Wikipedia? Define Wikipedia? Wikipedia is a free online open source encyclopedia that is written and edited through user contributions. Founded in 2001 by Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales the company is owed by a not-for –profit group called the Wikimedia Foundation. Originally, Wikipedia was located in Florida and had more than one hundred servers. In 2007, the company moved its headquarters to San Francisco to accommodate the growth of the organization. Two years later, Wikimedia maintained more than…
The whole foundation of his party was opposition to the Weimer Republic and the Treaty of Versailles. In his Proclamation to the German Nation speech, delivered at the Sportpalast in Berlin, Germany on February 10th of 1933, Hitler addresses the economic issues of the…
technology, “selfies”, and social media obsessed teenagers who think that they are entitled to everything this world has to offer, that is exactly how the millennial generation is perceived. The millennial generation is “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow,” this is the opinion of American Journalist, Joel Stein, in his blog post, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation.” Stein’s purpose is to not downgrade the millennial generation in his post, but to enlighten the audience that, statistically;…
John Donne argues that having a physically intimate relationship means that the love between two people is shallow, however I disagree and feel that a couple can be affectionate while also maintaining a strong, spiritual connection. It is healthy to have a physical connection in order to have a successful relationship. There are many reasons to support this idea. For example, the foundation and backbone…
The elusive American Dream. The quintessential stereotype that supposedly outlines the ideal American life: success, personal fulfillment, and wealth. A long-debated concept that famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald clearly addressed in all of his novels. Fitzgerald himself lived and breathed The American Dream during the Roaring Twenties. He searched for The American Dream only to discover that the “dream” is merely an illusion of the pursuit of happiness. The "dream" remains a mirage to the middle…
Verses 4-6 of this passage state, “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed…
working with the families and children, I have to be aware of my own biases because it will influence the judgment and expectation. Off course, I want people to understand the real values of my personal, to judge me with reason, but not generally some shallow stereotypical judgment. Always be open to seeing other perspectives and may learn…
should aspire to. Some ideals inherent in such a worldview are Utopian in nature- most would agree that society should attempt to form the best citizens possible; however at the same time such a philosophy contradicts the ideals which serve as the foundation of modern western society. Brave New World explicitly condemns such forms of censorship, stating that to be free is to feel pain and sadness as well as pleasure and a society which restricts one 's ability to experience the spectrum of life…
Dada artwork represents the collapse of bourgeois cultural values and mocks the rational thought’s foolery and even the foundations of modern society. Dada had readymade objects which transformed ordinary objects into works of art. Surrealism, on the other hand, focuses on how “Criminal Madness” and the female mind are considered weaker and irrational than the male mind. Their…
Only a Dream As provocative and as lethal as Snow White’s poison apple, the American dream is a running theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, “The Great Gatsby.” Jay Gatsby, the peculiar main character, represents both the beauty and reality of the American dream. Gatsby’s character uncovers the true corruption behind the dazzling opulence of the twenties. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald makes thoughtful and often critical observations about the impossibility of the American dream. The American dream…