The Bare Necessities

Dante’s Inferno and “The Uncommitted” Some people stay in bed all day and only get up to do the bare necessities ; while other people get up every morning with the mindset that they are going to change the world. In Dante’s Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri, nearly every punishment is intended to represent a contrapasso, a reflection of being punished equally for the sinner’s crime. Dante’s Inferno is an epic poem whose writing began in 1308 and was completed in 1320, which was a year before…

Solitary confinement is the defined as “a punishment program requiring isolation of an inmate in a cell” (Allen et al., 2016). It is a punishment within a prison that attempts to punish institutional rule violations and “protect” prisoners that are unsafe to stay among the general population. Solitary confinement is used frequently in the American justice system to punish and control inmate behavior if it doesn’t meet the expectations of the institution in which they are incarcerated. The…

spent preparing, as a reward for sustenance in a roundabout way upgrade the feline's regard for nourishment. Then again, standard life helps the feline pick up a feeling that all is well with the world and sureness. The felines every day healthful necessities, see "The Cat in various phases of dietary needs," "recurrence…

Epicurus believes that happiness is the ultimate goal in life. Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams, played by Robin Williams in Patch Adams, a film about a medical student who suffers from depression, also shares that idea. Although differing in reasons, the philosophies of Dr. Patch Adams ad Epicurus coincide: happiness is obtained through simple pleasures, a life of wisdom is acquired through nonconformity, and death should not be feared. According to both Epicurus and Patch, a life filled with…

Human trafficking, an exploitative type of crime with very lucrative outcomes for the perpetrators, is now considered the second largest growing crime that is far-reaching, affecting millions of persons and every continent in our global world. Zoe International, a Christian organization that rescues and restores child trafficking victims, provides the following alarming statistics: “There are over 20 million persons enslaved (double the population of New York). There is more than four times the…

day. Children in these times, worked for two reasons: The first being, that even with both parents working, the average American family was still barely able to survive off of their two-part income. This included rent, food, clothes, and other necessities. Secondly, the children’s efforts to support the family were stunted due to their pay being significantly lower than their adult co-workers. This gave employers all the more reason to hire the young workers, and in turn, raising the amount of…

of this poor families often went without. The harvest failures not only affected the hungry, it also affected the economy. The wealthy were being forced to pay high prices for bread and less was being spent on frivolous items. Since food was a necessity less was being spent on merchandise like clothing, furniture, and other decorative items. Vendors who sold these products were now struggling to keep stores open and feed their…

psilocybin get to show its potential once and for all? To begin with, psilocybin is found in all species belonging to the genus Psilocybe (117 species), primarily found in these plant organisms. The name Psilocybe is derived from the Greek roots “psilos” (bare) and “kube” (head), translating into a New Latin term…

Chris McCandless set out from South Dakota to Fairbanks Alaska. Five months later, McCandless's body was found rotting inside an abandoned bus. Chris McCandless had run away from his family and had hoped to survive in the wild with only the bare necessities. McCandless was a fool for what he did, he was a hard working, and vigilant man, yet he embarked without a backup plan, nor the proper supplies to survive out in the wild. When Chris was given a responsibility or a challenge, he would do…

for an absolute necessity and they must wear a thick coat. While in Mesopotamia and Egypt women who cheated on their husbands faced the punishment of death, in Greece women had multiple lovers. Male prostitutes were also a commodity, but were nowhere near as numerous as women sex workers. In Hellenistic Greece according to Kagen things seemed to have improved. While women were still considered lower than men, they had more rights than before. A woman's main purpose was still to bare children,…