties and get togethers with these upper class characters, he does not long for the glamorous lifestyle they live. His personal integrity and prudence make him the perfect dramatic foil from that of the Buchanans or Jordan. As much as the people around him try to usher him further into their world, like when Gatsby tries to give Nick a job, he kindly refuses. When Tom and Myrtle bring…

America. Created in a time of need, America began, to the European eyes, a new and dangerous place. The New World was indeed perilous to the numerous colonists who settled there, but it offered great potential for success. At the beginning, the majority of the settlers perished in the unfamiliar landscape filled with unfamiliar threats. For several settlers, the risks would eventually pay off. As their survival became less uncertain, the American colonies lived fairly autonomous lives. Many…

Don’t Fear the Witch There are many things that can come to mind when one hears “witchcraft”. Classic films like “Hocus Pocus”, “The Craft”, “The Blair Witch Project” and many more are famous for their plots that revolve around the antics of witches. The witches are shown to have supernatural abilities such as being able to shapeshift, levitate objects, turn people into animals, and invoke spirits. Delving into the darker side of the topic, the taboo word can incite thoughts of animal sacrifices…

In their book, Washington and Hamilton: the Alliance that Forged America, authors Stephen F. Knott and Tony Williams describe how the unique and “indispensable relationship” between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton became essential to the founding of America. Knott (a professor of national security affairs at the United States Naval War College in Rhode Island) and Williams (the professional development director at the Bill of Rights Institute and program director of the Washington,…

new sensations, no matter ones age. In the second stanza, Ulysses has a tone of reassurance for his audience. Ulysses is talking about his son and how he is a polar opposite from him. Telemachus is, ““…discerning to fulfill/ This labour, by slow prudence to make mild/ a rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees/ Subdue them to the useful and the good” (lines 35-38), as Ulysses claims. On the other hand, Ulysses can barely stand the thought of staying in one place forever. He builds up the idea of…

From the beginning of time women were looked at as not having the capabilities to do the same things men did. As time progressed women gained new rights and were recognized for their capabilities to do much more than they were allowed. For example, the writers Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, they were two women’s who believed that women should be able to do a lot more than just be child bearers or home makers. Some of the short stories that they have published are “The Story of an…